Wages and prices freed from controls in state
The North Carolina Senate passed the C and D bill giving Gov. Umstead power to reorganize the State Board of Conservation and Development, expiring terms July 30 to allow a governor chosen board. A House resolution, backed by Umstead, calls for a nine member commission to study reorganizing state government with a report by Nov. 15, 1954.
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Raleigh
Gov. Umstead
State Board of Conservation and Development
Senate
House
Umstead
R. Grady Rankin
Gaston
C&d
Thomas Turner
Guilford
Prisons Department
State Highway Commission
John W. Umstead
Orange
Highway Commission
Govshold Commgeai
Turner
Directors Re elected at Burlington Mills Stockholders Meet
Wilmington North Carolina directors W S Coulter J C Cowan Jr W E Greer Jr Howard Holderness D F E Hudgins J Spencer Love and E R Zane all Greensboro were re elected to the Burlington Mills Corp board. Raligh Floyd Crouse Sparta becomes Wildlife Resources Commission chairman with H C Kennett Durham and E D McGougan Lumber Bridge named officers. Fire in Walnut Cove destroys two buildings in the business district and damages 4000 bales of hay.
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Wilmington
Del
Burlington Mills Corp
W. S. Coulter
J. C. Cowan Jr
W. E. Greer Jr
Howard Holderness
D. FE. Hudgins
J. Spencer Love
E. R. Zane
Greensboro
Ralfigh
R. Floyd Crouse
Sparta
Wildlife Resources Commission
G. E. Beal
Red Oak
H. C. Kennett
Durham
E. D. McGougan
Lumber Bridge
Crouse
Commission
Game and Inland Fisheries Committee
Conservation and Development Board
Walnut Cove
N. C
Stokes County
Madison
Winston-Salem
Andype
Band Clinic Attracts 125 Musicians In Gastonia
About 125 high school musicians attended a two day band clinic led by James Christian Pfohi director of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in Gastonia North Carolina The session concludes tomorrow with a public concert and participants came from Central North Carolina high schools.
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Gastonia
N. C
James Christian Pfohi
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
North Carolina
Gas-tonia institute to offer radio TV course starting March
Gastonia Technical Institute in Gastonia North Carolina will start its second four month radio and television communications course in March. The program aims to qualify students for first class radio telephone operator licenses and is run by North Carolina State College and sponsored by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters.
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Gastonia
N.C.P
Gaston Technical Institute
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
New Farm Supervisor Named at Border Belt Tobacco Farm
Wallace J. Dickens of Whiteville has been appointed farm supervisor at the Border Belt Tobacco Research Farm nine miles north of Whiteville. He succeeds J. W. Dickens who resigned recently. Dickens is not related to Wallace Dickens, and the new supervisor hails from Wake County and grew up in Fuquay Springs.
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Whiteville
N. C
Wallace J. Dickens
Border Belt Tobacco Research Farm
Here
J. W. Dickens
Wake County
Fuquay Springs
Funeral Plans For James M Small Railway Express Agent
Funeral arrangements were under way for James Meador Small 58 retired general agent of Railway Express Co who died at his home in Charlotte yesterday. He was a native of Hampden Alabama.
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Farmer
Newton
N. C
Newton Farmer
Catawba
James Powell
Bessie Mae Rector Powell
Here
Powell
Charlotte
James Meador Small
Railway Express Co
Hampden
Ala
Finland Promises Not To Ship Oil to China
Finland pledges to the United States that its tankers will not carry oil or gasoline to Communist China in the future the State Department says authoritative sources. The pledge follows an incident involving the Finnish tanker Wiima carrying 7000 tons of aviation jet fuel while Turkey is urged to block further shipments via the Dardanelles.
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Washington
Finland
United States
China
State Department
Wiima
Turkey
Dardanelles Straits
Black Sea
Baltic
Formosan
U. S
Poland
F-94 All Weather Jet Joins Korea Offensive Patrol
The United States Air Force announced a radar equipped F-94 all weather fighter is in use in Korea. Two United States Navy Skyknight night fighters have been flying in Korea for several months. Capt. Ben I. Fithian and Lt. Sam R. Lyons reported shooting down a Russian La-9 at night without sighting it until it burned. The fighters guard against mass raids from Manchuria as ground actions remain quiet.
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Seoul
Korea
United States Air Force
Air Force
Navy
United States
Manchuria
Yalu River
North Korea
Mark Clark
Eighth Army
Imjin River
Slow Dealings On Market Slow Dealings On Market
New York stocks opened with slow, irregular trading as declines stayed minor. Cincinnati Milling surged to a new high after favorable earnings and higher dividend, Halliburton rose, Armstrong Cork fell, and Associates Investment slipped. Steel shares stayed narrow, Chrysler eased, and rail stocks were quiet with utilities and chemicals edging lower.
