Missouri Afloat Free From Mud Shoal Holds
The 45 000 ton USS Missouri was hauled free after 15 days stuck on Chesapeake Bay mud. The ship’s band played Anchors Aweigh as salvage tugs eased her to deep water. Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith reported duty as the operation began, a rehearsal for another attempt tomorrow.
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USS
Missouri
Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
United States Navy
Allan E. Smith
W. H. P. Blandy
Atlantic Fleet
William M. Fechteler
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norfolk Naval Base
William D. Brown
Old Point Comfort
Brown
Admiral Smith
Warren Seeks Re-Election as California Governor
California Governor Earl Warren announces he will run for a third term, opposing Democrat James Roosevelt in the June 6 primary. Roosevelt, son of Franklin D. Roosevelt, had declared in November, as Warren had already won both party nominations in prior races.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Earl Warren
James Roosevelt
Los Angeles
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Eeag
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Horton, North Carolina Leader, Dies at 60 in Pittsboro
Wilkins P. Horton, former lieutenant governor, superior court judge, and NC Democratic leader, died at his Pittsboro home at 60 after a lengthy illness. He served as lieutenant governor in 1936 and later chaired the state Democratic Executive Committee and was grand master of North Carolina Masons. He is survived by an adopted son and nephew. his wife Cassandra Mendenhall died in 1945. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 a.m. in Pittsboro.
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Pittsboro
N. C
Wilkins P. Horton
Superior Court
Horton
Durham County
North Carolina
Masons
Harry P. Horton
Cassandra
Taft urges $4 billion cut in Truman budget
Senator Taft calls for a $4 billion reduction in President Truman's budget as Republicans push economy as a key campaign issue. He cites an $8 billion rise in federal spending since 1947 and faults the President for opposing restoration of personal income tax cuts.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Truman
Brewster
Reblicans
Monda Brewster
de Erne
Senate Committee
House
Senate
Guy G. Gabrielson
Republican National Committee
Congressional Committee
GOP National Committee
Telephone Strike Mediators Seek Quick Resolution
Washington Feb 1 government mediators met CIO Communications Workers union officials over a nationwide strike planned to start Feb 8. Cyrus S. Ching led the talks with associate director William Margolis and union president Joseph Beirne, exploring possible arbitration as wage disputes loom.
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Washington
CIO Communications Workers Union
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ching
Wiliam N. Margolis
Margolis
Joseph A. Beirne
Bel Telephone
Philip Murray
CIO
ABC
Raleigh Bus Franchise Change Approved
Raleigh voters approved transferring the city bus franchise from Carolina Power and Light to White Transportation of Asheville by a 3 862 to 1 382 margin. White will assume the franchise by February 15, won by Raleigh citizens yesterday with the franchise expiring in 1985.
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Raleigh
White Transportation Company of
Asheville
Carolina Power and Light Company
Mountain City
P&l
Government Argues Slowdowns Are Unfair Labor Tactics
The United States government urged a federal court to label coal strikes and slowdowns as unfair labor practices and to order John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers to halt such actions. President Truman proposed a 70 day truce for fact finding, with Timed replies by 5 p.m. EST Saturday.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Robert Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Truman
Denham
White House
Lewis
Mr. Truman
Dominick Manoli
Richmond B. Keech
Manoli
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
UMW
Northern and Western
Doughton Seeks 21st Term in Congress From North Carolina District
SPARTA Feb 17 Rep Robert L Doughton 87 year old Ways and Means chairman announced today he will seek his 21st consecutive term in Congress This ends speculation he would not run Sabath is the only longer serving member Doughton represents NC ninth district including Alexander Alleghany Ashe Cabarrus Caldwell Iredell Rowan Stanly and Watauga counties He has served since March 4 1911 and helped steer major tax legislation through two world wars Chairman since 1931 he pushed the nations largest tax bills
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Sparta
Robert L. Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Doughton
Bald Doughton
Sabbath
Ill
Sabber
North Carolina
Alexander, Alleghany
Ashe Cabarrus
Caldwell, Iredell
Rowan
Stanly
Watauga
Vinson
D. Ga
Rayburn
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Hope renewed for safety of 44 aboard missing plane
Radio signals on the distress band sparked fresh hope in the search for the C-54 transport missing since Thursday with 44 aboard. The aircraft were Alaska bound en route to Great Falls, Montana, including eight crewmen, a mother, and a child. A heavy air search by dozens of planes operated across the Yukon region aided by technicians, as authorities sought to locate the source of faint signals near the Smith River in British Columbia.
