Senate Defers Debt Boost Amid Uncertainty
The Senate Finance Committee opened talks on Eisenhower’s plea for a 15 billion dollar debt limit rise as lawmakers weigh a possible temporary two billion increase. House support and Senate opposition clash while leadership contemplates early adjournment and an end to this Congress.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Eisenhower
Millikin
R Cole
House
Halleck
Indiana
U.S. Reports Russian Air Recon Incidents Near Polar Regions
U S defense officials disclosed multiple Russian overflights near North America Greenland and Japan in the past year. Two 1950s era F84 interceptors exchanged fire with Soviet aircraft over Hokkaido with minor damage to one Russian plane.
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Washington
North American
Greenland
U. S
Japan
Siberian
Russia
Arctic
Hokkaido
Kurile Islands
Red Air Force
State Funeral Arranged For Taft
Congress approves a state funeral for Sen. Robert A. Taft to be held in the Capitol rotunda at 11 a.m. Monday. President Eisenhower and Cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, Joint Chiefs, and diplomats are invited, with burial in Cincinnati Taft’s hometown.
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Washington
Sen
Robert
A. Taft
Senate
Eisenhower
Jack Martin
Robert A. Taft
Capitol
Taft
White House
J. Mark Trice
Sen. Knowland
R-Calif
House
Mem
United States
Supreme Court
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Marines Corps
Coast Guard
Diplomatic Corps
Sherman Adams
Dee
Martin
Cincinnati
Ohio Republican
New York
Joseph Martin
R-Mass
Johnston In Charge Branch Defends Southern Baptist Setup
Rocky Mount North Carolina Baptists confront minister Samuel H Johnston who demands his congregation withdraw from the Southern Baptist Convention threatening resignation. He alleges low foreign missions funding and criticizes Wake Forest University and University of Richmond. Leaders call reports inaccurate and invite oversight.
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Rocky Mount
Southern Baptist Convention
Samuel H. W. Johnston
North Rocky Mount
Wake Forest
North A
University of Richmond i
Virginia
Johnston
Howard Wallace
Douglas M. Branch
First Baptist Church
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Southern Baptist Convention For Missions
Fo Mission Board
University of Richmond
North Carolina
Southern Baptist Mvention
Tribble
Harold Tribble
Wake Forst
Branch
North Rocky Mount Church
South Carolina Flue-Cured Tobacco Prices Dip on Open Market
SC reports steady to slightly lower prices across most flue-cured tobacco grades on opening day. Volume lead goes to Lake City with 1,121,662 pounds at 53.21 average, while Darlington posts 275,284 pounds at 55.40. Various leaf, cutter and priming bids range from 16.50 to 69 per 100 pounds with several declines edged by small gains.
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Lake City
S. C
South Carolina
U. S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Darlington
July Driest In More Than 25 Years
TheWeather Bureau reported July 1953 as the driest month in over a quarter century for the Piedmont Carolinas with Charlotte recording 1.62 inches of rain the driest July since 1925. Temperatures climbed into the high nineties to low hundreds across cities including Rocky Mount Raleigh Columbia Winston-Salem Augusta and Asheville with only scattered thundershowers forecast.
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Rocky Mount
Raleigh
Columbia
Winston-Salem
Augusta
Savannah River
South Carolina
Piedmont
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Sean
Carolina
Lumberton
New Bern
Hickory
Greensboro
Wilmington
Spartanburg
Greenville
S. C
Elizabeth City
Myrtle Beach
Charleston
Truce Commission Deliberations On Language Use
delegates from Sweden Switzerland Poland and Czechoslovakia outline how to communicate in the neutral truce supervision body. Swedish and Swiss will speak French with translation to Polish and Czech. Polish uses Polish and Czech uses Czech. Czech and Polish will be translated into English for Swedish and Swiss members.
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Munsan
Four-nation U.N. panel meets on Armistice supervision
The neutral armistice commission from Sweden Switzerland Poland and Czechoslovakia met at Panmunjom to oversee violations and supervise the 60 day prisoner exchange. Allied POWs begin transfer within days as Red Cross kits reach Seoul for returnees.
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Munsan
Pan
Chi
Freedom Land
U.N
Panmunjom
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Blackshear M. Bryan
Red Military Armistice Commission
Lee Sang Cho
Bryan
Lee
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Lunes
Red Peiping
Pyoktong
Manchurian
Reds
Feedom V
Ceillage
Mtooday
U.N. An
U.S. Air Force
Red Cross
Seoul
Japan
U.N. Red Cross
North Korea
Red Stockades
Military Armistice Commission
Red
Estate valued at 1.17 million left by Dr Coker
Dr W C Coker former UNC botany head died June 27 at 80. Orange County Superior Court filings show an estate valued at $1,174,673.73 with beneficiaries including Mrs Louise Venable Coker widow Coker College Hartsville SC UNC and USC among others.
