Money battles loom as North Carolina Assembly moves
Raleigh lawmakers enter the 14th week of the session with key money votes ahead. The House will debate Gov Umstead's 85 million dollar bond program while committees tackle parking reform and a 55 cent minimum wage proposal. A redistricting bill set for hearing and a Salisbury trip to hear Eisenhower highlight broader budget talk.
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Carre
Joint Appropriations Committee
House
Umstead
Senate
Morehead City
Moyock
House Judiciary Committee
House Representatives
Salisbury
Eisenhower
Rowan County
Appropriations Committee
Advisory Budget Commission
Legisature
Pickett Mill Strike Shuts 300 Workers At Dawn
About 300 Pickett Cotton Mills employees failed to report for the 7 a.m. shift signaling a 100 per cent strike linked to stalled contract talks with the CIO Textile Workers Union of America. Management warned that a cost of living increase would be dropped April 13 and frame bank rates cut 10 percent to align pay with rivals.
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Pickett
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
J. H. Mellichampe, Jr
Mellichampe
Pickett Cotton Mills
Employe Relations
W. P. Hazelwood
Warships Blast Red Supply Port in Korea Front Action
The battleship New Jersey and carrier aircraft attacked Chongjin near the Russian border, hitting the main communications hub and storage facilities. Los Angeles shelled supply routes at Wonsan as Marines fight near Panmunjom, reporting 22 clashes along the front and a large B 29 raid on Naechon.
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Korea
New Jersey
Chongjin
Japan Sea
Philippine Sea
Oriskany
Navy
Los Angeles
Wonsan
United States
Panmunjom
Nevada
South Korea
Elko
Naechon
Yalu River
Doctor Honored in Raleigh for Cancer Control Work
A Raleigh physician, Dr. Ivan M. Proctor, received the American Cancer Society Distinguished Service Medal for his efforts in cancer control in North Carolina. He is the first Tar Heel to attain this award.
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Raleigh
Cancer Control
North Carolina
Ivan M. Proctor
American Cancer Society
Five Die In TBM Crash Near Siler City
A TBM torpedo bomber crashed near Siler City North Carolina killing five of seven Marines aboard. One survived with injuries and a sixth Marine remained in critical condition at Cherry Point Hospital as investigators began a probe. The plane returning from Glenview Illinois to Cherry Point burst into flames three miles south of town.
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Siler City
N. C
Marine Corps
Here
Chatham Hospital
Marineospital
Cherry Point
Glenview
North Carolina
Jerry Grimes
Sam Fields
George McHardy
Chicago
McHardy
W. L. Patman
Wilson
D. K. Buckner
Pet
Marine Air Station
2Nd Marine Air Wing
Naval Air Station
Glen
Pfc
Carl E. Lindholm
Northfield, Ill
Dulles Seeks Overhaul Of Overseas Information Program
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles urged drastic changes to the 100 million dollar a year overseas information effort. He called to trim Voice of America, rename the program, and said no funds would be requested now while the future remains unclear. He favored a leaner, purpose driven approach with private foundations handling some technical aid.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Voice of America
Dulles
House
U. S. Information Service
Voice
John William Ford
State Department
Security Office
New York
U. S
Woman's Work Never Done Echoes Household Task Request
A NEA caption notes the perennial labor women perform, highlighting the task a wife asks her husband to complete, framing it as ongoing domestic duty in a social context.
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Nea
Nine Die Violently In North Carolina Weekend
A torpedo bomber crash near Siler City claimed nine lives including five Marines as two crewmembers parachuted to safety injured. Additional deaths occurred on highways: Henry Har grove in Kinston, Alfred Good in McDowell County, and Arthur Strayhorn near Yadkinville. Raymond Worrell died in a Russian Roulette incident near Rocky Mount.
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Siler City
North Carolina
Illinois
Cherry Point
Henry A. Hargrove
Kinston
Alfred Jackson Good
Marion
McDowell County
Arthur R. Strayhorn Jr
East Bend
Yadkin County
G. O. Womble
Nash County
Raymond Worrell
Rocky Mount
Womble
Worrell
Mayoral Candidates Clash Over Party Endorsements
James Greene and Joe Hollingsworth attack the organized Democratic Party after Dr. Glenn Perry withdraws from the mayoral race and endorses George Covington. Perry plans a City Council run, while Hollingsworth denounces hand picked slates and pledges to stay in the race.
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James Greene
Joe Hollingsworth
Democratic Party
Glenn Perry
George Covington
Perry
Greene
Hollingsworth
Dr. Perry
High Point
Dave Neill
Legion Urges Congress To Favor Vets Against Taxpayer Cuts
The American Legion urged Congress to reject cuts on free hospital care for high income veterans with illnesses not due to service. Legion Commander Lewis K. Gough argued the economy drive rests on a false interpretation of facts and defended continuing aid for veterans able to pay.
