Ike Heads For Florida
President Eisenhower will travel to Key West Florida occupying the quarters he used in 1949 when ill. Mrs Eisenhower stays in Washington with her mother and new granddaughter in Walter Reed Hospital. The State of the Union message will follow the opening of Congress. The trip was chosen partly for milder weather in Key West and doctors’ recommendations.
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Columbia University
Key West
Truman
Florida
Eisenhower
White House
John S. Doud
Denver
Washington
John S. Eisenhower
Walter Reed General Hospital
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Hagerty
Georgia
Augusta
Key Est
Poteat Named Top Judge
Chief Justice M. W. Barnhill announced W. M. Poteat of Greensboro as senior judge of the Greensboro Guilford County Municipal Court and J. D. Frank Jr. of Greensboro as junior solicitor. Poteat’s appointment runs for a four year term.
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Raleigh
M. W. Barnhill
State Supreme Court Today
W. M. Poteat
Greensboro
Greensboro - Guilford County
J. D. Frank Jr
Poteat
Mother Cleared In Killing
Fayetville Cumberland County coroner's jury exonerates Marguerite Eckroth mother of five, ruling she shot in self defense during a December break in. Testimony from B. T. Waters described Eckroth's account that Shelton Scott tried to force entry, after earlier drinking, and she fired through a window.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Marguerite Eckroth
East Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Shelton Scott
B. T. Waters
Guilford County Bar Asked to Recommend Names for Judges
An act from the 1955 Legislature allows the Guilford County Bar Association to submit three names to the chief justice for each of the two positions. Frank’s two year term ends January 1, 1958 and additional context references January 1, 1960.
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Ing
Frank
Guilford County Bar Assn
Mid-Continent Warmer, Colder Weather Spreads East
The Weather Bureau reports a warming trend in the mid continent with a colder front moving into the East and along the Atlantic coast. Temperatures fell as much as 32 degrees in Glasgow Montana and 27 degrees in Idaho Utah and Nevada, with the freezing line reaching Columbia South Carolina.
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Associated Press
Mid-Continent
Pacific
Montana
Idaho
Utah
Nevada
Glasgow
Mont
South Atlantic
Columbia
S.C
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Forecast North and South Carolina Weather Update
North Carolina sees sunny and cold afternoon with highs in the 40s, increasing clouds tonight and Thursday. Lows tonight 22 to 28, southeastern portion 28 to 32. South Carolina remains mostly fair and cold with interior lows 24 to 28 and coastal 26 to 30. Thursday brings partly cloudy skies and a bit warmer afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Montreat College Gift to Endowment Fund
Dr. J Rupert McGregor announces a 42560 gift to the Montreat College Endowment Fund in memory of the late Dr William David Simpson. The donation comes from his widow and Mr and Mrs W H B Simpson and their two daughters Lucy and Elizabeth of Greenville.
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Montreat
N.C
Montreat College
J. Rupert McGregor
Presbyterian Institution
William David Simpson
W. H. B. Simpson
Lucy
Non Elizabeth
Greenville
Greenville. Dr. Simpson Practiced Medicine In Abbeville, S.C
Simpson Stores
Belk
University of the South
Davidson College
University of North Carolina
University of Maryand
DeLaine Continued On Parole
The Rev J A DeLaine an African Methodist Episcopal clergyman indicted for assault and battery in South Carolina where he had a home and church at Lake City was continued on parole today in Felony Court after his voluntary stir on a fugitive charge. Magistrate Livoti adjourned the case for extradition papers to be prepared in South Carolina. The clergyman described as a champion of school integration was paroled in November to permit appeal preparation.
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New York
J. A. DeLaine
South Carolina
Lake City
Anthony M. Livoti
Ring Dan
Asst. Dist
John McAvinue
Livoti
Richard E. Carey
DeLaine
Averell Harriman
Newark
Carey
Clarendon County
Inquest Set In Death Of Doctor
An inquest will be held tonight into the death of Dr. Thomas A. Murrah of Charlotte and Rock Hill who died in a Dec. 22 automobile crash. Floyd Scott of Rock Hill is jailed on a murder charge connected with the collision. Phyllis Ann Chitwood, 11, was in Scott’s car and was released on bond. Scott said a jammed gas pedal caused the crash. Murrah was a native of Union, South Carolina.
