Three U.S. soldiers sail for home from Hong Kong
Three former prisoners of war Cowart Bell and Griggs prepared to sail home tonight from Hong Kong aboard the President Cleveland after being released by Chinese authorities. They faced possible prosecution but planned to tell their stories while restricted to the ship until California.
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Hong Kong
U.S
William A. Cowart
Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Hillsboro
Miss
Der
United States
President Cleveland
San Francisco
Japan
State Department
California
China
Wilson
Griggs
Red China
Peiping
Roger Devriendt
Louis Verdyk
Red Cross
America
Cowart
Unidentified Woman Found Dead in Abandoned Asheboro House
A decomposed body of a woman under 30 was found on the second floor of an abandoned house west of Asheboro. The sheriff suspects strangulation with a cotton belt and handkerchief. FBI fingerprinting is underway to identify her.
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Asheboro Country Ab
Randolph
Wayne W. Wilson
Area
Country Club
Asheboro
FBI
Wilson
Forest Fires Ravage Three States in Massive Blaze
More than 2,000 firefighters tackled wildfires across Arizona Wyoming and Colorado. The Prescott Arizona fire killed a man and burned at least 23,000 acres, with two Wyoming blazes and a Colorado fire also destroying thousands of acres. Fire lines remained unsettled as crews worked to encircle the flames.
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Arizona
Prescott National Forest
Prescott
Forest Service
Wyoming
Medicine Bow
Arapahoe National Forest
Colorado
Phoenix
Denver
Charles Cline
Waggoner
Ariz
W. B. Gallaher
E. J. Fortenberry
Laramie
Medicine Bow Mountains
Forten
Medicine Row National Forest
Saratoga
Wyo
Lumberton High appoints Gilbert Carroll as principal
Gilbert Carroll 26 year old native of Weldon named principal of Lumberton High School. Formerly taught at Needham Broughton High Raleigh. ECU College graduate 1950 with B S. Master’s in education from Duke 1954. Pursuing further graduate work at UNC and N C State College.
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Lumberton
N.C
Gilbert Caroll
Weldon
Lumberton High School
Carroll
Needham Broughton High
Raleigh
East Carolina College
Duke University
University of North Carolina
N.C. State College
The Russian Briefcase Bulganin Heads to Geneva
AP news analyst William L. Ryan studies Russian press and actions to forecast Bulganin’s Geneva summit. Four articles titled Geneva: The Crisis of Communism start tomorrow in this newspaper detailing likely topics and Western responses.
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Bulganin
Geneva
William L. Ryan
Thurmond Backs Expanded Reserve Bill
Senator Thurmond supported the Eisenhower administration on a Senate Armed Services Committee plan to broaden the military reserve law. The proposal includes compulsory peacetime veteran training and opposes Senator Russell's alternative offering a $1400 bonus to veterans who volunteer for combat-ready reserve units.
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Washington
Sen
Thurmond
D-Sc
Senate
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Marine Corps
the Reserve Officers Assn
Cotton Decision Is Awaited By U S Officials
Washington expects an early decision from Secretary Benson on possible sale of cotton abroad at cut rate prices. The move aims to boost exports amid 10.7 million bales in reserve and surplus, with production restrictions under farm laws. The International Cotton Advisory Committee in Paris discussed world surplus and policy uncertainty. A cotton export program advisory committee has not agreed on recommendations.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
United States
U.S
International Cotton Adviory Committee
Paris
Furniture Market Stormed By Buyers
Buyers flood the Southern Furniture and Bug Market with registration at 1507 by late morning and forecasts of over 6000 attendees by close. Exhibitors report optimistic early sales though buyers inspect multiple lines, with price hikes not deterring demand and new designs boosting value perceptions. The High Point market sees heavy traffic, limited parking, and rising use of transit with an air conditioned cafeteria now in operation.