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Washington
American Legion
Congress
Legion
Lewis K. Gough
All House
John Phillips
Calif
Phillips
Veterans Administration
House
Gough
Shhh This Is No Noise Week Campaign
Willis L. Manning, president of the National Noise Abatement Council, launched the annual seven day campaign against honking and loud noises. The group sponsors a contest in 16 cities to determine the quietest locality and urges strict observance of a golden rule to reduce decibels.
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New York
Willis L. Manning
National
Ride to Freedom Starts Brief Items Monday For 600 Allies
United Nations and Communist spokesmen reached final agreement on starting the exchange of sick and wounded prisoners next Monday. More than 600 Allied prisoners from 11 nations will ride to freedom from Chonman to Panmunjom in 200 miles of travel by trucks and ambulances.
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Ride To Freedom
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
Freedom
Chonman
Yalu River
Freedom Village
U.N
Munson
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
171St Station
Mark W. Clark
Red
North Carolina Orchid Society Plans Expanded 1953 Show
Wilmington meeting sets a broader 1953 program for the North Carolina Orchid Society. S P Edwards of Wilmington is named chairman to arrange Tar Heel grown orchids for regional and national displays.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Trout season opens across western North Carolina forests
North Carolina mountain trout begin season on Wednesday running until August 31 in most areas with limited openings in Alleghany Ashe and Watauga Counties until July 31. Pisgah and Nantahala national forests follow special rules issued by the Forest Service and Wildlife Resources Commission.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Alleghany
Ashe
Watauga
Pisgah
Natahala
U. S. Forest Service
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
Durham VA Hospital to Celebrate Formal Dedication
The new eight million dollar Veterans Administration Hospital in Durham began accepting patients last week and will be formally dedicated next Sunday. Carl R. Gray, administrator of Veterans Affairs, will present the hospital to its manager, Dr Horace B. Cupp.
Senator McCarran backs policing unions by security board
Senator Pat McCarran said it might be a good idea to assign the Subversive Activities Control Board the task of policing communism within labor unions. He noted the board's authority under the Internal Security law and discussed moving toward disqualifying unions if officers refuse to testify about communist activities.
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Washington
Pat McCarran
McCarran
Butler
Goldwater
Bohlen Arrives as U S Ambassador Opens Talks with Molotov
Newly arrived U S ambassador Charles Bohlen is set to meet Foreign Minister Molotov and present credentials to Voroshilov. He may seek a Malenkov conference while coordinating with British envoy Gascoigne who just discussed mutual Soviet British interests. Pravda accuses the West of seeking to keep Germany divided as Adenauer talks loom.
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Moscow
Charles E. Bohlen
Bohlen
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Klimenti Voroshilov
Alvary Gascoigne
Molotov
Gascoigne
Far East
Germany
Washington
London
Voroshilov
Georgi M. Malenkov
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
United States
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Communist Propaganda In Greensboro Expands
The Greensboro Daily News reports an intensive propaganda campaign by Communists in the area. Dozens received mail reprints from the Daily Worker. bundles were found on a sidewalk by Cone Mills workers Grace Overcash and Arthur Davis, postmarked in Charlotte.
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Greensboro
Greensboro Daily News
the Daily Worker
Cone Mills
Grace Overcash
Arthur Davis
Charlotte
The
Daily News
Southern Region Committee
Communist Party
H. W. Kendall
Opener Between Yankees and Senators Delayed by Rain
Rain washed out the American League opener at Washington between the New York Yankees and the Senators. The game was rescheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday with Vice President Richard M. Nixon slated to throw the ceremonial first ball.
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Washington
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Richard M. Nixon
Farmers to Feel Cost Price Clamp This Year
The Agriculture Department reports the cost price squeeze on farmers will be sharper in the current year with net income down. Prices received in the first quarter average 9 percent below last year while production costs are about 2 percent lower. Costs are expected to stay near 1952 levels for most items with feed and livestock likely to fall.
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Washington
Agriculture Department Today
Weather Notes and Temperature Readings Across Cities
Official Weather Bureau records show 24 hour temperatures and rainfall ending 7:30 a.m. Charlotte reports 62 high and 52 low with .47 inches rain. Other readings include Asheville 71/42, Atlanta 74/46, Chicago 48/35, Denver 42/22, Detroit high listed, Houston not provided, Raleigh 67/48 with 1.80 inches, Los Angeles 57/36, Miami 88/77, New Orleans 80/52, New York 55/46, San Antonio 72/48, San Francisco 57/47, Washington 44/108, Wilmington 59.
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Atlanta
LAL
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Columbia
High Point
Little Rock
Sssteeeseres
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
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New Orleans
New York
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