Bennett Agency Wins State Advertising Contract in North Carolina
The Bennett Advertising Agency of High Point and Charlotte won the $175,000 yearly state advertising contract as the State Board of Conservation and Development, chaired by Gov. Umstead, prepared final approvals at Morehead City. The agency has held the contract since 1949.
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Raleigh
Bennett
High Point
Charlotte
North Carolina
State Board of Conservation and Development
Umstead Eo Icting
Beak
Morehead City
National Park Serv
Blue Ridge Parkway
Gillespie Gap
Walter Damtoft
Asheville
Canton
Umstead
Miles J. Smith
Salisbury
Trees
Greek Isles Rocked as Tremors Kill and Burn
Eleven more earthquakes hit Kefallinia Ithaca and Zakinthos as fires rage and landslides hinder rescue. NATO ships and air units assist, while Mountbatten reports large cliff collapses and widespread destruction in Argostolion. Recovery crews evacuate the injured.
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Patras
Greece
Ionian
Kefallinia
Ithaca
Zakinthos
Adm
Lord Mountbatten
NATO
Argostolion
Mountbatten
U.S. Navy
Navy
Record of Deadliest Earthquakes Through History
The article lists the world’s deadliest quakes, from 1556 Shensi Shansi and Henan with an estimated 830000 deaths to later events in Calcutta 1737 Corinth 856 Messina 1908 San Francisco 1906 Kansu 1920 Tokyo Yokohama 1928 Quetta 1935 Turkey 1939. It cites figures for each disaster.
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United Press
Shensi
Shansi
Henan
Calcutta
India
Corinth
Greece
San Francisco
Messina
Italy
Kansu
China
Tokyo
Yokohama
Japan
Quetta
Turkey
Umstead to Clarify Prisons Chief Amid Council Pressure
Gov. Umstead schedules a news conference to state whether Walter Anderson remains Prisons Director. Anderson, a holdover from W. Kerr Scott's administration, has pushed prisoner rehabilitation programs. The Prisons Advisory Council urged the governor to name a new director or affirm retention.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Walter Anderson
Anderson
W. Kerr Scott
Prisons Advisory Council
Second Group of Repatriates Reaches U S
Eleven liberated American POWs arrived at Hickam Air Force Base aboard the second homebound plane from Japan. The group included two Hawaii boys, seven litters carried off for medical care, and Lt. Col. Thomas D. Harrison the highest ranking freed officer. They were taken to Tripler Army Hospital for exam and rest before possible travel to San Francisco.
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Honolulu
Hickam Air Force Base
Japan
Hawaii
Red Cross
Tripler Army Hospital
San Francisco
John W. O'Daniel
Samuel W. King
UN Presses Reds on POW Repatriation Pact at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom the UN demanded clarity on whether Communists will return all Allied POWs who wish to go home. Reports said 84 Americans and 322 others were freed as the exchange continued, while conflicting claims surfaced over how many Chinese POWs had been repatriated and who may be held back.
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Panmunjom
U. N
Reds
UNC
U. N.red
Louis C. Friedersdorff
Washington
Fae F
U. S
John Foster Dulles
Peiping
Dulles
U. S. State Department
Robert T. Stevens
United States
Honolulu
Tokyo
Travis Air Force Base
San Francisco
Travis
Inchon
W. F. Hase
Seattle
Nelson M. Walker
France Faces Bitter Civil Struggle as General Strike Widens
France enters a bitter civil conflict as labor unions press Premier Laniel to halt payroll cuts and raise civil service retirement age. Over a million workers walk out across government services, with 24 hour strikes expanding to arsenals and transport. Banks remain open and private industry slows but largely continues.
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Parisp
France
Joseph Laniel
Army Pace
Quartermaster Purts
Laniel
United States Britain Split Over Korea Conference Seats
At the United Nations Britain and other Allies press for Russia and India to join the Korean Conference. The United States limits U N representation to 16 Korea fighters, allowing possible Soviet presence but not as a U N member. The dispute, debated by the 16 Allies, could yield separate proposals if no accord is reached. Britain and Canada favor India’s inclusion.
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United Nations
N. Y
Britain
U. N. General Assembly
Russia
India
United States
U.N
Korea
U.S
Soviet Union
Canada
World Organization
U.N. General Assembly
U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Lodge
Plane crashes into grocery roof near Murphy injures none
A two place private plane piloted by George Stevens and carrying James Webb of Carbondale Illinois crashed through the roof of a Murphy grocery after landing at Smithmont farms to refuel and seek directions. Both occupants escaped serious injury as Franklin The store suffered heavy damage.
