Ridgway Presses for Explanation After Kaesong Violation
Ridgway halted when newsmen pressed for comment in Tokyo as the armistice talks face new tensions. The negotiating team including Craigie Burke Hodes and Park Sun Yup left for downtown Tokyo while Ridgway sought a satisfactory explanation for the Communist forces marching within 100 yards of the conference house in Kaesong.
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Arleigh A. Burke
Henry I. Hodes
Park Sun Yup
Korea
Ega‘ion
Tokyo
Washington
Ridgway
Kaesong
Conference House
U.N
Reds
Peipit
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Jaycees Gather Up Carload Of Scrap Paper
Jaycees from Thomasville collected an estimated 15 to 20 tons of scrap paper over the weekend in what was described as one of the most successful drives in the local Junior Chamber of Commerce history. The event honored cooperating participants and noted a local paper company helped.
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Thomasville
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Pa Et Eeeee Ira Paper Company
Een
Zation
Japanese removed from World War II political blacklist
About 13,906 Japanese including Ichiro Hatoyama are removed from the wartime political blacklist in a sweeping amnesty. Some 90,000 remain on the list as of the report, with Hatoyama noted as a former Liberal Party leader and potential future prime minister.
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Tokyo
Ichiro Hatoyama
Liberal Party
Japan
Thomasville Jaycees Triumph in 42-4 Softball Victory
The Thomasville Jaycees defeated the Leon Jaycees 42 to 4 at Kearn Street Field Saturday night. Milton Fuller pitched for the victors in a dominant offensive showcase.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Jaycees
Junior Chamber
Jaycees
Kearn Street
Milton Fuler
Mills Home reunion draws 1200 alumni and families
More than 1,200 former Mills Home students and their relatives gathered for Homecoming Day in Thomasville. Edwin S. Lanier mayor of Chapel Hill spoke on changes at Mills Home, including school transfers and building improvements. Alumni from multiple states attended, with notable guests Pat Preston of Wake Forest football and Johnny Allen, ex Cleveland pitcher, both Mills Home alumni.
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Mills Home
North Carolina
Thomasville
Middle
J. O. Bowers
Kannapolis
T. H. Small
Mills
Baptist Orphanage
Edwin S. Lanier
Chapel Hill
Moder
G. R. Terrington
Greensboro
Pat Preston
Wake Forest
Johnny Allen
Cleveland
Maimed on Doorstep In Newburgh
Mrs Viola Matthews, 23, mother of five, lost both legs when a car jumped the curb and struck her as she sat on her doorstep in Newburgh New York.
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Newburgh
N. Y
Viola Matthews
Cabbie Becomes a Published Writer in His Cab
New York cabbie Ken Hecht narrates tales from riders turning into articles. He began two and a half years ago mailing his first piece to a national magazine and now has about 50 scripts circulating, many sold without an agent despite a rough start in school.
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Elizabeth Toomey
United Press
New York
Ken Hecht
Hackie
Hecht
Bronx
North Carolina Briefs Highlight Local Movements
A fragmentary note states residents have taken it upon themselves to speak out for a show of effort in Grosnsbere where Grosnsbere vice president is named. The text reflects a local speaking action tied to community leadership and a defined place.
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Grosnsbere
State FFA Convention Opens At State College Raleigh
The 23rd annual State Association of Future Farmers of America convention opened at North Carolina State College with an expected 1500 delegates. Governor Scott and U. S. Senator Hoey were set to speak this afternoon.
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Raleigh —i
State Association of Future Farmers of America
N. C. State College
Scott
U. S
Gide i. Hoey
North Carolina Friends Open 234th Annual Meeting Session
The 234th annual meeting of North Carolina Friends began a week long session at Guilford College. The gathering will send delegates to three member areas across the state and a small district in Southwest Virginia north of Mt. Airy to advance Polenta work.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Friends
Guilford College
Gabe Geanann
Polenta
Virginia
Mt. Airy
Durham Doctor Found Dead in Yard
Dr Albert 16 was found dead in the back yard of his home with his wrists slashed. Newsome had been in poor health and recently returned to teaching duties after a leave of absence.
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Durham
Albert
Newsome
Mrs. Sarah Weaver Named Public Affairs Director
Raleigh reports Mrs. Sarah Boyd Weaver, a former Tar Heel journalist, is named director of public affairs for the Carolina Council of Civil Defense by State Civil Defense Director E Z Jones. She has spent six months as director of public affairs for Florida’s Civil Defense and previously worked in Durham Salisbury and St City.
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Raleigh
Sarah Boyd Weaver
Tar Heel
Carolina Council of Civil Defense
E.Z. Jones
Defense Dept Identifies 20 Korean War Casualties
Washington report lists the 370th casualty roster detailing one dead, 17 wounded, one injured, and one missing in the Korean conflict.
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Washington
Defense Department
Mobilization director opposes longer work week
Washington AP Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson opposes extending the 40 hour work week. He said the current time and a half overtime premium boosts worker morale and defense production.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Longshoremen End Work After Tito Picture Clarified
New York union officials say longshoremen resumed work after a dispute over a smoking room image on a Yugoslav ship. Workers initially claimed it showed Joseph Stalin but officials confirmed it depicted Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, easing tensions.
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New York
Joseph Stalin
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
A Smaller World and Stronger Forces in North Carolina
Lynn Nisbet surveys how communications and transport shrink boundaries, then reviews North Carolina’s cotton and tobacco heritage, shifts toward synthetic fibers, and the rise of global competition. It links price and production controls to historical debates, urging diversification into poultry, livestock, and farming innovations to sustain the state’s economy.
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Appy
Eve
North America
Egypt
India
Sir Walter Raleigh
Carolinas
Virginia
China
North Carolina
Congress
Harold Cooley
John C. Calhoun
New England
Massachusetts
Korea
Congo
Waynesville
Willard
Davidson County Board in Meeting Over Controversy
Davidson County board discussed a dispute over alleged county contract practices involving weatherstripping and insulation at the county home and courthouse. D W McCulloch reportedly sought resignation, with County Attorney Mauze directing an investigation into the matter.
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County Board of
Davidson
Thomasville
Davidson County Board of Commie
D. W. McCulloch
McCulloch
Charles W. Mauze
Court House
One No Good Shelbyville Man Arrested in Stocking Foot Flight
Bert Patterson, 65, was arrested in Shelbyville Indiana after walking through town in his stocking feet. He told police he lost one shoe, grew disgusted and threw the other away.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Rebert Patterson
New Methods Promise Ample Supplies of Wonder Drugs
New procedures announced by Harvard scientists and Merck aim to produce cortisone from plentiful raw materials including coal tar yeast yams soy beans and cholesterol. The work promises major supply increases though scale up and feasibility remain uncertain. Merck researchers Drs John E S H Wilson and Max Tishler lead one method while Harvard scientists Wei Yuan Buang and William P Schneider head another.
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New York
New Met
Journal of the
American Chemical Society
Harvard University
Merck and Company
Rahway
N. J
Merckem
John E. Ot Nano
S . H. Wilson
Max Tishler
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