Candidates Ready For Primary Vote
Eleven men squared off today for tomorrow's Democratic primary which will complete the slate to do battle with the Republicans on May 5 for directing the City of High Point during the next two years. There are 16,440 registered voters with 12,467 Democrats, 3,123 Republicans and 850 Independents.
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Toda
High Point
Oters
George Covington
James D
Greene
Joe Hollingsworth
Gary Davis
John Haworth
Glenn Perry
Ralph Rochelle
Augustus Greenwood
Jake Harris
Horace Ilderton
Arthur York
Elections Board
Tly
Amos Kearns
Dale Montgomery
Arthur Utley
Tornado Toll and Cleanup Start in Deep South
Officials began a massive recovery after tornadoes killed 11 across Arkansas Alabama and Georgia. More than 3 000 homes are uninhabitable with 552 damaged and injuries over 400. Red Cross counts show a months long relief effort with costs estimated around 7 million dollars.
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Columbus, Ga
Alabama
Arkansas
Dama Line
Red Cross
M-Sat
Lowell McCracken
Ft. Benning
Pyongyang
Chattahoochee River
Judsonia
Ark
Petrillo Suspends Concert Pianist Oscar Levant
New York dispatch says concert pianist Oscar Levant faces union suspension after canceling five Canadian engagements and one in Seattle in two weeks. AFL Musician president James C. Petrillo announced the suspension. Columbia Artists Management halted management by April 10. Levant reportedly cited illness and left New York for California around April 3.
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New York
Oser Levant
Canada
Seattle
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
Levant
F.C. Schang
Columbia Artists Management, Inc
California
Fourteen Lives Taken Over Weekend Toll Rising
Over the weekend North Carolina reported at least fourteen fatalities from traffic and vehicle related crashes. Included were eight year old Earl Lloyd Broom near Concord and Judy Kathleen Williams near Clinton among several children and adults. drunken driving and excessive speed cited in multiple wrecks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Earl Lloyd Broom
Concord
Rockwell
Judy Kathleen Williams
Clinton
Rufus Rogers
Trinity
Randolph County
Horace Ray Johnson
Black Creek
Wilson
Smithfield
Connie B. Mize
Statesville
Mooresville
C. L. Ritter
Lawrence Prevatte
Lumberton
T. J. Leonard
iFort McPherson, Ga
Woodland
Charlie Mooney
Rose Hill
Duplin County
Charles Edward Williams
Elizabeth City
Windsor
Bertie County
Leon Reaves
Wadesboro
Pee Deeiver
Closing Rush as Solons Seek Adjournment This Weekend
In Raleigh the 1953 General Assembly pushes toward adjournment. The House passed a 625.415 million biennial budget and a 620 million appropriations bill with a contingent 2.5 percent pay hike if revenues allow. Senate to tackle three bond issues plus a repeal fight over a secrecy law drawing editorials from papers statewide.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Actu
Senate
House
William B. Umstead
Umstead
Long Sessions On Tideland Issue Planned
Washington lawmakers debate state ownership of offshore submerged lands rich in oil. Senate sessions run 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. as Taft accuses filibuster on the submerged lands bill while Kefauver prepares another long speech on day 13 of debate. Opponents insist they seek public education, not obstruction.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Fees
Republicans Protest 1954 Housing Cuts in Budget Plan
Senate GOP leader Taft criticized the House Appropriations Committee for cutting new public housing and VA FHA mortgage purchases. He backed Eisenhower’s request to fund 35 000 public housing units. House Banking Chair Wolcott urged sustaining private home building over budget balancing.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Senate
GOP
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Jesse P. Wolcott
House Banking Committee
Veterans Administration
Federal Housing Administration
House
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Taft
Burnett R. Maybank
Ds.c
House Committee
Less Action Noted On Warfront
Communist infantry halted heavy attacks on the western front and prisoner exchanges occurred at Panmunjom. U N fighter bombers pounded Pork Chop Hill and Kumhwa with 225 planes in daylong strikes, while 22 enemy casualties were reported by a South Korean patrol. An air alert followed sightings of old biplanes over Inchon and Kimpo as sick and wounded prisoners were moved.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
Eighth Army
United Nations
Pork Chop Hill
Kumwha
Sariwon
Chinnampo
Sniper Ridge
Navy
James Kyes
Wonsan
Eck
Inchon Harbor
Kimpo
Pusan
Yoshida Loses Election But Wins Control
Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida’s Liberal party finished with 199 Lower House seats to 76 for the Progressives. The left Socialist 72, right Socialist 66, Hatomaya Liberals 35, Independents 12, Farm Labor five, and Communists one seat. Despite not a majority, observers expect Yoshida to form a fifth government with conservative cooperation.
