City Council approves 1953 54 budget with $1.10 tax rate
Winter City Council approved the 1953 54 budget after weeks of revisions. The tax rate was cut from 1.50 to 1.10 per 100 assessed, with about 58 000 freed from expenses. Utilities funding rose to 200 000 to strengthen the electric system as the city aims to reduce line leakage and ensure operation next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest Cates
Winter City Council
Tisenita
Massnait
Wil Salu
Genother
T. E. Hinson
Council
John Clinard
Clinard
Utilities Department
Hinson
Alth Council
McCarthy Secrecy Marks New Atomic Inquiry
Senator McCarthy announced a new closed door inquiry into claims a Communist party member in the government has access to secret atomic and military material. Witnesses testified for two hours as a public session may be held later in the week if facts warrant, with unnamed sources suggesting the worker is at the Government Printing Office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
R—Wis
Communist Party
McCarthy
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Secre
Military, Atomic Energy] Commission
Central Intelligence Agency
Government
Government Printing Office
Pentagon
AEC
CIA
McCarthy Committee
Canadians reelect St Laurent Liberals to power in landslide win
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent and the Liberal Party secured a solid national victory. The Liberals won 171 of 265 Commons seats, maintaining a strong majority and signaling public support for his leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Louis St. Laurent
Liberal Party
Liberals
House of Commons
St. Laurent
Commons
Progressive Conservative
Socialist
CCF
Monwealth Cooperative Federation
Social Creditors
Conservatives
City Powell Bill Check Set At 126 Thousand For High Point
Raleigh reports Powell Bill allocations totaling 5 244 143 to 394 North Carolina communities for non highway street work. High Point receives 126 147 with checks to be mailed mid next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Tar Heel
Charlotte
Falkland
Pitt County
Asheville
Durham
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Wilmington
Morganton
Mount Airy
New Bern
Kinston
Reidsville
Roanoke Rapids
Rocky Mount
Salisbury
Sanford
Shelby
Spencer
Statesville
Thomasville
Wilson
POWs vow vengeance on ``Progressives'' after Korea exchanges
A group of returned prisoners from Korea denounce fellow captives who joined communism and vow to target Progressives. The seventh day of exchanges brings 648 Americans and 2,372 Allied captives home as a troop ship heads toward San Francisco while others sail from Inchon. Violence and anger mark the reception, with several ex-prisoners threatening those who aligned with communism.
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Panmunjom
Freedom Village
Inchon
Nelson M. Walker
San Francisco
Honolulu
Travis Air Force Base
French Rail Strike Halts Traffic Across Nation
A Communist led CGT strike shuts down rail service affecting about a million workers in publicly owned industries. Postal, telephone, and telegraph workers joined in seven days of stoppage causing widespread tourist disruption and stranded citizens. Miners and gas workers faced walkouts as cabinet ministers considered requisition orders to force a return to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Joseph Lanier
POWs Freed Listed Tar Heel Veterans From North Carolina
UN Command release names seven North Carolinians among American POWs freed in the seventh day of the exchange. Individuals include Donald W. Vaughan Ralph M. Grainger Locksley H. Hutchens Oscar Best Harold J. Neal and relatives in Raleigh Hallsboro Yadkinville Warsaw Greensborow.
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Munsan
United Nations Command
Donald W. Vaughan
Cpl. Co. L
Lela P. Vaughan
Rt. 2
Raleigh
N.C
Ralph M. Grainger
Cpl. Co. E
Leola L. Grainger
Hallsboro
Locksley H. Hutchens
Med. Co
Maggie Hutchens
Yadkinville
Oscar Best
Sgt
Co. C
Easter Best
Rt. 1
Box 118
Warsaw
Harold J. Neal
Pre
Co. I
Anits P. Neal
Nelson St
Greensboro
East German Farmers Jailed as Reds Target Harvest Delays
Berlin reports East German authorities arrest farmers and farm workers on charges of criminal slowness in harvesting grain as shortages drive thousands to West Berlin for U.S. food parcels. Meantime the West lists over 2.1 million parcels distributed to East zone citizens with plans to switch programs on August 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
East Berlin
U. S. State Department
Neue Zeitung
Mecklenburg
Reds
State Milk Commission forms nine district plan for hearings
North Carolina's new State Milk Commission organized and divided the state into nine districts to hold hearings on regulation of the milk industry. W. W. Fitzpatrick was elected chairman as the panel considers questions under the milk control law and awaits guidance from Attorney General Harry McMullan.
