Shrine Takes Over Gotham at 77th Convention
Thousands of Shriners from 162 Temples attend the 77th annual convention in New York City. About 100000 Shriner families arrive for six days of meetings, parades and entertainment at Madison Square Garden to raise funds for 17 crippled children hospitals. Imperial Potentate Hubert M. Poteat cites invitation for General MacArthur to review parades.
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United States
Canada
Mexico
Hawaii
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest
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Imperial Potentate
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Nile Temple
Seattle
Wash
Man Gets 30 Day Sentence For DUI Collision
Mike Hudson, 41, banged into a parked motorcycle owned by Officer W. T. Curtis in Fort Worth Texas. Curtis arrested Hudson for drunken driving and Hudson received a 30 day sentence.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Mike Hudson
W. T. Curtis
Hudson
SBI Director Seen As Choice For Prison Post
The SBI Director is seen as a candidate to replace John M. Gold as State Prisons Director. Gold resigns effective August 1 or 15 to become Winston-Salem city manager at 13000 annually after earning 9000 from the state. Dr Henry W Jordan said Anderson is being considered.
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Anderson
Highway Commission
Henry W. Jordan
SBI
Gold
Winston-Salem
Jordan
Jor
Greensboro Man Is Appointed To Rail Inspectorship
Gov Kerr Scott names Carroll L Mann of Greensboro as rail inspector for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Co to fill the unexpired term of L V Morrill of Snow Hill. The term ends Aug 10 and Mann is seen as likely for reappointment.
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Carroll L. Mann
Greensboro
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Co
Mann
L. V. Morrill
Snow Hill
Goldsboro
Morehead City
General Assembly
Scott
Russell M. Grumman
Chapel Hill
Joel W. Wright
Asheville
State Hospital For
Ellen B. Winston
Raleigh
F. S. Barker
Durham
Gold's Replacement Hinted As Prisons Director Succeeds
Jordan intends to announce Golds successor soon after noting Gold has served as Prisons Director for almost a year. Dan stated he would likely be an iy administrator. He previously led SBI and was police chief in Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
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Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Inernational Association of Chiefs
Jordan
Gold
Talks at Kaesong Amid Cease Fire Talks Progress
Reports from Kaesong describe eight hours of talks between U N and Chinese Red delegates with Adm. Joy leading the U N team. Joy warned that fighting would continue without a just military settlement and U N hostility would persist outside neutral zones until an armistice is agreed. Ridgway made a surprise front line visit as discussions continued in a 15 by 18 foot room within a neutral zone.
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Ta Kung Pao
Kaesong
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38Th Parallel
Formosa
Hsieh Fang
Tung Hua
Joy
Korea
Ridgway
Acson
Red Age Gene Gy
Red China
United Nations
Joyce
Ceeeong Lane
Pyongyang
Aoene
Barber pole snatched in Oklahoma City police report
Police report lists a 200 glass-encased electric barber pole stolen from in front of a local shop. The incident highlights ongoing property crime in the city as officers investigate the grab.
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Oklahoma City
Connally urges cease-fire limits on Korea not to hinder buildup
Sen. Connally of Texas says any Korea cease-fire should not slow U S military buildup at home and in Western Europe. He notes President Truman's proposal to end the state of war with Western Germany and says defense outlays for Western Europe remain essential despite Korea developments.
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Sen
Connally
Europe
Connally Indica
Sugdell
Texas
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oilmen Named In Conspiracy Over Prices
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan says the SBI is investigating charges that major oil companies fix prices, amid a Piedmont gasoline price war where independent dealers accuse larger firms of slashing prices to push them out. Prices dropped to 23.9 cents per gallon in Salisbury as the inquiry continues.
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North Carolina
Harry McMullan
Bureau of Indelved
SBI Investige
Kerr Scott
Salisbury
McMullan
Seaboard
Atlantic States
Two Boys Trigger Bank Alarm as They Opened Door
Two youths aged 3 and 1 sparked a bank alarm at the First National Bank when they touched a switch while their mother spoke with a bank official. Police arrived to find no robbery, only a false alarm caused by the children.
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Tex
First National Bank
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