New Orleans Police Seek To Return Greensboro Man
New Orleans police wait to know if Greensboro North Carolina native James Roy Johnson will waive extradition to face questioning in an unsolved 1950 murder case. Johnson, jailed in Columbus Ohio after admitting he killed his wife, may be the same victim identified as Betty Jean Johnson Guil lory or Nina Bessie Jessup Johnson. The 25 year old Joseph Guillory was questioned and released after confessing to reading of the slaying. authorities linked the case to an earlier missing mother from North Carolina with two children.
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New Orleans
Ohio
Philip Nicaud
James Roy Johnson
Nicaud
District Attorney's
Greensboro
N. C
Columbus
Ty Jean Johnson
Betty Jean Guillory
Nina Bessie Jessup Johnson
Joseph Guillory
Guillory
Betty Jean Johnson
Randleman
Three Thousand Tar Heels Eligible To Vote On Wheat Quotas
About 3,000 Tar Heel farmers in North Carolina and nationwide may vote on Friday in a wheat marketing quotas referendum. If two thirds vote yes, 1954 crop price supports rise to 90 percent of parity for those within allotments. no quotas mean penalties for excess production and price supports drop to 50 percent for cooperators. Non cooperators lose price support.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Production and Marketing Administration
PMA
Three North Carolina Musicians Win National Contest Honors
Three North Carolina musicians won awards at the National Championship Country Music contest in Warrenton Virginia. Smitty Irwin of Shelby captured the five string banjo title while Toby Stroud of Echmond and Jimmy Haynie of Canton tied for best vocalist. Scotty Stoneman and Chubby Wise shared best fiddler honors. The Free State Ramblers of Warrenton won best five piece hillbilly band and Echo Ian Cloggers of Hendersonville won the miscellaneous entry division. Judging followed two days of competition with about 300 entries overall.
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Warrenton
North Carolina
Smitty Irwin
Shelby
N. C
Toby Stroud
Echmond
Jimmy Haynie
Canton
Scotty Stoneman
Carmody Hill
Chubby Wise
Lake City
Fla
Free State Ramblers
Echo Ian Cloggers
Hendersonville
U S Wheat Farmers to Vote on Quotas
Farmers nationwide will vote on federal marketing quotas for next year's wheat as supply exceeds the normal by 20 percent. If approved, quotas imply strict output control and price support. rejection limits government action to acreage rules. Traders warn of price impact and surplus shifts depending on the result.
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Alfred Leech
United Press
Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Agriculture
Charles Brannan
He Runs in Shorts Finds Heat Walks in Warm Gear
Washington writer Harman W. Nichols recalls a bold, humorous test of cooling ethics by bundling up indoors to beat near 90 degree heat. He notes remarks by W. Robert Moore of the National Geographic Society and cites desert climates where multiple cotton layers provide cooling through sweat absorption.
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Harman W. Nichols
United Press
Washington
Remar
Theib Bughouse
Congress
John ‘Osterles
Far East
Arthur E. Summerfield
Eneral
Summerfield
W. Robert Moore
National Geographic Society
Africa
Iraq
Moore
Poate
NLRB Board Upholds Textile Plant Bargaining Order
A three member board sustained a trial examiner’s intermediate report in Shelby North Carolina case against Consolidated Textile Co Ella Division. The company must cease refusing to recognize or bargain with the Textile Workers Union of America CIO and must bargain upon request. The union had alleged unilateral wage reductions and failure to bargain.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Shelby, N. C
Consolidated Textile Co., Inc
Ella Division
Ers Union of America, Cio
Louis Prost
You Can Fool Foes But Not the Book Bridge Column
Oswald Jacoby discusses a bridge hand from last year’s national championships. South reaches four hearts, West leads diamond king, and the hand diverges from book play as a live opponent can mislead. South must choose whether to finesse clubs and risks, ultimately facing a setback after misreading East’s probable cards.
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Oswald Jacoby
NEA
South
West
East
Declarer
Seth
Navy Calls Off Search For Missing Fliers
The Navy in Norfolk, Virginia, halted air sea search for two officers missing after their small carrier-type plane vanished. Pilot Lt Cmdr J F Price of Chester PA and Lt Cmdr John Davis Price of Washington DC were en route from Newport RI to Norfolk after last radio contact Friday night. A Navy spokesman said the search had produced no trace and it appears they are lost.
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Norfolk
Navy
Fifth District Naval Headquarters
J. F. Price
Chester
John Davis Price
Washington, D. C
Newport
R. I
Atlantic City Naval Air Station
Naval
Tannery Discontinues Harness Leather in Zanesville
C Findeiss and Sons tannery in Zanesville Ohio announces it will stop producing harness leather a product they have made since 1880. The firm will shift to leather for belts and shoes for men replacing the harness leather line.
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Zanesville, O
C. Findeiss & Sons Tannery
Arrested for 60th Time in Subway Theft Case
New York police say Joseph Conte aged 60 was arrested for the 60th time. He appeared in court Sunday on grand larceny charges for stealing $60 from a subway passenger.
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New York
Joseph Conte
Psychiatrist Describes Repatriated Prisoners’ Mental Scars
INCHON Korea UP Army psychiatrist Henry Segal warned long confinement in Communist camps left deep scars on returning prisoners. Many remain in a dream world and struggle to readjust to reality. some harbor a hero complex and guilt from propaganda, while others fear waste of their captivity unless they make realistic plans after homecoming.
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Inchon
Korea
Henry K. A. Segal
Philadelphia
Segal
Production hits all time high in April to June surge
U S Commerce Department report shows gross national product at an annual rate of 372 billion dollars for April through June, up from 362 billion in early 1953. Growth driven by consumer and government spending and inventory buildup, with foreign investment declining.
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Washington
America
Commerce Department
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Louis St. Laurent
NLRB
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U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
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