Byrd Sweeps Virginia Primary. Anti Truman Forces Rally
Virginia voters give Sen Harry F Byrd a landslide renomination as a mandate against Truman era waste. Miller concedes with vow to oppose Byrd further while Byrd emphasizes fiscal reform and asserts no bid for president or vice president. Byrd carried nine of ten districts with a record turnout in a primary viewed as a Byrd triumph.
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Richmond
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Byrd
Senate
Col
Francis Pickens Miller
Senator Byrd
Truman
United Press
Washington
United Mine Workers
Shenandoah Valley
Treasury
Miller
Richard B. Russell
State Highway Commission Calls For Bids On 33 Projects
The State Highway Commission sought bids yesterday on 33 road work projects across 33 counties totaling 2.78 miles. Bids open July 29 and review July 31, with twelve projects financed under the 00 million dollar secondary road bond program.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Housing loans approved for 1230 Camp Lejeune units
Greensboro reports 1230 new residential units in the Camp Lejeune area with loan insurance commitments for two Jacksonville projects. The commitments, issued yesterday by the North Carolina Insuring Office of the FHA, total nearly 10 million dollars with construction slated to begin immediately.
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Greensboro
Camp Lejeune
Jacksonville
FHA
James P. McCrae
North Carolina
Federal Housing Administration
Former Wilmington sergeant faces bribery trial over lottery charges
Luther B. Rourk a former Wilmington police sergeant who resigned after 15 years is scheduled for trial next month on attempted bribery charges. He is accused by the New Hanover County grand jury of offering Police Chief J J Padrick 200 dollars a month to permit lottery operations in Wilmington. Rourk denies the allegations.
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Wilmington
Luther B. Rourk
New Hanover County Grand Jury
J. J. Padrick
Rourk
Salary cut ordered for UNC summer school staff
Dean Guy B. Phillips announced a 2 percent salary reduction for 225 University of North Carolina summer school employees due to enrollment falling by more than 1,000 in the first session versus last year.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Guy B. Phillips
Weevil Infestations Forecast for North Carolina
NC State College extension entomologist D Jones warns boll weevils will rise in North Carolina with peaks around July 12 to 25. Large numbers of first generation weevils emerge in early cotton. growers should apply treatments when infestations reach 10 percent or more.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Eg D. Jones
North Carolina State College Extension Service
Jones
Southern agriculture officials elect leaders in Asheville meet
Nine state agriculture commissioners held a three day tour in North Carolina and elected officers at their Asheville meeting. The group traveled from Winston-Salem where they attended a civic club luncheon toured R J Reynolds tobacco plants and visited Forsyth County dairy farms.
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Asheville
Association of Southern Agriculture Commissioners
Tar Heel
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Forsyth County
Industrialists Meet in Asheville and Blue Ridge Conferences
About 150 officials gathered for a one day Conference of Southern Industrial Executives. Over 800 executives supervisors professors and clerks registered for the opening four day session of the 33rd Southern Industrial Relations Conference at Blue Ridge.
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Asheville
Two Killed in Pittsboro Collision Involving Truck
A retired Baptist minister and his wife from Spartanburg South Carolina died in a highway crash near Pittsboro North Carolina when their car collided with a tractor trailer. The truck was driven by Leo C Roe of Tupelo Mississippi, an employee of a Birmingham Alabama trucking firm.
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Pittsboro
N. C
Spartanburg
S. C
George H. Johnson
Leo C. Roe
Tupelo
Miss
Birmingham
Ala
Vote appeal issued Raleigh tobacco referendum vote
Ruth Current state home demonstration agent urged eligible farm women and boys and girls to vote in the tobacco referendum Saturday. She said both spouses sharing in tobacco farming may vote, and tenants’ wives and farm youths are eligible too.
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Raleigh
Ruth Current
Miss Current
Sanford Herald to Become Daily Sept 1
The Sanford Herald will switch to a daily format starting September 1. Co publishers W E Tornet and J R Melver announced the change and noted a new building is under construction to house the newspaper.
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Sanford
W. E. Tornét
J. R. Melver
Truman Slams Congress Over Economy Cutbacks Signatures 1953 Bill
President Truman signed the 11.79 billion omnibus appropriation bill for fiscal 1953 amid sharp criticism of congressionally driven cuts. He condemned reductions in civil defense mutual security and foreign aid, warning they threaten national defense and Asia’s stability. The measure funds military economic and technical aid atomic expansion and about 250 bases both domestic and overseas.
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Truman
Congress
82Nd Congress
Ohio River Valley
One Red Jet Shot Down In Battles
American Sabre jets engaged more than 50 MIG-15s in three air battles over MIG Alley and downed at least one enemy fighter. Capt. Arthur H. McCarthy of Dearborn Michigan was credited with the kill, calling the opponent the best MIG pilot seen. The action followed reports of a large MIG presence in the area and earlier Allied pilots had tallied 47 MIGs in combat over Pyongyang and other targets. The Navy also said the destroyer Orleck destroyed a Communist train carrying guns and ammunition off the east coast, derailing the last car and blowing up 14 cars of ammunition and five other artillery pieces. On the ground, five tanks spearheaded an attack near Kumsong that was beaten back after three hours of fighting.
