Local VFW Fights Move of State HQ in Greensboro
Local VFW leaders Roy Hunter and Gerald Rodden say the state headquarters should remain in High Point and will push their case at the upcoming state council meeting January 30 and 31 in Greensboro. They contend High Point’s central location benefits the department and note funds exist for a new headquarters, potentially aiding the city.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
High Point
VFW
Cil m
Greensboro
Roy Hunter
Post 619
Gerald Rodden
Archdale
Enterprise
Veterans’ Organization
Rodden
Broad St
Yy Point
Tate
North Carolina Department of the
Hunter
Young Democrats Meet in Winston-Salem Saturday
The North Carolina Young Democratic Executive Committee plans a special session in Winston-Salem to organize the group. Horace Kornegay of Greensboro announced plans for the meeting, the first full executive session since officers were elected last October. It opens at 2 p.m. and ends with a 6 p.m. reception.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
North Carolina Young Democratic Executive Committee
Horace Kornegay
Greensboro
American college editors tour Soviet Union find warm reception
Seven American college editors returning from a two week 5000 mile interior tour report widespread friendliness and curiosity in the Soviet Union. They say they were followed by crowds and deluged with questions about U.S. life and travel opportunities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Tiflis
Ford's Critique of Isolationism Sparks 1954 Speech
Henry Ford II denounces a “grimly negative” isolationist current in American politics and urges a four point program to aid underdeveloped areas. He advocates technical assistance capital projects expanded private investment and a liberalized trade policy while warning against neglecting international cooperation. He also labels U.S. policy as too focused on defense and questions the zeal for aggressive anti communist actions.
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Philadelphia
Henry Ford II
United States
Ford
Richard Club
Eisenhower
America
Ford Motor Co
U.S
United Nations
Russia
Book On Masonry Is Banned By Vatican
The Roman Catholic Church forbids Catholics to read The Johnian Freely Essay on an Initiation by Bernard Scheichelbauer. L Osservatore Romano says the ban warns Catholics that church decrees against Free Masonry apply to the Johnian lodge as well. In Vienna Kerry, publisher, says the book is objective and has sold about 900 copies since 1952, noting many American Freemasons follow the Johnian order.
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Vatican City
Bernard Scheichelbauer
Vienna
L’osservatore Romano
Supreme Congregation of the Holy Office
Vatican
Kerry
United States
Storms Lashes Europe Disrupt Shipping And Rescue Efforts
Widespread Europe storms force postponements of liner sailings from German ports as heavy seas and gale winds lash the region. A day-long storm uproots trees in Berlin and the Soviet zone, while Denmark reports gale conditions and northern Italy fog. Hungary records the heaviest 13 year snowfall with 10 feet in places. Rescue missions in Austria wrap up as U S Air Force helicopters end operations in Walser Valley after 25 flights. crews warn they will not fly further unless needed.
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America
Olympic
Berlin
Soviet-occupied Zone
Denmark
Italy
Hungary
Budapest
Europe
Alps
U. S. Air Force
Austria
Walser Valley
Billy Sayers
Lane
Tex
Harold Cooley
Pioneer Avenue
Pittsburgh
Sacetts
Furniture Outlook Bright As Chicago Market
The head of the American Furniture Mart reports a steady 1954 market with buyers remaining strong. Lawrence H. Whiting cites 23 233 registered buyers at the winter show, nearly matching 1953, and notes postwar demand outpacing last summer. He predicts solid retail home sales in 1954 and highlights growing interest in color television.
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Chicago
American Furniture Mart
Lawrence H. Whiting
The
Mart
Ruiture Mart
Whiting
Department of Commerce
American Cam Mart
U S to Free 72 500 Prisoners Defin itely by Jan 23
At Panmunjom Gen Hull said the United States will free 72 500 Chinese and North Korean prisoners as civilians in anti Red territory by January 23, despite India’s charges that the move violates the armistice. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission will hold them until Saturday before release.
