Umstead Plan Draws Favorable Legislative Comment
Governor Umstead seeks authority to replace the 15 State Act of Conservation and Development board members with terms expiring June 30. lawmakers from Raleigh and Dare weigh support for reappointment, possible division separation, and representation for commercial fishermen.
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Raleigh
Umstead
State Act of Conservation and Development
Senate
House
T. J. Collier
Pamlico
Commercial Fisheries Division
C&d Department
R. Bruce Etheridge
Dare
James H. Pou Bailey
Wake
Grady Rankin
Gaston
W. B. Rodman
Beaufort
Dulles Arrives in Britain to Push European Army Plan
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles landed in London with Harold Stassen to urge Churchill on the European army and reassure Britain over Eisenhower’s China policy. NATO ministers convene in Paris to set pace, Mayer pledges support, and a European defense treaty may be ratified by summer. An unrelated note mentions Roman wigs of blonde German hair used by aristocrats.
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Jack V. Fox
London
John Foster Dulles
Winston Churchill
Dulles
Eisenhower
China
Paris
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
NATO Permanent Council
Western Alliance
Rene Mayer
France
Western Europe
Mayer
United States
European Defense Community
U. S
General Taylor Arrives to Lead United Nations Forces in Korea
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor arrived in Seoul to begin briefings before taking command of the U S Eighth Army replacing Gen James A. Van Fleet. He projects an expanded South Korean Army and vows a smooth transfer as UN ground forces report 8 783 Communist casualties in January.
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Seoul
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
Tokyo
Taylor
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
Syngman Rhee
Luke the Gook
U. N
Mexico to Make Own Weapons
Mexico plans to manufacture many of its weapons of war in the future after relying on imports from the United States for firearms and ammunition in the past.
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Mexico
Mexico City
United States
Parties Set Same Date For Dinners In North Carolina
Tar Heel Democrats and Republicans scheduled their annual fund raising dinners for the same date February 28, located 150 miles apart in Raleigh and Charlotte. About 500 to 600 guests expected at each event. Raleigh tickets based on county contributions at 50 dollars each. Charlotte tickets offered at seven dollars on a first come basis. Main chatter in Charlotte centers on federal patronage and shifting government jobs while Raleigh focus leans to state politics and electing burned Republicans out of Washington.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
Tar Heel
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Charlotte
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Eisenhower
Taft
Washington
UNC Athletes Receive Over 100000 In Aid
UNC will grant athletic aid totaling 100632 to 144 athletes at Chapel Hill this year. Funds come from Educational Foundation and alumni. no university or student fees support. Football leads with 75637 for 76 players, plus 14212 for 18 basketball players and smaller sums for tennis track baseball wrestling lacrosse and gymnasts.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
University of North Carolina
Opel Hill
Robert B. House
I& 7
Educational Foundation
UNC
Duke
North Carolina State
Wake Forest
Internal GOP Blaze Flares Over North Carolina Rift
Aubrey Moore of Raleigh leaders of Citizens for Eisenhower warn Taft faction will fight like Democrats if the old guard does not stop. Ken Gibbons of Greensboro reports to the national GOP on the intra party battle as the Taft and Eisenhower camps vie for state chairmanship and patronage control.
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Raleigh
Aubrey Moore
Republican Party
Moore
Taft
Eisenhower
Ken Gibbons
Greensboro
GOP
J. M. Baley
Marshall
A. I. Ferree
Asheboro
Clyde Greene
Boone
Eisenhower lifts most price controls as layoff notices go out
Thousands of stabilization workers receive 30 day layoff notices after President Eisenhower approves rapid reduction of wage and price controls. Officials say price restrictions will ease gradually with April 30 as the target for complete decontrol. Major agencies to cut staff and materials rules also ordered, drawing mixed political reaction.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur Flemming
Office of Price Stabilization
Office of Rent Stabilization
National Production Authority
Defense Production Administration
Brent Spence
Kentucky
House Banking Committee
Driver Refused to Talk in Cow Collision Report
An Oklahoma City motorist reported a crash after she bumped a cow with her car. Vehicle 2's driver line reads: Driver 1947 Hereford beef, Age 5 years, License plate None, See Remarks Refused to talk.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Today
Conant Faces Senate Test Over Nomination as U S High Commissioner
Dr. James B. Conant testifies at a closed Senate Foreign Relations hearing amid claims he lacks the right temperament for the U S Germany post. Chairman Wiley notes Flynn’s case hinges on four speeches and articles, including World War II disarmament plans and later critiques of private schools.
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Washington
James B. Conant
Germany
Harvard
Eel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Conant
John T. Flynn
Wiley
Flynn
Morgenthau
Life Magazine
Magazine Salesman to Face Hearing on Slavery Charge
Lonzo H. Ramage 31 a magazine salesman from Kosciusko Miss waived a preliminary hearing and posted 10000 bond. He faces federal charges of involuntary servitude and slavery for forcing crippled workers to stay on after they wanted to quit. The FBI says he beat Eugene Brown 19 of Columbia S C when a weekly quota of 117 was not met. The hearing is set before U S Commissioner Ruth West in Aberdeen Miss on February 18.
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Aberdeen
Miss
U. S
Ruth West
Lonzo H. Ramage
Ramage
Kosciusko
FBI
Alfred Means
Memphis
Eugene Brown
Columbia
S. C
Brown
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