Agriculture Meeting In Asheville At Southern Conference
Delegates to the 34th annual Southern Conference on Agricultural Education discussed improving local programs. Speakers included J B Kirkland from North Carolina State College and Carsie Hammonds, University of Kentucky teacher trainer.
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Asheville
Southern Conference On Agricultural Education
J. B. Kirkland
North Carolina State College School of Education
Carsie Hammonds
University of Kentucky
Mid Atlantic Circulation Managers Meet Plans Bay Day
Winston-Salem reporters gathered for the Mid Atlantic Circulation Managers Association spring meeting with about 20 representatives from Carolinas and Virginia. They discussed plans for Newspaper Bay Day and the fall Charleston convention set for October 12. Separately in Marshall a tractor trailer brakes failed causing a fatal stop on U S Highway 25 70 seven miles north of town. The driver Leon Russell Schooler of Zionsville Indiana died and passenger Edward Perkins, 26, also of Zionsville, survived.
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Winston-Salem
Mid-Atlantic Circulation Managers Association
Carolinas
Virginia
Charleston
S. C
Marshall
Here
Leon Russell Schooler
Zionsville
Ind
Rt. 2
Edward Perkins
Democratic Chairman Stephen Mitchell to Speak in Asheville
State party leaders and the State Young Democratic Clubs arrange a Saturday visit by Democratic National Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell. Expected attendee includes Mrs. Ernest Ives of Southern Pines, sister of last year’s Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson.
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Asheville
Stephen A. Mitchell
Ernest Ives
Southern Pines
Adlai Stevenson
Governor to decide on intervention in Miller execution
Governor Umstead to rule on intervening in the Friday execution of Lafayette Miller a 21 year old African American condemned for murder. Raleigh attorney Herman Taylor will appeal to spare Miller's life after the governor previously stated he would not intervene.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Lafayette Miller
Herman Taylor
Miller
Bad Weather Whips Across The Nation
Storms sweep central states with at least five deaths and multiple injuries. Texas bears the worst impact with fires, floods, and tornadoes touching Kilgoreen Helotes and Smithville. Heavy rains in Louisiana Arkansas and Texas. gusty winds and dust storms reported elsewhere. weather calm returns to eastern regions soon.
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Associated Press
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Kilgoreen
Helotes
San Antonio
Smithville
Dakotas
Gulf
Rockies
Canadian
Wyoming
Nebraska
Great Lakes
Plains
Gulf States
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Lake Michigan
West
Louisiana
Arkansas
Shreveport
Ft. Worth
Tex
Central Plains
Kansas
Oklahoma
Seaboard
Peace Offensive Paralleled by East Bloc War Prep
Western diplomats report a real increase in military effort across Czechoslovakia and Poland amid claimed peace moves. Budgets rise sharply with 1953 defense spending up 60 percent in Poland and 17 percent in Czechoslovakia as training and production for home defense intensify.
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Vienna
East
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Moscow
Jaroslav Kabes
O. Burda
Kabes
Slovakia
N C House entertains with songs at Love Feast
In Raleigh Gov. Umstead watched as North Carolina lawmakers shared a lighthearted Love Feast with antics and songs. He attended after a recent heart attack, seated with his wife and in laws while the House delivered a playful ditty based on current issues and fiscal notes.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Merle
Senate
William
Inquiries Opened Into Mail Fraud Case Ties Caudle
House investigators launched a public inquiry to determine if Justice Department actions during Tom Clark's tenure improperly led to the dismissal of a major mail fraud case. The probe centers on attorney general approvals and the fate of Roy E. Crummer and 10 associates linked to Citrus County and Panama City bond fraud.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Atty. l
Tom Clark
Clark
Supreme Court
Roy E. Crummer
Topeka, Kas
Citrus County
Fla
Panama City
Taft Wins Victory For Ihe's Program In Senate
Senate leaders announce a breakthrough ending a filibuster on legislation for state ownership of offshore submerged lands. The bill would grant states title within historic boundaries, with a House-passed parallel measure and debates over three mile seaward limits and use of oil revenues.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
House
Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
Texas
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Douglas
D-Ill
Released French Civilians To Be Picked Up In Russia
A military plane departs for Moscow to collect 14 French civilians freed from internment in North Korea. The group includes diplomats, a nun, and a French journalist and is expected to arrive in Moscow on Thursday after being held since the start of the Korean War.
