Defense Civil Defense leadership unsettled in North Carolina
North Carolina civil defense faces a tense week as two state directors operate amid questions. William F. Bailey succeeds E. Z. Jones, amid questions of the act's loyalties and salaries and a by past by gain. The Conservation and Development Board shows partisan strains as term expirations loom and calls for possible reorganization and new fisheries policy emerge.
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North Carolina
William F. Bailey
High Point
E. Z. Jones
Burlington
Attorney Generals Office
Defense
Motor Vehicles
State Board of Health
State College
State Bureau of Investigation
League of Municipalities
Civil Defense
Jones
Bailey
Tere
Europe
Richmond
Board of Conservation and Develpment
Raleigh
Conflicting claims on CIO organizers layoffs dispute
Charlotte CIO labor spokesman alleged 30 TWUA organizers were dropped as an economy move. Upper South director Bob Payton denied 30, saying only nine nationwide were laid off. Southern director Bamford called the 30 figure normal, while Julius Fry branded the report AFL propaganda amid CIO AFL splits.
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Charlotte
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Lynchburg
Bob Payton
Upper South
TWUA
Charlotte Cio
South
Carolinas
James W. Bamford
Bamford
Julius S. Fry
Greensboro
AFL
AFL United Textile Workers
Twua-Cio
George Baldanzi
National Twua
AFL Union
Baldanzi
Emil Rieve
Payton
Kenneth Fiester
New York
New Jersey
Canada
No O'Dwyer Divorce Is In Prospect
A church spokesman in Mexico City said there is not even the shadow of a civil divorce between former U S ambassador William O Dwyer and his wife Sloan Simpson. They have sent a statement pledging not to seek civil divorce, while Archbishop Luis Maria Martinez granted a temporary church separation as a peaceable valve for possible reconciliation.
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Mexico City
U. S.S
William O'Dwyer
Sloan Simpson
O’dwyers
Luis Maria Martinez
Strangled New York Socialite Found in Westport Home
Westport police issued a pickup order for William Davis a handyman sought in the murder of Mrs. rie Coats Evans a divorced wife of a New York socialite. Evans was found strangled with a cord and five knife wounds in her bedroom. The two year old boy was found crying in a nearby crib. Davis allegedly confessed to his wife who told police of the crime after visiting the estate where Evans worked.
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Westport, Conn
New York
Philadelphia
Rie Coats Evans
William Davis
Davis
Westport
Pipeline idea to move coal from Ohio River to industries
Youngstown businessmen propose using a pipeline to transport coal from the Ohio River to nearby industries at 50 cents per ton for every 30 miles, claiming lower costs than rail transport. The plan envisions a tubular system to replace traditional railroad shipments.
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Youngstown, O
Ohio River
Three Priests and Two Students Sentenced to Death in Poland
Warsaw radio reports a Roman Catholic priest Father Josef Lelito and two students Michal Kowalik and Edward Cacilica were condemned to death by a Communist Polish military court for spying for the United States and the Vatican. A Cracow court sentenced three other priests to terms from 11 years to life, while a woman defendant received eight years. Niagara Falls water flow stated as 212,000 cubic feet per second.
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London
United States
Vatican
Warsaw
Cracow Peoples
Josef Lelito
Michal Kowalik
Edward Cacilica
Equine road block prompts fine in Hillsboro
James A. Herman 22 a driver of a team of horses was fined ten dollars and costs for failure to yield the right of way to a truck driven by Hubert James of Chillicothe in Hillsboro.
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Hillsboro, O
James A. Herman
Hubert James
Chillicothe
Carolina Charcoal Musical Set for American Music Festival
New York radio listeners will hear excerpts from North Carolina composer Lamar Stringfield’s Carolina Charcoal during the American Music Festival on WNYC. The Feb 15 program of the Mrs Opera series will feature about one third of the play as Ruby Mercer presents festival focused programming from Feb 12 to 22. Mercer, formerly with the Metropolitan Opera, aims to highlight American music and praised the work as authentic and melodious.
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New York
North Carolina
Lamar Stringfield
Carolina
WNYC
Stringfield
iRuby Mercer
Mercer
Metropolitan
Otheropera
Miss Mercer
Radio City Music Hall
Motor Carriers Move About Nine Billion Tons of Freight
A historical report notes that motor carriers move roughly nine billion tons of freight annually in the United States, highlighting the scale of trucking and its role in national logistics.
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United States
Gila Cliff Dwelling Nation Monument Access Limits
The Gila Cliff Dwelling Nation Monument in New Mexico spans about 50 miles and is accessible only on foot or by horseback.
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New Xico
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PATSY
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