Graham Not Likely to Resign from U S Senate Seat
Raleigh July 15 A U S News paragraph says Frank Graham will be given a good assignment with the United Nations before his Senate term ends. Governor Scott may face a resignation scenario for Willis Smith’s interim seat, but current talk is unlikely to prompt a resignation or major upheaval.
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David Lawrence
Smith
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Senate
Pat Taylor
Taylor
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Congress
Willis Smith
State Board of Elections
Smathers
Florida
Voice of America to Blast Through Curtain With 89 Million
President Truman asks Congress for 89 million dollars to step up Voice of America broadcasts and counter Soviet jamming. Funds would buy powerful transmitters to reach the Far East and Europe and improve efforts in Russia, with additional money for films publications and information centers.
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White House
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Soviet Union
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Ambulance Plane Burns Killing Patient On Cot
A sick man strapped to a cot aboard an ambulance plane burned to death when the craft burst into flames on landing at an air field. Lev H Prichard Jr., 42, oil operator from Oklahoma City and San Antonio, was killed. Pilot J P Jones of Van Nuys suffered facial and hand burns. medical attendant A J Ford of Los Angeles unharmed. Dr Andrew S Tombs of Victoria, Texas, also unharmed. The plane was en route from Los Angeles to San Antonio via El Paso. Hachita, New Mexico, lies about 100 miles west of El Paso.
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van Nuys
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Los Angeles
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Victoria
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Texas
Prisoners barred from polling in North Carolina
North Carolina will not escort prisoners to polls for registration or voting due to facility and personnel limits and concerns about coercion. The policy applies statewide, with exceptions for absentee ballots for prisoners serving misdemeanors outside their home counties.
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Henry W. Jordan
Highway Commission
Jordan
Craggy
Buncombe County
Hughes Rhodes
Salvation Army Leader Evangeline Booth Critical
Evangeline Booth 84 a retirement head of the Salvation Army was reported critically ill at her Hartsdale New York home today A Salvation Army spokesman quoted her physician saying her death could be expected in a matter of days Miss Booths father founded the Salvation Army
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Venus Fly-trap protection drives North Carolina effort
The Venus fly trap Dionaea muscipula attracts both scientists and laypeople. Garden clubs push protective legislation to safeguard native plants, deter hawkers, and prevent habitat destruction while debates over Democratic party quorum and women representation unfold alongside rising North Carolina vehicle counts.
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Election Probe In Carolinas Still Pending
Senate investigators decide to drop the inquiry into large primary expenditures in Florida and Illinois due to insufficient information. Investigators studied Pennsylvania and Carolinas cases and may alert officials if laws are violated. Gov Duff defeated J C Kunkel in the May 16 Republican primary for the Senate nomination.
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Criminal Division
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John C. Kunkel
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North Carolina Highway Traffic Reaches New Peak
North Carolina highway traffic rose to a new high with 75,044 vehicles per day on average in June across 20 automatic counters. The 15 percent rise from last June follows five months of steady increases averaging 14 to 15 percent. Engineer James S. Burch notes unprecedented volumes and predicts even higher levels in the next two summer months.
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North Carolina and South Carolina Primary Outcomes
Francis J. Myers as assistant Democratic senate leader noted in November finals. North Carolina nominee Willis Smith defeated Frank P. Graham in a June 24 runoff after Graham led May 27 in the first primary. South Carolina renominated Senator Olin D. Johnston over Gov. J Strom Thurmond who backed states rights in 1948. Gillette reported no further complaints about primary or final campaigns.
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Democratic Senate
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Frank P. Graham
Willis Smith
American Bar Association
Graham
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
J. Strom Thurmond
Truman
States Rights Party
Gillette
British freighter Fanstone sinks after mine strike off Dutch coast
The 560-ton Fanstone carrying iron from Emden to Hull struck an old mine off the Dutch coast yesterday and sank within minutes. All 11 crew members were rescued after drifting 23 hours in a small boat.
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Argentine Quints Celebrate Seventh Birthday Today
In Buenos Aires the Diligenti quintuplets turn seven today. Franco Diligenti Jr and siblings Carlos Maria Fernanda Maria Esther and Maria Cristina boast five languages Spanish English French German Italian and will begin on a five by five multiplication table.
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Buenos Atres
Argentina
Diligenti
Franco Diligenti
Franco, Jr
Carlos
Maria Fernanda
Maria Esther
Maria Cristina
Women May Be Called Eventually
Washington July 15 selectives service has been thinking about drafting women with an emergency needing about all the people it has and a change in the draft law says Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey In a Mutual broadcast he noted that planning has occurred for draft boards to register women eventually Nurses were sought by the armed services in World War II
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Mutual
Armed Services
Five Hospitals Closed Free Up 500 Doctors for Korea
Secretary Johnson said the spring closure of five military hospitals freed 500 medical officers sent to the Far East as the Korean War began. He spoke after a White House cabinet meeting with reporters.
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Defense Johnson
Far East
Johnson
White House
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