Newspaper Boy Day Observed Across Three States
Friday October 2 marks Newspaper Boy Day with two top carrier boys touring state canals in Raleigh Columbia and Rimond. The Mid Atlantic Circulation Managers Association met to set plans for the event and the fall convention in Charleston, South Carolina October 11 to 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Carolinas
Virginia
Raleigh
Columbia
Rlmond
North Carolina Capitol
Charleston
S. C
Mid-Atlantic Circulation Managers Association
Regional spring citizenship conference at UNC
Educators from four states will attend the regional spring citizenship conference at the University of North Carolina tomorrow and Saturday. John H. Overton of Columbia S C regional director of the Citizenship Education Project says the event aims to balance coverage of education by highlighting its positive aspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
John H. Overton
Columbia
S. C
Citizenship Education Project
Graham praises U N role in easing world tensions
Dr Frank P Graham former UNC president and U S senator urged in Raleigh that the United Nations is responsible for lowering international tensions. He spoke at North Carolina State College during a luncheon in his honor and called the U N the only international body giving hope for peace today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Raleigh
Frank P. Graham
United Nations
U. N
Consolidated University of North Carolina
U. S
North Carolina State College
U.N
Union to Hold Strike Votes at Western Electric Plants
A CIO group led by John Walker says 5000 Western Electric workers in Winston-Salem Greensboro and Burlington will vote on a strike tomorrow and Saturday after 22 days of stalled talks. The current contracts expire at midnight Monday and mediators hope to restart negotiations before then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N-Salem
Western Electric Co
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Burlington
John Walker
CIO Communications Workers of America
Former NC GOP Chairman Denies Dem Fund Pressure
Thomas Edgar Story, once a state representative and then announced as North Carolina Republican chairman, said he would likely remain a school principal except for Democratic pressure. He claimed he was fired as Wilkesboro High School principal in 1939 for refusing to give $50 to a Wilkes County Democratic campaign fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesboro
Thomas Edgar Story
North Carolina
Story
Wilkesboro High School
Wilkes County
Kiser Named Most Valuable House Member in Assembly Poll
Rep Roger C Kiser of Scotland County a school teacher on leave was chosen as the most valuable member of the House in a poll by newspaper and radio newsmen covering the 1953 General Assembly. He was named on 11 of 14 ballots for his conscientious scrutiny of legislation and his resistance to measures against the public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Roger C. Kiser
Scotland County
Newsaper
Iser
Kiser
Bill Approved for Blackwell Wright Flight Anniversary Delegation
The House Rules Committee approved a bill to send five Senators five House members and two other citizens to Kitty Hawk North Carolina for the 50th anniversary of the Wright brothers first flight on December 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Kitty Hawk
N. C
House
Rep
Bonner
North Carolina
Smith to Speak Asheville Banquet Honors 28 New NC Industries
Sen Willis Smith of North Carolina will be principal speaker at a Friday night banquet in Asheville honoring 28 new industries that have located in Western North Carolina since 1948. The event is sponsored by the Asheville Chapter of the Society for Advancement of Management.
Sabre Jets Hit Five MIG-15s Amid Seoul Battlefront Action
U N forces report American Sabre jets destroying or damaging five MIG-15s during an intensified air offensive. Three MiGs fell to the Sabres as numbers of Communist aircraft attacked from Manchuria, while allied warplanes pounded North Korean targets from the front to the Yalu River. Captain Manuel J. Fernandez Jr. is noted in dispatches from the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
Iron Triangle
Sabre
Fernandez
Baker’s
Fifth Air Force
Songsong
Sinmak
Yalu River
Allies warn Reds of short cut in prisoner releases at Panmunjom
Panmunjom reports say Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison warned the Communists to propose a neutral caretaker for 48,000 reluctant prisoners and to release 32 North Koreans who refuse repatriation. The talks resume Friday amid ongoing exchanges and new U.S. air actions against targets along the Korean front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Harrison
South Korea
Harrison
Iiene
Red
John C. Daniel
Munsan
Panmunjom
Korea
Switzerland
India
Milk price control battle shapes North Carolina budget agenda
Raleigh reports a stormy House session as lawmakers strip pricing powers from a proposed milk commission. Ed O Herron’s amendment passes 59 to 44, with a two thirds requirement to remove it. The bill expands the panel to seven and moves toward Senate approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Ed O’herron
O'Herron
Senate
Commission
Merl Young Sentenced After Perjury Conviction in RFC Inquiry
Merl Young, 38, jailed four months to two years on four perjury counts after denying involvement with Lustron Corp. loan applications while with the RFC. Judge McGuire denied probation, noting perjury undercuts government integrity, with sentences to run concurrently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