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Franklin
UNC President Creates $50,000 Coker Botany Fellowship
University of North Carolina president Gray announced a William Chambers Coker fellowship fund of 50 000 to provide a 1 500 annual grant for outstanding botany students pursuing graduate studies. The fund stems from a 25 000 grant by the late Dr W Coker and a 25 000 addition by his widow.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Gray
William Chambers Coker
W. C. Coker
Public hearing on new anti stream pollution code next Tuesday
The State Stream Sanitation Commission will hold the final meeting in a series to explain the new anti stream pollution code in Washington next Tuesday. Earlier hearings were in Asheville Charlotte Greensboro and Fayetteville. The Greensboro session sparked protests as landowners complained about pollution in the headwaters of the Cape Fear River Reedy Fork Upper Haw River and Deep River.
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Washington, N. C
State Stream Sanitation Commission
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Fayetteville
Cape Fear
Reedy Fork
Upper Haw River
Deepver
Exchange Clubs Convenes 19th Annual Meeting at Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina delegates gather for opening sessions, with Edward Scheidt of the State Motor Vehicles Commission slated as principal speaker at tomorrow’s sessions. The event will close with officer elections.
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Wrightsville Beach
North Carolina Exchange Clubs
State Board of Control
Edward Scheidt
Nationwide Wheat Referendum Votes On Government Controls
Wheat farmers nationwide vote today on a Benson plan allowing federal limits on wheat production and marketing next year to curb a growing surplus. About 90 000 growers are eligible. results expected after midnight as futures dip then recover.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Department
Woman appeals $150000 suit against doctor to State Supreme Court
Mrs. Aoy Agnes Jarman of Lenoir County filed a appeal yesterday against Dr. W. D. Offutt. Court papers show she was confined to a mental institute in May 1951 after examination. She calls the doctor's finding a malicious wrongful act that defamed her character and exposed her to ridicule.
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Raleigh
Lenoir County
State Supreme Court
Aoy
Agnes Jarman
W. D. Offutt
Jarman
Diamond Hosiery Buys Hamilton Mills in NY
Diamond Hosiery Corp acquires Hamilton Mills. The deal expands capacity to 1,750,000 dozen nylons with projected first year sales near 15 million dollars. Hamilton operates five mills in North Carolina, Virginia and Pennsylvania while Diamond runs four mills in North Carolina New Jersey and Delaware.
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New York
Diamond Hosiery Corp
Hamilton Hosiery Mills
Diamond
Hamilton
North Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Delaware
Howler Hurricane Slams East Coast Killing Two
A major hurricane swept the seaboard from Morehead City to Elizabeth City damaging property over a million dollars. Gusts reached 103 mph at Cherry Point with two men dead, including a pier victim and Norfolk electrician T D Barrow. The storm moved into Virginia and headed toward New Jersey, Cape May warnings issued.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Seaboard
North Carolina
Virginia Capes
Marine Air Station
Cherry Dainé Lant Tehs
Eumil Tsu Til
Wrightsville Beach
T. D. Barrow
Norfolk
Virginia
Morehead City
New Jersey
Cape May
N.J
Cape Cod
Mass
Wilmington
Kitty Hawk
Houston Jernigan
Dunn
Dudley Lewis
Coast Guard
Jernigan
Cherry Point Marine Airbase
Morehead City Yacht Basin
Cape Hatteras
Cherry Point
Marna
Care Lookout
Barbara
Daytona Beach
Fla
South Carolina
Beaufort
Camp le Jeune
POW Death List Names Local Boy
Defense Department lists 123 new American prisoners of war casualties reported by the Communists in Korea. Among the Army personnel named is Pvt Billy R White of High Point, son of Mr and Mrs Charles N Parham.
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Billy R. White
United Nations
Pvt. White
Charles N. Parham
Associated Press
Korea
U. N
Washington
Defense Department
Air Force
United Nations Command
Red
David E. Hardy
John T. Hardy
Ruffin
Alton E. Harper
See
Lee N. Harper
Bone
W. Branton
Mae C. Branton
Drake St
Statesville
Donald K. Burr
Virgil L. Burr
Belews Creek
John B. Johnson
Nick Petway
Wilson
Gilbert G. Rose Jr
Gilbert Glenn Rose
RFD
Ahoskie
High Point
J.C
Ernest A. Allen
Fred Allen
Box
Raleigh
N.C
James W. Teague
Garland Teague
Reidsville
Weather high and low forecasts with sun timings
Tonight's low is 65 and tomorrow's high is 90. Today's high reached 90 with a 68 degree low last night. Sunset is at 7 12 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 88 a m.
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Joe Allen
Kilbourne
Freedom Village
Panmuntom
Allen
Chicago Board of Trade
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Cape Henry
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State Highway Patrol
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Nags Head
Wright
David Bostic Jr
Victoria Brown
Bennettsville
John R. Bowers
Buster Bowers
Piedmont
Ernest J. Rowland
Ailleen Rowland
Central
Johnnie T. Ward
Burchel Ward
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