Gantt Dies After Long Illness at 59
R B Gantt a Guilford County real estate figure died at High Point Memorial Hospital at 9 45 pm aged 59 after years of diabetes and heart disease. Funeral Saturday at 3 30 at Sechrest Funeral Home chapel with Rev Roy E Watts officiating. Burial in Guilford Memorial Cemetery. He leaves a widow two sisters and two brothers. He lived 26 years in High Point after earlier stints in Shelby Hickory Richmond Va and Charlotte. He owned extensive rental property and a Florida holdings. He was active in the American Legion and the Re servent and Protective Order.
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R. B. Gantt
Guilford County
High Point Memorial Hospital
Gantt
Main Street
Rowell Bunyan Gantt
Sechrest Funeral Home
Roy E. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Guilford Memorial Cemetery
P. A. Gantt
Statesville
Lonnie Nash
FE. R. Greene
W. T. Gantt
Durham
Ray Gantt
High Point
Shelby
Hickory
Richmond
Charlotte
Florida
The
American Legion
Reservent and Protective Order
Taft Leads Tabulation Of Delegates
United Press tabulates delegates pledged for the Republican convention. Taft holds 414 followed by Eisenhower 410, Warren 76, Stassen 5, McKeldin 24, Wedemeyer 1, with 61 contested and 120 uncommitted. Nomination needs 604. Committee rulings could shift totals to Taft 509 with Georgia 16, Louisiana 4, Mississippi 5, and Eisenhower 414 with new contest seats in Kansas Louisiana Missouri.
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United Press
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Harold FE. Stassen
Theodore R. McKeldin
Douglas MacArthur
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Republican National Committee
Credentials Committee
Taft
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Eisenhower
Kansas
Missouri
Atlantic Seaboard
Oklahoma
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Seaboard
New York
North-Central
Great Plains States
Woman Dies After Auto Struck In Rocky Mount
Lucile Dednam Smith 37 of Castalia Rt 1 died in a Rocky Mount hospital from internal injuries after being struck by a car between Nashville and Castalia. She was on the highway shoulder talking to an unidentified person in a parked car when the crash occurred.
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Rocky Mount 2
Lucile Dednam Smith
Castalia, Rt. 1
Rocky Mount
Nashville
Castalia
Secret conference opens in Korea over POW exchange
Negotiators from the United Nations Command and Communist side meet in secret at Panmunjom to discuss a proposed reclassification of all war prisoners. An Allied spokesman described the talks as cautious and believed the move could spur progress toward a just armistice.
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Panmunjom
Korea
William K. Harrison
United Nations Command
Harrison
U. N
Alliedes
Allied Pilots Shoot Down 12 Red Planes Over Yalu Front
American F-86 Sabre jets shoot down 12 Communist MIG fighters and damage others in a day of heavy aerial combat along the Yalu River. More than 70 fighters pounded targets as 115 MIGs challenged 95 Sabres in multiple dogfights south of the river near Antung and Suiho power plant area. The day marked the Reds first major MiG surge since April and ended with a Reds artillery attack on Pork Chop Hill before being repelled with casualties on both sides.
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Korea
Red Air Force
Yalu
Reds
Antung
5Th Air Force
Suiho
Air Force
Manchuria
Sutho
States of the Union
Porkchop Hill
Chorwon
Mexico Calls Out Troops For Election
Mexico mobilizes 60 000 troops and police 48 hours before national elections to prevent violence and safeguard power plants water systems and utilities. About 5 000 000 voters will vote for president and Congress as security tightens with barrs cantinas closed and planes grounded.
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Mexico City
Cnt
Mexico
Congress
Adolfo Ruiz Cortinez
Cortines
Miguel Henriquez Guzman
Federation of Peoples’ Parties
Mexcan
Truman Ignores Taft-Hartley Law in Broad Steel Strike Fight
The steel dispute heads to court as President Truman says the Taft-Hartley act should not be used to end the nationwide walkout. CIO says Big Six collusion blocks bargaining and seeks emergency injunctions while mobilization officials warn of lasting effects into 1953.
