Ike Warns Allies Against Relaxing Peace Drive
President Eisenhower told NATO ministers not to ease rearming while Moscow pursues a peace campaign. The session opened with a $550 million aircraft order for NATO defense, including Hawker Hunter jets for Britain and Dassault Mystere Mark IV for France, to be delivered by mid 1956.
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Eisenhower
America
U. S
John Foster Dulles
NATO Council of Ministers
Charles E. Wilson
NATO
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Warni
Secrecy Law repeal bill killed in committees
North Carolina House and Senate Appropriations Committees killed bills to repeal the Secrecy Law. Debate centered on whether closed budget sessions should be allowed. prospects for floor action appeared unlikely. Key figures included Rep. Oscar Barker, Rep. Phil Whitley, Rep. John Umstead, Rep. J. K. Doughton, and supporters like de Shreve.
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General Assembly
House
Senate
de Shreve
Shreve
House Committee
Oscar Barker
Durham
Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Joint Appropriations Subcommittee
Phil Whitley
Wake
John Umstead
Orange
Caroll Holmes
Perquimans
Holmes
U. S
House of Representatives
Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Carl Venters
Onslow
Otis Banks
State Highway Employes Association
Victor Bryant
J. A. Speight
Bertie
Doughton
Wilson
New Bern Woman Nominated DAR Leader for 3 Years
Miss Gertrude S. Carraway of New Bern North Carolina was nominated without opposition for president general of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She will serve three years succeeding Mrs James B Patton. Carraway has headed DAR press relations and edited the DAR magazine since 1950.
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Washington
Gertrude S. Carraway
New Bern
N. C
the Daughters of the American Revolution
James B. Patton
Columbus
Miss Carraway
DAR
University of North Carolina
Columbia University
America
North Carolina
Red Cross
Craven County
National Dar
The
Sun-Journal
Constitution Hall
Roof Fire Forces Evacuation At Liberty Life Building
A blaze swept the roof of the Liberty Life building in Charlotte forcing evacuation of hundreds of office workers. The fire department arrived with heavy equipment and extinguished the fire in about 20 minutes as thick black smoke billowed from the roof.
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Charlotte
Liberty Life
Fire at North Side Lumber Co Causes Large Loss
Damage from a blaze at the North Side Lumber Co. in Greenville is estimated between 50 000 and 60 000 dollars. Secretary treasurer N O Ban Northwick Jr says the fire destroyed the planing mill and dry kiln and about 300 000 feet of lumber.
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Greenville
North Side Lumber Co
N. O. Ban Northwick, Jr
North Carolina High School Music Contest Opens Rehearsals
About 1000 young singers began rehearsals in Greensboro for a Friday concert at the 34th annual state high school music contest festival held at Women's College. Instrumental finals closed last night with bands from Elizabeth City Winston-Salem Reynolds High and Greensboro Senior High.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Women's College
Elizabeth City
Winston-Salem Reynolds High
Greensboro Senior High
North Carolina Tuberculosis Meet Names New President
Dr. Harry S. Mustard of New York spoke at the luncheon of the North Carolina Tuberculosis Association where he is executive director of the New York State Charities Aid Association. The state group elected Dr. A Derwinger of Durham as president to succeed Elizabeth Smith of Goldsboro.
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Charlotte
Harry S. Mustard
New York
North Carolina Tuberculosis Association
New York State Charities Aid Association
A. Derwinger
Durham
Elizabeth Smith
Goldsboro
Senate shelves Korea atrocity probe amid prisoner exchange
The Senate Appropriations Committee dropped plans for a wartime atrocity inquiry into Korean prisoner abuses after pledges to boost evidence gathering for future war crimes prosecutions. Members called the inquiry premature while the prisoner exchange proceeds, citing risks to ongoing negotiations and safety for UN prisoners.
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Korea
Senate
Army
State Department
United Nations
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lawmakers clash over planned cuts to atomic energy budget
Representative Price warned the new administration will slash hundreds of millions from the 2 billion Truman atomic energy budget as the Kremlin accelerates its atomic program. Senator Cole cautioned the final size of reductions is not set, while both warned deeper cuts could hinder expansion. both cited evidence of rapid Soviet progress in atomic development.
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Rep
Price
D-Ill
Kremlin
Truman
W. Sterling Cole
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Budget Bureau
Eisenhower
Cole
Congress
House
Russia
Reds Push Toward Luangprabang Amid Laos Clash
Communists advancing from Dienbienphu probed toward Luangprabang with Vietminh forces driving on Muongngoi and shelling positions near Plaine des Jarres while French Laotian troops countered. French pilots bombed Red positions as both sides endured mounting pressure ahead of the rainy season.