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Hillsboro
W. C. Coker
University of North Carolina Botany Department
Orange County
Superior Court
Prince
Louise
Venable Coker
Coker College
Hartsville
S. C
University of North Carolina
University of South Carolina
Taft Death Brought Deep Sadness To Senator Bricker
Senator Bricker writes that the passing of Robert A. Taft is a national shock and a personal deep sadness. He recalls their close Ohio-Roots partnership from 1924, Taft's leadership in the House and Senate, his legal prowess, faith in government, and unwavering belief in God, guiding a life aimed at preserving the Constitution.
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Taft
Senator Bricker
John W. Bricker
United Press
Washington
Sen
Robert A. Taft
United States Senate
Ohio
Bob Taft
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Ohio General Assembly
United States
God
US rejects Soviet protest over downed IL-12 transport
State Department says the Soviet aircraft was destroyed by a U S fighter in Korean combat zone eight miles from the Yalu River and blames Soviet authorities for sending the plane through Korean territory. Survivors like Capt. Roche corroborate the attack as provoked.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
U. S
Charles Bohlen
Moscow
U.S
U. N
Yalu River
Siberian
Sen. Flanders
R-Vt
Armed Services Committee
Sea of Japan
Pentagon
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Ernest Roche
Roche
Tokyo
Sibera
Korea
Huadian
Wake Forest plans summer commencement Aug 7
Crozer Theological Seminary president Dr Sankey L Blanton will address the Wake Forest College summer commencement program Friday Aug 7 School Director Jasper piemery announced 77 candidates for the summer graduating class the largest since World War II
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Wake Forest
Sankey L. Blanton
Crozer Theological Seminary
Chester
Wake Forest College
Jasper Piemery
Building Permits in North Carolina Down from May
State Labor Department reports June building permits totaled 8.63 million dollars across 26 cities with populations over 10 000. The amount is 18 percent below May and 15 percent below June 1952. Residential permits reached 4.36 million, nonresidential 2.91 million, and alterations 1.37 million. Charlotte led with 1.67 million, Winston-Salem 1.27 million, and Raleigh 1.00 million.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Labor Department
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Forest Fire Meeting in Elizabeth City Delayed Start
The Southern states forest fire committee began its 14th annual conference in Elizabeth City with a banquet canceled as delegates failed to attend. Flake Shaw of Greensboro NC Farm Bureau executive VP was to speak, while Dr. G L Carver of Mercer University Macon Ga attended but did not address the banquet, instead socializing with delegates.
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Elizabeth City
Southern States Forest Fire Committee
Flake Shaw
Greensboro
North Carolina Farm Bureau
G. L. Carver
Macon
Mercer University
Three new WA County Health Cases Reported
The WA County Health Department reports three new cases, bringing total cases this year to eight. The patients are 7 year old Suzanne Williams of Raleigh Rt. 2, 16 year old Nancy Smith of Raleigh, and 31 year old Mary McGee of Raleigh.
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Wa County
Health Department
Suzanne Williams
Raleigh
Rt. 2
Nancy Smith
Mary McGee
Panther Driver's License Revoked in Interstate Action
The State Highway Patrol reports Polk County Sheriff revoked Panther's driver's license under a DMV order. Capt. C A Speed of Asheville says the action stems from a driving while intoxicated charge in Landrum South Carolina. Panther was arrested there May 5 and posted a $100 bond forfeited for failing to appear for trial on May 6 under a reciprocity agreement with South Carolina.
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Asheville
State Highway Patrol
Polk County
Panther
C. A. Speed
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Speed
Landrum
S. C
South Carolina
Wade
Ruling Expected on Wage Protest at Sunny Point Depot
Wilmington report says the Department of Labor will decide on a protest by Eastern North Carolina construction officials over proposed wages for Sunny Point Ammunition Loading Depot workers. Executives argued the government is imposing higher costs with out-of-line wage proposals at a labor department hearing.
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Wilmington
Department of Labor
North Carolina
Sunny Point
Labor Department
Weather outlook with warm temperatures and sunset time
The forecast notes a low tonight of 70 and a high tomorrow of 96. High today reached 95 with a low last night of 71. Sunset is 7:25 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 5:28 a.m.
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