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Tokyo
Shigeru Yoshida
Liberal
Diet
Yoshida
Liberals
Progressives
Hatoyama Liberals
Independents
Farm Labor Party
Japan
China
Americans Freed In Korea Begin Homeward Flight
Thirty Allied prisoners freed in the first Korean war exchange left Panmunjom for Tokyo in a hospital plane after clearance by Seoul. The 100 prisoners include 30 Americans and 50 South Koreans among others. Canadians and others assisted in the exchange. General Clark welcomed the return, noting sacrifices and gratitude.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Tokyo
Pacific
Army
Seoul
Allied Command
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Freedom Village
United Nations lists 30 Americans freed in POW exchange
PANMUNJOM official UN list names 30 U S service members released in the first prisoner exchange. Entries include M Sgt John P Porter Le Compte Louisiana wife Margaret Porter and many others with hometowns across Maryland Missouri Texas North Carolina and Puerto Rico.
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Panmunjom
United Nations Command
John P. Porter
E. Co
24Th Regiment
25Th Division
le Compte
Margaret Porter
Borden St
Bordentown
N.J
Robert C. Stell
Baltimore
Vernon L. Warren
St. Louis
Antonio Matos-Rodriguez
Santurce
Puerto Rico
Richard O. Morrison
Burington
Iowa
Robert F. Philpot
Hoganville
Thomas Floyd Philpot
Rte
Hogansville
Almond L. Nolan
Rexville
N. Y
Raymond H. Medina
The
1St Cavalry Iment
1St Cavalry Division
Salisbury
N. C
Olga E. Pinkston
P. O
Jacksonville
N.C
Roy M. Jones
Minneapolis
Minn
Robert W. Shaw
Vancouver
Wash
Louis A. Pumphrey
USMC
H Co
1St Marine Division
Tuscaloosa
Ala
J. P. Pumphrey
Cottondale
William R. Brock Jr
7Th Cavalry
1St
Cavalry
Rome
Effie Mae Brock
Walter McCollum
Lake Charles
Elwell McCol
UN Committee Seeks Answer to Burma Complaint
The United Nations Political Committee seeks a solution to Burma’s complaint about 12,000 Chinese Nationalist soldiers on Burmese soil. Debates should wind up by tomorrow, then move to the Assembly which also faces US calls for an impartial probe of alleged Communist germ warfare in Korea. A recess follows the Assembly vote, until Panmunjom talks produce a truce or another deadlock emerges.
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United Nations
N. Y
Burma
United States
Korea
Panmun
Air Force plans huge order of B-47 jet bombers
Washington sources say the Air Force will build more than 2,000 B-47 Stratojet bombers at an estimated cost of 5 billion dollars. The plan includes planes produced, on order, and a possible large new order pending budget approval. The program follows a 1000-hour test showing speeds near 794 mph and 14 hour 25 minute missions with in-flight refueling.
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Washington
Air Force
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Truman
Boeing Airplane Co
Mexican Gulf Coast
Weather outlook with cool night and warmer day
The forecast shows a low of 30 tonight and a high of 62 tomorrow. Today’s high was 52 with a 31 degree low last night. The sun sets at 6 58 p m and rises at 5 40 a m with clear and warmer conditions.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Boston
Atlanta
Chicago
Seeves
Columbia
Denver
Eeeseessseess
Jd Raleigh
San Antonio
Washington Wilmington
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U.N
R. m. Holder
Monthey
Glaesner
Sherrod
C. EF. Tomlinson Elementary School
Petrillo
Oscar Levant
Esesesseseees
Eeaseeee
Solons
Assembly
North Carolina Press Association
Nme
Tideland
Supreme Court
Gulf
Florida
Texas
U.S
UN Command
Lum
E. Belden St
John L. Robinson
Willard
Jesse M. Robertson
Heheppenee Ala
Warren Robertson
Goode St
Montgomery
Marvin L. Brown
Oklahoma City
Alberto Baez Pizarro
Rio Piedras
Herman Smith
Mousie
Harold Neighbors
Tora
Epifatio Cordero
Folco
William R. Hinklen
Clintonville
W.va
Co. M
8Th Cavalry
Amos Hinklen
Odie Lawley
Medicine Park
Okla
Paul F. Schnur
San Franana
Calif
UN Committee
James Sarantakos
Coast Guard
Leslie Lefevre
Merrimack River
Lowell
Mass
Coast Guardsman
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