Dulles Faces Democratic Press Over Pacific Policy
President Eisenhower's secretary of state assured Congress and allies he will consult before major moves in the Pacific. Sen. Sparkman welcomed slower pace while Sen. Morse urged tough talk against liberal critics and MSA executive disclosures. Smith proposed limited release of testimony after closed hearings.
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John Foster Dulles
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Pacific
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Capitol Hill
Sparkman
Alabama
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Red China
Formosa
Sen. Smith
Dulles
No One Blamed For Explosion In Aiken
A coroner's jury in Aiken South Carolina found no one to blame for the January 27 explosion and fire that killed 10 people. After a five hour hearing witnesses including J C Lathrop chief engineer for the State Public Service Commission testified that a leaking gas pipeline section may have been removed during debris search and gas pressure and BTU counts were normal at the time.
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Aiken
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J. C. Lathrop
State Public Service Commission
Miller to die in gas chamber for Beaufort County farmer death
Lafay ette Miller a 21 year old Negro is scheduled to die in Central Prison's gas chamber next Friday for the murder of farmer Harvey Boyd of Beaufort County. He was convicted in January 1952 of shooting the young Chocowinity man. A Thanksgiving Eve stop led to discovery of Boyd's wife in the car trunk evidence of kidnapping after the slaying.
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Raleigh
Lafayette Miller
Beaufort County
Central Prison
Miller
Harvey Boyd
Boyd
Assembly Eyes Umstead Outline on Spending and Taxes
Raleigh lawmakers enter mid-session awaiting Gov. Umstead's budget outline likely endorsing 88 million in bonds for school and hospital building plus other state projects. He aims to reorganize agencies and the State Board of Conservation and Development while a highway reshaping bill moves forward.
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General Assembly
Umstead
State Board of Conservation and Development
State Highway Commission
Senate
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House Appropriations Committee
State Art Society
Advisory Budget Commission
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C&d
C&d Department
Imstead
Welker Defends Benson Over Farm Price Criticism
Sen. Welker pledges support for Agriculture Secretary Benson amid Democratic attacks on farm price declines. Critics urge action on price supports while Benson argues for a cautious approach and to study farm issues before proposing a new program. Southern Democrats warn against undermining farmers, with parity cited as the farmer’s entitlement.
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Benson
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Minn
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Explosions Level Japanese Factory Near Tokyo Toll Climbs
A series of blasts at the Marutama Fireworks Factory near Tachikawa, west of Tokyo, killed at least 25 people and injured about 45. The blasts leveled 12 buildings, destroyed nearly 100 homes, and produced a mushroom cloud 800 feet high.
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Fuchu
Marutama
Tachikawa
Richard Matthews
Tacoma
Wash
Air Force
UN Troops Break Out Of Chinese Trap After Bitter Fight
UN forces on Old Baldy Mountain countered a 200 strong Chinese assault and, after five hours of heavy fighting, broke through to retreating lines. Reinforcements failed to reach the front as new Red attacks were repelled along a 155 mile front. Allied jets and B 29s bombed and strafed enemy positions near Pyongyang and the Yalu River, with several MIG 15s shot down. The New Year battlefront saw intensified combat across multiple sectors with mixed air and ground actions.
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Korea
Old Baldy
United Nations
Yalu River
Royal N. Baker
McKinney
Tex
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
U. N
Old Baldy Mountain
East Central
Pukhan River
Bunker Hill
Sniper Ridge
Reed Bill Would Cut Taxes This Year for 5000 Bar See Note
Congressional experts estimate the Reed Income Tax Reduction Bill would cut taxes by 25 to 50 dollars this year for taxpayers with about 5000 dollars in net income. The cut rises for higher brackets and falls for lower incomes. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Daniel A. Reed, faces approval by the House Ways and Means Committee amid mixed signals from President Eisenhower and GOP leaders.
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Guilford
Forsyth
Cumblerland County
Bladen
Brunswick
Columbus
Rowan
Cabarrus
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House Education Committee
Washington
Daniel A. Reed
R-N. Y
Ways and Means
Reed
Eisenhower
Congress
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Mass
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Religious conference engages 200 students in Greensboro
Metho dist students from North Carolina colleges gathered in Greensboro for a three day religious conference on The Christian in the Community. Dr Waldo Beach of Duke Divinity School delivered the opening address and another talk followed with officers to be elected and conference groups to be attended.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Waldo Beach
Duke University Divinity School
Pathologists Meet at Duke and UNC in Chapel Hill
Southeastern and North Carolina pathologists concluded a two day joint meeting at Duke University and UNC with sessions led by Yale expert Dr. Harry S N Greene on cancer research. State Senator J H Crawford 86 of Robbinsville remains in recovery after a lung infection necessitated oxygen tent treatment at North Carolina Memorial Hospital and hospital officials report slow improvement.
