Rankin Loses Seat To Abernethy In Mississippi Primary
In Mississippi's Democratic primary Rep. John Rankin conceded after unofficial returns from 341 of 358 precincts showed Rep. Thomas Abernethy leading 26 903 to 20 568. Abernethy 49, Rankin 70, vilified. Rankin coauthored TVA bill and un American Activities Committee measure. Stennis won U S Senate re election. other incumbents Williams Winstead and Colmer won.
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Jackson
Miss.p
John Rankin
Mississippi
Thomas Abernethy
Rankin
Abernethy
TVA
Bill Rankin
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Permanent
House Committee
House Agriculture Committee
Congress
U. S
John Stennis
William Davis
John Bell Williams
Arthur Winstead
William Colmer
Governor rescinds Alamance highway allocation
Gov. Scott orders cancellation of a $750,000 highway surplus grant aimed at Alamance rural roads after criticism from Republicans and county leaders. He says the move would create inequities and cites past neglect of rural infrastructure while defending prior special allocations from highway surplus funds. A Raleigh lawyer says court action may follow.
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Raleigh
Scott
Alamance
Highway Commission
Republican Party
State Association of County Commissioners
Dulles Urges Overhaul of U S Policy to Dismantle Communism
John Foster Dulles called U S foreign policy a personal crisis and urged a plan to erode Soviet communism from within by empowering Asia Africa and South America and abandoning containment He argued for passive resistance slowdowns and non cooperation as alternatives to a head on clash and condemned race based policy.
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Buffalo
N. Y
John Foster Dulles
American Political Science Association
United States
Asia
Africa
South America
Dulles
China
Lercy Ray Named Chairman of Southern Newspaper Conference
Nashville Tennessee Lercy Ray production manager of the Winston Salem Journal and Sentinel was elected chairman by the conference executive committee at a luncheon closing a three day meeting Ray succeeds W D Jacobs of Knoxville News Sentinel James A Gray Jr personnel director of the Journal and Sentinel said scientific hiring methods are half the battle to keep workers satisfied.
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Nashville, Tenn
Lercy _Ray
Winston-Salem
N. C
Journal and Sentinel
Ray
W. D. Jacobs
Knoxville News-Sentinel
James A. Gray Jr
South Carolina man arrested. thousands in stolen goods found
Police in Winston-Salem said a 35 year old Conway South Carolina man Connie Mack Jordan was arrested after a towel wrapped arm load of stolen items attempted to flee an apartment complex. Bowles said Jordan’s car near the site was loaded with jewelry bonds and more stolen merchandise.
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Winston-Salem
South Carolina
J. R. Bowles
Connie Mack Jordan
Conway
S. C
Hearings Set On Radio TV Programming Immorality
Ertel Carlyle announced the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce subcommittee will resume hearings September 16 on radio and television programs. Rep. Oren Harris leads the panel studying how much crime and violence appears in broadcasts.
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Lumberton
Ertel Carlyle
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Oren Harris
D-Ark
State Supreme Court to review Miller murder case
The North Carolina Supreme Court agreed to review Pardlee Lafay ette Miller's case after a petition for a writ of certiorari from his attorneys. Miller, a young Black man, was sentenced to die for the ambush shooting of a white farmer on Thanksgiving Eve. Previously, a zero hour court order saved him from the gas chamber.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
High Court
Pardlee LaFayette Miller
Hoey to Address Raleigh Coop Meeting Sept 9
Sen Clyde R Hoey will speak at the annual joint meeting of the Farmers Cooperative Exchange and the North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association in Raleigh on Sept 9. M G Mann, general manager, said more than 5 000 delegates from the Carolinas are expected, representing over 168 000 farm members.
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Horry
Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
N. C. Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
M. G. Mann
Carolinas
Mapn
Lincoln County Judge Becomes Knights of Pythias Supreme Chancellor
Sheldon M. Roper of Lincolnton, North Carolina, was elected supreme chancellor at the Knights of Pythias 46th annual international convention in Springfield. Roper previously served as supreme vice chancellor and has been a judge and state senator.
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Springfield, II
Sheldon M. Roper
Lincolnton
N. C
The
Knights of Pythias
Roper
Full Strength Hurricane Grows in Atlantic Path Toward Mainland
A full-strength hurricane formed 1,050 miles from Miami, winds up to 85 mph, moving west-northwest toward the Bahamas group. The poorly defined center was located near 22.0 N, 65.0 W, about 250 miles north-northeast of San Juan. Forecasters expect slow intensification and continued west-northwest movement.
