Scott files for Senate as primary nears in May
Former Gov. W Kerr Scott paid a 250 filing fee to enter the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate in the May 29 primary. He filed through his secretary at the State Board of Elections and announced his candidacy from Raleigh. Scott plans a statewide campaign setup after the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner and may name a campaign manager this week.
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W. Kerr Scott
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Scott Ae
Mary M. McCord
Raymond Maxwell
State Board of Elections
Alton A. Lennon
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Ben Roney
Rocky ‘Out
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Lennon
Henry L. Sprinkle
W. M. Tick
Cary
Graf
Elections Board
Carl T. Durham
Chapel Hill
Congress
Walter J. Bone
Nashville
M. G. Los Carthage
Feral
J. Allie Hayes
North Wilkesboro
Hayce
Aoenne
Umstead
Drought Grips Midwest Cities After Floods Three Years Past
Drought worsens across Missouri and Kansas after three years since devastating floods. Olathe Kansas faces reservoir depletion and water trucks haul from a lake while efforts await city intake. Paola Kansas raises water rates as prayers for rain rise and Kansas City area ships water from Missouri. Trucks, dozens of hauling firms, and state officials report ongoing crisis with no immediate relief in sight.
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Kansas City
Warren A. Kramer
Missouri Health Division
Kansas
A. D. Robb
Weather Bureau
Topeka
Grecemet Pal Panera
Paola
Ursuline College
Appropriations Bills Near House Floor Move
House action on first two regular appropriations bills for the next fiscal year is planned for next week. Speaker Martin predicts all money bills pass by May 15, with July 1 adjournment still unlikely. Also on deck are Taft Hartley revision, Social Security changes, St Lawrence Seaway participation, and postal rate increases. Senate aims to vote on Beeson NLRB nomination and Bricker amendment, then statehood for Hawaii.
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Bricker
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AFL Council Heads For Showdown Over Jurisdictional Spats
The AFL Executive Council meets amid a split over a plan to settle jurisdictional feuds between unions. George Meany backs a neutral board for binding decisions while Dave Beck opposes restricting Union organizing in new fields. A broader issue is proposed standards for health and welfare funds amid a potential congressional probe.
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Teamsters Union
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Lawmaker proposes shifting contracts to low income states
Washington Congressman Frank Smith of Mississippi proposes a bill to redirect government facilities and supplies contracts to the 12 states with the lowest per capita income based on official figures from the prior three years. He notes the plan could change yearly and aims to aid low income areas.
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Frank Smith
D-Miss
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Knowland sees improving prospects for Ike program
Senate leader Knowland of California says funds to enact a large part of President Eisenhower's legislative program look better as Congress nears completion. RNC Chairman Hall predicts 15 to 25 Republican gains in November and says Ike will campaign nationwide to aid candidates. Bricker's constitutional treaty power amendment stalls as vacation shifts focus to possible progress next week.
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Hall
Bricker
Ohio
Florida
Two Bush Pilots Save Six In Alaska Plane Explosion
Two Alaska bush pilots were credited with saving six men after a two engined transport exploded near Bush Alaska. Cliff Hudson and Don Sheldon located survivors after the wreck, guiding rescue teams through subfreezing conditions. Elmendorf AFB identified seven victims by name, while two other crew and one passenger remained unconfirmed or unnamed due to illness and missing records. More details and full lists appear on page three.
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Maudie Burton
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Cincinnati
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Loretta K. Knickerbocker
Rochester
Mich
Floyd L. Knickerbocker
Donald R. McDonough
Edward J. Nnd
Alvin K. Raymer
David Nd
Tas
Edmund S. McMahon
Judson
Sheldon
Edson
French concede loss of Attopeu in Laos and push Vietminh in Red River area
In Indochina the French admitted Attopeu fell to Vietminh after a three day withdrawal. They reported heavy combat near Ninh Binh and Nam Dinh southeast of Hanoi with Vietminh losses around 111 killed and 72 captured, as planes and Arromanches fighters aided operations.
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Arromanches
Governors Will Confer With Ike In April
The governors of all 48 states will hold a three day conference in Washington in April to discuss various problems with President Eisenhower and other top administration officials. The White House said the President has invited the chief executives to a White House dinner on April 26.
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Eisenhower
White House
Government Indicts Nine People and Six Corporations
The Justice Department indicted nine individuals and six companies for conspiracy to defraud the government in postwar surplus ship deals. Named are Joseph E. Casey and Aristoteles Onassis, with other defendants and firms across Washington and New York, facing multi million dollar charges and possible penalties up to ten thousand dollars or five years per count. Onassis pleaded innocent and was released on bond with travel limits.
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Casey
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District of Columbia
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Greece
Argentina
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Onassis
United Tes
Joseph H. Rosenbaum
Robert W. Dudley
Washington, D. C
Rob. L. Berensoaert
United States
Maritime Commission
Maritime Administration
Spuds Qualify Again For School Lunch Program
Washington reports potatoes regain eligibility for the federal school lunch program after an amendment to the cotton and wheat acreage bill. Senator Welch of Idaho pushed the change, clarifying that price support changes had not intended to remove potatoes from lunch programs.
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Eisenhower
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Idaho
Big Four seek peace steps at secret Berlin minis meet
In a secret Berlin session the Big Four foreign ministers eyed peace settlements in the Far East and a world disarmament conference. Molotov, Gromyko, Malik, and Troyanovsky faced Dulles, MacArthur, Merchant, Bohlen, Eden, Roberts, and others as they met in a smaller room to discuss Korea Indochina Austria and a deadline for Germany talks and urged UN led disarmament.
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Frank Roberts
Dennis Allen
Georges Bidault
France
Roland de Margerie
Foreign Office
Alexandre Parodi
Austria
Molotov
Red China
Korea
Indochina
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Germany
Mild Weather Across the Nation From California to Maine
The Associated Press reports a mild winter day nationwide with Caribou Maine at 9 above and San Diego near 69. California marks a ninth straight warm spell and a Feb 7 high of 88 at San Sunday, while Los Angeles also records 88. Light snow touches Michigan and light rain drapes the South Atlantic coast from Tampa to Savannah.
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Death of Maxwell Bodenheim shocks New York bohemia
Maxwell Bodenheim, famed 1920s bad boy writer, and Ruth Fagan were found slain in a Greenwich Village room. Police sought a 25 year old “fast talker” Harold Weinberg as a suspect while 50 detectives combed Manhattan for clues and possible weapons. Bodenheim’s career, from Chicago to Greenwich Village, ended in this fatal mystery.
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New York
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Bodenheim
Harold Weinberg
Julias Joseph Greenburg
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
Thomas A. Nielson
Ruth Fagan
Weinberg
New York City
Chicago
Ben Hecht
Chicago Literary Times
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McCarthy Attacks McCloy At Lincoln Day Dinner
Sen. Joseph McCarthy charged former German occupation envoy John McCloy and Democratic leaders with treachery and aiding a Communist conspiracy. McCloy denied any records were destroyed and criticized McCarthy's statements as utterly false.
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New York
Mo Clay
Chase National Bank
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Senators Move to Probe Coffee Price Rise
Senators opened a two front effort over rising coffee prices. Five New York trade leaders were called to testify before a Senate Banking subcommittee to determine if speculation fueled prices above one dollar a pound. Senator Aiken urged quick passage of a bill to regulate futures trading under the Commodity Exchange Authority.
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