North Carolina Hampered by Snowstorm With One Death
North Carolina faced its heaviest snowstorm in years with at least one death reported and hundreds of minor accidents. TheWeather Bureau forecast more snowfall and continuing subfreezing temps. Mount Mitchell led the measurements with 15 inches, while Duke C. Overcash, 57, died after attempting to chain his car.
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Associated Press
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Rocky Mount
Smithfield West
Lofty
Mount Mitchell
High Point
Duke C. Overcash
Weather Bureau
Theleigh Weather Bureau
Fayetteville
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Asheville
Hickory
Elizabeth City
Pena Lincoln
Cabarrus
Piedmont
Convicts Threaten Guards In Massachusetts Prison Siege
Four inmates at Massachusetts State Prison threaten guards holding five hostage in a bid for freedom. Theodore Green and three others press demands as police stand by with heavy arms. Green warns if shots fire a guard dies and hosts demand release.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
John J
Atty
George
O'Brien
Fingold
Tayne Secon
Y Dema
Theodore
Teddy) Green
Warden O'Brien
Boston Post
Green
The
Thareen
Coe
A . Balbin
Hudson
Mass
Fritz O. Swenson
Joseph Flaherty
Tank Heads Toward Prison in Boston Hostage Crisis
State police report an Army M41 Walker Bulldog tank from Fort Devens moves toward Charles Town State Prison to break a siege where four rebels hold five guards and six other convicts in isolated confinement. Otis M. Whitney ordered the National Guard vehicle to aid a risky standoff as inmates warned of deadly response to any assault.
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Boston
Fort Devens
Charlestown State Prison
Otis M. Whitney
National Guard
Army Post
Snow Dampens City Purchases at 60th High Point Market
Snow slowed buyer arrivals during the third day of the market with 116 registrations by late morning, bringing a 2,632 total buyers over 214 days. Despite the weather, orders rose for exhibitors in the Exposition Building as optimism grew while forecasts warned of icy streets and an uneven pace for the remainder of the week.
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High Point
Shes Obedeee
New York furniture show hints at better 1955 demand
The New York winter furniture market nears the halfway point with exhibitors predicting higher costs and possible price hikes in 1955. Industry voices said costs are rising, some manufacturers already raising prices, while buyers show strong early activity and many firms expect to sell through spring.
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New York
Hal Meadoff
White Furniture Co
Daniel C. Field
The
Englander Co
Chicago
Max Levy
Unique Furniture Makers, Inc
Winston-Salem
N.C
Thers
J. J. Melniker
New York Furniture Exchange
Murray Frank
Dixie Furniture Co
Lexington
Knowland Talks With President At White House Breakfast
Senate Republican leader Senator Knowland met with President Eisenhower at breakfast and said they discussed various domestic and foreign issues. He declined to say if the airmen imprisoned in Red China were raised and noted there was nothing unusual about the meeting.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
China
United Nations
Peiping
Elisenhower
White House
Dagaparene U.N
Burglar Leaves Note After Break-In at Denver Plant
Foreman Andy Mares reported a burglary at a Denver products plant. The thief entered through a side door, ransacked desks and cabinets, forced locks on boxes, and knocked the safe dial loose in a failed attempt to open the strong box. He left a company typewriter note saying he would go straight tomorrow.
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Denver
Andy Mares
A Products
Formosa Pact Limits Pledges and 7th Fleet Use
The Eisenhower administration trims defense pledges for Formosa under the new mutual defense treaty with Chiang Kai-shek. Secretary Dulles reveals the decision to avoid using the 7th Fleet to defend the Tachens, aiming to stabilize the area while the pact awaits Senate ratification.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
China
7Th Fleet
Tachen Islands
Red China
Dulles
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
United States
Chiang
Pescadore Islands
Formosa Strait
Democrats Weigh Early Tax Cut Push In Congress
House Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee discuss an early push to cut income taxes this year. Proposals include boosting exemptions, a flat 20 per taxpayer cut, and delaying corporation and excise tax cuts, with effects not until July 1. Senate opposition by Byrd and Georgia’s George is anticipated.
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Ways and Means
Eisenhower
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Byrd
Virginia
George
Georgia
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Dinger
Mick
Mills
Ark
The
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
Cooper
D-Tenn
Rayburn
D.tex
House approves open session rules for committees
Raleigh bulletin reports House approval of Y Rules allowing committees to hold closed sessions with 74 votes to 21. Final actions are barred in executive sessions, ensuring no binding decisions occur behind closed doors. The measure clarifies limits on committee secrecy while preserving possible oversight.
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Costa Rica and Rebels Claim Progress in Border Watch
Inter-American observers moved toward the Nicaraguan frontier while Costa Rica and rebel forces reported mixed progress. Government units clashed north of Santa Rosa in heavy fighting as rebels claimed reinforcements and observers prepared to monitor the area amid the eighth day of the rebellion.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Santa Rosa
Nicaragua
Jose Figueres
la Cruz
Organization of American States
OAS
Eisenhower backs UN cease fire plan for China conflict
President Eisenhower said he hopes the United Nations can mediate a cease fire between Nationalist forces and Red China's attacking troops. Secretary Dulles indicated U N backing, while Taipei sources doubt acceptance. The president said Hammarskjold's Peiping mission isn’t a failure while talks continue.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United Nations
Red
U. N
Dulles
United States
Formosa
Spencer Moosa
Taipei
Nar
Dag Hammarskjold
Peiping
U.S
State Dulles
Uiers
Cation
Dr Sam Sheppard Bail Denied as Father Dies
An appellate court denied bail to convicted wife slayer Dr Samuel H Sheppard under state law. His father Dr Richard Sheppard 64 died last night after his wife Marilyn killed herself 11 days earlier. Dr Sheppard remains jailed awaiting appeal as his brothers and wives visited him.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Joy Seth Hurd
Julius M. Kovachy
Lee E. Skeel
Harry A. Hanna
Sam
Marilyn
Richard Sheppard
Richard N
Stephen
Richard
Oeer
Bay View Osteopathic
Paris
Ethel Leah Niles
Red Air Attack Threatens Tachens In Formosa Crisis
More than 200 Communist air planes attacked the Tachens as Nationalist forces on Yikiangshan resisted. Reports say Red conquest of the Tachens may be near, with the island fortress heavily fortified and defended, while U S reactions suggested no UN cease fire objection amid nationalist opposition.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Reds
Pishan
Tachens
Yikiangshan
Revenue and Appropriations Briefings Wrap Up in Raleigh
Briefings on the revenue and appropriations bills completed in Raleigh free the General Assembly to push ahead with fiscal legislation. Tax and spending briefings finished as Public hearings on the next biennium are set before the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committees, with Gov Hodges projections and potential cigarette tax concerns sticking in lawmakers minds.
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General Assembly
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Eugene Shaw
D. S. Coltrane
Senate
Shaw
Hodges
George Uzzell
Rowan
Larry Moore
Moore
Wilson Hospital
Charles Bryant
Gaston
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