Nurse pioneer Mrs McAskill recalls early High Point nursing
Mrs. John D. McAskill former superintendent of nursing at Memorial Hospital visits High Point for the red nursing school building opening. A Moore County native trained locally in 1911 14 she later did graduate work in New York and Richmond and returned to Memorial Hospital as a nurse educator and surgical nurse supervisor. She married in 1942 and now lives in High Point or Carthage.
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John D. McAskill
Memorial Hospital
Returo High Point
Red Nursing School
Gilbert Muse
High Point
Miss Muse
Moore County
Howell St
Carthage
Rayma Hedgecock
Wallburg
High
Sparks Family To Occupy Donated Home This Week
The Benjamin R. Sparks family will move into their donated Highland Ave home by midweek after fire destruction last November. Volunteers and Lions Club aided progress. water pump installation remains as the final task. Local donations exceeded 1000 dollars to fund materials, with firms supplying plumbing fixtures, flooring, and electrical work.
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Sparks
Benjamin R. Sparks
Highland Ave
Taylor Kennerly
Kennerly
Lions Club
French Presses At Dien Bien Phu In Indochina Clash
French forces intensify probing thrusts from Dien Bien Phu as 36 000 Vietminh surround the fortress. About 4 000 troops conduct strong reconnaissance with both sides reporting losses but no major battle yet. Air raids north toward Luang Prabang target the 308th Division as reconnaissance keeps tracking Red patrols near the Nga River.
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Saigon
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
Union
Ainst
Luang Ee
Luang Prabang
Pau
Laos
Bac River
308Th
Royal
Nga River
Red Dow
Plot to Kill Molotov Reported in Berlin Dinner
The New York Daily News quotes Berlin security sources on a plot to assassinate Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov during a Molotov tribute dinner in West Berlin. Western security chiefs were alerted after threatening letters and a tapped hotel call confirmed the danger. Molotov arrived with six bodyguards and two assistants, mingling briefly with Georges Bidault before departing.
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New York
New York Daily News
Berlin
V. M. Bear
Molotov
News
Floyd Barger
West Berlin
U. S
Georges Bidault
French secretary reports grim Indochina outlook
Paris February 13 French secretary of state for the Associated States Marc Jacquet presented a bleak assessment of the Indochina political scene to the Cabinet after a two week inspection tour. He cited weak support for the Viet Nam government formed by Premier Buu Loc and noted divisions among nationalists, with Plevne to report upon his return.
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Paris
Marc Jacquet
Associated States
Indochina
Defense
Rene Plevne
Jacquet
Viet Nam
Buu Enc
Buu Loc
France
Second Montreal lawyer held in baby trafficking case
Police describe a multi million dollar international baby racket with at least four arrests in Montreal including a second lawyer, a maternity home operator and a recruiter. A $3500 payment and a forged birth certificate were linked to the alleged deal, with over 1 000 babies trafficked into the United States over a decade.
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Montreal
Ridny
Therese Bogatta
New York Police Department
Glazer
Herman Buller
Dorval
Israel
Buller
Hilda Beaucage
New York
United States
Dupes
Quebec
George W. Hill
Ernest A. Miller
County of
Manhattan
Reds Send Swede To Asylum
In Berlin the Swedish businessman Albert Kinberg, 36, of Stockholm, who tried to crash the Soviet Embassy during Molotov’s visit, has been sent to an insane asylum for a mental examination at the East Berlin prosecutor’s request. Kinberg allegedly beat five police guarding the embassy and faced Western press scrutiny painting him as a peaceful visitor.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Molotov
ADN
Torday
Albert Kinberg
Stockholm
Jan
West Berlin
State Senator Kirkman seeks reelection in Guilford County
Veteran lawmaker O Arthur Kirkman announced his candidacy for state senator from Guilford County seeking a fourth term. He defended his record and opposed secrecy in legislative deliberations while pledging service to Guilford and North Carolina. An earlier article mentions a separate crime report about a Charlotte jewelry store robbery and a Western Union heist linked to a Ne gro AT College student, Jerry Wilson, who confessed and was arrested in High Point.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
Guilford County
State General Assembly
Kirkman
State Senate
Raleigh
Senate
Charlotte
Netro A& T Col
Hyman
Western Union
Jerry Wilson
Greensboro College
Atlas Finance Co
S. Main St
Bansuit
High Point
A & T College
Wilson
The
Negro College
Greensboro
Third St
Edgefield
S. C
Russia Sets Price For Austria Pact End To EDC
Berlin February 13 The Soviet Union insists that withdrawal of Red troops from Austria means ending the American backed European Defense Community and leaving Austria under Soviet garrison until a German peace treaty is signed. Molotov rejects retreat and calls for Vienna to be kept under Soviet control amid Western pressure. Dulles and Molotov discuss at Berlin conference with Bidault and Eden signaling partial concessions. no final pact on Austria or EDC emerges.
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Berlin
Russia
Austria
Molotov
Europe
United States
France
Britain
Asia
Dulles
Bidault
Eden
Thei
Holland urges unity as Democrats face GOP charges
Sen. Spessard L. Holland told about 650 Democrats at a Jefferson Jackson Dinner in Raleigh that Republican charges will boomerang and that the party is divided and without leadership. He said Democrats can win Congress and the White House in 1956 if unity improves, noting South concerns and recent shifts toward conciliation.
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Raleigh
N. C
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
Florida
Holland
Eisenhower
Congress
Democratic Party
Adlai Stevenson
Steve Mitchell
South
Tidelands
Bricker
State Department
GOP Attacks and Praise Emphasize Lincoln Day Speeches
Republican Lincoln Day addresses clash with Democratic protests over alleged Communist ties. Speakers like Sen. Knowland and House Speaker Martin urge action against what they call coddling and fear campaigns, while Democrats defend patriotism and criticize GOP rhetoric. The exchanges reflect a heated lead up to a tense congressional election season.
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Washington
GOP
America
Democratic Party
Sen
Knowland
California
Lcan
Senate
Congress
House
Martin
Rmass
Wendel
B. Barnes
Federal
Small Business Administration
Barnes
Free World
Sen. Lehman
Dem-Lib-Ny
Abraham Lincoln
Joseph McCarthy
Thomas E. Dewey
Lincoln
Greensboro Woman Charged in Stepdaughter Eye Injury
Mae Atkins, 30, was arrested in Greensboro on a warrant accusing her of deliberately blinding her 12 year old stepdaughter Judy Atkins with her thumbs. The attack allegedly occurred about November 10. Judy has been at Duke Hospital in Durham awaiting surgery to save the eye. bond set at 5000.
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Mae Atkins
City
Maurice Geiger
Greensboro Police Department
Sandra i
Judy Atkins
North Carolina
Duke Hospital
Durham
Tt Geiger
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