Reds Claim Five Killed In Panmunjom Prison Camp Strike
A Panmunjom incident report states five U N prisoners were killed and 15 wounded when Allied planes hit a prison camp north of Pyongyang last Friday. Rhee signaled willingness to accept an armistice while maintaining unification aims, and U S envoy Robertson reportedly won concessions from Rhee on not obstructing the peace process.
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Walter S. Robertson
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Korea
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Japan
Scripps‘Howard
Jim Lucas
East German regime promises more food amid Eisenhower offer rejection
East Berlin reacts to U S food proposal as Moscow rejects Eisenhower plan to send 15 million dollars in food to workers under Soviet control. Food Minister Wach vows more meat fish margarine and oil, while Bonn leader Adenauer calls the move regrettable and urges humane gesture.
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Adenauer
West Germany
London Court Denies Christie Mercy Appeal
The government refused to commute the death sentence of sex strangler John R Christie. Home Secretary Sir David Maxwell Fyfe announced no clemency for Christie, who killed seven women and was to be hanged. A World War I comrade sought permission to visit the condemned man amid claims of an eighth murder.
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John R. Christie
David Maxwell Fyfe
Home Secretary
Elizabeth II
Christie
Ethel
Notting Hill
State Bankers Meet in Chapel Hill North Carolina
A week long conference of bankers from the Carolinas opened in Chapel Hill. Edward T. Shipley of Wachovia Bank and Trust Co. and Melvin C. Miller of the American Bankers Association addressed the commercial banking division. In Charlotte, Ground Observer Corps members spent the weekend watching the skies after a surprise alert began Saturday at 4 am and ended Sunday at 2 30 pm with observers tracking aircraft.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Two Carolinas
Edward T. Shipley
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Winston - Salem
Melvin C. Miller
American Bankers Association
Charlotte
Carolinas
New Dixie Bright 28 tobacco developed for wilt resistance
North Carolina State College and the U S Department of Agriculture announced the third in a series of flue cured tobaccos with high resistance to bacterial wilt. Dixie Bright 28 yields good quality cigar leaf and high production potential.
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North Carolina State College
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Wilmington prepares gala sendoff for Senator-elect Lennon
Wilmington residents map a downtown parade and reception for Alton A. Lennon who will be sworn in as the new U S senator. Lennon was appointed by Gov. Umstead last Friday to fill the seat left by the late Son Willis Smith and will depart for Washington tomorrow night.
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N. C
Alton A. Lennon
Washington
Lennon
Senate
Umstead
Willis Smith
Raleigh Debuts WNAC TV Station On Channel 28
Raleigh's first television station WNAC TV began formal operation yesterday on UHF channel 28. The station, affiliated with the four major networks, plans nightly broadcasts from 5 p.m. to midnight.
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Raleigh
Wnac-Tv
Footprints in Time Echoed by Little Liz
An excerpt reflecting on how some seek lasting marks in history while others content themselves with small, private traces of life. The piece contrasts grand legacy with personal footprints.
Tension Mounts as British Patrols Seal Ismailia Egypt
British forces with machine gun arms seal Ismailia near the Suez Canal and announce searches of entrants since last Thursday. Egyptian troops occupy government buildings while denying friction with the British Army. Protests rise as accusations of an Egyptian official involvement surface.
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Naguib
U.S
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Robert Hankey
Caffery
London
Foreign Office
Washington
Lord Salisbury
B. S. Gorden
Canal Zone
Gorden
Canarie
NC educators hold leadership panel training in Blue Ridge
North Carolina Education Association unit officials led a leadership training in Blue Ridge with about 300 delegates discussing plans for the 1954 NCEA convention. Separately in Washington, the United States advanced food shipments to East Germany despite Moscow’s rejection, with initial relief supplies of flour lard beans and dried milk on the way to New York and plans for possible onward shipment.
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N. C
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Moscow
Eisenhower
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Europe
East Asia tensions rise as Indochina arms feared
The Big Three foreign ministers weigh a possible shift of Communist aggression from Korea to Indochina as Red China increases arms shipments to insurgents there. Dulles Bidault and Salisbury discuss plans for expanded French troops and U S aid while lining up a potential final communique on postwar Europe.
