New Jersey Primary Stakes Eisenhower Taft Fortunes
New Jersey voters head to the polls from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for a major presidential primary with 211 candidates seeking 38 Republican and 36 Democratic slots. Eisenhower and Taft campaigns sue for victory as results shape delegates and future national strategy amid potential late tallies in rural counties.
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Joy A. Caparell
United Press
Newark
N.J
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U.S
Berst
Eisenhower
Taft
Drislall
Ohio
Driscoll
New Jersey
Coun
Snow and weather highlights from western North Carolina region
Snow flurries were reported in Jackson and Haywood counties while mixed precipitation froze on trees in Soco and Newfound Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains Park. A 6000 foot peak saw a low of 19 degrees as Asheville remained overcast. NLRB findings in Greensboro concern a strike at a local station with a claim of lockout after walkout.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Platt Balsam
Caney Fork Balsam
Jackson
Haywood
Soco
Newfound Gap
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mt. Mitchell
Weston Lane Journalist Selected to Observe Las Vegas Atomic Test
Lane Weston of the Weston-Poeton-Salem press, a limited observ er, is among fewer than 400 reporters chosen by the Atomic Energy Commission to witness the upcoming atomic test near Las Vegas Nevada. The AEC notified Sherman Shore of City Sentinel that Weston's appointment marks the first test opened to newsmen.
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Weston Lane
P— oeton-Salem
Las Vegas
Nev
Information Division
Atomic Energy Commission
Sherman Shore
City Sentinel
AEC
North Carolina PTA Convention Opens With Delegates
About 700 delegates from 216 965 PTA units gather for the 32nd annual North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention. The opening includes an executive committee meeting this morning and a leadership conference this evening followed by a general reception.
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PTA
North Carolina
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Public Welfare Talk Highlights Greesboro Council Visit
Dr Ellen Winston commissioner of the State Board of Public Welfare told the Greensboro Council of Social Agencies that every effort should protect both the taxpayer and the needy. She addressed local social service agencies about public welfare administration.
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Greensboro
Rao Welfare
Ellen Winston
Greensboro Council of Social Agencies
Winston
State Board of Public Welfare
Motorist sought after attack injures two teens in Asheville
Police hunt a motorist after bullets struck a car where four teens slept during a mountain tour. Two teens were wounded while two others escaped unharmed as the vehicle was peppered with bullets near Asheville. The incident disrupted their trip.
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Asheville
Marshall Pantipartes
Justin
Short Freedom for Three Prisoners Ends in Capture
Three prisoners escaped during a holiday break in Wilmington New Hanover County. Ralph Wright 22 of Thomasville, Robert Bary 16 of Chicago, and Wilbert Glissen 25 of Goldsboro fled from a clothes pole near the fence. Bloodhounds led to Smith Creek at the city limits where deputies cornered them without further trouble.
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SHORT
Wilmington
New Hanover P P
Ralph Wright
Thomasville
Robert Bary
Chicago
Wilbert Glissen
Goldsboro
Smith Creek
Prices Drop Fractionally on Quiet New York Stock Exchange
Prices declined fractionally on the New York Stock Exchange in quiet trading. Early dealings showed few sales, with 280000 shares changing hands in the first hour versus 470000 the day before. Several rails fell over a point, and American Cyanamid preferred B dropped 12 points, marking one of the day's sharp moves.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Northern Pacific
Atlantic Coast Line
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
American Cyanamid
Texas Pacifica
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
U.S. Steel
Mesta
Truman Urges UN Peace Role and DAR Support
President Truman argues the United Nations can secure world peace and calls on American women to back the effort. He praises arming free nations and outlines U S resolve while DAR leaders press for a bipartisan defense survey to clarify Korea and other deployments.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
America
Daughters of These Revolution
DAR
Continental Congress
United States
Eee
Unia
Sistee
Viginia
Europe
Asia
Battle
Ogee
James P. Patton
Columbus
Ohio
Korea
Motorist Ross Hurt When Car Forces Him Into Ditch
In Goldsboro Thomas Ross backed into a driveway and became stuck. He waved for help and was struck by an oncoming car that knocked him into a ditch. His leg was broken and an estimated amount of damage to the second car resulted.
