Southern Furniture Market Opens to Steady Registrations
The Southern Furniture and Rug Market entered its second day with 1,307 buyers registered on opening day and attendance passing 1,500 by mid morning. Buyers study manufacturer features, discuss four markets per year, and anticipate steady business from new construction and replacement markets.
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Southern Furniture and Rug Market
Southern Furniture Exposition
Missouri
Chicago
High Point
Money sought for Wilmington dredging by Ports Authority
The North Carolina Ports Authority asked congressional delegates to obtain about 60000 in federal funds for Wilmington dredging work. Dredging at the Wilmington wharf proceeded with state funds after no federal appropriation. The authority re elected A G Myers of Gastonia as chairman with State Sen Edwin Pate of Laurinburg as vice chair and Avery Thompson of Hallsboro as secretary treasurer.
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Raleigh
State Ports’ Authority
North Carolina
Wilmington
Ports Authority
George Gillette
Georgia
Florida
Mana
Congress
A. G. Myers
Gastonia
Umstead
Edwin Pate
Laurinburg
Avery Thompson
Hallsboro
Attacks Slam Chinese Hurl 6,000 Against Allied Forces
Seoul reports intensified day-long assaults by Chinese Communists on Pork Chop Hill and Arrowhead Ridge as ~6,000 troops launch fanatical attacks. U S Sea Division and ROK Second Division units repel multiple thrusts amid heavy rains and air support. Casualties rise with 16 Koreans dead, 6 missing, 56 injured. 2,226 houses damaged or homeless.
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Seoul
Korea
Pork Chop Hill
Arrowhead Ridge
U. S. Sea Division
South Aan
Yonchon
Pork Chop
Arrowhead
Uth
Kumsong
Taegu
British Open Drive Against The Mau Mau
Nairobi Kenya The British said forces killed 241 Mau Mau members and captured 193 suspects in an offensive from June 23 to July 5 the largest since the emergency began nine months ago Twenty eight security forces members were killed bringing Mau Mau deaths to over 1100 officials warned more work was needed to secure the colony General Erskine called for a larger police force to ensure stability
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Nairobi
Kenya
George Erskine
Lecently
One New Polio Case Reported in Montgomery
A 6 year old girl who had gamma globulin shot July 1 developed a light nonparalytic polio case in Montgomery Alabama. The county tally rose to 87 as doctors evaluate the mass inoculation of over 32 000 children under 10 to forestall an epidemic.
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Montgomery
Ala
Montgomery County
A H. Graham
Bill Trippett
Bruce
North Carolina Attorney General Rules on First Grade Age
Atty Gen Harry McMullan said any child who turns six before midnight October 16 may enter first grade this year, reversing a prior October 1 cutoff. He argued under English law a person gains a new birthday year the day after the birthday, backing his point with legal theory.
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Raleigh (LLP
Harry McMullan
State Board of Education
McMullan
Tar Heel cotton growers warned on boll weevil activity
North Carolina Extension Service entomologist Jones cautioned growers not to relax amid a lull in boll weevil activity. He said larvae and pupae predominate now, with adults soon emerging from cotton squares, and the next two weeks crucial as weevils spread from southern to spring areas.
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Raleigh
Tar Heel
Jones
Extension Service
North Carolina
Tar Heelers Caught Fishing at Catawba Lake
Twenty seven North Carolina residents posing as Carolinians faced charges after fishing over the weekend at Catawba Lake in York County. The group, from Charlotte, held South Carolina licenses valued at 1.10 dollars, but wardens found they should have held a 10.25 dollar nonresident license.
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Charlotte
Catawba Lake
York County
South Carolina
North Carolina
Raleigh WNAO TV to begin regular tests soon
Raleigh WNAO TV will air its first regular test pattern tomorrow per Charles Stone, general manager of WNAO radio and TV. The station will start regular programs by July 15 on UHF channel 28 from 5 p.m. to midnight, affiliating mainly with CBS with NBC, ABC and Dumont as supplementary networks.
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Raleigh
Wnaotv
Charles Stone
Wnao Radio and Television
Stone
CBS
NBC
ABC
Dumont
Verdel Named Salisbury Veterans Hospital Manager
Dr. Louis F. Verdel age 58 appointed manager of the new 973 bed Salisbury Veterans Hospital. He will assume the post August 2 as the neuropsychatric facility opens in the fall. Verdel currently heads the VA hospital at Northport Long Island.