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Russia
Paris
Moscow
North Korea
Man
North Carolina Outlaws Ku Klux Klan in Law
The North Carolina General Assembly enacted a measure outlawing the Ku Klux Klan and, as sponsors claim, the Communist party, approved by the House after Senate action. House debates on Superior Court judges and a broad milk industry regulation bill were paused to clear the calendar before adjournment tonight or tomorrow.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Communist Party
House
Senate
Superior Court
We Cu
Umstead
Freed Soldiers Return Home From Asia on Freedom Airlift
A C-97 transport carrying 35 and later 55 American soldiers and Marines freed from Communist prison camps began final legs home to California from Hawaii and San Francisco. At Hickam Field and Travis Air Force Base officials planned orderly processing and rapid disbursement of travel or hospital arrangements for the returning veterans.
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California
Hickam Field
San Francisco
Travis Air Force Base
Hickam
Army Tripler
Tokyo
Japan
States
Haere
Pacific
Hawaii
Red Cross
Panmunjom
Freedom Village
Fight over measure to add six NC Superior Court judges
In Raleigh a bill to add six Superior Court judges while keeping judicial districts unchanged drew strong opposition. The House debated a Senate amendment in the revenue bill and sided with Gov Umstead on a redistricting-favored path by a 54 to 53 vote after Speaker E T cast a tie breaking vote.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Senate
Umstead
First Award Goes to Stepmother for Raising Four Children
Mrs Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott age 58 of Belleville has been named American Mother of the Year by the American Mothers Committee. She raised four stepchildren after marrying their father, a longtime physician, and has grandchil dren. Her selection honors a first in the award's 25 year history. The luncheon honors will be held May 8 at the Waldorf Astoria New York.
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Stepmother
Belleville
American Mothers Committee
Ethlyn Wisegarver Bott
New York
Bott
Stanley T. Shaw
Kansas City
Edward
Corn Belt Laboratory
East St. Louis
State Court Hands Down New Opinions in Medical Case
The North Carolina Supreme Court ordered a man to stand trial on illegal medical practice charges despite a defect in the indictment. The Loesch case involved W. T. Loesch of Mecklenburg and a dispute over whether the indictment and medical examiners’ provisions were properly applied. The court’s opinion by Associate Justice Emery rejects quashing indictments for mere defects not affecting merits and discusses the attorney general’s role and solicitor directives.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Emery
State Board of Medical Examiners
W. T. Loesch
Mecklenburg
J. R. Cherry
Loesch
Superior Court
A. Crisp
Atty. Gen
Board of Medical Examiners
Basil White
Crisp
Atty.gen
Denny
POWs Describe Mass Killing of Wounded Soldiers
Repatriated American soldier Tully Cox of Alabama testified in Tokyo Army Hospital that Chinese troops sprayed burp guns on a convoy of about 40 trucks carrying nearly 800 wounded U S soldiers on December 2 1950. He said many were killed as the convoy was overwhelmed at a roadblock during a retreat by the 32nd Regiment 7th Division.
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Tokyo
U. S
Tully Cox
Altona
Ala
Tokyo Army
Cox
Hambhung
Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Four Death Case Appeals
Raleigh lawyers report the U S Supreme Court has denied a petition for rehearing for four Negroes, Speller Brown and the Daniels, ending another round in a long legal battle. The cases involve death sentences from North Carolina courts with execution dates to be set after certification. Speller, on death row since 1947 for the rape and assault of a white woman. Brown for the rape and near fatal beating of a 17 year old. the Daniels cousins convicted in a Greenville robbery murder.
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Raleigh
U. S. Supreme Court
Harry McMullan
Harold B. Willey
Willey
McMullan
Supreme Court
Raleigh Speller
Clyde Brown
Leroy
Lloyd Ray Daniels
N. C. Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
Speller
Progress Reported In Korean War Prisoner Talks
Harrison says there is some progress as U N negotiators discuss sending 50 000 Allied held prisoners who refuse repatriation to an Asian neutral nation. Nam says timing and location will be worked out with debate over keeping prisoners in Korea or moving them to a neutral power. The talks at Panmunjom lasted 64 minutes with emphasis on duration, neutral nation choice, and nonrepatriation terms.
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Munsan
Asia
William Harrison
U. N
India
Switzerland
Panmunjom
Korea
Nam 1
Nam
Harrison
Highway bids come in for 28 road projects statewide
Low bids totaling 2 725 441 12 were received by highway engineers yesterday on 28 road improvement projects involving 232 miles of work in 26 counties. The bids were 328 758 88 below commission estimates. The Highway Commission will review the low bids at its meeting tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Hiway Commission
Weather figures show mild night and rising day
The forecast lists a low of 55 tonight with a high of 176 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 82 and the low last night was 47. Sunset is at 7:05 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow occurs at 5:28 a.m.
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