Oak View Fire Destroys Home. Aid Sought for A. G. King Family
A house owned by the Oak View Fire Protective Association president burned on Moffitt Rd while the King family rented the 3 room dwelling. Fire trucks from Triangle and Union Cross saved the adjacent Poe home from similar damage. Volunteers recovered furnishings and bathroom fixtures as neighbors helped. The cause was not determined and a disaster meeting was set for 3 p.m. at Grange Hall to organize aid, with donations accepted at Bobren’s Food Fare on N Main St.
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Oak View
Fire Protective Association
A. G. King
Moffitt Rd
Rayer
Ae Asociation
Triangle
Union Cross
Bill Poe
Poe
Oak View Disaster Committee
Judson Ruth
Supreme Court Hears South Ultimatum on Desegregation
The Supreme Court heard Southern state leaders press for an immediate end to school segregation or risk no public schools. Attorneys for Negroes and the federal government urged gradualism or flexible timelines. The court debated whether to require swift desegregation or allow time for plans and adjustments. Justices listened in a relaxed, informal courtroom as the arguments unfolded.
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Douglas B. Corn
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
Benes
Racal Primaend
Supreme Court
U.S
Sare
Tentieen
Labor Front Marred By Series of Strikes
The Associated Press reports major strikes hit transportation and textiles in the East with thousands idle. CIO textile workers in 23 New England mills oppose a 10 cent an hour cut while 37 mills renew contracts at old terms. A 400 brakemen strike on the South Buffalo Railroad threatens 35,000 workers. The New York Central labor dispute prompts calls and counterclaims, and multiple union actions against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad raise broader tensions amid violence in several states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
East
CIO
New England
South Buffalo
Bethlehem Steel Co
Lackawanna
Buffalo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
New York Central
National Mediation Board
Railroad Yardmasters of America
American Train Dispatchers Assn
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
L&n Union
L&n
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Over and Co
Ccg Bee
LAN
Nashville
Corbin
Mies
Night Owl Five Singers Stir Klamath Falls Prison
Five young women prisoners known as the Night Owl Five have been singing all night for four nights. They face a bread and water diet as punishment while sleeping in their cells. Night jailer Duffel reports little sleep and notes the singing lacks any famous comparison.
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Klamath Falls
Orc
Night Owl
Murray Britton
Andrews Sisters
Reds Hit Near East Alliances
Moscow condemns Western sponsored military pacts in the Near and Middle East as a threat to Soviet security. The Foreign Ministry warned at a news conference that the issue would be raised at the United Nations. The statement, amid Bandung conference deliberations, accuses Britain and France of using the region to push colonial enslavement and defend dubious plots in the name of defense. The U.S. State Department dismissed Moscow claims as propaganda and described the pacts as defensive.
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Moscow
Near
Middle East
Foreign Ministry
United Nations
Russia
Britain
France
Bandung
Indonesia
Nehru
Southeast Asia Defense Alliance
Egypt
Washington
U.S. State Department
Department
United States
Communists Impose New Restrictions Across Berlin
East German measures threaten West Berlin with tighter travel rules and border checks while Neues Deutschland accuses Allied powers over new taxes on supply trucks. Observers view the taxes as leverage to pressure West Berlin recognition of the East German state.
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West Berlin
Telegraph
Iit
Nesteammak Pevenss Puiate
Severa
Neues Deutschland
Britain
France
Russia
United States
East
West Germany
Texas State Hospital Riots Endanger Inmates and Staff
Chaos at the Texas State Hospital erupted when 80 inmates including leader Ben Riley seized the maximum security building. Dr. Charles W. Castner and ward superintendent Clyde White were freed after a confrontation with the rioters who demanded better recreation facilities and food and complained of mistreatment. Captain Crowder from Dallas mediated as National Guard and law officers observed a tense scene outside the electrified fences.