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Goldsboro
Thomas Ross
Ross
Asian-African Nations Demand UN Emergency Session
Asian African nations pressed for an emergency United Nations General Assembly session after the Western majority blocked a Security Council discussion of France's treatment of Tunisia. More than 100 people have died in riots over self rule demands, with Asian African authors seeking support from their governments to rally the required 31 UN members.
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United Nations
N. Y
United Nations General Assembly
Security Council
France
Tunisia
Council
Il Nation
U. N
Pilots Call Inadequate Regulations For Ditching Safety
The AFL Air Line Pilots Association urged stronger safety rules after the Pan American crash near San Juan that killed 52 and a Northwest Airlines ditching near Sandspit with 36 deaths. They outlined raft placement, tethered lines, dual side rafts, and exterior door lights, saying current rules offer only minimal protection after a ditching. A CAB official said studies are underway to improve survivors' chances.
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Washington
AFL Air Line Pilots Association
Pan American World Airways
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Pilots Association
Northwest Airlines
Sandspit
British Columbia
Pilots Union
Civil Aeronautics Board Safety
President Truman to throw opening day pitch at Griffith Stadium
President Truman opens the major league season at Griffith Stadium tossing ceremonial first balls. The event features three rookie Red Sox and a match versus the Washington Senators as Boston seeks an 15 game edge over the Senators. Truman will guess the game score at a Capitol luncheon, continuing a pregame tradition.
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Washington
Truman
Boston Red
Ted
Washington Senators
Griffith Stadium
Boston
Mel Parnell
Senators
Senate
Capitol
Federal Trade
Lowell B. Mason
Mr. Truman
Sacramento
Calif
Baseball Hall-of- Fame
Hazing Crisis Prompted Letter to Enforce Anti Hazing Law
The UNC hazing problem drew a protest letter urging Gov. Kerr Scott to enforce the 40 year old anti hazing statute. The paper cited a past fatality and multiple cases of abuse including forced drinking and dangerous humiliations, calling for immediate action.
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Kerr Scott
Chary
University of North Carolina
Protes
Phi Gampon Oe
Inter-Fraternity Council
Scott
Neem
Paver
Korea Truce Talks Stall After Brief Meeting
Truce supervision negotiators met for 25 seconds in Munsan to run through routine talks with no business. US officials said prisoner exchange talks remain unresolved as Red forces push for forced repatriations while Allies seek prisoner choice and a neutral observer role.
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Munsan
Peiping
U. N
Russia
Korea
Red
Giant B-36 Explodes Over Spokane Killing 14
A United States Air Force intercontinental bomber crashed eight miles west of Spokane Washington. The bomber exploded and burst into flames killing 14 of its 16 man normal crew. two men escaped. The atomic bomb aboard was not recovered and the crash site was on deserted farmland. The aircraft burned for over an hour.
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Spokane
Wash
Here
Air Force
B 36 Bomber Crashes On Takeoff Near Spokane
A B 36 bomber crashed and burned during a routine training takeoff near Spokane Washington. Of 17 aboard 15 were killed two escaped by crawling through the nose of the aircraft. The crash occurred at 3 45 am eight miles west in a desert stretch of farmland. A CAA official observed the explosion before the fire.
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Spokane
Wash
Ned
Here
CAA
Geiger Field
Crash at Fairchild AFB claims two B 36 crew
At 6:45 a m EST state police radioed flames blocked any chance of survivors in the blazing wreckage of a Convair B 36 at Fairchild Air Force Base. Harold Bolak said nobody could live through that. The division had set a 1100 hour record for B 36s in nine months and a plaque was planned.
