Diplomats Seek End to France Tunisia Feud in London
In London, British and American mediators begin good offices to ease France Tunisia tensions after the Tunisian village bombing. Talks aim to free French troop movements, clarify consular status, and restart negotiations with Paris while Premier Gaillard weighs France’s stance.
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London
France
Tunisia
Algeria
Murphy
Beeley
Felix Gaillard
Paris
U.S
U. S.S
Macmillan
Selwyn Lloyd
Heavy Rainfall Pounds West Texas and Gulf Coast
The Associated Press reports heavy rains across West Texas with 3.5 inches in 24 hours, lifting totals since midweek to about 8 inches. Moisture spread along the Gulf coast into New Mexico as a cold front neared the eastern seaboard. Temperatures rose into the 40s north to New England while winds gusted over 40 mph in Pennsylvania and snow flurried from Michigan to upstate New York.
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Associated Press
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
New Mexico
Seaboard
New England
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Mercury
Dickinson
N.D
Miami
State Labor Groups Slow To Merge
Grand Rapids Michigan February 22 The AFL CIO will test its authority to force merger of state level labor groups at a three day convention in Grand Rapids Meany ordered the convention after two years of failed negotiations toward a voluntary merger of AFL and CIO in Michigan The Michigan AFL has assets and the group vows to seek court action to block any attempt to seize property
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Afl-Cio
George Meany
AFL
Michigan
CIO
Ohio
Indiana
New York
New Jersey
Meany
Ee Federation of Ae
Teamsters
Michigan Cio
James K. Hoffa
Detroit
Teamsters Union
Michigan Afl
Lansing
Michigan Federation of Labor
State Cio Council
R. J. Thomas
United Auto Workers
Peter M. McGavin
McGavin
AFL Group
Pentagon Reorganization Study Set For Eisenhower
Washington reports indicate a new Pentagon restructuring plan will reach President Eisenhower within weeks. Secretary McElroy and advisers meet at Ramy Air Force Base Puerto Rico to refine a broad overhaul including possible creation of a second deputy secretary to focus on military operations. Gruenther, a key adviser and former NATO commander, may be considered for the post, but would face legislative constraints under the National Security Act.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pentagon
Defense Department
Ramy Air Force Base
Puerto Rico
Neil McElroy
McElroy
White House
Alfred M. Gruenther
NATO
Europe
Gruenther
Defense
Department
Donald A. Quarles
Congress
National Security Act
George C. Marshall
Truman
Hodges Will Participate In Plant Groundbreaking
Gov. Hodges travels to Shelby to attend a 20 million dollar Pittsburgh Plate Glass plant ground breaking with about a dozen company officials. A motorcade to the site precedes events, followed by a chamber dinner at North Lake Country Club. PPG executives expected include Hill, Higgins, McLaughlin, Cochrane, Schweppe.
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Shelby
N.C
Hodges
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
The
Glass Company
Shelby Chamber of Commerce
North Lake Country Club
David G. Hill
Harry B. Higgins
Robert McLaughlin
Fiber Glass
John Cochrane
John V. Schweppe
Weather Outlook for Higher Elevations and Nearby Regions
Forecast calls for higher elevations with a chance of light snow or snow flurries over parts of the western Lakes and northern Appalachians regions. Clearer conditions may follow in other areas.
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Western Lakes
Northern
Appalachians
Baptists Plan United Effort For Peace
Washington reports that leaders of the Southern and American Baptist Conventions propose a joint drive for world peace. Plans include a likely April trip to Russia to gain Baptist backing, with committees to promote prayer and understanding. April 27 visit to Moscow tentatively planned, funding by the Foreign Mission Board.
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Washington
United States
World Baptist
Brooks Hays
D-Ark
Southern Baptist Convention
Clarence W. Crawford
American Baptist Convention
Russia
Hays
Crawford
World Baptist Organization
Baptist Church
Moscow
Calvary Baptist Church
Foreign Mission Board of
The
Communist Party
Krushchev
Sumatran Rebels Bombed in Coordinated Air Attacks
A half hour morning raid by U S forces struck rebel targets in Sumatra and Celebes including radio stations in Scahiloes and Menado. Bridges near Menado and Padang airfields were hit while government broadcasts claimed cut communications between Java and central Sumatra. Rebel defences at Padang reportedly opened fire as planes struck, marking first air clash.
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Scahiloes
U. S
Menado
Celebes
Jakarta
Padang
Djambi
Sumatra
Bukittingi
Java
Singapore
Padang Radio
Churchill Gains Ground in Illness Battle
Roquebrune cap Martin France Neb 22 Sir Winston Churchill shows improvement in pneumonia and pleurisy according to a medical bulletin The temperature has fallen and progress is satisfactory His secretary Anthony Montague Browne said the 83 year old leader’s recovery is marked by doctors considering ending daily communiques He felt well enough to threaten a painting trip but his physician advised wait further.
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Roquebrune-Cap Martin
France
Winston Churchill
Anthony Montague Browne
Churchill
Britain
Lord Moran
Presbyterian Leader Dr. Ernest Gillespie Dies at 88 in Greensboro
Dr. Ernest Eugene Gillespie 88 longtime superintendent of home missions in North Carolina and former moderator of the Synod of North Carolina died in Greensboro after a lengthy ministry. He chaired the William Black Memorial Home board in Montreal and founded the Presbyterian News in 1935. Survived by wife Mattie Lee McIver and two children. The Laurinburg memorial fund was created in his memory.
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N. C
Ernest Eugene Gillespie
Simpson St
Synod of North Carolina
The
Presbyterian Church
Gillespie
William Black Memorial Home For Christian Workers
Montreal
Synod of South Carolina
Bethel Presbytery
Orange Presbytery
S. C. Synod
Defense Service Council
Presbyterian News
Mattie Lee McIver
Consolidated Presbyterian
Laurinburg
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Central Pacific States
Baptists Plan
United Effort For Peace
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University of Washington
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Ferner
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Cadillac
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N. Main Street
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Highland Motors, Inc
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