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Bidault
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Korea
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Germany
Rejected Suitor Fires At Wedding Party in Covington
In Covington Kentucky a rejected suitor Royal Carl Kalker 39 forced entry into a third floor apartment where a wedding eve breakfast was underway for Miss Else Hogden 32 and Arthur Ross 42. Kalker shot Hogden and Ross with dum-dum bullets and wounded two bystanders including John Buckman 22. Police said Kalker killed himself with a gunshot as officers closed in. Hogden a German war bride and divorcee had tried to discourage Kalker since meeting at Covington Plating Works last Christmas.
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Royal Carl Kalker
Else Hogden
Arthur Ross
Miss Hogden
Ross
Osgood
Ind
John Buckman
Kalker
Covington Plating Works
Minnie Johnson
Polio Victims Climb to 152 in Two Counties
In western North Carolina the polio outbreak rose to 152 cases in Catawba and Caldwell counties. Four deaths reported this year amid ongoing mass inoculation efforts. Caldwell added three cases and one death. Catawba recorded two new cases. A regional vaccination drive plans to begin soon for children ten and under once gamma globulin arrives.
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Hickory
N. C
North Carolina
Catawba County
Caldwell County
Caldwell
William Happer
Catawba
Allied air and ground forces press Korea battle front
Allied Sabre and Thunderjet bombers pound Communist positions in Korea while Eighth Army reports the heaviest Red assault in two years on a 12 mile central front. In the Pacific, a search for survivors from a Trans Ocean Air Lines DC-6B continues after a wake Honolulu flight vanished with 58 aboard.
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Sniper Ridge
Ten Die Violently Over Weekend in North Carolina
Over the weekend North Carolina saw at least ten violent deaths. Victims include Charles Daniel Jamison 30 of Gastonia killed in a one vehicle crash on the Shelby Kings Mountain road. A two car wreck near Pinnacle killed three people including Willie Hugh Gibbons 49 Kernersville Trudy Lee Gibbons 50 and William Snyder Tilley 70. Johnny Mack Edwards 21 Pilot Mountain charged with manslaughter. James Reece Phifer 30 Matthews Rt 2 died after losing control. An 18 year old Doyle Leslee Thomas Hammond Ind. died in a 40 foot embankment fall near Newland. Charlie William Hayes 61 drowned while fishing Cape Fear River. A one year old Johnnie Wayne Stuart Jr Varina crushed by a falling cement wall on his father's farm. James William Murray 28 Madison Rt 1 stabbed to death. companion JamesDawson Bullins of Stokes County charged with murder. Fred Page Sr 50 Hyatt Creek Waynesville area died after being struck by a car. A two car wreck near Pinnacle left four injured.
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Charles Daniel Jamison
Gastonia Negro
Shelby—Kings Mountain Road
Johnnie Wayne Stuart Jr
J. W. Stuart
Rt. 1
Varina
James William Murray
Madison
James Dawson Bullins
Stokes County
Fred Page Sr
Hyatt Creek
Haywood County
Asheville
Waynesville
Doyle Leslee Thomas
Hammond
Ind
Newland
Charlie William Hayes
Cape Fear
Wilson
Bonnie Doone
Matthews—Weddington Road
James Reece Phifer
Rt. 2
Matthews
Phifer
Pinnacle
Willie Hugh Gibbons
Kernersville
Trudy Lee Tilley Gibbons
William Snyder Tilley
Gibbon
Gibbons
Donald
Johnny Mack iEdwards
Pilot Mountain
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Charlotte Area
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Health Department reports two new polio cases. A Montgomery Alabama child is ill during an epidemic there. Linda Ford, age 2, visiting relatives in Charlotte, fell ill Tuesday and was diagnosed today.
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Charlotte - Mecklenburg County
Montgomery
Ala
Linda Ford
Duke Professor Embarks on 57th Europe Trip
Dr. E H Young emeritus professor from Duke University leaves for Great Britain and France this month marking his seventeenth Atlantic crossing.
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Europe
E. H. Young
Duke University
Dr. Young
Great Britain
France
Atlantic
Weather outlook with mild night and warm day
Tonight's low around 58 with a high near 85 tomorrow. Today's high was 85 and last night's low 56. Sunset is 7 38 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 14 a m.
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