French May Name Mollet
Paris Communist leader Jacques Duclos urged President Coty to name Socialist Guy Mollet as premier. Indications favored Mollet by Friday with a Socialist majority in the 596 member National Assembly. Duclos noted Communists as largest party but unlikely to join a cabinet. Republican Front mates could back Mollet.
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Paris
Jacques Dubos
Rene Coty
Guy Mollet
Coty
Duclos
National Assembly
Dukos
Mollet
Assembly
Pierre Mendes-France
Republican Front
Chamber of Deputies
Edgar Faure
France
Agriculture Proposals Advanced
The Committee for Economic Development urged studying government aid to farm families who leave overexpanded farming and explored rural industrialization. It cited distress from excess production and income instability and urged in 5 years to reduce production, stimulate urban migration, and aid remaining farmers to acquire larger holdings.
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Washington
Committee For Economic Development
Republican House
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
Reppee
R-Sd
Se’. Young
R-Nd
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Razar B. Wilde
Connecticut General Life Insurance
Hartford
Peace Ideas Set Forth In Friendly Letter From Bulganin
President Eisenhower received a friendly letter from Soviet Premier Bulganin outlining ideas on world peace. Soviet Ambassador Zarubin read the letter in Russian. an interpreter translated it as Hagerty said the president would study the ideas further. The timing follows Geneva notes and speculation centered on disarmament initiatives.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Bulganin
White House
Georgi N. Zarubin
Dulles
James C. Hagerty
Hagert
Bulgarin
Zarubin
Geneva
United States
Israel and Egypt Accept U N Peace Plan for El Auja Zone
Israel and Egypt accept a three point U N peace plan for the El Auja demilitarized zone after talks in Jerusalem and Cairo with Dag Hammarskjold. The plan allows demarcation by the U N team, withdrawal of minor encroachments, and removal of Israeli forces and mines from the zone. A minor clash was reported in the Gaza Strip with no casualties.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Egypt
U. N
el Auja
U. N. Palestine Truce Supervision Organization
Dag Hammarskjold
Cairo
Hammarskjold
Negev
E. L. M. Burns
Canada
Gaza Strip
Strip
Tel Réim
Electronic Patents Released After Antitrust Judgment
Washington officials announced a federal consent decree freeing 8600 AT&T and Western Electric patents for use by any U.S. company with reasonable royalties. The ruling ends a 1949 antitrust action, bars disallowed noncommunications businesses, and requires sharing technical know how for efficient use of devices like transistors and solar batteries.
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Washington
Justice ‘Department
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
At&t
Western Electric
Bell Laboratories
Federal District Court
Newark
N. J
U. S
At&t Western Electric
State Thaws Out After Snowstorm
The Associated Press reports North Carolina thawed after a heavy snowstorm as sun melted deep snow in mountains. Some highways stayed hazardous while flurries and cold temperatures persist in the region tonight and tomorrow. Cities logged subfreezing readings, including Asheville 32, Charlotte 24, Greensboro 21, Raleigh 23, and Wilmington 26.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Stepped Up Attendance Marks Furniture Show
Attendance and orders surged at the 62nd Southern Furniture and Bug Market as snow receded. By midmorning 3,000 buyers checked in, deliveries strained, and retailers reported stronger traffic than last year despite weather.
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Ben Willis
Southern Retail Furniture Association
Ednay
Norfolk
Willis Furniture Company
Willis
North Carolina
Earle W. Kimbrell
Kimbrell’s Inc
Charlotte
Lawyers Announce Runs After Jones Declines
Gastonia North Carolina Rep Woodrow W Jones declines to seek reelection in North Carolina 11th district prompting two lawyers Basil Whitener of Gastonia and Hu Wells to announce candidacies for the May 26 Democratic primary. Jones cites family and personal reasons and plans to return to private practice in Rutherfordton.
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Gastonia
N.C
Woodron W. Jones
North Carolina
Basil Whitener
14Th
Hu Wells
Jones
Rutherardton
Fred Hamrick Jr
Votters
Gaston
Cleveland
McDowell
Peutherford
Polk
Madison
Yancey
Democratic Party
Whitener
Young Democratic Clubs
Mecklenburg
R. Gregg Cherry
Cherry
South Carolina
Wells
Shelby
Ones
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Law School
Air Corps
Chamber of Commerce
Rutherford College
Connelly Springs
University of South Carolina
Duke University Law School
Navy
Four Southern Governors Back Interposition
Richmond reports that governors from South Carolina Virginia Mississippi Georgia North Carolina agreed to urge legislatures to protest by interposition against the Supreme Court ruling outlawing school segregation. They favored resolutions not outright nullifying but left specifics to each state.
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Richmond
U.S. Supreme Court
High Court
George Bell Timmerman Jr
South Carolina
Lee Seiestees Timmerman
Gov. B. Stanley
Virginia
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Marvin Griffin
Georgia
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Supreme
Congress
Gov Chandler Orders State Vehicles Used for Business Only
Governor Chandler declared state owned vehicles are for business use andordered state police to pull over any seen on highways at night or Sundays. Drivers would be questioned by superiors to justify the use of the vehicles.
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Frankfort
A. B
Chandler
Eisenhower Plans Medical Exam. No Term Decision
President Eisenhower announced plans for another full scale medical examination before mid February but declined to say whether it would influence his decision to seek a second term. He avoided specifics on a potential White House bid and said family opposition reports were unconfirmed. He praised Vice President Nixon while declining to say if Nixon would be his running mate again and opposed any Chief Justice entering politics.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Maj
John Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
Pension Hearings Opened on Social Security Bill
Senate Finance Committee opened hearings on a House passed bill to liberalize benefits. Republicans pressed questions as Democrats urged passage this year. The bill would lower eligibility for women to 62, extend disability to 50, and cover about 250,000 more self employed professionals, funded by a 0.5 percent tax increase on employers and employees. President Eisenhower did not mention the measure in his economic message. Secretary of Welfare Folsom to testify later.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Folsom
Congress
Eisenhower
Water floods Hudson River tunnel delaying Lincoln tube
A burst water entry flooded a 100 foot section of the Hudson River tunnel under construction for the Lincoln automobile tube linking Manhattan and Weehawken. No injuries were reported as night shift workers found the breach and contractors expect about a two week delay while pumps and seals are installed.
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New York
Hudson River
Manhattan
Weehawken
N. J
New Jersey
Debated Foreign Policy Issues Widely Remain Open
Senate Democrats resist narrowing campaign topics on foreign policy. Chairman George of Georgia says constructive criticism is allowed and peace preservation remains the goal. Dulles discusses keeping one or two problems out of debate but offers no specifics.
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Washington
Senate Democrats
George
Len Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Dulles
Sen
Fulbright
D-Ark
Humphrey
D-Minn
Life Magazine
First Lady Applauds Judy for School Integration Efforts
Judy Genier, 14, of Moriah Center New York a ninth grader at a Methodist board and day school learned of a letter from Mrs. Eisenhower praising her work toward integration. The note commended Judy for courage and foresight and wished her success in her endeavors.
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Judy Genier
Moriah Center
N. Y
Methodist Church
Sct
Julia Titus
Allen High School
Judy
Robert May
May
Adirondack Mountain
Josephine Litchfield
Allen
New York State
Titus
Carues
North Carollina
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U.N
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National Retail Furniture Association
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Austin Furniture Ico, Inc
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