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Twe Rv
Toot
Ben Milley
Topeka
Kan
Charles W. Castner
Cpee Nee Ates
Castner
Clyde White
Bill Curtis
White
State Hospital Board
East
Texas
Riley
Crowder
Dallas
National Guard
L. D. Hancock
Dr. Hancock
Ben
Hancock
Glenola Man Dies After Severe Auto Crash
Oliver Clark Brewer 32 of Glenola died after a high speed single vehicle crash five miles south of Archdale near Ward's Grocery. Witnesses said the car reached 90 to 100 mph before overturning multiple times and leaving the road. The wreck left extensive tire marks and a field landing, with Brewer found 60 feet from the car. Death listed as a broken neck. coroner's ruling pending. He served in the Navy on USS Biloxi and worked for Grenel Construction in Jackson Ohio. He is survived by his wife Helen, son Donald, daughter Olivia, and multiple siblings. funeral planned at Glenola Church with burial at a later date.
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Glenola
Oliver Clark Brewer
Arival
Brewer
Archdale
Ward
High Point
Randolph County
Lees
John W. and
Nealie McQueen Brewer
Biloxi
Grenel Construction Company
Jackson
Ohio
Ksonean Legion Post
Chiltire
Helen Hensley
Donald
Olivia
Home
William Brewer
Glenoa
Marjorie Johnson
Thelma Wallen
Annie Williams
Harold C. Davis
James Bolick
Dector
Mt.nageye
Oliver B. Brewer
Glenda
Sturkey
New Styled Merchandise Shown At Spring Furniture Market
More than 1 000 buyers from major department and furniture stores arrive for a week long Spring Furniture market. Exhibits headlined by new provincial style furniture at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building on Main Street with extra showrooms in Piedmont towns attracting buyers later.
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Bill Hackney
S. Main St
E Tion
Exposition Building
Piedmont
Lexington
Thomasville
Hickory
Lenoir
Morganton
Winston- Salem
Martinsville
Chou Enlai Reaches Indonesia for Asian African Conference
Red China's Premier Chou Enlai travels to Jakarta for the Bandung meeting amid security amid accusations of U S and Nationalist China plots to sabotage the delegates. He carries extra aviation fuel and tests security as his Air India charter arrives in Rangoon before final departure.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Red China
Chou Enlai
Chou
Peiping
U.S
Bandung
Air India
South China Sea
China
United States
Washington
Kunming
Ranaoon
Burman Qil Co
Rangoon
Chou Stone
Nehru
India
U Nu
Burma
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Teenager Confesses Murder In New London County
In Norwich Connecticut police say 15 year old Paul Babcock confessed to killing 12 year old Rich Otis after a reported indecent assault. He allegedly struck the boy with a rock and a shovel then burned and hid the body near the county home where six wards lived. The death, discovered near New London County facilities, was described as a fatal assault with skull and leg fractures. The suspect is being held for juvenile authorities due to age.
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Norwich
Conn
Abely
Otis
Leon Bruckner
Paul Babcock
Babcock
New London
Rich
Bank robber uses water and a threat to steal cash
A balding man at the Continental American Bank and Trust Co. branch in Shreveport took 1300 dollars by claiming a bottle holds nitroglycerin. Police captured him five minutes later in a nearby building. He identified himself as Howard Louis Hart, released from Huntsville Texas prison after seven years for safe burglary.
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Shreveport
C. R. Nunely
J. R. Robinson
Continental American Bank and Trust Co
Commercial National Bank
Howard Louis Hart
Huntsville
Tex
Charles Hart
Hart
Olson Guilty Of Bigamy In Bragg Trial
Former M. Sgt. William H. Olson 40 pleaded guilty to bigamy today after an 11 officer court martial denied a dismissal motion. He has prior conviction for collaborating with the enemy in Korea and received six months extra duty and $25 monthly forfeitures. His second wife defended him as a good provider and father while noting his first marriage.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
William H. Olson
Korea
Youngsville
N.Y
Mable Hardin
Lamberton
Olson
Sermce
revi Tha _ Arey
Ea Olson
Mable Hax
Vandermilt Olson
N. Gill
Tien
Gillaspeyania
Acl
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Moffit Dr
High Court
South
Reds
Texas State Hospital
Bragg
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