E. Merl. Young
RFC
Young
U. S
Matthew F. McGuire
McGuire
Missouri
Lauretta
Harry Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corp
White House
Truman
Senate
Senators
Lustron Corp
Freedom Airlift Returns Prisoners Home From Tokyo
American soldiers and Marines freed from Communist camps arrived at Travis Air Force Base on the first Freedom Airlift. Thirty five ex prisoners, including nine litter cases, began 30 day leaves or hospital care after medical checks. The returnees flew from Tokyo with plans for home visits or specialized treatment, while a second group was readied to depart later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
San Francisco
Marine Pyt
Louis A. Pumphrey
Cottondale
Ala
Los Angeles
Birmingham
Tokyo
Honolulu
Lena Guerrero
Tripler Army Hospital
Eisenhower Proposes Defense Department Reorganization
President Eisenhower sent Congress a plan to reorganize the Defense Department expanding civilian head authority and curbing Joint Chiefs power. It calls for six more assistant secretaries and abolishes several boards with staff cuts in the secretary of defense office. The aim is to concentrate responsibilities under individual assistants while maintaining a strong military capability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs For
Munitions Board
Research and Development Board
Defense Supply Management Agency
Secretary of Defense
Senate Rejects Amendment to Tidelands Measure in 59 22 Vote
The Senate defeated an amendment that would have set a federal leasing framework and three mile seaward boundary for all states, while maintaining the administration bill's plan to recognize Texas and West Florida up to 10 12 miles. Final passage expected Tuesday. In Fayetteville, two 17 year olds were sentenced to 5 to 10 years for arson of two houses, with a 14 year old released to juvenile authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sion
Senate Committee On
Senate
House
Washington
ULP
Tidelands
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Texas
West
Florida
Spessard Holland
D-Fla
Monroneys
Monroney
No Man's Land
Fayetteville
Carl Tyndall
William Jernigan
Eisenhower proposes initial eight billion budget cuts in 1950s plan
President Eisenhower outlined preliminary reductions to Truman era spending aimed at trimming about eight billion dollars from the defense and domestic budgets. The talks with congressional leaders centered on cuts of roughly five billion in military outlays, with one point eight billion in foreign aid and one point two billion in domestic programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Truman
White House
Treasury Ca Ae
Ial Security
Peased
Sen. Bridges
R-Nh
Taft
Ohio
National Security Council
Bridges
Drys Lose Roll Call Vote On Liquor Referendum
In Raleigh the dry forces failed to obtain a roll call vote on a statewide liquor referendum. Rep. Pittman moved to recall his measure from the Counties Cities and Towns committee. the panel postponed the bill indefinitely. The tabling motion passed 48 to 47 as Speaker Best ruled the request for a recorded vote came too late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
James H. Pittman
Richmond
House Committee On
Carl Venters
Onslow
Pittmans
Venters
Pittman
E. T. Best
Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Sam Worthington
Pitt
Joseph Warren
Caswell
Edwin S. Poll
Wake
Richard Mauney
Cherokee
George H. Mills
Rutherford
Russell
Rural post offices in Ashe County replaced by home delivery
Postmaster General Summerfield announced 14 Ashe County rural offices will be discontinued tomorrow and replaced with direct home delivery. The plan speeds service, saves money, and mirrors Wilkes County changes from April 1 with broader rural revisions planned nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Summerfield
Ashe County
North Carolina
Wilkes County
Ball
Bina
Brownwood
Clifton
Comet
Helton
Milan
Silar Creek
Sly
Sturgills
Tolliver
Transoll
Tuckerdale
Wagoner
Post Office Department
Commission Okays Bus Sale Here
The North Carolina Utilities Commission approved Duke Power Company's sale of its transit system to H. M. Moore. Attorney Robert Martin said only minor details remain before transfer, with Moore to take over all transit facilities and buses by the end of May after city council approval of a franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Utilities Commission
Duke Power Company
H. M. Moore
Robert Martin
Moore
Duke
Martin
Weather report with mixed numbers and odd terms
A brief weather note states tonight's low around 60 and tomorrow's high near 178. It notes today's high 72 and last night's low 6 percent humidity. Sunset is 7 06 PM and sunrise 3 28 AM. FLOWERS. Unsettled conditions threaten trey.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Luang
Plaine Des Jarres
Thailand
Vietnam
Samneua
Viet Nam
Hanoi
China
Angson
Haiphong
Hainan
Indochina
Laos
Vinh
Luangprabang
Samaeya
Bannambac
Pakseng
Red China
Langson
Miami
Fla
Royal N. ‘Baker
McKinney
Tex
Clyde J. Wade
Johnson City
Tenn
George P. Kelly III
Houston
John W. Mitchell
Enid
Ongjin
Haeju
Marine Corsairs
Sariwon
New Milk Board
Merl Young
U.S
Juan Osorio Melendez
Puerto Rico
867Th Field Artillery Bn
Fort Sill
Oklo
Nevada Proving Grounds
Federal
Continental Shelf
West Florida
States
Drys
Trey
Charlotter
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Seeee
Atlanta
Secessees
Boston
Seseeseese
Charlotte Cesssese
Chicago Ercessses
Denver
Secseese
Detroit
Saverseee Bf
High Pointerenee
Little Rock Sense
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!