Reward offered for capture of young gunman in Charlotte case
Alan A Charlotte police officer to receive a $250 reward after Western Union and High Point robberies. Youthful A T College freshman Alan Wilson admitted two armed acts in High Point and Charlotte, was captured by a Charlotte patrolman after a Midtown chase. Detectives say he had prior robbery arrest in New York two years ago and gambled away money.
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High Point
Western Union Co
Auey Wilson
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Western Union
H-man
Edgefield
8. C
Hyman
New York
E. D. Pitt
Atlanta
Civil Defense Plan Faces City Council Review
A High Point council committee will study purchasing and installing an emergency alarm system under a federal state match program. Mayor Covington discussed a $9000 system with acting state civil defense authorities who urged March 25 applications. The matter was sent to the law and safety panel for study amid an ongoing effort to reestablish a workable civil defense program after the prior director’s resignation.
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High Point
George Covington
Law and Safety Committee
Charles Solin
Covington
Indochina Aid Policy Upheld Amid Budget Debate
President Eisenhower opposes expanding American participation in Indochina beyond 200 armed services personnel plus civilian volunteers for French aircraft. Senate panel reviews U S strategy as Arthur Radford and Walter Bedell Smith answer questions on foreign policy and military plans. Johnson urges fuller information to assess the administration’s new military outlook.
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Malaya
M. Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Bedell Smith
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No Relations Committee
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B. Johnson
Texas
Congress
Intent To Kill Charged To Motorist Involved Accident
Roger M Freeman of Thomasville was charged with reckless driving after his car struck service station attendant Clyde Bodenheimer at Highway 10A and W Lexington Ave. Bodenheimer suffered a compound fracture and head laceration. Freeman was released on $300 bond as police investigated the case and possible intent to kill charges were considered.
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Thomasville
Roger M. Freeman
Thomasa
Highway 10A
Lexington Ave
Clyde Bodenheimer
High Point
Freeman
Animogny Police
C. C. Stoker
Kernersville Recluse Held In Slaying
Melvin Gordon a 67 year old Kernersville recluse is held in Forsyth County jail in connection with the fatal shotgun shooting of Joseph Boyles a mechanic and father of two. A woman thought to be from Reidsville is sought for action. Sheriff Shore said the shooting followed a drinking party at Gordon s home and that Boyles worked at Crawford Mills in Kernersville.
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Winston-Salem
Melvin Gordon
Kernersville
Forsyth County
Joseph Boyles
Boyles
Reidsville
Forsyth
Jnne Shore
Bowles
Gordon
Shore
Crawford Mills
French Drive Reds From Hills
In Saigon the Vietnamese chief of staff Gen Nguyen Van Hinh challenged desertion reports as overblown and said only about 200 soldiers deserted in three months, mostly in the south. He downplayed Vietminh pressure and dismissed talk of peace negotiations with Ho Chi Minh, noting fighting continues.
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Iiet Nom
Nguyen van Hinh
South
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
van Ninh
Austria Rejects Proposal to Bar Foreign Bases
Austrian Foreign Minister Figl declares Austria will remain free of foreign military bases and urges completion of a treaty and full independence before the Berlin conference. Western ministers reportedly consider easing border restrictions in divided Germany and may seek a Moscow meeting to discuss reopening interzonal crossings and removing the death zone along the East West frontier. Molotov may attend a four power high commission meeting to address these steps.
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Weather chart shows temperatures across cities
Low tonight 48 degrees and high tomorrow 60. Today high 68 and last night low 53. Sunset 6 02 pm rises 7 05 am. City readings include Asheville Atlanta Chicago Jacksonville Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Miami New Orleans New York San Antonio San Francisco and Wilmington with varying highs and rainfall.
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Michigan Communists Convicted in Fast 1949 Case
Six top Michigan Communists were found guilty by a federal court jury of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the U S government. The five men and one woman face up to five years in prison. Judge Picard ordered the men held without bond for sentencing Friday morning. Mrs Helen Winter attended the trial despite illness.
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Detroit
Michigan
United States
Frank A. Picard
Helen Allison Winter
Ernest Goodman
Ginners State Full Program Highlights Final Session
A full program of talks and discussions closed the Carolinas Ginners Assn final session in Charlotte with morning speakers M R Powers Bennettsville Charles Merkel Stoneville and Eve Agnew SC Farm Bureau president. T L W Bailey Jr of the Textile Institute spoke in the afternoon along with a panel on conservation of spinning properties. Frank Barlow of Washington forecast an optimistic export cotton outlook, predicting 3% million.
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Carolinas
Washington
Foreign Trade Division
National Cotton Council of America
Marine Panel Examines Schwable Case for Court Martial
A panel of three Marine generals and an admiral opened testimony to decide whether to recommend a court martial for Col Frank W Schwable who confessed to germ warfare while a prisoner in Korea. The inquiry weighs psychological torture and facts of the confession while Schwable denies wrongdoing.
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Frank W. Schwable
Korea
Arlington
Marine Corps
Schwable
Lemuel B. Shepherd
Air Force
Maj
Roy H. Bley
Cabool
I Tc
Court of Inquiry
Bley
1St Marine Air Wing
Indians Threaten Detention Demands and POW Return
The Indian command warned of detaining Indians unless guarantees of employment and financial support were secured. It said 18 anti Red prisoners held as defendants or witnesses in murder trials would be returned to the U N Command on Thursday if cooperation from the Allies continues to be lacking. The U N Command refused to hold returned prisoners as witnesses, and all POWs were released with demands for those still in custody.
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Indian Command
U. N. Command
Thursey
Red China
North Korea
U. N
Cotton Exports Forecast Rise To Four Million Bales
Barlow says 1955 cotton exports may top four million bales, about 500000 more than last year, as mills show strength and demand for textile products grows.
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Barlow
Senate debate on amendment to require senate consent for treaties
Senate discussed a proposal to require congressional approval for executive agreements through a recorded roll call vote. Bricker and allies pressed a constitutional amendment but faced White House opposition and Democratic resistance. The measure, seen as a sideline issue, required a two thirds vote to advance and would need House approval and state ratification.
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Congress
White House
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