Two Men Await Extradition To South Carolina
Raleigh police hold James Franklin Scott and Walter W. Brice, both 20, in jail awaiting extradition to South Carolina for escape from a Kershaw County road gang. They were picked up near Apex after hitchhiking, Scott serving 15 months for car theft and Brice six months for highway robbery. A stolen car abandoned near Sanford followed a chase with the highway patrol.
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Raleigh
South Carolina
Kershaw
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Apex
James Franklin Scott
Walter W. Brice
Scott
Brice
Sanford
North Corolina Highway Patrol
High Power Selling Reaches The Art World In St Louis
Armand G. Winfield, St. Louis PR man, opens Saturday Gallery on the riverfront. He promotes art like consumer goods with a credit purchase plan and convenient hours and adds an art lending library to attract buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Armand G. Winfield
Winfield
Rivers and Harbors Bill Back Before Committee
The $584.06 million rivers and harbors bill returns to a Senate House conference panel with no quick resolution. A $4 million Hartwell reservoir appropriation for South Carolina and Georgia stalls agreement as leaders plan to adjourn later in the week. The conferees trim the package to $584.06 million with $236.79 million for rivers and harbors and $225.74 million for flood control and set planning funds totaling $1.255 million. The Kerr reservoir in North Carolina is allotted $6.84 million.
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Washington
Senate House Conference Committee
Hartwell
South Carolina
Georgia
Congress
Senate
House
Army Engineers
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Conference
John H. Kerr
North Carolina
United States Caps Record With Fastest Atlantic Crossing
The United States, the new 53 000 ton liner, completes the fastest Atlantic crossing, surpassing the Queen Mary by 10 hours and 2 minutes. It covers 2942 miles from Ambrose Light to Bishop's Rock in 3 days 10 hours 40 minutes at an average 35 659 knots. The voyage marks the first American blue ribbon in a century as the ship races into history during its maiden voyage amid strong winds.
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United States
Britain
Bishop's Rock
England
New York
America
NLRB Tightens Rules on Lockouts in Bargaining Deadlocks
The NLRB ruled Taft Hartley prohibits locking out workers to force terms in contract talks. In a Chicago case involving 35 liquor dealers and 700 salesmen, the board said firms may not lock out to break a deadlock, ordering back pay for laid off workers and allowing layoffs only for genuine non union reasons.
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Robert F. Lee
United Press
Washington, D. C
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Distillery Workers Union
Chicago
Taft Concedes Unofficial Lead Of 110 Ballots
Chicago dispatch shows Taft leading Eisenhower and Warren in early Republican delegate tallies for the national convention based on pledged first ballot results. The count totals 1206 with 604 needed to nominate. it notes disputed delegations may be appealed to the credentials committee. The Delaware River shipbuilding centers at Camden Chester and Philadelphia are mentioned.
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Chicago
United Press
Republican National Committee
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Earl Warren
Harold E. Stassen
Theodore R. McKeldin
Douglas MacArthur
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Delaware River
Camden
Chester
Philadelphia
Troopers End Prison Riot At Southern Michigan Facility
In Jackson Michigan, state troopers quelled a second inmate uprising at the Southern Michigan prison within four months. About 150 rioters in cellblock 9 held two guards hostage for two hours before buckshot and a riot push forced them back. A prisoner was slightly wounded. Warden Frisbie called it a riot not a mutiny and pledged punishment for rule breakers.
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Jackson
Mich
Southern Michigan
Julian N. Frisbie
Truman Signs Offices Bill Reluctantly
President Truman reluctantly signed the $6.27 billion independent offices bill. A rider bars federal workers from accumulating vacation and requires use of annual leave within six months or lose it. He urged Congress to repeal this unwise provision and noted the clash with prior leave reforms.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Veterans Administration, Atomic Energy Commission
Parents Accept Medal of Honor For Dead Marine
In Omaha Nebraska hundreds gathered at the Lady of Guadalupe Church as Mr and Mrs Modesto Gomez accept the Medal of Honor for their son Pfe Edward Babe Gomez who died saving comrades by throwing himself on a hand grenade. The family declined a Washington ceremony choosing the church presentation instead.