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Seoul
Korea
Arthur H. McCarthy
Dearborn
Mich
Pyongyang
Orlock
Orleck
Kumsong
U. N
New Strike Settlement Effort Today
Dr. John R. Steelman, acting director of defense mobilization, plans a second effort today to end the nationwide steel strike that has idled 1,250,000 workers. A two hour session between Philip Murray of the United Steelworkers and Joseph M. Larkin of Bethlehem Steel failed over the union shop issue, with Murray calling the offer inadequate and unsatisfactory and Larkin blaming the union for demanding a compulsory union shop. The industry said the latest offer included wage gains of 16 cents per hour, six holidays, better vacations and higher shift differentials. Murray called for the union wage policy committee to meet next Monday for a vote of confidence.
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Pittsburgh
John R. Steelman
Defense Mobilization
Steelman
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
CIO
Joseph M. Larkin
Bethlehem Steel
Larkin
Murray
Building inspectors flock to street as girl with sturdy build passes
A rough comment notes many building inspectors gathering when a girl described as having a good build walks by. The remark highlights onlookers rather than the subject's actions.
Delegate votes tabulated in Democratic nomination race Chicago AP United Press tally
United Press tabulated delegate votes tallying pledges and known first ballot preferences in the Democratic presidential nomination race. Key figures include Kefauver 0.267, Russell 0.117, Harriman 0.113, Stevenson 0.052, Kerr 0.043, Williams 0.040, Dever 0.036, Barkley 0.027, Humphrey 0.026, Fulbright 0.022, McMahon 0.016, Truman 0.014, with uncommitted or unknown voters and 28 delegates still to be chosen toward the nomination.
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United Press
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Richard B. Russell
Averell Harriman
Adlai Stevenson
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Paul Dever
Robert J. Barkley
Alben W. Barkley
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Brien McMahon
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Robert St. Kerr
Oklahoma
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McKinney
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Texas
Veteran Presidential Aide Quits After Long White House Service
William D. Hassett, longtime correspondence secretary to FDR and Truman, resigns at 71 amid calls for compulsory retirement. He drafted most of Mr. Truman’s letters and was famed for handling resignations. Truman accepts the resignation and notes Hassett’s years of service.
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William D. Hassett
Roosevelt
Truman
Hassett
Northfield
Buckel, Bartlett
Roger
London
White House
Stephen T
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P.S
Weather outlook reports warm day ahead
The forecast calls for a high of 90 and a low around 70 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 90 with last night’s low near 68.
Democrats Defend World War II to China Policies
Francis Biddle of Americans For Democratic Action defended U S foreign policy from World War I to Korea, arguing no apology is due for Yalta and urging against military action in China. He spoke to a platform committee while hearings began ahead of the Democratic convention.
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Korea
Francis Biddle
Americans For Democratic Action
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Truman
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Biddle
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Stalin
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National Committee
All Quiet After Lincoln County Prison Riot Ends
Lincoln County prison farm ends a day long grievance riot as four ringleaders are moved to Central Prison Raleigh. Guard D W Reynolds is freed unharmed after hostage crisis. officials plan disciplinary action for participants while Joe Anderson records complaints about food and privileges.
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N. C
Lincoln County
H. J. Schrum
D. W. Reynolds
Central Prison
Raleigh
Haggard
Reynolds
Walter Anderson
Anderson
Schrum
George Gibby
Peter Austin
William Dill
Cecil Hamilton
President Truman Enters Army Hospital for Check Up
President Truman checked into Walter Reed Army Hospital for a virus infection described as not serious. He may stay two or three days for a thorough checkup with Maj. Gen. Wallace H. Graham, his physician, noting Truman is in good health and able to shave and dress himself before entering the hospital.
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Truman
Walter Reed Hospital
Joseph Short
Short
Graham
White House
Wallace H. Graham
Big Military Hospital
George C. Marshall
Mohammed Mossadegh
Iran
Frank McKinney
Democratic Naece
Missouri
Two Surprise Red Moves Hint Break in Korea Talks
In Panmunjom observers reported two unexpected Communist moves signaling a potential break in Korean truce negotiations. Beijing announced recognition of the Geneva Convention for war prisoners as Red envoys sought a two day recess, with Friday session likely to yield a new proposal or mediation by a neutral protector.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Red
Peiping
Chou En-Lai
United Nations
Chou
U. N
South Korea
U.N
United States
U. S
Staffing urged for North Carolina mental hospitals
John W. Umstead told the Goldsboro Rotary Club that state mental hospitals in Goldsboro Raleigh Butner and Morganton now have 71 physicians and psychiatrists in total. He said fuller staffing could cure three of five patients within six months of entry.
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Goldsboro
North Carolina
John W. Umstead
Chapel Hill
State Hospital Board of Control
Umstead
Only One Southern Speaker At Democratic Convention
Chicago reports Democratic leaders arrange a short national convention with an open door for organized labor but no sign for conservatives. Speaker Sam Rayburn named permanent chairman as the only Southern top figure assigned a major role. Eleanor Roosevelt to headline. CIO and AFL placed on the drafting committee with Joseph A. Beirne and W. H. Lee as representatives.
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Chicago
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Eleanor Roosevelt
CIO
AFL
Joseph A. Beirne
The
Communications Workers of America
W. H. Lee
Stocks Follow Steady Course
New York stocks drifted with slight gains and losses as rail shares nudged higher. Trading remained quiet beneath yesterdays surge, while news on steel negotiations disappointed investors and kept the market cautious. Major movers included Union Pacific Santa Fe Texas Co J I Case Allied Chemical Radio Bethlehem Steel and Montgomery Ward.
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Union Pacific
Santa Fe, Texas Co
J. I. Case
Allied Chemical
Radio
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