Pilgrim Churches Plan Conference and Camp Meeting
The 66 Pilgrim churches of North Carolina schedule their annual Conference on August 15 and 16 and Camp Meeting August 17 to 26 under a large tent at Pilgrim Bible College in Kingsville. Rev. Melvin Snyder to lead. Dr. E R Overly to evangelize. Frank Salo and wife to direct music. expected attendance above 3 000. overnight campus accommodations available.
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Pilgrim Churches of
North Carolina
Lrge Tabernacle
Pilgrim Bible College
Kville
Melvin Snyder
E. R. Overly
Kentucky
Frank Salo
St. Louis
John Dean
Pilgrim Church
Gordon Miller
Pilgrim Churches of the
North Carolina Conference
Truman to Announce Democratic Nominee This Afternoon
Former President Harry S. Truman said he will disclose his choice for the Democratic presidential nomination at an afternoon news conference. He told reporters he has made up his mind but warned the decision could change and he might be reconvinced.
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Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Candidates Kept On Political Hot Spot Marathon Trial
Boston dispatch notes juror questions and challenges as 100 veniremen move through the Suffolk County pool. In Chicago, President Truman weighs whom to back for the Democratic nomination, keeping Stevenson Harriman and others guessing ahead of the convention.
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Boston
Felix Forte
Suffolk County
Sunday Enterprise Feature Preview in High Point
The Sunday Enterprise highlights include Bonanza, a seven year old girl given $10 to spend downtown, tips for service workers with interviews from waitresses and cab drivers, a blind man starting a new High Point business, a 1869 North Carolina business directory study, a Keswick bond linking two cities over alcoholism treatment, and a women in the news section with a globe trotter and active Democratic Party member.
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High Point
Dick Bickerton
The
Enterprise
Tom Alston
Perone
Forrest Cates
N. C
Robert Marks
North Carolina
Guilford County
Dulles Aims for Bipartisan Suez Conference Backing
Secretary of State Dulles said a White House meeting with congressional leaders will seek bipartisan backing for U S policy on the Suez crisis. He and President Eisenhower discussed Suez and other matters before a Sunday session with Republican and Democratic chiefs on Egypt's seizure of the waterway. The talks precede a multinational conference in London and may last about a week.
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Washington
Dulles
White House
Eisenhower
Egypt
Suez
New York
U. N
Jold
London
San Francisco
Congressional
Sion
Chi
Civil rights issue discussed by Democratic wings at Chicago hearing
North and Southern wings of the Democratic party hear witnesses on civil rights for the 1956 platform. Committee leaders plan a long session to draft proposals, with a 15 member drafting group to shape the platform and a full committee vote before the convention. Southern leaders warn that endorsing school desegregation could cost votes, while others believe a civil rights section will pass without major Southern opposition.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
National Democratic Party
John S. Battle
Virginia
South
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Platform
Chou Enlai Says News Reports Matter Little
Premier Chou Enlai says U S correspondents are invited to visit Red China to see what is actually being done but their reports matter little upon return Peiping radio notes lifting a seven year ban on American journalists and cabled visas to 18 reporters for the first mainland visit since the Red takeover The U S State Department warned reporters they face jail terms fines and passport restrictions if they travel to unrecognized nations
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Hong Kong
Chou Enlai
U. S
Red China
Peiping
U. S. State Department
United States
Stevenson Resumes Confabs Before Democratic Nominating Fight
Adlai E Stevenson met with party leaders in Chicago as he presses for the 1956 Democratic nomination. He seeks Truman endorsement but says he can win on the first ballot with about 630 pledged delegates. Kefauver and Leader predict victory. Hodges shifts stance after Stevenson's platform stance on school desegregation.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Estes Kefauver
Tenneschusetts
George
Pennsylvania
Eerwin
Averell Harriman
New York
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Kefauver
U.S. Supreme Court
Hodges
Diplomats Seek Backing On Suez Conference Expansion
London rejected Soviet proposals to add 22 nations and delay the Suez conference opening. Britain, with France and the United States, prepared a reply delivered by Sir William Hayter in Moscow. Moscow urged broader inclusion and delayed date while Moscow claimed the issue should not decide Suez future.
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London
Britain
Moscow
William Hayter
Soviet Union
Red China
Morocco
Iraq
Cairo
Suez
Paris
Egypt
Warsaw
Leeward Islands Face Hurricane Betsy Advance
A two day old hurricane Betsy with 120 mph winds nears the Leeward Islands. It is about 1,450 miles southeast of Miami and 400 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico urges advisories, with forecasts predicting a pass near Guadeloupe's Basse Terre if Betsy maintains course.
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Miami
Fla
Puerto Rico
Betsy
San Juan
Ponce
Antigua
Martinique
Dominica-Guadeloupe
Virgin Island
Dominice
Dominica
Guadeloupe
Basse Terre
North Carolina Delegation Heads to Chicago by Train
Most of North Carolina's delegation to the Democratic convention travels by a special train from Raleigh to Chicago with stops in Durham Greensboro Charlotte and Asheville and a spur to Spartanburg South Carolina. Governor Hodges leads the group along with 79 delegates alternates and wives and U.S. Senator W Kerr Scott supports Stevenson while Hodges may serve as favorite son if harmony requires.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Chicago
Durham
Greensboro
Charlotte
Asheville
Spartanburg
D.C
South Carolina
Guv. Hodges
Tar Heel
John D. Larkins Jr
John T. Richardson
Hodges
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
W. Kerr Scott
Stevenson
J. Leslie Atkins Jr
Durham County
Democratic Executive Committee
Sen
Scott
Atkins
Fateful Day For Harriman
Chicago reports say Gov. Harriman of New York could surge as a top Democratic candidate as Truman weighing in could tilt delegates toward Harriman. Stevenson forces insist they can win the nomination without Truman’s endorsement, while Truman has not disclosed his preference before his news conference.
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Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Gov
Averell Harriman
Truman
Stevenson
Harriman
New York
New Dealer
Adlai Stevenson
Harrriman
London
Commerce
Prisoner Finds Error and Wins Freedom
George Smolen after 20 years in Green Haven Prison was granted a coram nobis hearing when a Kings County court found a legal error in his 1936 trial. Smolen, 51, was convicted of kidnapping and assault on a bookmaker and sentenced to life. The error involved jurors entering the courtroom while he was not present.
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New York
George Smolen
Green Haven
Stormville
N. Y
Smolen
Kings County Court
Nathan Sobel
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Clyde H. Tucker
Reavis Memorial Baptist Church
Wingate Junior College
Wingate
Catawba College
Ske
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Siltne Ae Odean
Mr. Tucker
Commonwealth Baptist Church
Poplarville
Miss
Tucker
Melda Brown
Fort Mill
S. C
Brenda
Peggy
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Grooyne
Fred Reese
Tom Corns
Mr, Tucker
Thomasville Baptist
Ebb Kilpatrick
Boulder Crest Baptist Church
MR. Kilpatrick
Atlanta
AUREL
America
Estes Kefau
Missouri
Sen. Symington
DMO
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Cho-Enlai
Leeward Islands
N.C
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