Friendship Tour Group Off For Europe
The Enterprise Friendship Tour brings 63 travelers from High Point and nearby areas to Europe for 16 days visiting London Amsterdam Brussels Paris and the Brussels World’s Fair. They depart from Greens boro High Point and Idlewild airports aboard Eastern Air Lines Constellation with a return on September 3. A reception at the Belgian pavilion awaits them in Brussels before they head home.
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Greensboro High Point
Eastern Air Lines
New York
Idlewild
London
Brussels
Bel- Enterprise
Amsterdam
Paris
Eton
Windsor Castle
Runnymede
New” Church
Rijksmuseum
Kang Rembrandt
Aalsmeer
Hague
Leiden
Ing
Trans World Airlines
Greensboro High
Page Five
Europe
High Point- Greensboro
High Point
Missing Bay Case Raffles Authorities
Two year old Ulysses Wallace remains missing in Mecklenburg County as investigators, police and volunteers search a farm near Matthews. A 200 member Boy Scout chain, National Guardsmen, pilots and divers aided the effort including plans to drain a pond suspected of concealing the child.
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National
Yugoslavia Seeks New U S Aid for Projects
In Washington the Yugoslav government asked for 250 million dollars in American economic aid to finance power stations fertilizer plants railroad modernization and highway equipment after Soviet loan cancellations. State Department officials weighed the request with some indication funds could be provided soon.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Tito
Moscow
Yulav
United States
State Department
Sterner Act Feared After Labor Bill Defeat
Labor union chiefs said business interests helped sink a labor control bill in Congress and warned sterner measures may follow next year. The report cites Forest Park, Pa., as the filed dateline and notes leaders expect action in the coming session.
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Forest Park
House of Representatives
Afl-Cio
National Assn. of Manufacturers
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Labor Federation
Labor Federation's Executive Council
Yuchinatesiow
Irving M. Ives
R-Ny
Senate
House
Ives
NAM
Chamber of Commerce
American Retail Federation
Teamsters Union
United Mine Workers
Jordan assails Benson over REA power grab
U S Senator B Everett Jordan told Tar Heel Electric members that Agriculture Secretary Benson seeks to extend control over the Rural Electrification Administration, risking one man rule. He urged the REA remain independent and nonpartisan while stressing cooperation with private power firms to serve rural areas.
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Washington
Jordan
REA
William Whitley
America
C E. Viverette
Lenoir
Alton P. Wall
C. M. King
Asheboro
H. H. McKinney
Wadesboro
Grand Jury May Probe Burning Fires Tied to Explosions
Detroit Attorney General Paul L. Adams and three prosecutors met in Wayne County to consider calling a grand jury to probe the fire death of teamster Frank Kierdorf and a dry cleaning plant blaze. They aim to link the incidents with eight dynamite explosions at Detroit businesses since January. Herman Kierdorf, 68, a former Teamsters agent, passed a lie detector test after surrendering to police and will answer three questions.
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Detroit
Michigan
Paul L. Adams
Teamsters
Frank Kierdorf
Wayne County
Samuel Olsen
Adams
Jerome O'Rourke
Genesee County
Frederick Ziem
Oakland County
Herman Kierdorf
Herman
Teamsters Union
Flint
Asian African bloc drafts counter to Middle East peace plan
The Asian African group at the United Nations prepared a counter proposal calling for withdrawal of U S forces from Lebanon and British troops from Jordan. The move aims to bridge gaps between the Norwegian backed plan and a Soviet resolution, as a full bloc meeting was set.
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United Nations
N.Y
Middle East
Lebanon
Jordan
U.N. General Assembly
Dulles
Washington
Selwyn Lloyd
Maurice Couve de Murville
United States
Norway
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold
U. N
India
Arthur Lall
Claude Corea
Ceylon
Indonesia
Ali Sastroamidjojo
Corea
Smith Denies Hoffa Probe Squelched
Rep. Wint Smith testifying before the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee denied that pressure from powerful figures blocked the 1953 inquiry into Teamster President James R. Hoffa. He stated the House hearings concluded in Detroit and that Hoffa neither offered nor received improper influence.
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Washington
Wint Smith
Kan
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Smith
House
Detroit
Senate
Hoffa
House Labor
Southern Democrats Suffer Setbacks In Civil Rights Field
Washington AP report notes Southern Democratic senators faced two civil rights setbacks. The Senate confirmed W Wilson White, Philadelphia lawyer, as assistant attorney general in charge of civil rights by 56 to 20. A St Louis appeals court ordered resumption of racial integration at Little Rock Central School, provoking sharp criticism of the court and of federal troops used last year. Senators Eastland and Johnston attacked White and Eisenhower's troop action citing alleged political influence and mass defiance of court orders.
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Washington
Senate
W. Wilson White
Philadelphia
Federal Appeals Court
St. Louis
Little Rock Central School
Congress
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Sen
James
Eastland
Dmiss
Hungary
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
White
Atty
Herbert Brownell
Judiciary Committee
Social Security Bill Advances to White House
The House approved Senate revisions to raise Social Security benefits by 7 percent for federal old age and survivors, with a $3 minimum. Public assistance grants were cut from 288 to 197 million dollars, and payroll tax rises from 2 to 2.5 percent with base wage cap increasing to 14,800. Retired beneficiaries will see monthly payments from 33 to 118 dollars, up from 30 to 108.50.
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White House
Farm Bill Bound For President
Washington AP reports a rush farm bill headed to the White House with expectations President Eisenhower will sign. Sen Allen J. Ellender notes strong support from the Senate and House, with Benson signaling approval if enacted. The bill eases planting controls, sustains cotton and rice programs, and extends wool subsidies.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Benson
Hodges disappointed by appeals ruling on Little Rock case
Gov. Hodges said he was disappointed by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling overturning a district court’s order suspending integration at Little Rock Central High. He noted the decision did not uphold the federal court closest to the people. Hodges led a group of Southern governors who failed to broker a deal between President Eisenhower and Gov. Faubus to remove federal troops.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Little Rock
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
St. Louis
Court of Appeals
Federal District Court
Eisenhower
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Faubus hints at board action over integration crisis
Arkansas Governor Faubus urged Little Rock School Board to declare its plan to resist the federal court order on integration. He suggested possible measures including using the 1956 assignment law, meeting with NAACP and Negro parents, or resigning to let voters choose a new board. Superintendent Blossom said the decision would be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Virgil Blossom
U.S. Supreme Court
Faubus
Board
National Assn
Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Largest Submarine Triton Launched In Groton Conn
Admiral Wright described the Triton as a nuclear propelled invisible electronic brain for watching the enemy. The 5,900 ton monster will displace about 8,000 tons full, serve as a distant warning station and travel beneath the sea. Rickover praised the craft and predicted big capital ships will follow.
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Groton
Wright
America
Albert G. Mumma
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Hyman G. Rickover
Rickover
Busness
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Triton
Frank Pace
General Dynamics
Faubus May Call Special Legislature
Gov. Orval Faubus expected to summon a special session after an appellate court overturned a 1961 delay on Central High School integration. School Supt. Virgil Blossom backs delaying tactics and potential appeals, aiming to keep Negroes from returning to the 2000 pupil school.
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Worlds Fair
Enterprise
Vis
Derid Cox
Raffles Authorities
Grand Jury
Gov. Hodges
Ark
Orval F. Faubus
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
ED Martin
Central High School
Blossom
United States Supreme Court
Fau
Little Lock
U. S
Central High
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