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State Patrol
Harold Bolak
Sit ‘Air Division
Fairchild Afb
New Jersey Operators Accept Wage Deal Amid Western Electric Strike
New Jersey Bell operators signed a midnight contract boosting weekly wages from 4.00 to 4.40 with fringe benefits, while picket lines remain as the nationwide Western Electric strike continues. Negotiations were set for New York to end the eight day walkout affecting 16 000 Western Electric employees in 43 states and the DC.
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New Jersey Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric
New Jersey
Comoo Workers of America
New York
District of Columbia
Pacific En and Telegraph Co
California
Bell Laboratories
Western Electric Bac Me
Josenoea
Ohio
Joseph A. Beirne
CWA
New Jersey Bell
Seanes & Device
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kansas City
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Louisiana
New Regime Promises Forgiveness in Bolivian Revolt
Bolivia's National Revolutionary Party wins the revolt and vows to forgive enemies while purging old regime agents. Victor Paz Estenssoro returns from exile to be proclaimed president as a military junta ends the previous government. Acting President Hernan Siles Suazo expected as vice president. The MNR signals nationalist and socialist leanings with possible moves toward tin mine state ownership.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
National Revolutionary Party
MNR
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Buenos Aires
Paz Estenssoro
Congress
Hugo Ballivan
Hernan Siles Suazo
Pas Estenssoro
Missouri River flood swamps eight states leaving 65000 homeless
The Missouri River crest floods inland valleys driving 65,000 people from homes across eight Midwest states with many towns isolated by dikes. St Paul and Winona suffer Mississippi breaches as Red Cross warns of record crests. Minnesota reports 7,000 homeless. President Truman approves flood relief funds. Lt Gen Pick calls the valley a terrifying sight.
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Sioux City
Missouri Valley
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Winona
Minn
Red Cross
Hannibal
Midwest
Whiting
Missouri
North Western
Onawa
American Legion
Blencoe
Mondamin
Sioux Oy
Mississippi
Minnesota
Red Wing
Truman
Washington
Iowa
South Dakota
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Omaha
Pick
Missouri River
Iowa Bombards Wonsan Harbor in Sea Action
The U.S. battleship Iowa entered Wonsan harbor with destroyer Mackenzie at dawn to destroy shore batteries firing on Allied minesweepers. Iowa fired 150 rounds of 16 inch shells and 264 rounds of five inch projectiles between dawn and afternoon, with no reported counter-fire. The action occurred amid broader Yellow Sea operations, including ground moves by the 8th Army.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Navy
Iowa
Wonsan
Mackenzie
Navy
8Th Army
Yellow Sea
Png
Easter Week Toll In North Carolina Violent And Auto Losses
A United Press tally reports at least 26 deaths over the Easter weekend in North Carolina. Seventeen were from traffic crashes, five from shootings, one from electrocution, one from a train, one from burns, and a baby died in a bed fall. Names include Bula Croathan of Danville, Winford Isley of Ramseur, F H Minor of Gastonia, Walter D Nelson of Wilmington, Clyde Fox of Statesville, and Mrs Frank Hilton McLeod of Florence.
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North Carolina
United Press
Bula
Draper
Winford Isley
Maan Ramseur
F. H. Minor
Gastonia
Walter D. Nelson
Swift Co
Wirington
Clyde Fox
Statesville
Robert Ardis
Ardis
Fox
Frank Hilton McLeod
Florence
S.C
Lumberton
Atlantic Coast Line
Temperatures Dip as Midwest Floods Grow
The Associated Press reports cooler conditions across the Atlantic coast with some warming in the Western Plains. Major Midwest flood belts stretch across eight states causing over 76,000 people to become homeless while rain advances from New England to Indiana.
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Associated Press
Aenger
Panto
Far
Atlantic Coast
Plains
Midwest
Missouri
Red Rivers
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Indiana
Rockies
Florida
Gulf Coast
Central Plains
Weather Outlook Confusing Temperature Report
Forecast shows tonight low 88 and tomorrow high 65. Today's high 60 and last night’s low not clearly stated.
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