Best Furniture Rug Market Opens Briskly At High Point
The 60th High Point Furniture and Rug Market enters its second day with 2321 buyers registered before noon. Manufacturers report improved orders over yesterday as exhibitors show value lines while price increases appear limited. Distributors serving 12 Southern states note stronger business and expect a better period than January, with optimistic comments from Market Manager Leo Heer. More on page two A.
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High Point
Leo Heer
Heer
Sanford Man Gets 25-30 Year Term
Paul M. Fulton, 30, of Sanford was sentenced to 23-24 years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping and shooting a North Carolina State College student. The judge ordered a psychiatric examination and concurrent sentencing with a prior 5-7 year larceny term, with no parole recommended.
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Pittsboro
N.C
Paul M. Fulton
Sanford
North Carolina State College
Chester R. Morris
Chatham County Superior Court
Fulton
Morris
Donald Edward Johnson
Leigh
Johnson
Legislators and Hodges Seek Details on Highway Bond Plan
North Carolina lawmakers and Gov. Hodges agreed on needing more information before backing a 150 million bond issue and tax hikes to fund a 610 million road modernization. Graham supplied requested data after a morning meeting, while critics urged full legislative review and public disclosure.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Hodges
Highway Commission
A. H. Graham
Graham
Sea
R Kirkman
Guilford
Fiereoe Arma Ces
Ghway
North Carolina
J. C. Eagles
Wilson
Senate Appropriations Committee
Foreign Trade Plan Gains Support in House Hearings
Four cabinet members testified before the House Ways and Means Committee backing President Eisenhower’s foreign trade plan. The plan aims to gradually reduce US tariffs over three years, with speakers including Secretary Wilson Weeks, Secretary of the Treasury Arena, and Secretary of Labor. Debate touched on farm protection and foreign competition for industry.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Secretary of Defense
Wilson
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Labor
GOP
Advisory Budget Commission
George Uzzell
Rowan
Larry Moore
Budget Bureau
Senate
Eugene Shaw
Moore
Charles K. Bryant Jr
Gaston
Tug Expected With Steelore In Tow
Morehead City crew reports tug Curb to tow the crippled ore carrier SS Steelore. A Coast Guard plane sighted the tug moving at 444 miles per hour as ballast tanks leak and pumps keep the ship afloat following Friday’s damage. The Curb has aboard 19 of Steelore’s 41 crew. remaining crew continue pumping.
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Morehead City
N.C
Coast Guard
Curb
Steelore
Byrd Urges 4 Percent Budget Cut and Aid Review
Senator Harry F Byrd of Virginia urged cutting the 1955 budget by four percent and balancing federal finances. He singled out the Eisenhower foreign aid outlay of 4.7 billion dollars and warned Congress that backlogged appropriations limit savings while criticizing shifts in defense and farm programs.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
Eisenhower
Congress
Gress
Senate Finance Committee
Douglas
D-Ill
Hemophiliac May Need More Blood
Duke Hospital in Durham may issue another donor appeal for Willie Cooke a 31 year old hemophiliac who has received 247 pints of blood in 12 days after a tooth extraction began bleeding January 6 his condition remains critical and doctors hope donors will cover needs through today with a further call possible.
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Durham
Duke Hospital
Willie Cooke
Cooke
Four Oaks
Dulles Plans Briefing From Hammarskjold On China Mission
Secretary of State Dulles said he will obtain first hand information from Dag Hammarskjold about the U N secretary general mission to Red China seeking the release of American airmen held as spies. He rejected claims the mission failed and outlined U S positions on Formosa cease fire and Ta Chen island defenses.
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Washington
Dulles
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Red China
Sen. Knowland
McCarthy Defends Report On 90 Suspects Against Johnston
Senator McCarthy accuses Senator Johnston of twisting a State Department report about 90 persons labeled suspect in 1950. Johnston, in South Carolina for inaugurations, cites a department letter saying none were found to be Communists or disloyal. McCarthy contests the letter’s implications while both sides release copies with names redacted.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Olin D. Johnson
D-S.c
State Department
Johnston
South Carolina
Department
Aee
Asst
Thurston B. Morton
Bills Would Give Teachers Sick Leave and Truant Officers
In Raleigh Senate debates introduced bills to fund compulsory attendance enforcement and provide paid sick leave for teachers. Sen. H M Moore led measures to pay teachers in twelve monthly installments and to elect four year school superintendents.
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Raleigh
Senate
H. M. Moore
Clay
Moore
House
Prisoners Seize Five Guards in Massachusetts Prison Riot
Massachusetts State Prison convicts led by Theodore Green and Walter Balben seized five guards using pistols at Cherry Hill cell block, demanding a car. Hostages included Warren Harrington Joseph Ryan Gerald Kadlick Martin Mulkerne Eugene Wills. officials reported no threats as negotiations and a prisoner escape history were noted.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Edward Hartigan
Perery S. Vance
Vance
Walter H,lben
Balben
Warren L. Harrington
Harrington
Theodore
Teddy) Green
Joseph Ryan
Gerald Kadlick
Martin S. Mulkerne
Eugene Wills
Cherry Hill
Invasion Backed by 20 Red Warships Hits Yikiangshan
Reports from Taipei claim a Communist invasion force with 20 warships struck Yikiangshan and possibly overran the island outpost. Radio contact cut at 6 p.m. and defenses at Tachens feared compromised as Chiang Kai-shek convened military leaders.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Yikia
Defense Ministry
Yikiangshan
Tachen Islands
Chiang Kai-shek
Tachens
Peiping Radio
Tokyo
Nationalist
Anthem
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Formosa Strait
United States
Pescadores
Oruiengsean
Ceres
Stae Island
Toumen
Tou
Invanly
Jap Jet Pilots In Training
Five Japanese pilots begin training as the nation's first jet pilots with U S Air Force instructors at Tsuiki Air Base on Kyushu Island. Additional pilots will enroll in new classes each month.
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Tokyo
U.S. Air Force
Tsuiki Air Base
Kyushu Island
Lattimore indictment dismissed by federal judge
U S District Judge Luther Youngdahl dismissed a new indictment accusing Owen Lattimore of perjury for denying ties to the Communist line. The judge said the charges were too vague to allow effective defense and that pursuing trial would mock the Sixth Amendment. The dismissal is subject to government appeal after prior rulings on the original indictment.
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Washington
U.S
Luther Youngdah
Owen Lattimore
Youngdah
Lattimore
Young May
3 Y
US & Court of All Here
Court of Appeals
Young
Costa Rica Quiet After U S Planes Arrive In War
In San Jose Costa Rica calm returned as four U S planes arrived to bolster President Jose Figueres forces. Rebels claimed big victories but official staff said no contact with the enemy occurred and patrols carried out missions without engagement. Government prepared for a possible push toward Santa Rosa as loyal reinforcements moved up Liberia, near the Inter American Highway.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
U.S. Er
Jose Figueres
Nicaragua
Santa Rosa
Nice Arontier
Angelo Guardia
Liberia
Figueres
Knowland Defends Assertion on Red China Comments
Senate leader Knowland defends his stance that the Day mission to Red China and Eisenhower counsel against impetuous words do not conflict. He says they may differ in viewpoint but remain aligned in intent. No discussion with the president about imprisoned U S airmen or Hammarskjold’s Peiping visit occurred.
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Washington
Senate
Knowland
Red China
Eisenhower
California
White House
U.S
Hammarskjold
Peiping
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Interin
Sen
Rcalif
U.N
Hamphrey
D-Minn
Morse
Ind-Ore
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