Soviets Press for Berlin Demands Amid Blockade Talks
Western diplomats weigh responses as Moscow signals possible limited exit corridors while press and air routes face new restrictions. The Soviet announcements require inspections and limit westbound traffic, prompting protests from the United States Britain and France and prompting delays for garrison leaves and civilian travel.
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Britain
France
London
Russia
ONDON
Greeks Seek U S Aid to Repress Guerrillas in Greece
In Athens on July 10 the Greek government pressed for United States military help as the Gramnos mountains operation against guerrillas stalls. Premier Themistokles Sophoulis announced a memorandum outlining needs including a 40 000 man army boost and air force bombers, discussed with U S officials Draper Griswold Van Fleet and Wedemeyer among others.
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Themistokles Sophoulis
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Army
Dwight P. Griswold
Greece
James Alward van Fleet
Albert C. Wedemeyer
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Galilee
Mishmar Hayarden
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North Carolina Weather Forecast
Partly cloudy and cloudy Sunday. Scattered thundershowers likely in the west and south areas Sunday afternoon. Warmer temperatures expected in the western portion.
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North Carolina
Geatiores
North Carolina Delegates Prepare for Democratic Caucus
North Carolina’s 40 delegates and 40 alternates travel toward Philadelphia for a Monday caucus at the Hotel Adelphis. Governor Cherry and W. Kerr Scott join the group. Cherry presides until a chairman is chosen as the delegation names a national committeeman and committeewoman.
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Philadelphia
Cherry
W. Kerr Scott
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Adelphis
VA May Not Renew Duke Contracts Questioned
Greensboro Daily News reports the VA is considering renewing or withholding Duke University hospital contracts after a dispute over $13,325 in consultant fees. Comptroller General Lindley Warren upheld the VA claiming overpayment. Duke doctors argue VA received full value for services at Duke in Durham.
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Durham
Wilson Farmer Ends Two-Day Vigil With Shotgun Stand
Wilson County farmer Jack Moore, 54, fired a shot to end a two day stand against state highway workers who removed a tall willow oak blocking right of way for U S Highway 801. The man had refused access until a promise to replace his yard driveways was secured. Bulldozer crews then began work.
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Wilson County
State Highway Department
Jack Moore
Progressives Press Petition Signer Checks in NC
Raleigh July 10 progressive party leaders seek ballot access in North Carolina by filing a petition. County elections chairmen were urged by state board of elections chair Hubert Olive to verify signer names as part of the 10,000 valid names required to gain recognition for the November general election.
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State Board of Elections
Progressive Party
Hubert E. Olive
North Carolina
Conciliatory Platform In Preparation
A Philadelphia report says the Truman administration suggested conciliatory platform language toward the South. Senator Myers and J. Howard McGrath discuss civil rights planks as possible on the Democratic platform. The likely inclusion of a 1944 civil rights plank is noted amid floor fight tensions.
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Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr
Minneapolis
Platform Committee
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McGrath
Mexican Press Accuses U S of Invasion
U S Ambassador Walter Thurston delivered a note to Foreign Secretary Torres Bodet expressing regret over Mexican newspaper critiques of American presence at a plane crash scene on July 2. Sixteen dead included eight Americans and eight Mexicans. a crowd of about 500 gathered outside the U S embassy, with a second story window broken, as police kept order.
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Walter Thurston
Torres Bodet
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Orizaba
Central Carolina Polio Drive Nears $10,000 Mark
The Central Carolina Polio Convalescent Hospital fund nears ten thousand dollars with contributions totaling 1349.60, part of a 60000 project for polio victims now at 9774.21. A new polio case, Miss Anna Kirkman of Pleasant Garden, 19, was admitted to ORD isolation. In Raleigh infantile paralysis reports spur statewide action.
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Greensboro
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Government Spending Exceeds Budget Forecasts in Red Year
Washington reports indicate the Truman administration will announce a deficit for the current fiscal year, with spending rising to about 42 billion dollars from January estimates of 39.7 billion. A 4.6 billion dollar tax cut is blamed for reducing revenue and pushing the government into the red after two years of budget surpluses.
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Allies Face Long Struggle in Berlin
Washington and London predict a protracted costly conflict in Berlin if Moscow refuses to lift the blockade. Officials hope for a Moscow reply while noting Russia may press to reopen talks and Rousseau policy aims. The air lift underpins supplies to 2,400,000 Germans in the western zone amid winter fears.
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Radioactive liquids now are available for research use
The Atomic Energy Commission announced availability of tagged chemical compounds with radioactive carbon-14 for research, medical, and industrial use. It notes these include ethyl alcohol, wood alcohol, acetic acid, acetylene, and various sodium salts, plus radioactive gold compounds. previously researchers had to make their own tagged compounds.
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Atomic Energy Commission
North Carolina Youth to Attend National Government Forum
Ninety six high school students from across the nation will gather in Washington on July 30 for the annual Boys Forum of National Government. The American Legion sponsors the event to give top students insight into federal operations. In Washington they meet President Truman and cabinet officers, take part in simulated legislative lessons and elect a boy president with Rufus G. Herring of Roseboro named as forum counselor.
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W. C. Sawyer
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Roseboro, N. C
Democratic Caucus Fails to Decide Vice Presidential Pick
Philadelphia July 10 The Democratic caucus factions coalesced behind Truman for president while vice presidential choices remained unsettled. Early talks favored Lucas of Illinois then Douglas, with O Mahoney from Wyoming later in the mix. Douglas refused to quit the Supreme Court for vp, and James Roosevelt canceled a caucus backing Eisenhower. Midwestern union backed Truman. O Mahoney emerged as a candidate. Lucas and Douglas drew continued support from party leaders in Illinois and Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Harry Truman
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Supreme Court
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Joseph C. O'Mahoney
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Ford Workers Vote Heavily For Union Shop
Ford Motor Co employees vote 90 percent in favor of a union shop in the largest NLRB election of its kind. Of 98,989 eligible, 88,943 supported the union shop and 1,214 opposed. nonvoters counted against the proposal. CIO United Auto Workers calls it a magnificent victory.
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