Teen charged with felonious assault in slashing case
Knox County authorities report 17 year old Richard Epps arrested in Blount County for felonious assault linked to the Monday slashing of 29 year old Yates Alvin Greene in Shelby North Carolina during a robbery attempt. Greene had come to appear on hillbilly radio programs.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Shelby
N. C
Richard Epps
Blount County
Carl T. Bunch
Bunch
Yates Alvin Greene
North Carolina bill to cut tobacco warehouse commission
Rep. Carl Venters of Onslow says a General Assembly bill will cut the warehouse commission on flue-cured tobacco from 2 percent to 2 per cent. He asked the attorney general to draft the measure and expects strong farmer support.
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Raleigh P
General Assembly
Carl Venters
Onslow
Attorney General's Office
Venters
Building permits issued in November across 28 NC cities
State Department of Labor reports November permits for 28 North Carolina cities over 10,000 population totalled 8,438,228 dollars. The month's residential permits reached 360 houses valued at 3,272,370 dollars, versus 1,104 housing authorizations in November 1951 costing 9,053,666 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
State College leaders tout better farming methods
D S Weaver of North Carolina State College outlined improved farming methods at a Farm Challenge program meeting. He said the techniques would be worth millions to Tar Heel farmers, reducing cotton hoeing costs from 20 to 6.20 dollars per acre and boosting peanut yields from 1 200 pounds per acre to three or four times that amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina State College of Leaders of North Carolina
D. S. Weaver
State College of Agricultural Extension Service
UN Raiders Destroy Reds In Major Korea Attack
Allied raiders set Panmunjom sector ablaze for about an hour and killed about 35 Chinese, with 15 more believed dead and 10 wounded. A reinforced unit of 60 raiders used flame throwers tanks and explosives to storm bunkers and caves, ending after 55 minutes of combat. Earlier, B 29s and light bombers attacked a 15 mile long Communist convoy 30 miles north of the front destroying 55 supply trucks.
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Seoul
Korea
Panmunjom
T Maurading
Hamhung
Kowan
Wonsan
Seven Killed In Airliner Crash Near Seattle
A Flying Tiger Airlines four engine DC4 from California crashed near Squak Mountain during a winter storm killing seven aboard including two children and two women. The pilots and crew members were Capt Charles E Greber, Capt Budlong Merrill, co-pilot Warren C Lowe and stewardess Janet Woodmansee. passengers included Mrs E K McLinden and her sons Kelly and Gary.
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Seattle
California
Here
Flying Tiger Airlines
Burbank
Calif
Squak
Boeing Field
San Francisco
Charles E. Greber
Wortendyke
N. J
Budlong Merrill
South Pasadena
Warren C. Lowe
Brookfield
Janet Woodmansee
Santa Monica
E. K. McLinden
Salt Lake City
Kelly
Gary
McLinden
Los Angeles
Area 10 soil district names officers at meeting
Dane S. Ryan of Gastonia was elected chairman of the Area 10 Soil Conservation District at a regional organizational meeting. John H. Gibbs of Mineral Springs became vice chairman and Charles E. Whisnant of Hildebran was named secretary.
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Gastonia
Soil Conservation District
Area
Dane S. Ryan
John H. Gibbs
Mineral Springs
Polk County
Charles E. Whisnant
Hildebran
Burke County
Support For A Weapon Use Is Assured
In Washington, key members of the House Senate Atomic Energy Committees express support for employing atomic weapons in Korea if military leaders deem it beneficial to shorten the war and save lives. They note the final decision rests with the military and Ike after his presidency begins. Some argue battlefield use remains debated due to practical targets, while officials say tactical A weapons are being stockpiled for battlefield troops.
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Washington
Dwight D. Fisenhower
House
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Ep. W. Sterling Cole
R-N.y
Cole
Hickenlooper
Atomic Committee
Eisenhower
Korea
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Clearing Skies Help Search For Korean Veterans Plane
A C-46 transport with 41 aboard disappeared near the Utah Idaho Wyoming border. Ground teams faced deep snows while air searches resumed as rescuers hoped to spot the craft from the air.
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Montpelier
Ida
Utah-Idaho-Wyoming
Hot Springs Peak
Bear Lake
Alaska
Seattle
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Carolinas
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Associated Air Transport Co
San Antonio
Tex
Army
Lawrence Crawford
CAA
Maladi City
Idaho
Rock Springs
Wyo
Utah - Idaho
Wyoming
George Nelson
Stock Market Edges Upward on Railroad and Oil Shares
New York stocks in moderately active trading rose early today led by railroad issues. Carrier stocks gained over a point, with a few high priced oil shares showing strength. Oil sector movers included Texas Land Trust up 3½ points to 161½ and Barber Oil up ¼ to 53½, while Southern Railway advanced 1 3/8 points to 80.
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New York
Texas Land Trust
Barber Oil
Southern Railway
Western Maryland
Union Pacific
Santa Fe
Fourteen Carolinians Aboard Missing Dixie Special Plane
The C46 transport Dixie Special carrying 37 Korean War veterans and 3 crew disappeared en route from Seattle to Fort Jackson. North Carolina and South Carolina servicemen aboard include Sergeant Herbert Jenkins Littleton and Corporal Ralph Harrell Harrisburg among eight from NC and six from SC.