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Atlantic
Bahama Islands
Miami Weather Bureau
San Juan
Puerto Ricos
Grady Norton
Weather Bureau
Hudson Firth
Imperial Toronto
Norton
Jacksonville
Fla
Chesapeake Bay
Hatteras
North Carolina
Arctic
Superforts Blast Red Supply Point Near Pyongyang
Seven Okinawa based B 29s braved storm and anti-aircraft fire to strike a 1110 acre supply and storage area at Pyongyang. Night fighters were sighted but failed to stop the attack. One Okinawa B 29 and a Japan based unit cooperated on deep penetrating bombs while B 26s hit Kangdong and Pukchon supply targets. Cloud cover prevented damage assessment.
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Korea
Pyongyang
Panmunjom
United Nations
Bunker Hill
Peiping
Red
Alan Winnington
London Daily Worker
Winnington
Japan
Kangdong
Pukchon
Senators Claim Communists Dominate Radio Writers
The Senate Internal Security Committee reports that Communists and allies dominate the Radio Writers Guild, producing about 90 percent of network programs. Testimony cites figures like Peter Lyon and Millard Spell as hard core Communists and warns of possible Red influence reaching television writers.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Committee
Radio Writers Guild
Pat McCarran
D-New
McCarran
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Robert C. Lyon Jr
Peter Lyon
Millard Spell
Alexander Trachtenberg
Lyon
Campbell
Truce talks recessed again in Panmunjom
In Panmunjom Korea the fifth weekly recess followed a Communist demand for the UN to halt mistreatment of prisoners. Nam Nam charged U N brutality while the UN reported five POWs killed and 51 wounded in prison camps Aug 11 to 24. Harrison offered exchanges of 83 000 prisoners to be returned from 116 000 demanded, and the parties agreed to meet on September 4 with no argument.
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Korea
United Nations
Reds
U. N
Nam I
Haydon L. Boatner
Nam
U.N
William K. Harrison
Alredy
Harrison
Eleven convicts escape from Atmore prison farm in Alabama
Eleven inmates led by an escape artist tunnelled from a temporary wall at the Atmore state prison farm early today. Two were recaptured at Huxford within an hour after a state-wide alert. Nine fugitives remain at large as guards and highway patrol units search the area. one notably named is Edwin Sanford Garrison who has a long escape record and was serving multiple sentences for burglary, robbery and prior escapes.
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Atmore
Ala
Atmore State Prison
Huxford
S. W. Hixon
Hixon
Carl Porch
Johnny Garrison
Garrison
Edwin Sanford Garrison
Jefferson County
Montgomery County
Miss Carolina League 1952 Crown Goes To Janet Shore
Lovely Janet Shore of Fayetteville selected Miss Carolina League of 1952 by a slim half vote over Shirley Gravett of Danville. The 22 year old Eastern Carolina College cheerleader will be crowned Saturday night in Fayetteville at league ceremonies.
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Janet Shore
Fayetteville
Miss Shore
Shirley Gravett
Danville
Eastern Carolina College
Stevenson Calls for Strong National Defense in New York Speech
Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson launched his East campaign with a forceful New York address to the American Legion attacking communism as the death of the soul. He urged a strong but restrained defense, warned veterans against excessive demands, and denounced attacks on Marshall as unpatriotic. Eisenhower announces a 14-city, 10-state tour starting Sept 2 with a separate Western campaign plan.
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Associated Press
Adlai Stevenson
American Legion
New York
East
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stevenson
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
United States
George C. Marshall
McCarthy
Marshall
Defense
Eisenhower Plans Whirlwind 10-State Campaign Sprint
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced a 10-state 10-day flight tour starting Sept 1 with stops in New York Atlanta Jacksonville Miami Tampa Birmingham Little Rock Philadelphia Chicago Rochester Kasson and Minneapolis en route to Cleveland and Indianapolis. A whistle stop tour to cover more states follows after Sept 10, with a Labor Day address in New York for the AFL letter carriers and a formal Philadelphia reception and Convention Hall speech on Sept 4.
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Dixie
Midwest
Sen. i
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Miami
Tampa
Fla
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Ala
Little Rock Ark
Philadelphia
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Cleveland
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Solid South
National Association of Letter Carriers
AFL
Union of Government Post Office
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Kentucky
Texas
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City Square
Bay Front Park
City Park
City Hall
Little Rock
Ark
MacArthur Park
Convention Hall
Independence Hall
State Central Committee
Young Republicans
Texas Republicans Unite Behind Eisenhower After Feud
In San Antonio the Texas GOP ended its bitter internal clash by naming a full slate of Democratic nominees as Republican candidates for state offices. Governor Allan Shivers for governor Attorney General Price Daniel for U S senator former Representative Martin Dies for congressman at large, with the rest of the Democratic slate also joining the ticket. The move aims to present a united front for Eisenhower and may place the same names on the November ballot under both parties unless withdrawals occur.
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Tex
Texas
Eisenhower
Teir
Allan Shivers Forovernor
Atty
Gen
Price Daniel
U. S
Martin
Weather forecast with temperatures set
The forecast calls for a low of 60 tonight and a high of 80 tomorrow. Previously the high reached 82 today and the overnight low was 54.
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