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Muongngoi
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Dienbienphu
Communists Agree to Return All Sick Allied Prisoners
Panmunjom reports say the Communists will free more disabled Allied prisoners and pledge to return all sick and wounded troops in North Korean stockades. Gen. Mark Clark welcomed the move as a response to UN requests, with 79 Americans already returned and 40 more promised for Friday, amid ongoing armistice negotiations.
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Judd
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Zablocki
U. S
Viet Nam
Senate
Korea
Bridges
Walter Bedell Smith
U. N
North Korea
Mark Clark
Dry forces win first 1953 liquor store votes in Valdese and Lake Lure
In Raleigh the House killed measures to allow ABC liquor store elections at Valdese and Lake Lure with votes 57-40 and 61-34 respectively. Senate considered Blowing Rock election on petition. Roads Committee backed truck loading 1000 pound leeway with higher penalties for overloads.
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Lake Lure
Raleigh
Dry Forces
House
ABC Liquor
Senate
William B. Shuford
Catawba
Blowing Rock
Senate Committee On
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Senate Roads Committee
S. M. Bason
Caswell
Anti-Klan Bill Advances After Committee Vote
Acting solicitor Clifton L. Moore cited past prosecutions as justification for a new measure to outlaw the Ku Klux Klan. The Senate Judiciary Committee gave the bill a unanimous favorable report after adjusting provisions that could require secret societies to disclose membership.
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Klan
Greater High Point Days Weekend Bargains Offer Big Prizes
Local merchants announced Greater High Point Days over the weekend with hundreds of bargains and a drawing for a major electrical appliance. Shoppers registering on each store visit can win a deep freeze unit electric range or a nine cubic foot refrigerator valued over 350 dollars. Committee members include Jim Penly Gilbert Bernard Earl Leonard and others.
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Merchants Association
H. M. Ridge
Ridge
Jim Penly
Gilbert Bernard
Earl Leonard
T. BE. Stubbs
J. W. Gordon
Joe Stamps
Albert Levinson
Lester Morgan
Frank Smith
Sturgis May
Round-Clock Senate Debate on Tidelands Bill Stalemate
The Senate failed to reach agreement to limit debate on the Tidelands bill establishing state ownership of submerged lands. Key leaders argued over a 60 vote threshold, with Absentees and opposition delaying a test vote as amendments and 24 hour sessions were debated. President Eisenhower favored ownership, while Fulbright urged delaying the vote, fearing public opposition.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Anderson
Senate Gop
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
State, Justice and Interior Departments
Texas
Florida
Fulbright
D-Ark
Stocks Slide Across Markets In Early Trading
New York reports broad declines as volumes rise with more than 420000 shares traded in the first hour. Industrials fall to yearly lows while rails retreat to mid November levels. Major names like Superior Oil of California Coca Cola Bethlehem Steel U S Steel and Atlantic Coast Line show notable drops, with Santa Fe bucking the trend with a small gain.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Superior Oil
California
Coca-Cola
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Atlantic Coast Line
Santa Fe
Albemarle to Open Solie Plant in Aquadale District
A 2 million dollar Carolina Solie Corp plant near Aquadale is set for completion by November 1. Groundbreaking occurred yesterday with George Ross of the State Department of Conservation and Development present. The plant, a subsidiary of Southern Lightweight Aggregate Corp of Richmond, will produce an aggregate substitute for sand gravel and crushed stone in concrete and masonry units.
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Albemarle 2
Carolina Solie Corp
Aquadale
George Ross
State Department of Conservation and Development
Southern Lightweight Aggregate Corp
Richmond
Eisenhower outlines Korea peace hopes and policy moves
President Eisenhower said he is ready to confer anywhere to seek peace in Korea but is waiting to see developments. He noted no Kremlin reaction to his world peace plan and discussed defense spending, St. Lawrence Seaway participation, public housing funding, and upcoming State and Defense Department reorganizations while stressing flexible defense plans and open atomic energy to private industry.
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Eisenhower
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Kremlin
St. Lawrence Seaway
National Security Council
United States
House
Congress
Europe
Atomic Energy Commission
Weather synopsis with today’s high and tonight’s low
The forecast notes a high of 80 degrees today with a low of 58 tonight and a low of 53 last night. A high of 80 is expected today and sunset at 7 p m with sunrise tomorrow at 5 36 a m.
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