Marine Gets Life Term In Burglary
A Cherry Point marine, Samuel, 23, was found guilty of first-degree burglary for breaking into the home of Mrs. Whitehurst on December 6 but was acquitted of raping her. Judge W. Benet sentenced him to life imprisonment after a five hour jury deliberation at New Bern, North Carolina. The jurors and judge conducted the session as a local court resumed at nine in the morning.
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New Bern
N.C
Cherry Point
George K
Benet
Samuel
Keatstern
R. E. Whitehurst
President Mamie Eisenhower Kick Off Polio Drive
President and Mrs. Eisenhower opened the 1954 March of Dimes drive to raise 75 million dollars for polio aid to 66 000 patients vaccine research and prevention efforts. They welcomed poster boy Delbert Davis of Gooding Idaho who survived polio since infancy and now uses braces and crutches. Basil O'Connor watched as the First Lady and President spoke to support the campaign.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Delbert
Debby) Davis
Gooding
Idaho
Basil O'Connor
Foundation
Hindus Gather For Kumbh Mela At Allahabad Confluence
Hindu pilgrims will assemble at the Ganges Jamuna confluence near Allahabad for the Kumbh Mela held every twelve years. Officials expect up to ten million attendees including many yellow robed holy men as towns prepare huts and monumental shelters for bathers and orders such as the naked Nagas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold K. Miles
Allahabad
India
Ganges and
Jamuna
Ganges
Himalayan
Cave Expedition Plans Near Crystal Cave Site
About 30 speleologists and spelunkers prepare for a Mammoth Cave expedition led by J D Lawrence Jr of Philadelphia. The plan includes base chains, telephone links, medical oversight by Dr Harvard Wanger, daily data reports, and sleeping quarters near Floyd Collins’ underground tomb.
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Une Rt
Crystal Cave
Mammoth Ave National Park
J D. Lawrence Jr
Philadelphia
Will
Henri Garguilo
Marseilles
France
Harvard Wanger
Shepardstown
W. Va
Floyd Collins
Collins
Sand Cave
Efird Foundation awards Wake Forest dorm and boost to drive
Wake Forest College nears its 3 million dollar goal with three days left as Efird's Foundation donates 100 000 for a new dormitory named Efird Hall to be built near the chapel on the Winston Salem campus. If the target is met an anonymous group will add 2 million dollars.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Wake Forest College
J. B. Efird Sr
Charlotte
Efird's Department Stores, Inc
Wake Forest
Harold W. Tribble
Efird Foundation
Hases
Winston- Salem
Efird
Tribble
North Carolina
Trains Tour City To Aid Polio Drive In High Point
Two 40 and 8 trains from Greensboro and Winston-Salem toured the business district to boost the January March of Dimes campaign. A Greensboro volunteer pulled a red wagon on a 34 mile round trip, raising over 300 dollars. Jaycees and DeMolay members organized coin containers and letter mailings while plans aim to double last year’s 25 thousand dollar total. Public letters will urge 15,000 High Point Township residents to contribute as vaccination campaigns begin February 8 with new serum and gamma globulin used in epidemics.
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Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Paul Basham
High Point
American Legion
John Banks
A Legion
Hinson
Bill Hilton
A Drive
Nuniocal Legion
Ates
Hilton
High Point Township
Polio
Jaycees
Carl Bailey
Aycees
Polio Hospital
Puble
N. Hamilton St
Nixon warns against recognizing Peiping at UN
Vice President Nixon told 40 State Department officials he opposes recognizing Peiping or granting it a UN seat as U S policy. He argued such moves would fail to contain Chinese communism while opposing any relaxation of trade restrictions while Korean peace talks continue. The stance contrasts with British and Indian leaders who see recognition as inevitable.
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Washington
Nixon
Peiping
Moscow
Amercan
Red China
Congress
United States
Coven
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
China
The Enterprise Gets a photo
The article explains a wirephoto system where electric eyes convert images to light on sensitized paper, producing positive or negative prints. The paper is processed like a local photo, then engraved for the newspaper. Wirephoto can carry captions and various graphic material for news.
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Associated Press
Wire
Chapel Hill Man Stars On Sullivan Show Today
Andy Griffith a UNC graduate and actor from the Carolina Playmakers will appear on Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town in New York Sunday at 8 p m He will reportedly earn 1500 per performance and may gross over 75000 this year from records and appearances. Griffith, a Mt Airy native, is married to Barbara a Converse College graduate who performs as singer and dancer and has acted in The Lost Colony.
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Chapel Hill
Andy Griffith
University of North Carolina
Carolina Playmakers
Ed Sullivan
New York
Orville Campbell
Griffith
Campbell
Sullivan
Andy
Mt. Airy
Barbara
Troy
Converse College
Eleanor Dare
Paul Green
Sir Walter Raleigh
Hamt
Key witness in Reuther case sought by authorities
Police issued a Windsor alert for Ritchie a floater and small time thief from Riverside Ontario. He reportedly traveled toward Montreal with his wife as investigators face a race to locate the witness before Renda case proceedings.
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Ritchie
Windsor
Riverside, Ont
Ontario
Montreal
O’brien
Recorder's Court
Renda
O'Brien
Reuther
Perrone
Samuel L. Travis
Democrats Must Help To Pass Ikes Program
Senator Knowland predicts Congress will approve a substantial portion of President Eisenhower's program if the Democrats cooperate on domestic and foreign policy. He cites the State of the Union call for bipartisan support as crucial in a closely divided Congress.
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Washington
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Congress
Eisenhower
California
Rep
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayle
Housing chiefs must win popular support, Moscow says
Trud the Soviet trade unions paper blames crooks and rascals for siphoning housing funds from the deserving. It calls for honest principled and well certified people in housing administration and urges officials to have popular backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Trud
Soviet Trade Unions
Maori population to nearly double by 1972 in NZ census
New Zealand's census and statistics department estimates the Maori population will rise from 122,100 to about 245,000 by 1972.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Census and Statistics Department
Chiang Kai-shek Visits U S Carrier Wasp in Formosa Waters
Chiang Kai-shek spent over four hours aboard the U S aircraft carrier Wasp in Formosan waters in a goodwill visit with his top military and government officials. He watched air maneuvers and was received by Captain Patrick Henry as Vice Admiral Alfred Pride and other U S and Nationalist officers hosted lunch and tours.
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Spencer Moosa
Taipeh
Chiang Kai-shek
Nationalist China
U.S
Wasp
Formosan
U. S
Formosa
Chiang
U.S. Navy
Keel
Patrick Henry
Alfred M. Pride
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Truman
Arthur W. Radford
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pride
Taipei
Henry
Long
Adm
Truman J. Hedding
Formosa Straits
Karl L. Rankin
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State Department
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Reather
Martin Durkin
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H. Alexander Smith
Senate Isibor Committee
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R-Nh
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