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New York
Cincinnati
Halliburton
Armstrong Cork
Associates
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Chrysler
Bridge Tourney Opens in Central Carolina Association Event
Championship bridge play began this afternoon in the Central Carolina Contract Bridge Association third annual tournament. Play runs through tomorrow and Sunday with many players from Piedmont towns in North Carolina. The group, once the Tri-City Contract Bridge Association, has about 400 members from Greensboro High Point and Winston-Salem.
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Central Carolina Contract Bridge Association
Piedmont North Carolina
Tri-City Contract Bridge Association
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Britain backs European army plan with limits
Britain pledged support for a united West European army including loans of men and planes while refusing to join as a full military partner. A Foreign Office statement outlined an efficient working relationship with the European Defense Community and NATO, circulated among France Italy West Germany the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg.
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London
Britain
Foreign Office
France
U. S
John Foster Dulles
EDC
Italy
West Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Luxembourg
United Kingdom
NATO
NLRB Orders Morgan Furniture to Reinstate Three Workers
The National Labor Relations Board directed Morgan Furniture Co in Asheville North Carolina to stop alleged unfair labor practices and reinstate three employees discharged for their activity with the AFL International Upholsterers Union.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Morgan Furniture Co
Asheville
N. C
AFL International
Danger Ebbs Along Holland Coast After Severe Storm
Holland faces massive recovery after Europe’s worst storm. Death toll rises to 1352 in Holland and 423 in Britain with thousands displaced. Estimated repairs cost 735 million guilders, roads and dikes wrecked, 35 000 cattle dead, tenacious agricultural losses. New high tides expected Feb 14 threaten more damage.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Europe
Britain
George Smith Declared Outlaw By Rudisill
Greensboro reports George Smith proclaimed outlaw by Judge J C Rudisill after he failed to appear in Superior Court to begin a 10 year bribery sentence. The outlaw proclamation allows citizens to capture and even slay Smith if he resists surrender. Officers prepare to transport Smith to Central Prison Raleigh as four ex Greensboro officers face jail for taking bribes from him.
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Greensboro
Smith
J. C. Rudisill
Newton
North Carolina
Washington
Fred M. Vinson
United States Supreme Court
Central Prison
Raleigh
Rudisill
R. L. Paschal
R. L. Ferrell
J. H. Adams
F. B. Money
Guilford County Jail
Truman Clamps Down on Future Statements
Former President Truman vowed not to discuss current affairs or the Eisenhower era for now. At a 650-guest welcome home dinner in Independence he recalled his career, praised supporters, and noted his personal battles with vilification while hinting postwar troubles weighed more then.
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Independence
Truman
Eisenhower
Margaret
Russia
Church Tabernacle
White House
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
U. S
Robert P. Weatherford
Trumans
State mental institutions seek 51 million for two-year plan
The State Hospitals Board of Control asked for 51 million dollars for the mental health system for the coming biennium, 23 million more than the Advisory Budget Commission's recommendation. Gov. Umstead urged bond funding to support mental health, while the board highlights a need for staff, training schools for white and Negro children, and domestic doctors willing to work at approved pay.
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State Hospitals Board of Control
Kendall
Eisenhower Decontrols Wages and Prices in Broad Move
President Eisenhower ordered the removal of wage and many price controls including meats and clothing after cabinet discussion. The action, described as the first step toward full de control, allows immediate wage adjustments pending prior approvals while preserving penalties for past violations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Wage Stabilization Board
Office of Price Stabilization
Lance Red
Congress
CIO
Walter P. Reuther
AFL
George Meany
Miami
Giant Queen Mary Docked Without Tugs or Longshoremen
The Queen Mary was berthed in New York without tug or longshoreman aid. On the second try she aligned parallel to the pier, 70 minutes after an initial failed approach. Capt. Donald W. Sorrel guided the ship to its berth as spectators cheered the feat.
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New York
Empire State Building
Donald W. Sorrel
Weather Outlook with Temperatures and Sun Times
The forecast lists a low of 40 tonight and a high of 52 tomorrow. Today's high was 56 and last night’s low 35. Sunset is at 5 52 pm today and sunrise is 7 16 am tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
Max Min Rofill
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Nanan Memphis
Miami
Z Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
Seeess
New York
Esevens
Raleigh
Washington
Eailmingtom
Marines Mark 12th Anniversary With 13 Gun Salute Parade
The 2nd Marine Division celebrated its 12th anniversary at Camp Lejeune with a 13-gun salute and a parade by more than 10,000 Marines. The division reviewed in front of Maj. Gen. Field Harris, commander Air Fleet Marine Force Atlantic.
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Camp Lejeune
Field Harris
Air Fleet Marine Force
Atlantic
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