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Panmunjom
Y—tien
Dohn B&b
Hult
India
U. N. Par East Command
Dan
Hull
Supervisory Commission
To Feed or Not to Feed Baby's Feeding Dispute
In Cleveland on January 16 a marital dispute over infant feeding escalated. Rita Lukacs, 32, seeks to follow a doctor prescribed schedule for their month-old Georgie, while husband Frank Lukacs, 41, favors feeding on the baby’s cries. The fight led to a nose injury and was referred to the Family Service Association for guidance.
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Cleveland
Frank Lukacs
Rita Lukacs
Lukacs
Georgie
Papa
Baby
Mama
Theodore Holz
Ice
Family Service Association
Holz
FBI Nabs Thug Near Lexington
Harvey Pardue alias Pee Wee Pardue, 39, of Wilkes County, described as dangerous and wanted in three states on kidnapping and armed robbery charges, was arrested near Lexington after surrendering with a loaded .45 Army Colt. His girlfriend Geraldine Elmore, 24, then detained in Winston-Salem, both sought by Courtland Virginia authorities for kidnapping a policeman during a speeding stop.
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Harvey Glenn
Pee Wee) Pardue
Wilkes County
Sribery
Lexington
FBI
Davidson County
Miss Elmore
Winston-Salem
Pardue
Courtland
Harwood Paige Watkinson
Franklin
Serum Flies to Rome for Italian Boy's Life Saving Treatment
Lifesaving gamma globulin serum flown from Michigan to treat 10 year old Vincenzo Russo arrives in Rome after a U S envoy appeal. The mission faced fog and bad weather with a reunion staged at Verona Airport failing to land before the serum reached the boy in Rome. The father Pasquale Russo arrived later and gratefully accepted the serum.
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Rome
Atlantic
Michigan
State Medical Laboratory
Vincenzo Russo
U. S
Clare Boothe Luce
Frankfur
Vincenzo
Pasquale Russo
Verona
Russo
Edward E. Nowogroski
Reynoldsville
Sabotage Theories Rise After Comet Crash
Investigation into the Elba crash of a BOAC Comet widens to probe sabotage as a plausible cause. BOAC halts flights for full fleet checks, to begin training runs next Monday with no passengers. Wreckage washes ashore as officials confirm 15 recovered bodies including Dorothy Beecher Baker of Lima Ohio.
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London
Elbo
British Overseas Airways Corp
BOAC
Miles Thomas
Far East
Miles
Beirut
Lebanon
Singaore
Bangkok
Rangoon
Karachi
Bahrein
Rome
Elba
Napoleon
Isle of Montecristo
Philippines
Cloudmaster
Dorothy Beecher Baker
Lima
Ohio
Frank Baker
Porto Azzurro
B26 Bomber Crash Kills Crew Near Nashville Airport
An Air Force B26 bomber crashed into a home near Nashville airport, killing all three crew members. The house burned but occupants escaped serious injury, including Mrs. Lewis Huggins who suffered minor wounds. A board of Air Force officers investigates the crash, while weather suggested icing but no link established.
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Nashville
Tenn
Air Force
Lewis Huggins
Sewart Air Force Base
Sewart
Shaw Air Force Base
S.C. Sewart
Weather Bureau
Berry Field
Berry
Hugginses
Boner
Lewis
Marilyn Monroe back to work after 13 day suspension
Marilyn Monroe resumed work for 20th Century Fox after a 13 day suspension tied to her absence from Pink Tights. The studio described the move as a gesture of conciliation while she honeymooned with Joe DiMaggio in San Francisco and Mexico.
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Marilyn Monroe
20Th Century-Fox
Marilyn
Studio
New York
San Francisco
Rubirosa Heads to Dominican Republic During Honeymoon
Porfirio Rubirosa will cut his Palm Beach honeymoon to fly to the Dominican Republic and report to his ministry. He is to be renamed ambassador to France, while Mrs. Rubirosa stays in Palm Beach. He plans to return Thursday.
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Palm Beach
Fra
Porfirio Rubirosa
Barbara Hutton
Dominican Republic
France
Rubirosa
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