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New State Milk Commission
North Carolina
Raleigh
State Milk Commission
W. W. Fitzpatrick
Rougemont Aan
Fitzpatrick
Harry McMullan
Milk Commission
Cherokee
Clay
Macon
Graham
Swain
Jackson
Haywood
Transylvania
Henderson
Polk
Buncombe
Madison
McDowell
Yancey
Mitchell
Cleveland
Lincoln
Burke
Catawba
Iredell
Alexander
Caldwell
Rutherford
Malenkov Maintains Grip Amid Kremlin Power Struggle
Washington reports domestic experts say Malenkov now stands unchallenged in Russia after Stalin’s death. They cite loyal Red Army backing and a strong parliamentary display, with Molotov and Bulganin potentially pledging loyalty as gaps widen elsewhere. Analysts flag a skyrocket in military budget and 30 billion rubles for atomic projects in 1958, hinting at continued arms focus.
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John A. Scali
Washington
Georgi Malenkov
Kremlin
Russia
Soviet Union
Stalin
Red Army
Malenkov
Lavrenty Beria
V. M. Molotov
Nicolai Bulganin
Moscow
AFL council urges suspension of International Longshoremen
CHICAGO AP The AFL executive council voted to recommend suspending the International Longshoremen Association on charges of waterfront racketeering until it meets a cleanup order. George Meany called the move a milder step, with the union to lose voting rights and dues status if suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
America Federation of Labor
International Longshoreman Association
AFL
St. Louis
George Meany
Meany
First Negro Tenant Brings Demonstration
CHICAGO police dispersed about 300 officers and 1,000 protesters at Trumbull Park Homes after the first Negro tenant moved in. Teens threw bricks and bottles, injuring five. windows were smashed at Donald Howard's apartment, and a three block area was sealed to residents. A second disturbance followed a prior protest at the CHA project manager’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
South Side
Donald Howard
Chicago Housing Authority
Trumbull Park Homes
Howard
Trumbull Park
CHA
Patient Drowns at Murfreesboro Veterans Hospital Lake
A 55 year old North Carolina man Will Thomas of Gastonia drowned at a lake on the Veterans Hospital grounds in Murfreesboro Tennessee after apparently suffering an epileptic seizure and toppling into the shallow water during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murfreesboro
Tenn
North Carolina
Veterans’ Hospital
Will Thomas
Gastonia
Army drafts 23000 men in October call
Washington bulletin reports the army issues a draft call for 23,000 men scheduled in October. The action expands the manpower pool during the current mobilization effort.
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Washington
Army Today
Eisenhower Calls for Vigorous Federal Spending Cuts
President Eisenhower mails a directive to agency heads urging immediate and substantial reductions in spending for the current and coming fiscal year. Budget Director Dodge orders spending estimates due by Oct 1. Hagerty notes aim to avoid a special session as Congress adjourns.
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Denver
Fisen
Comaenncamnen
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Adm
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hagerty
Congress
Senate
Humphrey
Conarena
Joseph M. Dodge
Washington
Lowry Air Force Base
Bernard M. Shanley
Weather figures for tonight and tomorrow
The forecast lists a low of 65 tonight and a high of 92 tomorrow. Daytime high reached 88 today while the overnight low was 62 last night. Sunset is at 7 15 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 36 a m.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Cseverseerenns
Boston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
Cseeesenes
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington
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Canada
Louis
U. N
CGT
National Confederation of Labor
Socialist Workers’ Forces
Christian Trade Federation
CFTC
St. Lazare
Limoges
Clermont-Ferrand
Bordeaux
le Havre
America
Pappy
Frank
Pappy) Noel
Associated Press
Noel
Tokyo
Ike
Ashe
Alleghany
Surry
Watauga
Wilkes
Yadkin
Avery
Stokes
Forsyth
Davie
Davidson
Rowan
Gaston
Cabarrus
Union
Stanly
Anson
Montgomery
Richmond
Randolph
Guilford
Rockingham
Caswell
Alamance
Person
Granville
Vance
Warren
Orange
Wake
Franklin
Chatham
Lee and
Moore
Scotland
Robeson
Columbus
Brunswick
New Hanover
Hoke
Cumberland
Bladen
Sampson
Pender
Duplin
Onslow
Jones
Lenoir
Greene
Wayne
Harnett
Johnston
Pitt
Craven
Carteret
Pamlico
Nash
Edgecombe
Martin
Beaufort
Hyde
Tyrrell
Dare
Bertie
Hertford
Gates
Chowan
Perquimans
Pasquotank
Camden
Currituck
Halifax
Northampton
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