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Southeastern
North Carolina
Duke University
College of American Pathologists
North Carolina Society of Pathologists
University of North Carolina
Harry S. N. Greene
Yale University
Chapel Hill
J. H. Crawford
Robbinsville
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Crawford
Seaes
Raleigh
Wake Forest Plans First Phase Campus Funding
Wake Forest College trustees in Winston-Salem set four million four hundred thousand dollars as the cost to complete the program’s first phase at Reynolds. Half the amount must be raised by December 31, 1953 to match a two million dollar anonymous gift. About nine million one hundred thousand dollars is currently available for the seventeen million five hundred thousand program.
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Oregon Independent
Frank Edwards
AFL
France
Orson Adams
First National
Boston
Morse
Edwards
Russell Wardburgh
Guaranty Trust Company
New York City
Belgium
Sparkman
Dulles
Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College
Reynolds
Dinkins Named National Flood Relief Campaign Director
Harvey Dinkins farm service director at WSJS was chosen by the National Association of Radio Farm Directors to lead a nationwide fund raising drive for flood stricken Dutch farmers. He said the subscription campaign would begin immediately.
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Winston-Salem
Harvey Dinkins
WSJS
Netherlands
National Association of Radio Farm Directors
Dinkins
Operation Skycan observers monitor simulated enemy air attack
About 1,000 volunteer observers in six Piedmont North Carolina counties aided a civil defense drill named Operation Skycan. Ground stations in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Lincoln, Cleveland, Iredell and Rowan counties tracked jets and troop transports from Shaw Field Sumter Pope Field and Donaldson Air Force Base during the exercise.
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Piedmont
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Air Force
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Sumter
S. C
Donaldson Air Force Base
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Pope Field
Fayetteville
Mecklenburg
Gaston
Lincoln
Cleveland
Iredell
Rowan Counties
Air Defense
Pope's Plea to President Prompts Probe Request
New York attorney Emanuel H. Bloch demanded a Justice Department inquiry into why Pope Pius XII's December appeal for clemency for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg was not transmitted to the White House. The Rosenbergs, on death row at Sing Sing, seek a stay ahead of a pending execution date.
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Pope
White House
New York
Emanuel H. Bloch
Atom
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Justice Department
Pope Pius XII
Eisenhower
Truman
America
Russia
United States
Rome
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Irving R. Kaufman
Rosensbergs
Accused Man Cites Other Violations At Court Martial
Lt. Col. Melvin B. Voorhees seeks clarity on why he faces court martial for not securing Army clearance to publish Korean Tales. His attorney notes retired generals Lucius Clay Edward Almond and Robert Eichelberger did not submit certain writings for review, arguing the regulation is confusing for top officers.
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FT. Meade, Md
Melvin B. Voorhees
Voorhees
John T. West, Jr
Joseph S. Edgerton
Defense Department Security Review Branch
Eighth Army
Korea
Tacoma
Wash
Pentagon
Lucius D. Clay
Edward C. Almond
Robert L. Eichelberger
West
East German Red Warns Berliners
East Berlin official Alfred Neumann warns West Berliners to overthrow their city government or face consequences. The Communists plan to isolate West Berlin by halting East to West rail and forcing transfers, with a March 1 start date.
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West Berlin
Alfred Neumann
East Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
East
Scheda
East Germany
Shelby Train Car Collision Claims One Life
A Shelby 2 A train car collision yesterday killed Fred Bell and injured five others. Odell Mauney the car driver his wife and their four year old son Mrs Haynes and Arnold Fortenberry all of Shelby were among the injured.
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Shelby
Fred Bell
Odell Mauney
Die Haynes
Arnold Fortenberry
Weather Update With Temperatures and Sun Times
Tonight's low is 34 degrees with a high tomorrow of 50. Today's high reached 58 and last night's low was 23. Sunset is 6 p.m. today and sunrise tomorrow is 7 08 a.m.
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