Detective Search Continues For Western Union Robber
Local detectives pursued slim leads in a Western Union office robbery at the Sheraton Hotel last night. A clean cut 18 year old Negro entered at 8 50 p m and forced two women employees to surrender 247 dollars from the cash drawer and safe. Citizens description and unknown motive remain the main clues as investigators push the case to page two.
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Western Union
Jane Halstead
Sheraton Hotel
Vivian Blizzard
U.S. Air Force
Orty
Smith Urges Target Date for U S troop Withdrawal from Japan
Sen H Alex Smith proposes setting a target date for withdrawing U S troops from Japan, estimating four to five years to bring them home. He warns failure to open new markets could force continued aid to Japan or boost trade with Communist China. He favors aiding Formosa and cautions against renewed Korean hostilities.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
United States
Japan
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Asia
New Jersey
China
Formosa
Chiang Kaishek
Korea
Synghman Rhee
South Korea
Knowland Hopeful as Bricker Pact Talks Face Collapse
Grim Republican leaders weigh risk that Bricker amendment to limit treaties and curb international agreements may fail. Knowland Ferguson and Millikin press for language acceptable to Eisenhower and Bricker. no concessions evident from White House. Debate focuses on whether international agreements become internal law only by congressional act.
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Senate
Knowland
California
Ferguson
Michigan
Millikin
Colorado
Eisenhower
Sen
Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Bricker Jor
Jin
United States
Sen. George
D-Ga
Congress
Blood program clarifies blood free to patients
Hospital charges only cover laboratory work for transfusions. Donated blood is free to patients and supplied by the Red Cross via the Charlotte regional blood bank. Additional costs include cross matching, typing after multiple transfusions, and handling expenses absorbed by the hospital.
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Red Cross
Charlotte
W. R. Peters
High Point
Ronal Red Cross
Peters
A. Glenn Smith
Government Sells Off Old-Crop Corn Surplus
The Agriculture Department released 185 million bushels of surplus old-crop corn at a market price not below the county level, aiming to dispose of it before deterioration. Prices sit near or below the national $1.60 per bushel support, with expectations of a market rise as spring and summer approach.
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Agriculture Department
Three Men Nabbed In Bank Robberies Across States
FBI announces arrest of Wade Hanford 53 and James Baldwin 59 in Burlington N C and Carl McKnight 41 in Winston-Salem for Oct robbery of Hampton County Cash Depository S C. Hanford previously sentenced to death in 1939, commuted and paroled 1952. Conspiracy arrests include Brannock Pardue Elmore. charges filed Jan 27. All held for arraignment in Greensboro.
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Charlotte
FBI
South Carolina
Wiliam A. Murphy
Wade Hanford
James Edward Badwin
Burlington
Alamance County
Hanford
Murphy
Baldwin
North Carolina
Carl Bynum McKnight
Winston-Salem
McKnight
Hampton County
Yarnville
S. C
Pardue
Lexington
Elmore
United States weighs reply on Korea talks restart
State Department officials draft a reply to the Communists in Korea that would invite resumed preliminary talks at Panmunjom while saving face for both sides. Arthur H. Dean left Panmunjom in December after denying a mutiny charge and the Communists have since demanded talks without retracting allegations.
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United States
Korea
State Department
Arthur H. Dean
Panmunjom
Low Fidy
United
Dean
Secretary of State
Dulles
Orient
Groundhog Predicts Six More Weeks Of Winter In Quarryville
Groundhog Day brings sad news for optimists as Six paws of winter loom after groundhog sighting by hibernating Gov Charles Hess of the Slumbering Lodge. Officials report multiple sightings within minutes using radar and other gadgets.
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Quarryville
Burrows
Charles Hess
Pennsylvania
Hess
Lions Clubs Midwinter Convention Honors Walter C Fisher
Walter C Fisher past president from nstown Ont was guest of honor at a mid winter Eastern North Carolina Lions Clubs convention in Wilmington More than 400 members from districts 31 E and 31 F attended and heard reports on the White Cane drive and the international convention
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Wilmington
N. C
Iate
Walter C. Fisher
Nstown
Ont
North Carolina
Lions Clubs
Dulles Calls Soviet Bloc Real Danger to World Peace
Secretary of State Dulles told the Bi Four foreign ministers conference that the Soviet bloc under one-man rule poses the real threat to world peace, not the Western defense alliance. He rebutted Molotov’s charge of Western war aims and urged rapid all German elections to unite Germany under a free system.
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Dulles
Bi Four Foreign Ministers
Soviet Bloc
Molotov
Germany
Poland
Moscow
Rll
Iler
Russia
Bacon
Ote
Phes
Orest Geremany
U.S
United States
Lessons learned from Korea reshape Air Force strategy
In Tokyo, General Otto Weyland reflects on Korea's costly lessons for U S air power. He credits jet fighters and high rockets with crippling Communists and defending sea lines, noting the war shifted understanding of air superiority and the role of air power in future conflicts.
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Otto P. Weyland
Far East Air Force
Robert Bunson
Associated Press
Tokyo
Weyland
Korea
Air Force
Far East Air Forces
Land
U. S
Senators Begin Coffee Price Probe
Senators hear New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange president Gustavo Lobo Jr warn that government regulation of coffee trading could curb supplies and push prices higher. He cites rising German demand and retail prices as evidence and says the exchange would cooperate if Congress acts to increase supply or reduce costs for American consumers. The Senate Agriculture Committee weighs a Gillette bill to extend government supervision akin to wheat and cotton trading.
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Washington
New York
Gustavo Lobo Jr
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
Senate Agriculture Committee
United States
West Germany
Lobo
Coffee Exchange
Congress
Epenett
Senate
Sen. Gillette
Iowa
Aiken
RVI
Department
Free Movie Tickets for Blood Donors Campaign
The Center theater offers one free child ticket per parent who visits the Bloodmobile over the next three days. If both parents go, two tickets are available. The manager notes upcoming Western films and invites families to participate for free cinema.
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Center Theater
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