Truman Sparks 1956 Battle Over War Policy and Feuding Leaders
Dems and Hoover clash over government policy and a drive to "take the issues to the people." Truman pledges to return to the wars and attack Eisenhower as golf and farm focus draw criticism. Cap ehart Murray and Capehart trade barbs as lawmakers tour world sites. Military code for prisoners and new pentagon swearing in Quarles noted.
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Heath
Harry
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Hoover
Sen
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Sen. Capehart
Kansas City
Tom Dewey
Government Enerege Commission
Sen. Williams
R-Del
Alf
Commission
Sen. Murray
Gettysburg
Capehart
Murray's
American Congress
Congress
Funeral services for James Curtis Taylor
Funeral services for James Curtis Taylor age 50 of 1203 Adams Street will be held this afternoon at 4 oclock at Green Street Baptist Church. The pastors Rev George T Tunstall Rev George Richman and Rev Fred Culler will officiate. Burial will follow at Floral Garden Park Cemetery.
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James Curtis Taylor
Adams St
Green St. Baptist Church
George T. Tunstall
George Richman
English St. Baptist Church
Fred Culler
Green St. Mission
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Funeral for Sgt Turner set at church
Sgt Turner dies of injuries from an automobile accident near Tacoma Washington. He was born August 31 1929 in Horry County South Carolina and lived in High Point North Carolina. He served in the U S Air Force and was stationed at Larson AFB Tacoma. Survived by wife Shirley May Berry Turner and son Firman Ray Turner Jr and his parents Mr and Mrs Frank Turner.
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J. A. Grout
Sgt. Turner
Tacoma
Wash
Turner
Horry County
S. C
G. Frank and
Narcessie Turner
High Point
Pilgrim Holiness Church
U. S. Air Force
Larson Air Force Base
Shirley May Berry Turner
Firman Ray Turner Jr
Lexington
Frank Turner
Heritage Picnic At City Lake Park For 700
Heritage picnic drawn about 700 attendees at High Point City Lake Park yesterday afternoon. Service pins honored five ten and fifteen year workers from Trend Furniture Co a Sadieanam unit as families enjoyed softball recreation barbecue and chicken.
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Agen
Furniture Inc
High Point City Lake
Trende Furniture Co
Sadieanamea
Elliott S. Wood
Heritage
Sam Mendenhall
Mary Teoliichessen
Plate Wilson
Billie Sledge
Earlie Willard
Annie Lee Lassiter
Darrell Saunders
Ina Stroud
Elsie Smith
Junior Order Melon Slicing Set Tuesday
Mechanicsville council 347 of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will hold a watermelon slicing at the order's hall Tuesday night. All members are urged to attend as the event begins at 7 30 p.m.
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Mechanicsville Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Funeral service set for Sgt Turner at Koonce Funeral Home
The body of Sgt Turner and Five Then of Loris arrived Saturday on the 9 37 train from Washington and were taken to Koonce Funeral Home. The service will be held at the funeral home with burial in Floral Garden Park Cemetery. The dandelion plant is named for its leaves cut into large lionlike teeth.
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Basbhee
Freelon Turner
Loris
Sgt. Turner
Washington
Koonce Funeral Home
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Hit and Run Charged After Minor Ditch Collision
Hit and run charge filed against John Maddox 54 of 914 Short Green St after his car left Franklin Street and struck a vehicle owned by William Spoon 700 St causing about 50 dollars in damage. Maddox held on 250 dollar bond for hit and run and driving without an operator permit.
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Franklin St
John Maddox
Short Green St
Maddox
William Spoon
Toy auto in a buzzing package triggers bomb squad alert
Postal officials in Frankfurt were alerted to a buzzing package this week. Bomb demolition experts opened the parcel and found a toy car powered by a battery inside.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Rhode Island Flood Loss Tops 150 Million in Woonsocket
Gov. Dennis Roberts estimated Rhode Island flood damage at 150 million dollars in Woonsocket with 15 to 20 million for city facilities. Five feet of water covered much of the city after two dam breaks on the Blackstone River. Aids from President Eisenhower were requested as water supplies dwindled and nearby towns faced threat to Slater Mill and other facilities.
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Woonsocket
R.T
Dennis Roberts
Eisenhower
Fraser
Colo
Roberts
Blackstone
Pawtucket
Slater Mill
Central Falls
Rhode Island
Hodges To Speak At North Carolina Food Banquet
Gov. Luther Hodges will address the 28th annual banquet of the North Carolina Food Merchants Association. Speakers include Sen. Ervin Morgantown Scott Detrick Louisville and Henry Bison Wa, director and counsel roles tied to national retail grocers groups.
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Greensbo
Luther Hodges
North Carolina Food Ars Assn
Sedgefield
Ee Ervin
Morganti
Scott Detrick
Louisville
National Assn
Retail Grocers
Henry Bison
National Association
Koreans Stone Countrymen In Demonstration
A crowd of 300 demonstrators at Kunsan on the west coast hurled rocks at Korean workers leaving the American air base, chanting against truces. U.S. Army tear gas dispersed the mob as President Rhee warned against violence.
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Seoul
Syngumn Rhee
Kunsan
Eyewitnesses Relate Shore Scene and Missing Child Rescue
An eyewitness recounts a night near the shore where rescuers took them to safety while a mother hopes for her daughter Nancy and a father works for a Brooklyn steamship firm amid reports sons may be alive yet unaccounted. The account hints at a wider tragedy with families awaiting news.
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Nancy
Veterinary Service History Marks Early U S Troops
The veterinary service has been part of the U S since 1792 when Congress organized the first mounted troops. This concise historical note traces the service’s origins and role in early military organization.
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Veterinary Service
U. S
Congress
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Rush
Word Wars
Quarles
Pentagon
Agriculture Department
Defense Department
Sen. O'Mahoney
Ireland
Rep. Rabaut
D-Mich
Sgt. Firmaner
Hartford, Conn
City Lake Park
George Pettis
Reading
Maree Simpson
Stroudsburg
Raymond, Jr
Pettis
Methodist Church
Hodges
South Carolina
Pharmacists
Parke, Davis & Company
S. Main ST
Chevrolet
Fisher
Nascar
National Association For Stock Car Auto Racing
America
N. Main Street
High Point, N. C
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