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Whitehorse
Y. T
U. S. Air Force
Alaska
Fort Nelson
B. C
Smith River
Here
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Peremiter
Anchorage
Great Falls
Furman Plans New Campus With 1000 Acre Site
Furman University seeks a 1000 acre tract near Greenville South Carolina to build an entire new campus and physical plant. Alester G. Furman Jr. indicates the Greenville Realty Board has been asked to consider sites within five miles of the Teedys area as a possible location. The trustees review the plan while evaluating current facilities.
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Greenville
W—Furman University
Grenville
Alester G. Furman, Jr
University
Greenville Realty Board
Univer & Planning
Board of Trustees
Dakotas Get Relief But Cold Grips Northwest
Snow and ice storms crippleed lines and cut northeast Texas towns off from the nation with only short wave radio serving as a link. Texas Oklahoma border circuits failed as freezing drizzle persisted and citrus growers faced heavy smudge pot fuel costs amid record cold. Washington warned of widespread snow from southern New England to the central states.
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Associated Press
Texas
Bonham
Fannin County
Dallas
Texas-Oklahoma
Big Spring
San Angelo
Wohalls
Amarillo
Fort Worth
Ah Dallas
California
Weather Bureau
Washington, D. C
New England
Georgia Holding Two In St Pauls Kidnaping Case
Two St Pauls men Coxie Watts and Emory Huggins were held in Elberton Georgia on kidnapping and robbery charges after alleged late yesterday assault on two women and a man in St Pauls North Carolina. Alma Quick sister of Mrs Robert Lovett, was later revealed as a kidnapping victim. Lovett reported a car theft and escape near the South Carolina line as authorities pursued the suspects and organized the capture.
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ST. Pauls
N. C
Elberton
Coxie Watts
Emory Huggins
George Deans
Alma Quick
Robert Lovett
Air Force Secretary warns of Soviet military power
Air Force Secretary Symington told Baylor University graduates in Waco that the Soviet bloc now fields the world’s largest ground army air force and submarine fleet and could launch a surprise atomic attack with no assured defense. He warned that Russia could strike any part of the United States and stressed the danger of weakened peacetime defenses.
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Waco
Tex
Air Force
Symington
Russia
Ios States
Baylor
America
United States
Air Force Score
Moscow
Sir Geeweeee
Piedmont Gas President Testifies on Virginia-Carolina Contracts
Piedmont Natural Gas president was recalled to testify on gas supply contracts in the Virginia-Carolina case. An agreement was reached for Texas Illinois to obtain gas from Sun Oil, with Piedmont to receive gas near Cleveland Texas. Commonwealth Natural Gas opposed Piedmont authority and a Tee to gas reserves involving Sun Oil was overruled.
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Washington
Piedmont Natural Gas Corp
Virginia-Carolinas
Texas Ulnois Natural Gas Pipe Line Co
Sun Oi Co
Harry Littman
Piedmont Counsel
Texas Ulllinois
Sun Oi
Texas
Illinois
Piedmont
Cleveland
Tex Commonwealth Natural Gas Corp
Central
Tidewater
Virginiia
President’s Decision Is Popular
President Hightower reports the U S will continue hydrogen bomb development as part of the arms race with Russia. He says international control agreements are needed to ban such weapons and directs the AEC to pursue all forms of atomic weapons while seeking a plan for global controls. Estimates on H bomb timelines remain uncertain, with speculation ranging up to five years.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Staff Chiefs Seek Expanded Far East Power Amid Asia Tensions
In Paris a Russian protest over Indochina policy drew Paris warnings to Moscow. In Tokyo Gen. MacArthur and Gen. Bradley pressed the Joint Chiefs for greater air, sea, and land strength to bolster American Far East defense. They discussed Indochina policy and Moscow's recognition of Ho Chi Minh, signaling a global view of Asia risks.
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Associated Press
United States
Japan
Joint Chiefs of Staffs
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Omar Bradley
Indochina
Moscow
I Chi Minh
France
Russia
Paris-Moscow
China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Steel stocks lift overall market on steady gains
New York trading boosted by steel shares as major gainers lifted the broad market while other groups advanced only modestly. U S Steel reopened late and climbed from yesterday’s close with activity seen in Bethlehem Steel, Armco, Republic Steel, Jones & Laughlin and related steel suppliers and buyers.
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New York
Ices Republic
Steel& Bethlehem Steel
Ayngstown Sheet
Armco
Ng Steel
Jones & Laughtin
Data General Motors
U.S. Rubber
Mon Emerson Radio
American Tees
Weste Union
Anaconda
Jean Dynamid
Dew Chemical
American Tybee
Mah Paui
Texar Co
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Admiral Blandy
Harry Nash
Mighty MO
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W. P. Horton
Govt
McRae
Furman
Dakotas
Georgia
England
Germany
Piedmont Gas
Paris
Indo-China
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