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Rock Hill
D.C
Thomas A. Murrah
Charlotte
Murrah
Floyd Scott
Rock Scott
York County
Phyllis Ann Chitwood
Scott
Union, §.C
Cop Convicted Of Littering Highway
In El Cajon California a police officer was convicted for littering the highway with carbon copies from two speeding tickets given to motorcyclists. The officer R B Pressing was fined 25 dollars with 15 dollars suspended. Harris and Moore faced speeding tickets, pled innocence, and received fines. Municipal Judge Fenton Garfield found the officer guilty.
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EL Cajon
Calif
R. B. Pressing
L. H. Harris
Leslie Moore
Cajon
Press
Fenton Garfield
Harris
Moore
Two Killed In Flaming Accident Near Smithfield
In North Carolina a Canad ian man and another man died after a truck crash on U S 301 near the Neuse River Bridge 10 miles south of Smithfield. William Allen McLean 55 Hamilton Ontario died at the scene and Angus Savory died at Johnston Memorial Hospital after being burned. The other driver William Myers 36 Orlando Florida faced manslaughter charges. The highway was closed from 11 p m to 4 a m with traffic rerouted.
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Smithfield
N.C.P
S. K. Johnson
William Allen McLean
Hamilton
Ont
Angus C. Savory
Ontario
Johnson
William Myers
Orlando
Fla
Neuse River
U.S. 301
Still Operated Near Center Of Charlotte
Joseph Foster Jr., 47, was charged after officers found a still near central Charlotte. Police and ABC agents seized a 50 gallon mash tub and another 50 gallon setup at his home. Foster to be arraigned in Mecklenburg County Recorder’s Court. on federal parole for a 1953 sulll operation case.
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Charlotte Joseph Foster Jr
Charlotte
ABC
Foster
Mecklenburg County Recorder’s Court
Henry C. Severs
ABC Enforcement Division
Stock prices drift with quiet trading and mixed results
New York stocks opened with narrow changes and a steady to slightly active session. Major decliners included General Motors and American Tobacco while Goodyear and Union Pacific led gains amid a broader list of GT and industrials, with trading around 2,010,000 shares. Purdue University findings note wood chip bedding and auto crash safety violations in 70 percent of fatal accidents.
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New York
General Motors
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
International Paper
International Business Machines
Sperry Rand
Seaboard Railroad
American Tobacco
Goodyear
Kennecott Copper
Allied Chemical
Union Pacific
TXL Oil
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills
Chrysler Corp
New York Central RR
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Ee Consolidated Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Dynamics
General Electric
Gulf Oil
American Tel. & Tel
the Texas Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft Corp
House Electric Co
Toteel
Iungstown Sheet & Tube
Woolworth Co
Nehru Flags Soviet Speeches as Embarrassing to India
New Delhi sources say Prime Minister Nehru sent a cabinet note criticizing Soviet leaders Bulganin and Khrushchev for attacks on the West during their India tour. The memo questions whether the cabinet will act or simply be informed. It notes Moscow’s defense of Cominform and outlines possible shifts in future India Russia trade based on steel and commodities.
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New Delhi
Nehru
Bulganin
Khrushchev
India
SEATO
Baghdad
Kashmir
Goa
Soviet Union
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Local Boards Granted Final Authority Over School Enrollment
The 1955 General Assembly requires committees to cease involvement from Page One A to designated schools. The act states the local board has full and complete authority, and its enrollment decisions are final. It also allows the board to adopt reasonable rules and regulations to accomplish these purposes.
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General Assembly
Funds Sought to Rebuild Lake City Negro Church
Lake City South Carolina seeks donations to rebuild the burned African Methodist church once led by Rev. J A DeLaine. DeLaine is in New York after a shooting incident involving four white men. state officials consider arson and federal fugitive law questions while authorities search for funds.
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Lake City
S.C
J. A. DeLaine
G. L. Baylor
DeLaine
New York
State
South Carolina
Timmerman
Eisenhower
Justice Department
Baylor
Route Distances Between New York and San Francisco
The record states two distance routes from New York to San Francisco: 13 135 miles via the Straits of Magellan and 5 262 miles through the maranal. The figures reflect alternate path calculations.
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New York
San Francisco
Straits of Magellan
Maranal
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Neal
Ike
Official Weather Bureau
Morrow
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
New Orleans
San Antonio
Weather Bureau
Central Rockies
North Pacific
Coast
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Gulf Coast States
Inquest
Purdue University
U.S
A. F
A. M
J. R. Teague
Robt. M. Southerland
el Salvador
San Salvador
Ralls
N. Main ST
Pazo
Hoof
Ience
Duke Power Office
S. Main ST
Duke
Carolerrid
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