Maginot Line In Use Again
French forces have refurbished the Maginot Line as a Western strongpoint watched from an Alsace radar post. The line spans from Arlon to the Rhine with underground rail and secret corridors linking command and radar ops. Eisenhower favored the revival in 1954 as France seeks a virtually invulnerable storehouse for weapons and fuel.
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Paris
Alsace
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eisenhower
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Arlon
Rhine
France
Strasbourg
Frances Belgi
Germany
Policy Change Is Called For
Bolivian ambassador Vic tor Andrade urged a shift in Latin American policy at a Texas Good Neighbor Commission event in San Antonio. He said U.S. earnings on Latin American investments in one year nearly equal all aid and loans to the region since 1945 and called for increased economic aid as a capital plant.
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San Antonio
Tex
United States
Victor Andrade
Bolivia
New Bible Course Is Planned at WUNC-TV
CHAPEL HILL January 25 Dr Bernard Boyd a UNC professor will teach an new course Introduction to New Testament Literature on WUNC-TV Channel 4 at 7 30 p m Tuesday January 28 The course aims to explain the making and meaning of the canonical Scriptures and their continuity with Israel s faith Lectures run Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 30 to 8 15 p m Students may enroll for credit or non credit by writing to the Extension Division at WUNC-TV
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Chapel Hill
Bernard Boyd
Wunc-Tv
Channel 4
Boyd
James A. Gray
University of North Carolina
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Dr. Boyd
Israel
Chap
Booker T. Williams Death Row to Electric Chair In Concord
The Concord piece recalls Booker T. Williams awaiting execution at Central Prison with witnesses present and a minister praying as a tele phone bell rings. Williams, paroled later, reflects on his past, Governor Hoey and Cherry reducing his sentence, and life after parole with his construction job.
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Booker T. Williams
Central Prison
Williams
Concord
Lumberton
Robeson
Hoey
R. Gregg Cherry
Tar Heel Books Win Competition
Five UNC Press titles win the 1957 Southern Books Competition. From 37 books and 14 presses, awards go to works by Frederick Doveton Nichols Rose Howell Holder Blackwell P Robinson and Louis R Wilson. The jurors included Ward Ritchie and others.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina Press
Southeastern Lidian
Frederick Doveton Nichols
Georgia
University of North Carolina
R. Wilson
Blackwell P. Robinson
Woman's College
University
Rose Howell Holder
Charles Duncan McIver
Greensboro
Southern
Ward Ritchie
Los Angeles
Evening Term At Wake Is Announced
Wake Forest College announces registration for the second semester of evening classes on January 29-30 from 6 30 to 8 30 p m The program began this fall with a 45000 grant from the R J Reynolds Tobacco Company and drew 260 registrants Director Henry Stroupe projects about 220 for spring Registration deadline was yesterday Evening classes start February 3 for the second semester Regular session registration is February 3 and 4 with classes beginning February 5
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Henry Stroupe
Chase listed as no longer a fireman in Providence
Pvt. William E. Chase Jr. is removed from the City Fire Department rolls after disappearing nearly two years ago. His taxi cab was found abandoned February 7 1956 with only an empty wallet and bloodstained papers. he is father of three and no other trace was found. Fire Chief Lewis A. Marshall notes he is no longer a department member.
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Providence
R.I
William E. Chase Jr
Chase
Lewis A. Marshall
Belated Honeymoon For Army Couple Reenlisting
Mr and Mrs Luis Cruz of Fort Dix New Jersey plan a belated honeymoon after re enlisting for a second six year hitch in the Army Cruz a specialist second class and Ruth Cruz his wife is a WAC sergeant.
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Fort DIX
Luis Cruz
Cruz
Ruth
WAC
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Metz
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Ted
Tar Heel Books
Pvt. Chase
Lawrence Clark Powell
America
Chevrolet
Automotive Accessories
Lyles Chevrolet Company
N. Main ST
Spacemaker
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S. Main ST
Birchwood
Wendover Hills
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Alman
Idol-Green Realtors
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