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Omaha
Neb
New Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church
Modesto Gomez
Pfe
Edward
Babe
Brothers Welcome Dennis Babies From Distant Lives
In Memphis Tennessee two brothers living thousands of miles apart each became fathers. Both newborn sons weighed seven pounds three ounces and were named Dennis. Neither brother knew the other expected a child and no relative bore the name Dennis.
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Memphis
Tenn
James Stanley
Dennis
Radio Broadcast Time Conversions For Eastern Local Time
The note explains time adjustments for network programs. Subtract one hour for central time and two hours for mountain time. Some local stations adjust relay hours to fit schedules and last minute changes are not included.
TV Radio Schedule Fragment With Daytime to Night Entries
A mixed schedule lists programs across networks for a day, including news, sports, dramas, concerts, and various shows. Entries note times and show titles such as News Broadcast, Lone Ranger Drama, Geneals like Republican Convention, and regional channel identifiers WBTV Charlotte Channel 3.
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Abe-Che
Abe-Mbe
Abo Mbs-West
Nbe
Cbs
Abe
Mbs
Cbs Evening
Gorfion MacRae
Abe Hornblower
Henry Taylor
Barlow
Cba
Rex Maupin
Abe Crime
Voorhees
Whiteman
All Nets
WBTV
Charlotte
Kurt
Kit Carson
Carolina News TV
Dr. Heaton
Holiday Toll Tops 500 Lives In US Amid Heat Wave
A United Press tally shows at least 550 people killed in various accidents during the long Fourth of July weekend. Highway crashes claimed 326 lives, drownings 155, plane crashes seven, fireworks two, and other mishaps 60. Extreme heat fanned the fatalities across the Mississippi Valley, Great Plains, and California interior valleys, with Blythe California hitting 114 degrees and Yuma Arizona reaching 111.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
California
Blythe
Calif
Red Bluff
Yuma
Ariz
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Texas
Chicago
Great Lakes
Atlantic
East
Deep South
Canada
Rocky
Soviet official toasting Fourth of July with martini in Berlin
Sergei A. Dengin, chief of the Soviet Control Commission, accepted a martini from a waitress at General Lemuel Matthewson’s Fourth of July party in Berlin. Dengin asked what the drink was and, after learning it was a martini, drank it to celebrate the Fourth.
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Berlin
Sergei A. Dengin
Lemuel Matthewson
Dengin
Stainless steel insect screens resist rust and salt air corrosion
Stainless steel insect screens are not affected by rust or salt air corrosion, offering durable performance in coastal environments. The material’s alloy composition provides inherent protection against oxidation and corrosion compared with ordinary metals.
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Faye Wilson
Whpe-Fm
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Johnny “G
Tennessee
Vic
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By Jimmy Hatlo
Kabel
Siam
ITO
Harry
Thanx Ando
Eee Phila. II
Speed Crown
U.S
Teletronix, Inc
Annou
Archie M. Newton
Newton
High Point
Archie
Teletronix
Westinghouse
Eletro
Bill Bivins
Jim Hornaday
Main ST
NLRB
Taft
Bill
Wfmy-Tv
Wild Bill Hickok
Bob Williams
Perry Como
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Godfrey
al Pearce
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Wyo
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Humphrey Boga
Fon
Ethel Barrymore
Mi Hunter
ABC
WMFR
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Sparkie
Count Basie Orchestra
Royal Triton Baseball
Elmer Davis
Lone Ranger
Henry J. Taylor
John Daly News
Republican Convention
Skyline Patrol
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Alarm Clock, Club
Larm Clock Club
Father Report
Martin Agronsky
P. Frederick
J. Conte
Breakfast Club
the Old Corral
Mia
George
Raft “Loan Shark
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Dee Emerson
Tennessee Ernie
Cal Tinney
Wimfer Teshesen
Dean Cameron
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Stewart
Wendell
Dean Hagen
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