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Seattle
Carolinas
South Carolina
North Carolina
Dixie Special
Here
Ft. Jackson
N. C
Set
McLean Hollingsworth
Rt. 1
Autryville
Pic
Lawrence Co. Johnson
Newland
Willie B. Henderson
Harrisburg
Ralph D. Harrell
Hertford
John H. King
Canal St
Goldsboro
Herbert H. Jenkins
Box
Littleton
Francis A. Hudson
Boundary St. Beaufort
Leroy Kelly
Gervais St
Columbia
Charles A. Harper
Florence
Marvin Jenkins
St. George
Moses Daggers
Frank St
Rock Hill
James P. Hardin
Ferrell Drive
Robert Jenkins Jr
Elizabeth St
Charleston
David Human
Families Hold Vigil For Missing Korean War Airliner Men
Relatives and sweethearts across the Southeast waited for news of 87 servicemen aboard a missing C-46 charter plane en route to Fort Jackson as six other planes returned with the men safe. Mothers from South Carolina and Georgia expressed hope or despair as families prayed for details of Pfc James P. Hardin and Pvt Walter R Joyner among those aboard.
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Columbia
S. C
Southeastern
Ft. Jackson
Carolinas
Georgia
Forida
Alabama
M. D. Davis
Pfc
James P. Hardin
L. W. Joyner
Atlanta
Umstead Is Inaugurated Governor Of North Carolina
William B. Umstead took the oath at 12 30 p m in Raleigh becoming governor after W Kerr Scott. He outlined a broad program including school bonds, mental hospital funding, pay raises for workers and teachers, and fiscal reforms.
State Officials Win Pay Increases At Early Assembly Session
Raleigh news reports the 1953 General Assembly quickly approved a bill to raise pay and expenses for top state officials. The governor gains a $4,400 annual expense boost, lieutenant governor gets $1,000, and attorneys general and Council of State members receive larger salaries. The measure affects the secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, and other statewide offices, with salaries rising to about $10,000 or more, and lowers expected state income tax collections by about 3244 million annually.
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Raleigh
Durham
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
W. Kerr Scott
Haw River
Umstead
W. A. Devin
State Supreme Court
General Assembly
Memorial Auditorium
State Highway Commission
Scott
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Fayetteville St
National Guard
Merle Bradley Umstead
R. Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Gov
Battle of
Robert L
Farmer Bob) Coughton
Congress
Clyde R. Hoey
Herbert C. Bonner
Woodrow W. Jones
Hugh Q. Alexander
Luther Hodges
Thad Eure
Henry L. Bridges
Brandon Hodges
Charles F. Carroll
L. Y. Ballentine
Forrest H. Shuford
Waldo Cheek
John D. Larkins Jr
Jones
Senate
House
Council of State
Secretary of State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Commissioners of Agriculture, Labor and Insurance
Owney
E. T. Bost Jr
Cabarrus
Edwin Pate
Scotland
Thomas Turner
Joseph M. Hunt
Guilford
Eisenhower and Churchill Hold Private White House Conference
President elect Eisenhower and Prime Minister Churchill met privately at Bernard Baruch’s home for over an hour as Eisenhower began addressing domestic issues. Drafts of the inauguration and State of the Union were being polished, with Truman to meet Churchill in Washington later.
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New York
Eisenhower
Winston Churchill
Kansan
Churchill
Bernard Baruch
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Truman
Washington
State of the Union
Congress
Thomas ‘E. Dewey
Dewey
Baruch Drawing Room
Herbert Bayard Swope
Baruch
Swope
Helen Rogers Reid
New York Herald Tribune
Clare Boothe Luce
Information Services
Umstead Proposes Bond Issue to Fund School Construction
Governor William B. Umstead called for a 10 percent salary increase for public school teachers and staff and urged a state bond issue to finance grants to counties for new school construction. He asked immediate hearings to determine the needed bond amount while stressing equal facilities and local control within the state system and noting NC ranks 44th in per capita income and 30th in spending on public education.
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Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Umstead
General Assembly
North Carolina
U.S. Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Usee
Weather outlook with temperatures and sun times
Weather report notes low tonight of 38 and high tomorrow of 60. Today's high reached 45 with a 38 degree low last night. Sunset is 5:22 p.m. today and sunrise tomorrow is 7:31 a.m.
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Bladen
Cumberland County
Manassas, Va
Grayson
America
Tessih
Dwight Eisenower
U. S
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UN Raiders
Doron
Eka Vaessucueeva
John Alden Beaujean
Savannah, Ga
Union Bag & Paper Co
Beaujean
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lhe
Chicago
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Gilbert Arnell
Bear Lake County
Arnell
Utah-Idaho
Harlan Bement
Utah Aeronautics
Tiger Lines
Issaquah
Wash
Billy
Senate Rules Committee
Hodges
R. Grady Rankin
Gaston
Rankin
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Max Min Brnill
Asheville
Boston
High Point
Sseersses
Little Rocks
Memphis
Miami
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Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
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