Sharp Races Forming In Tar Heel Politics
North Carolina politics heats up with multiple county and district contests. Leary Carroll of Fayetteville challenges Rep. F Ertel Carlyle in the Seventh District while Hubert E May of Nashville seeks the Second District solicitor post alongside Elbert Peele. Wil liam Bickett steps down in the Seventh District sparking a wide open Wake Franklin solicitor race. W J Bundy of Greenville and J Paul Frizzelle vie for Superior Court judge in the Fifth District. John J Burney Jr., Wilmington, after promotion of Clifton L Moore, competes for the Eighth District solicitor post. Grover C Davis of Waynesville runs against T D Bryson Jr. in the 20th District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Yvancey
Raleigh
North Carolina
Seventh Congressional District
Recorder's Court
Leary Carroll
Fayetteville
F. Ertel Carlyles
Bailiwick
Carroll
Carlyle
J. O. Talley Jr
Superior Court
Second Judicial District
Hubert E. May
Nashville
Elbert Peele
Tarboro
May
Harold D. Cooley
Wake
Franklin
William
Bickett
Fifth Judicial District
W. J. Bundy
Greenville
J. Paul Frizzelle
John J. Burney Jr
Wilmington
Clifton L
Moore
Grover C. Davis
Waynesville
T. D. Bryson Jr
Davis
Italy Fashion Show Opens in Rome for 1954 Spring
Italy's first 1954 spring fashion show opened in Rome with about a hundred foreign buyers, many from the United States, attending at Giovanelli-Sciarra. Reviewers praised Italian silks and rich colors while noting little change in waistlines, hems, necklines, and sleeves with a comeback of silver fox on collars and cape borders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italy
Ers
United States
Giovanelli-Sciarra
Silver Fox
Pretty N Y Artist Foils Thriller Seeker With Hidden Detective
Dorothy Paris a 42 year old artist in Manhattan thwarted Robert Lane 31 of Queens in a lingerie measurement scam. Lane posing as Mr Crow of WHMI TV Chicago conned six questions and visited Paris repeatedly before a detective arrested him on an dis orderly conduct charge. Lane claimed he sought a thrill not harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dorothy Paris
Crow
Whmi-Tv
Chicago
Miss Paris
Robert Lane
Queens
Lane
Manhattan
Snow Blankets High Point City With Six Inch Snowfall
Snow dumped six inches on High Point as rain sleet and strong winds created icy streets. Crews worked 24 hours to clear roads while bus lines adjusted schedules and incinerator burial plans were considered for snow removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
High Point
Raleigh
Weather Bureau
George Dean
Dean
Consolidated Bus Lines
Emerywood
City Transit Lines
Jamestown
Archdale
Allen Jay
Trinity
Berlin talks open as Molotov arrives for Big Four talks
Molotov arrives in Berlin with seven limousines for four power conference talks on German unity and Austrian independence. British Eden and U S Secretary of State Dulles join strategy sessions in the French sector while Western ministers outline two broad plans to advance the alliance talks.
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Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Unter den Linden
East Berlin
New York
Anthony Eden
Tegel Forest
Georges Bidault
Father's Plea Is Rejected On Canal Fence Study
Washington officials released a report on the Contra Costa Canal after Warren Anderson of Martinez urged stronger protection following the 3 year old Joe Anderson drowning. The review found fencing at the canal may deter but could hinder rescues and that fencing the entire canal would be costly. eight of the 33 listed deaths were in other canals, and several occurred near Camp Stoneman or among AWOL soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ry W. Joynes Macfarland
Washington
White House
Tra Costa Canal
California
Warren Anderson
Martinez
Calif
Eisenhower
Joe Anderson
W. A. Dexheimer
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Anderson
Joe
David
Dexheimer
Contra Costa County
Bureau
Camp Stoneman
Ex POW Dickenson faces Army charges in Korea probe
Cpl Edward S Dickenson of Cracker's Neck Virginia is charged with unlawfully holding intercourse with the enemy to gain favorable treatment from prisoners of war The Army notified him at Walter Reed Hospital and will review evidence before deciding on trial He and 22 other Americans who refused to return to UN lines last summer face an uncertain fate with further actions possible Batchelor another refuser is hospitalized in Tokyo The mother says her son will come home to face whatever lies ahead
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cpl
Edward S. Dickenson
Virginia
Korea
Dickenson
Walter Reed Hospital
Military District of
Army
Cracker’s Neck
United Nations
Claude J. Batchelor
Tokyo General Hospital
Far East Command
Batchelor
O. L. Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Ace
U. S
Byrd Backs Ike Plan For Massive Retaliation Defense
Sen. Byrd of Virginia voiced strong support for President Eisenhower’s plan to reduce American ground forces while relying on massive atomic retaliation to deter aggression. He argued this strategy keeps defenses affordable and credible with foreign bases expanding. Democratic rivals Gore and Jackson challenged the approach, warning it may invite miscalculation or bluff if retaliation is not credible in local crises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Eisenhower
Sentes
D-Tenn
Gore
Kremlin
Wilson
Pentagon
Continental
United States
Moscow
Russia
Iran
Knowland
Dulles
U. S
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Army POW's Parents Shocked by Possible Court Martial
The Van Buren Dickenson family in Cracker's Neck Virginia learned their son Corporal Ed Dickenson faces possible court martial amid accusations he tried to win Reds' favor at the expense of fellow prisoners in Korea. His father offered to take the punishment. his mother wept asking why he would be punished at all. The 23 year old soldier remains in Korea under political tensions as his bride, away since last week, awaits word.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cracker’s Neck
van Buren
Korea
Dickenson
Cpl. Dickenson
Grover Dickenson
Bristol
Washington
Walter Reed Hospital
Gas Fire Destroys Docks at Point Wells
A blast from a high test gasoline drum ignited a fire at the Standard Oil docks at Point Wells, 13 miles north of Seattle. Firemen said no deaths or injuries occurred, and the blaze was controlled about 90 minutes after starting. The tanker scraping the pier sparked the tank farm blaze, which sent flames 600 to 700 feet high as explosions continued from drums of gasoline. Coast Guard cutter and nearby equipment aided, with no reported damage to the tanker. The tank farm, completed in 1949, holds 29 million gallons and links to piers by pipelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Standard Oil Co
Point Wells
Here
Puget Sound
Coast Guard
Standard Oil
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Ladder Company No. 1
Main St
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Mercury
Pander Reich
Peru
Sen
Ike
D-Va
Radio-Tv
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