UN Troops Repel Three Red Attacks on East Front
UN forces battered back three major assaults by 1,500 Chinese and North Korean troops on the eastern front near Sinanju and Chorwon. A second attack northeast of the Punchbowl was repelled after close fighting as B 29s struck rail bridges and enemy positions north of Sinanju.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Sinanju
Chorwon
Ito
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Pukhan River
Taeryong
Chongcehon
High Point Man Killed In Wreck Near Lexington
John Miles, 59, of High Point, died when his pick-up collided with another pick-up driven by Roosevelt Scott of High Point about a mile north of Lexington. Scott and his daughter Thelma Ree Scott, 21, were injured. Miles had helped drag High Rock Lake for two missing youths. Miles was traveling south on U S 29 and died at a Lexington hospital.
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English Street
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Miles
Roosevelt Scott
High Point
Scott
Thelma Ree Scott
High Rock Lake
U. S. 29
Danville Given Another Chance To Stay In League
Durham Carolina Baseball League directors extended Danville a deadline until Saturday noon to raise funds to remain in the Class B loop for 1953. A Virginia club spokesman said their odds were slightly better than 50 50 to stay in the league, meaning the Hi Toms likely will not be in Class B in 1958. Speculation had pointed to High Point Thomasville as a replacement, but President Jim Gruzdis urged immediate invitation decisions.
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Carolina Baseball League
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Virginia
Hi-Toms
High Point
Thomasville
Jim Gruzdis
Carolina
Probers Find Communist Teachers In U S Schools
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee reports a preliminary probe finds many hundreds of teachers in the United States are Communists. It urges a full investigation by Congress and state legislatures, noting Communist influence in New York and other cities and naming several universities with Communist units.
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Senate
Internal Security
America
New York
83Rd Congress
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Philadelphia
Boston
Cleveland
Detroit
Buffalo
Madison
Wis
Wesley Memorial Votes To Buy 19 Acre Tract For Church Site
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church approved purchasing two parcels at the southeast corner of Chestnut Street and Westchester Drive to serve as a site for a new church. The 17 1/2 acre tract cost 30000 with one dissenting vote. Hedgecock homeplace about 1 1/2 acres was bought for 12500. Mrs. W L Watson resigned as secretary-treasurer after 26 years, to be succeeded by Mrs. Maxum Bingham. Reserve funds cover the costs, with construction decisions pending at the January 19 board meeting.
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Westchester Drive
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Herman F. Duncan
Ing
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W. L. Watson
Maxum Bingham
Charles McAnally
Boards, Trustees and Finance Committee
Holt McPherson
Controversy Over Draft Of Doctors Brews In Washington
Congressional sources report a heated debate over the doctors draft as the current law allowing compelled service for physicians and dentists under age 50 nears expiry on July 1. Disputes focus on how to extend the draft and how to categorize physicians for service.
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Washington
Defense Department
Capitol Hill
Bonus bill may spur action as Umstead lies ill
North Carolina legislators open the 1953 session while Gov. William B. Umstead lies in Watts Hospital in Durham after a lingering cough. Bonu s legislation for overseas and stateside service is likely to be among early topics as committees align behind veterans groups.
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General Assembly
William B. Umstead
Umstead
Watts Hospital
Durham
Council of State
House
E. T. Best Jr
Luther Hodges
Senate
Advisory Budget Commission
Scott
Househopper
Conciliator Sent to End Tugns Ten Mine Work Stoppage
Henderson A conciliator of the State Labor Department began work today to settle a labor dispute at the Tungs ten Mining Corp in Northern Vance County Gail Barker veteran conciliator was directed by Labor Commissioner Forrest Shuford to mediate the stoppage.
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State Labor Department
Tungsten Mining Corp
Vance County
Gail Barker
Forrest Shuford
Ex Sheriff George Best Dies in Hickory
George Franklin Best aged 75, a Catawba County sheriff in the 1920s, died yesterday. He served as Hickory postmaster from 1935 to 1944 and was a longtime local public servant.
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Hickory
George Franklin Best
Catawba County
Founder's Son Dies in North Carolina Town
Zebulon Vance Brinkley 70, president of the Bank of Manteo, died Saturday while chatting with neighbors in his yard. His father, the late Sheriff W. T. Brinkley, helped found Dare County.
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Manteo
Zebulon Vance Brinkley
Bank of Manteo
W. T. Brinkley
Dare County
Umstead Suffers Heart Attack but Condition Improves
Governor William B. Umstead was diagnosed with a mild heart attack after hospital admission at Watts Hospital in Durham. Physician Dr. Ralph G. Fleming said the governor’s condition had improved and he would undergo a short rest period in isolation before moving to a private room. The event followed a two day lingering cough and was described as precautionary.
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William B. Umstead
Watts Hospital
Ralph G. Fleming
Umstead
Taft Dewey Feud Now In Ikes Hands
Washington reports the incoming Eisenhower administration will face friction between Taft and Dewey Republicans over foreign policy. Taft allies maneuver for influence on foreign aid while swapping committee seats, potentially clashing with Millikin and Wiley as Dewey pushes different foreign policy lines. Eisenhower may need to mediate to avoid open conflict over overseas spending and strategy.
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Taft
Dewey
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United States
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R-Mich
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Finance Committee
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Millikin
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Wiley
Thomas E. Dewey
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Boy Found In Morganton After Overnight In Gorge
Donald Clarke, 17, wandered from five companions during a snowstorm in Steel Creek Gorge and reappeared on the highway this morning at roughly the same point as the others. The group became separated yesterday afternoon and police coordinated a search.
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Steel Creek Gorge
Donald Clarke
Pope Pius XII Creates 24 New Cardinal Princes
Pope Pius XII elevated 24 prelates to cardinal in a secret consistory in Rome, raising the Sacred College to 70 for the first time in nearly 250 years. Among the new cardinals are Archbishop James Francis McIntyre of Los Angeles, with two prelates from communist states remaining abroad.
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Pius XII
Sacred College of Cardinals
St. Peter
James Francis McIntyre
Los Angeles
Rome
Biglietto di Normina
Aloysius Stepinac
Stefan Wyszysnki
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
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Catholic Church
Eisenhower to clear future patronage with Congress leaders
After a 90 minute meeting with President elect Eisenhower Senate Republicans Taft Knowland and Millikin said the new president would clear all appointive jobs with GOP members of Congress. They stressed no reversal of Eisenhower’s stance and outlined a consultative process with home state lawmakers for district posts and cabinet appointments.
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Senate
Eisenhower
Congress
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Knowland
Millikin
House
Eisenach
Martin Durkin
Labor
Durkin
East Stays In Grip Of Bad Weather
Bitter winter storms lingered in the East as rain and snow spread from North Carolina to New York. Power outages affected more than 50 000 suburban homes while 49 people died nationwide from the weekend weather. Northern states faced freezing temps and toppled utility lines, with flooding and evacuations reported in Alabama.
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Los Angeles
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Triple shooting ends in suicide in Albemarle
Police sought motive in a daytime triple shooting in Albemarle. Navy veteran Joe Robert Springer, 25, wounded his former employer Dan Biles and Elwood Henson with two shotgun blasts before killing himself in front of Henson home using the same weapon.
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Joe Robert Springer
Dan Biles
Elwood Henson
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