Market Writes New Attendance Record at Southern Furniture Market
Enterprise staff writer reports record attendance on day three of the five day Southern Furniture and Rug Market at the Exposition Building with 4400 buyers through yesterday and 4600 early today as dealers rush to rebuild inventories. Buyers from Sao Paulo, Brazil also attended, boosting demand for furniture, floor coverings and lamps.
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High Point
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Carolinas
Pasternak Weighs Six Week US Britain Lecture Tour
Boris Pasternak reportedly considers a six week lecture tour of the United States and Britain. Spanish author Jose Vilallonga and Vanderbilt professor Philip Hallie are seeking to arrange it with assurances from diplomatic channels. Pasternak, 69, was warned by the Soviet government not to leave the USSR to accept the Nobel prize and previously renounced it, saying he could not imagine life apart from Russia.
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London
Boris Pasternak
United States
Britain
Jose Vilallonga
Philip Hallie
Vanderbilt University
Vilallonga
Paris
Pasternak
Soviet Union
Russia
Pasternak Ee Bent Ieee
Nobel
Kremlin
Eisenhower urges year round GOP campaign plan
President Eisenhower told the Republican National Committee the party must not be a hibernating elephant. He urged a sustained 365 day campaign program to imprint progressive leadership and keep the party active between elections. He praised Meade Alcorn and called for a continuous work program to lift Republicanism to new heights.
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Des Moines
Town
Eisenhower
Republican National Committee
GOP
Meade Alcorn
Alcorn
National Committee
Republican Party
Six Crewmen Die In Air Force Refueling Plane Crash
An England Air Force Base four engine refueling plane crashed after takeoff on a routine training flight in Alexandria Louisiana. The B50 bomber exploded on landing and the six crew members were killed and badly burned. The aircraft cut a wide path across the field and came to rest on a railroad track near residences. Authorities withheld fuel load specifics pending identification.
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Alexandria
England Air Force Base
England
Worst Cold Front Sweeps Across North Carolina
A harsh cold wave spread across North Carolina with winds up to 50 mph and heavy rain. Mt. Mitchell logged 100 mph gusts while Western NC towns suffered downed trees and power lines. snow flurries were forecast for the mountains and a general hard freeze tonight.
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Associated
North Carolina
Waynesville
Carolinas
Asheville
Florence
Columbia
Ft. Bragg
Wilmington
Raleigh-Durham
Greensboro
Oo S.C
Chare
Students Accept Loss of Public Schools in Little Rock
In Little Rock, Ark, students and parents largely accept finishing the year without public schools amid a federal state clash over integration. About 2,000 students finished first semester in other districts, 1,100 more attend private schools, while around 700 remain out. Many favor the private or new schools for smaller, friendlier settings.
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Little Rock
Ark
Aother
Billy
Gilliam to Retire From Bench
Federal Judge Don Gilliam of Tarboro announced plans to retire from the bench citing illness. He expects to seek active retirement after his 70th birthday in mid March and will continue court duties only as health permits.
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Raleigh
Don Gilliam
Tarboro
Gilliam
A. Hand James
U.S. District Court
North Carolina
James
Edwin Stanley
Middle District
Wilson Warlick
Fidel Castro Draws Crowd at Havana Rally in Holiday Mood
In Havana the crowd gathered at the Presidential Palace for Fidel Castro's appearance. He spoke for 85 minutes from a speakers’ platform, amid a holiday atmosphere as people ate oranges and chatted. Some fainted from the heat and were carried away.
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Castro
Havana
Fidel
Composer Stringfield Dies At 61 In Asheville
ASHEVILLE NC AP La mar Edwin Stringfield flutist composer and Pulitzer Prize winner died here last night at 61 after a lung congestion illness He wrote more than 150 works and won the 1928 Pulitzer for From The Southern Mountains He studied in New York and held posts at Radio City music Hall Julliard UNC and organized the North Carolina Symphony Society Stringfield taught and performed across North Carolina New York and California He was born Oct 10 1897 near Raleigh Surviving: daughter Meredith Oates and several siblings and a grandson Funeral plans were incomplete.
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N.C
Lamar
Edwin Stringfield
North Carolinian
Stringfield
Southern Mountains
N. Y
Raleigh
North Carolina
Julliard
Claremont
Calif
O. L
Ellie Beckwith Stringfield
Burnsville
Barnardsville
Mars Hill
Mars Hill College
Georges Barrere
New York
Symphonette
Charlotte
Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
Meredith Oates
Bethesda
J. E Swain
Fritz Williams McKay
Paul Branily
Wendell
Preston
Oliver
Stamford
Mikoyan Holds Secret Talks With Danish Leader in Copenhagen
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan met Danish Premier Hans C. Hansen in a surprise hour long session that was kept secret. Mikoyan arrived from the United States and planned to speak at a Danish-Soviet Friendship Society luncheon before flying back to Moscow.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Hans C. Hansen
Mikoyan
United States
Viatcheslav Tschernov
Hanseh
Weather Tragedy Across Regions Claims 49 Lives
Arctic cold and severe storms slam from the Southwest to the Atlantic causing floods and losses. In Ohio Pennsylvania Indiana and New York severe weather leaves thousands homeless and 49 deaths. Flood waters recede as residents return to ruined homes while others stay in shelters.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Atlantic Seaboard
Mount Vernon
New York State
Castro’s Campaign Pushes Cuban Revolution Narrative
Fidel Castro addresses foreign newsmen as hundreds of thousands fill Havana for a rally in support of his defense of Batista’s execution. He vows meat revision and credits the Cuban Telephone Co. for rate changes while denouncing elite influence. The Stadium Palace hosts murder trials of three Batista officers with nearly 1,000 witnesses present.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Batistans
Castro
Cuban Telephone Co
Former Child Movie Star Alfalfa Switzer Shot Dead in Calif
Carl Switzer age 33 known for Our Gang and Reg'lar Fellers was shot during an argument over a $50 loan at a friend's home in San Fernando California. Witnesses include Jack Piatt and Rita Corrigan. Switzer had recent film credits and worked as a bartender and hunting guide.
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Calif
Carl
Alfalfa) Switzer
Switzer
Reg'lar Fellers
M. S. Stiltz
Louis Bell
Ernest Johnson
Stiltz
Jack Piatt
Rita Jane Corrigan
Piott
Col
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Jackie Cooper
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