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High Point
Exposition Building
S. Main
Davy Crockett
Davy
Budget Fight Grows Over Foreign Aid Bill in House
A $2.64 billion foreign aid measure heads into a House clash between budget cutters and boosters. The bill, trimmed about $627.9 million from Eisenhower requests, would fund current year military and economic aid to non Communist nations and add roughly $8.72 billion in unspent balances. Rep. Passman leads backers aiming to hold the bill steady. Rep. Taber counters for deeper cuts.
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Washington
House
Eisenhower
Appropriations Committee
Rep
John Taber
New York
Taber
Passman
D-La
Senate
Soviets reportedly plan second uranium-water reactor power plant
Peiping radio says Soviet scientists are building a second, more efficient atomic plant based on a uranium-water reactor. The first reactor near Moscow has waited about a year producing electricity. Dr. Yoshio Fujioka of Tokyo Educational University visited the Moscow site July 7.
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Tokyo
Peiping Radio
Moscow
Peiping
Mihail Dubinin
Presidium
Soviet Academy of Sciences
Yoshio Fujioka
Tokyo Educational University
Russia
Anderson Resigns From Post As Deputy Defense Secretary
Robert B. Anderson of Texas resigned today as deputy secretary of defense effective about August 15. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation with reluctance and said a successor has not been chosen, with a nomination possible before adjournment. Names linked to the post include Reuben B. Robertson Jr. and others. Anderson cited personal reasons for stepping down.
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Washington
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Defense
White House
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
Congress
Anderson
Reuben B. Robertson Jr
Hamilton
Ohio
Paper Company
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Air Force
Harold Talbott
Gordon Gray
Wilson
Snyder
Bob
Roger M. Kyes
Russians To Invite Graham
Russian church leaders expressed hope that evangelist Billy Graham will be invited to Moscow soon as a guest of the Soviet Union's Evangelical Christian Baptist Council. Rev J L Zhidkov spoke at a news conference on behalf of visiting Russian clergy.
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London
Billy Graham
Moscow
Evangelical Christian Baptist Council of
Soviet Union
J. L. Zhidkov
Russian Baptist Movement
Graham
Russia
Vis
Pitirim
West
Ahaapolitan
Buu
Filatov
V. P. Filatov
IronClad Assurances Sought From Memphis on Power Plant
Washington officials seek iron clad guarantees Memphis will build its own power plant. Memphis Mayor Tobey and Frank Allen met with Attorney General Brownell and others as Eisenhower aides restudy the Dixon Yates contract amid Memphis plans to proceed with a local plant. Kefauver subcommittee to press Adolphe Wenzell testimony on Dixon Yates.
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IronClad
Memphis
Washington
Dixon-Yates
Frank Tobey
Maj
Theenas H. Allen
Light, Gas and Water Division
Tobey
Allen
Brownell
Rowland R. Hughes
Vogel
Tennessee Valley Ae
Eisenhower
TVA
Correson
Kefauver
Adolphe H. Wenzell
Budget Bureau
First Boston Corp
New York Financial
Finn
Masons in Waynesville Hear Dr Pugh Address Assembly
In Waynesville North Carolina Dr Charles H Pugh grand master of Masons in North Carolina spoke to delegates from several states during the annual service at the Masonic temple at Black Camp Gap The James Jackson Jr Chapter of DeMolay of Asheville will demonstrate the initiatory degree tonight Several hundred Masons registered for the event which will continue through tomorrow.
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Waynesville
N.C
Charles H. Pugh
North Caron
Black Camp Gap
James Jackson Jr
Model Loses Last Chance For Life
Ruth Ellis, 28, an ex model and mother of two, lost her bid for clemency in Britain. Home Secretary Lloyd George refused reprieve from capital punishment for the Easter Sunday killing of lover David Blakely. Ellis faces execution at Holloway Prison, while supporters plan further efforts to delay or overturn the sentence.
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London
Ruth Ellis
Holloway
Ellis
Lloyd-George
Britain
David Lloyd-George
House of Commons
G. H. R. Rogers
Kensington North
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Joseph Dodge
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
Dixon- Yates
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