Guardsmen Progress Toward Delay in Draft-Reform Plan
National Guard leaders argued before a House Armed Services subcommittee on delaying the six month active duty training for new recruits. Chairman Overton Brooks confirmed a one year postponement proposal under review as guard officials pressed for changes to the February draft order.
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Washington
National Guard
House Armed Services
Overton Brooks
D-La
E. Rich
Utah
Calorie Misuse versus Spiritual Nourishment
The piece contrasts energy from calories with unseen influences on spiritual life. It argues people obsess over food energy to avoid unattractiveness, heart strain, and discomfort, yet neglect inner moral and religious intake. It urges directing attention to unseen factors shaping spiritual attractiveness and comfort.
State Port Picture Changed
MOREHEAD CITY NC News notes that the Interstate Commerce Commission granted Southern Railway permission to acquire the Atlantic and East Carolina Railroad of improvements at Wilmington. The ICC decision is described as changing traffic patterns and signaling a timely turn for the port and regional rail service.
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Morehead City
N. C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway
Atlantic & East Carolina
Wilmington
ICC
Nominates Federal Judge For Fourth Circuit
President Eisenhower nominates Clement Haynsworth Jr. of Greenville South Carolina to the Fourth U S Circuit of Appeals replacing Armistead M. Dobie of Charlottesville Virginia who is retiring. Haynsworth age 44 is a Greenville native and Democrat. Dobie, a Democrat, has served on the circuit court since 1939 and is 75.
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Washington
Clement Haynsworth Jr
Greenville
S C
Eisenhower
US. Circuit of Appeals
Armistead M. Dobie
Charlottesville
Fourth Circuit
Maryland
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
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Dobie
Mansfield push for UN forces to guard Gaza Gulf
Senator Mansfield urged the United States to lead efforts to place a United Nations emergency force over the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba. He proposed interposing the UN force between belligerents and later creating a permanent UN police presence in troubled areas.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
United States
United Nations
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
U.N
Jerusalem
Nominations For Oscars Announced
The Oscar nominations include recognizable legends such as Bergman and Dean with multiple nods, and contenders like Brynner Douglas Heston Moses and The Ten Commandments. The best picture slate features Around the World in 80 Days Friendly Persuasion The King and I and Cecil B DeMille's The Ten Commandments. No major shocks except for missing favored titles.
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Cecil B. de Mille
Israeli Showdown Postponed at United Nations
At the United Nations General Assembly a Middle East deadlock prompted a postponement of action on Israeli Egyptian tensions. The delay followed U S pressure and Israeli consultations in Jerusalem while Eisenhower cut short his Georgia vacation to press for a resolution.
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N.Y
Seas Lee
U. N
Abba Eban
Jerusalem
Eisenhower
Georgia
Washington
U. S
Israel
Gation
United States
Outlaw Held For Robbery
Edward G. Outlaw was held today on charges for robbing a service station in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Edward G. Outlaw
Nurse Missing From Yacht Sparks Cross-State Check
New Jersey authorities asked New Jersey state police to verify a report that nurse Mary Ann Scales, 33, disappeared after leaving the yacht of Dr. James T. Dodge near Ocracoke on February 9. A sister in Florida reportedly heard from her, but another sister questioned the call as a possible hoax.
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Swanquarter
N. C
North Carolina
New Jersey
Ocracoke
C. J. Cahoon
Florida
Coast Guard
Mary Ann Scales
Trenton
N.J
James T. Dodge
Powell
Cahoon
Marie McDonald
Bordentown
Scales
Dr. Dodge
Wilkins Voices Patient yet Firm Civil Rights View
Roy Wilkins executive secretary of the NAACP told a Senate subcommittee that Black Americans have been patient amid provocation but warned mood could turn if civil rights legislation fails. He described inflammatory official rhetoric and violence as part of the national debate as hearings edge toward a March 5 closure.
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Congress
Roy Wilkins
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Senate Judiciary
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Seeks Fast U N Debates on MidEast Crisis
President Eisenhower cuts short his Georgia vacation to return to Washington for talks with Dulles and congressional leaders on the Gaza Strip and Gulf of Aqaba stalemate. The UN debate was postponed to Thursday to allow Israel time to consider U S withdrawal proposals. Israel urged new proposals during consultations in Jerusalem with its ambassador and premier.
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South Georgia
White House
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
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Moultrie
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Hagerty
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U.N. General Assembly
New York
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Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Egypt
Jerusalem
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Edward B. Lawson
Support Of Resolution Is Urged In Senate Debate
Senator H Alexander Smith urged the Senate to abandon partisanship in the Middle East debate and grant the President full and unconditional support for action. He spoke as Green postponed his opening remarks to bolster resistance to communism amid a revised resolution that states the United States is prepared to use armed forces and to spend up to 200 million dollars in foreign aid in the coming months.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
Senate
Middle East
Eisenhower
United States
Striking Dockers Idle Amid Nationwide Labor Dispute
Forty five thousand dockworkers from Maine to Virginia remain idle as contract disputes in Baltimore and Norfolk halt a general return to work. IL A president William V Bradley demands nationwide settlements before resuming work, with Baltimore and Norfolk contracts unresolved by midnight.
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Maine
Virginia
Baltimore
Norfolk
William V. Bradley
International Longshoremen’s Assn
Portland
Hampton Roads
Bradley
Philadelphia
House kills 15 percent school teacher raise measure
In Raleigh the House rejected by 58 to 53 a resolution mandating the appropriations committee to include a 15 percent minimum salary increase for public school teachers in the biennial budget. Rep. George Uzzell urged a record vote arguing better local retention of Tar Heel graduates.
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Jack Love
Mecklenburg
Frank Everett
Martin
J. M. Phelps
Washington
Hodges
Advisory Budget Commission
Love
North Carolina
Claude Currie
Durham
State Highway Commission
Nun
Currie
House
Appropriations
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Rowan
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