World Methodist Council to discuss Lake Junaluska HQ
The American headquarters of the World Methodist Council may be at Lake Junaluska. The plan will be reviewed by the council’s executive committee in Birmingham July 22 25. American and British officers meet here Sunday to discuss the headquarters proposal.
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Lake Junaluska
The
World Methodist Council
Birmingham
England
Military men plan southern air defense network
Top secret planning for 15 air defense stations in the South Atlantic area drew 100 military personnel to a Atlanta conference. Representatives from the Air Force, Engineers, and Bureau of Yards and Docks reviewed a 137 million construction program within a 390 million fiscal plan. Station sites remain classified as Brown outlined. Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Carolinas, Alabama, Mississippi, the Canal Zone and the West Indies are included in the division.
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Atlanta
South Atlantic
Air Force
S of Engineers
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Paul C. Brown
Brown
Georgia
Florida
Tennessee
Carolinas
Alabama
Mississipi
Canal Zone
West Indies
Polio Toll Rises as Caldwell County Immunizes
Caldwell County reports 90 polio cases as health workers push mass immunization of nearly 11,000 children by tomorrow night. Four new cases in Caldwell and five in neighboring Catawba raise totals, with 6,946 inoculated by 10 a.m. Doctors warn results won’t be known for a week.
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Lenoir
N. C
Caldwell County
Catawba County
Keating Probes AEC Ban On Condon Witness
Rep. Keating urged a congressional inquiry into the Atomic Energy Commission ban on Rep. Condon from witnessing an atom bomb test. Rep. Price called the action very unfortunate, while Condon said he would address the House to state his position. Condon, among about 100 lawmakers invited to witness the Nevada test, said two men barred him for security reasons in Las Vegas.
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Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Congressional
Atomic Energy Commission
Condon
Calif
Price
D-Ill
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Washington Dispatch
New York Herald Tribune
Commission
California
Congress
Nevada
Las Vegas
Five More Polio Cases Reported in Catawba County
Catawba County reports five new polio cases increasing the three week total to 25 and prompting concern of a new epidemic. Four cases were reported yesterday with one 25 year old in critical condition. gamma globulin is being used for exposed individuals as authorities close Sunday schools and cancel Kiddie shows to limit spread.
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Hickory
N. C
Catawba County
Catawba
Caldwell County
Health Department
Newton
Senators Near End of Probe on Overseas Library Bans
Washington report notes two master lists of books to be banned in U S overseas libraries with more than 50 titles named as removal targets. Restoration of unlisted titles could return about 250 titles to shelves as officials faced scrutiny over Communist and controversial works.
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Washington
U. S
State Department
Department
White House
Robert L. Johnson
Generally Pleasant Weather Across the Nation
Light showers touched parts of Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa Illinois and Michigan while the East Coast saw showers from Virginia to Maine. Most of the country enjoyed fair pleasant weather with hot temperatures in the southern states and in Oregon Idaho Nevada and portions of California. Other areas remained near seasonal norms.
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Midwest
Virginia
Maine
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Michigan
Oregon
Idaho
Nevada
California
Communists Call for Liaison Meetings on Korea Armistice
A North Korean backed move calls for liaison officers to meet at noon to discuss signing a truce. South Korean officials say Rhee will not accept any plan lacking concrete terms and a 90 day deadline. U N and U S representatives remain at odds with Rhee over post armistice political talks and unification.
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Seoul
U. N
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
Kaesong
Stark
Mark Clark
U. N. Far East
Korea
Robertson
Red
Pe Schsiana
Senate
Thieves Steal $400 From Western Electric Cafeteria
Police report thieves broke into a Western Electric plant cafeteria in Winston-Salem and took a bag with 400 dollars but overlooked another sack containing 160 dollars.
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Winston-Salem
Western Electric
Weather Summary for Local Area Tonight and Tomorrow
The forecast calls for a low of 70 tonight and a high of 88 tomorrow. Today's high was 92 with a low of 72 last night. Sunset is at 7:40 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow is 5:10 a.m.
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