Conferences In Capitals Planned
Washington July 4 The administration threads a cautious policy toward the Chinese Communists through conferences in world capitals. Officials weigh relations with Beijing and Western alliance support for anti communist forces as Li Sung Jen seeks U S aid while a Western stance toward a future Communist regime in China evolves.
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China
Acheson
Truman
State Department
United States
Britain
France
Far East
Europe
Li Sung-Jen
White House
Western
Thousands Traveling Highways on Patriotic Day
Nation marks Independence Day with parades speeches and fireworks while millions travel by road rail and air. Death toll reaches 379 from traffic accidents drownings and other causes as heat grips cities from Reno to New York with Navy and Army open houses and public tours.
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Reno
Nev
New York
Hudson
Philadelphia
Navy
Army
Drastic Stand Urged To Slash Money Bills By Senator George
Washington reports a push to cut four major money bills by 5 to 10 percent led by Senator George (D Ga) backing Senator Mc Clellan (D Ark) plan to force President Truman to curb appropriations. George, head of the Senate finance panel, warns passage is unlikely but urges sweeping cuts to avoid a government deficit feared to reach several billions.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
McClellan
D-Ark
Truman
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Economic Cooperation Administration
Armed Services
Interior Department
Appropriations Committee
Senate House Committee On Revenue and Taxation
Shairma
Treasury
Byrd
D-Va
Attorney For Scott Plans Court Fight
Roanoke Virginia July 4 Sixteen year old Lee Buddy Scott faces a possible 99 year sentence or the murder of Dana Marie Weaver. His defense attorney T Warren Messick has until Wednesday to state grounds to set aside the verdict. Messick filed the motion immediately as a jury in Hastings circuit court found Scott guilty of slaying his classmate in the parish house kitchen of Christ Episcopal church on May 8.
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Lee Scott
Roanoke
Dana Marie Weaver
Lee
Buddy) Scott
T. Warren Messick
Messick
Hastings
Scott
Christ Episcopal Church
North Carolina Press Association convenes at Cape Hatteras Area
Newspaper publishers gathered for the North Carolina Press Association meeting at West Nags Head. Attendees reported strong turnout, active participation, and a forward looking mood. The group approved creating a $100000 journalism foundation at the university to fund a school, revise awards, and support a Chapel Hill photographers institute. These steps aim to boost service quality for North Carolina newspapers.
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North Carolina Press Association
West Nag
Fontana Village
Great Smoky Mounhs
Photographers Institute
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Truman Heads For Home After Potomac Cruise
President Truman ends a Chesapeake bay holiday cruise aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg while his council of economic advisers reviews a survey set to shape the mid year report to Congress on the nation's economic health. The yacht reported ideal weather as it anchored near Blakiston Island after days on the Potomac.
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Washington
Truman
Chesapeake Bay
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Williamsburg
White House
Blakiston Island
Chesapeakeay
High Point Beats Jamestown 6-2 After Five
High Point junior legion led Jamestown 6 to 2 in Thomasville after five innings as Sorrell started for High Point, replaced by Rhodes, with Frye catching. Score by innings shows Jamestown trailing and High Point already clinching league honors.
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High Point
Jamestown
Thomasville
Sorrell
Rhodes
Frye
Nationwide accidental deaths tally 397 on July Fourth weekend
The Associated Press reports 397 accidental deaths nationwide with 191 traffic, 130 drownings, and 76 other fatalities since 6 p.m. Friday. Texas tops states with 35 deaths, while Michigan and North Carolina report 30 and 5 total deaths respectively.
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National Safety Council
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Michigan
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
July Fourth Sees End Of Miners' 10-Day Vacation
Pittsburgh July 4 The coal miners return from their 10 day paid holiday as John L Lewis orders a three day work week for soft coal diggers east of the Mississippi. The move aims to reduce stockpiles to about 25 million tons amid political and legal questions from Senator Robertson about legality and price controls.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Mississippi
United Mine Workers Journal
Roberton
D-Va
Senate
Robertson
Congress
Senate Banking Committee
California Family Ends Residential Bee Business
The Jones family finally stopped keeping bees in a bedroom wall in San Diego California after three years. They discovered about 500 pounds of honey stored behind wall panels with millions of dead bees. Grandfather Jones says a skunk may have entered the wall at some time.
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San Diego
Cali
Jones
Joneses
Thomas Evans Jones
Grandfather Jones
Bus Truck Crash Near Smithfield Kills Milk Truck Driver
In Smithfield area, a milk truck collided with a bus on Highway 701 at about 9 a.m. The milk truck driver was killed. the bus driver perished after the bus caught fire. About 12 passengers were aboard. a farmer helped evacuate riders and transport the injured to Johnson County Memorial Hospital.
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Smithfield
UPI
Here
Lester Hailes
Strickland’s Cross Roads
Newton Grove
Hales
Johnson County Memorial Hospital
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Funeral services announced for Dr James Calhoun Grady
Kenly obituary notes the death of Dr James Calhoun Grady aged 88 who died yesterday. He moved to Kenly sixty three years ago and practiced medicine until 1937 when he retired due to ill health. Funeral services are set for tomorrow in Kenly.
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Kenly
James Calhoun Grady
Grady
Defiance by Catholics Tests Czechoslovak Government
In Prague on July 4, authorities faced growing Catholic resistance as peasants in Slovakia formed armed groups to defend priests. Pravda reports 10 people jailed up to 10 years for insurrection after Levoca riots while officials promise concessions amid church state clashes.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Pravda
Slovak Communist Party
Levoca
Enterprise Offers Copies of Declaration Facsimile
The Enterprise along with WHPE and WHPE FM stations offer personal facsimiles of the Declaration of Independence. Glazed souvenir pages are printed to full page size and available at the front office while supplies last.
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Enterprise
WHPE
Whpe-Fm
Crossbar for Sunday school in a southern shanty
In New York July 4 the scene shows a weary father hammering a crossbar as a boy Otie asks about it. A tense family moment unfolds with the mother urging supper and the man snapping harshly about being social. The setting hints at strained domestic life.
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New York
Southland
Otie
Ella
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