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Truman
CIO
Congress
Senate
Styles Bridges
Bridges
Defense
John R. Steelman
Henry H. Fowler
Eisenhower Seeks Delegate Revolt At Republican Convention
General Eisenhower travels toward Chicago banking on a delegate revolt against Taft forces. He vows to fight back room maneuvers and “Iron Curtain” tactics while aiming to keep the party clean as the nomination battle intensifies.
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Don Whitehead
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
Taft
Iowa
Ames
Taftall
Denver
Gennral
Lincoln
State Capitol
Steel strike leaves 600000 idle as Fourth of July arrives
Pittsburgh reports 600000 CIO United Steelworkers idle since June 2 and 414010 in allied industries laid off. Families gather at home for Independence Day as unions and steel companies negotiate. Auto output expected to drop with possible 70 percent halt. Goodyear and Firestone tire plants close for lack of steel. Dodge division Kokomo idled about 500. Continental Steel Kokomo plant idle 2000.
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CIO United
Akron
Rim
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Dodge
Dodge Divison
Chrysler Motor Car Company
Kokomo
Ind
Continental Steel Corp
Cio-Usw
Peach Growers Aiming For Big Home Harvest in North Carolina
Tar Heel peach growers expect a domestic harvest of 1 798 000 bushels this year, down from 1 806 000 last year due to orchards aging out. Early varieties bring 5.00 to 5.15 per bushel, late varieties 4.00 to 5.00, with Georgia and other Southern states also shipping peaches midmonth.
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Raleigh
Tar Heel
Georgia
South Carolina
Hugh B. Martin
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Peach Society
State Department
Taft Offers Texas Split to Undercut Eisenhower Bid
A multi state political row over Texas GOP delegates unfolds as Senator Robert A. Taft proposes a 22 to 16 split in his favor to seat the 38 disputed votes. Eisenhower camp dismisses the plan as unacceptable while Hoover advocates a neutral review.
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Taft
Conrad Hilton
Chicago
Robert A. Taft
Texas
H. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Jack Porter
Guy Gabrielson
GOP
National Committee
Gabrielson
Hoover
Republican
Henry Cabot Lodge
Lodge
Herbert Hoover
Georgia
Louisiana
July Fourth Death Toll Forecast as Holiday Travel Peaks
Reports show 430 deaths projected by midnight Sunday from traffic accidents as millions flock to beaches and resorts. Warm weather expected with possible thunderstorms on the Atlantic coast. extra trains added to Chicago for the Republican convention amid heavy highway travel.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
Republican Party
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Safety Council
Stevenson as Warren's second choice for Democratic nomination
Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida said he hopes Adlai Stevenson can be persuaded to accept the nomination if Russell is not chosen. Warren, who praised Stevenson's abilities, said his support is conditional on Russell first. He denied a misrepresented report and noted Truman did not rule Stevenson out for the ticket. Byrnes warned Southern delegates could bolt the convention over seating, while Harriman lags behind Kefauver and Russell in delegate strength.
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Porter
Taft
Texas Eisenhowser
Hoover
Washington
Fuller Warren
Florida
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Stevenson
Warren
United Press
Russell
Sen
Gov
Truman
Missouri
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Bolt
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Kefauver and
Pleasant Fourth Weather Across Carolinas
The Carolinas enjoyed warm holiday weather with picnics and games expected to continue. Scattered thundershowers were possible this afternoon or tonight. Temperatures were likely to reach the high 80s to low 90s as a cool front remained several days away. Across the country fair conditions persisted with regional thunderstorms.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Weather forecast notes temperature swing
The report lists a low of 65 tonight and a high of 44 tomorrow. Today's high reached 90 with a low around 63.
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