Converted Warship to Carry Missionaries to Liberia
In Vicksburg Mississippi a converted Navy LSM blessed as a peacetime weapon will transport 20 technical missionaries and heavy equipment to Liberia West Africa. Millionaire Robert G. LeTourneau funds the project with evangelist Billy Graham leading the dedication. The vessel carries half a million dollars worth of earth moving gear and spare parts to clear jungle and build villages while teaching modern farming.
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Vicksburg
Miss
LSM
Robert G. LeTourneau
Billy Graham
Jackson
Montreal
N. C
Mississippi River Landing
Negro Republic of Liberia
West Africa
State Department
LeTourneau
Liberia
Republic
Gustav Dick
Louise Dick
Pittsburgh
Fire-engulfed freighter Black Gull off Long Island
A Norwegian freighter loaded with naphthalene burst into flames 65 miles east of Long Island. 45 of 49 aboard were rescued by the Swedish American liner Gripsholm and Coast Guard crews, with four crewmen still missing as search efforts continued. The ship carried 500 tons of naphthalene from Bremen to New York.
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New York
Atlantic
Long Island
Gripsholm
Black Gull
Coast Guard
Mackinac
Sigfrid Ericson
Associated Press
Sweden
Bremen
Fred Kerner
Kerner
Press Meeting Ends With Election At Blow Rock NC
The North Carolina Press Association annual convention ended in Blow Rock after elected officers. D A Rawley became president, J A Sharpe named vice president, and Dante Germino re elected secretary treasurer. Members toured Grandfather Mountain and attended Horn in the West.
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Blowing Rock
N. C
North Carolina Press Association
Associated Dailies
D. A. Rawley
High Point Enterprise
Jay Huskins
Statesville Record
J. A. Sharpe
Lumberton Robesonian
Dante Germino
Durham ‘Herald-Sun
Harold Carter
Sylvania Electric Products
Association
Thomas J. Lassiter
Smithfield
Holt McPherson
Shelby
Grandfather Mountain
West
CIO says mills refused recognition in three North Carolina plants
The CIO Textile Workers Union of America says it sought recognition at Corridor Mill in Landis and Linn Mills in Landis and Concord where 1,500 sitdown strikers work. Company refusal reported. Union may seek NLRB election. Taft Hartley Act address requested. Workers halted operations after vacation bonuses were withheld citing profits.
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Greensboro
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Landis
Concord
Wayne Dernencourt
TWUA
Corridor
Linn
Landis and Concord
National Labor Relations Board
Dernencourt
Labor Press apologizes to Russell for unauthorized telegram
Eastern Labor Press Conference officials apologized to Senator Richard B. Russell for a fake telegram denouncing him as an enemy of labor. They said they would inform Russell at once and investigate who used their name without authorization. Russell, a Democratic presidential hopeful, called for Taft Hartley repeal after voting for the law and against Truman.
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Washington
Eastern Labor Press Conference
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Labor
Frank Powers
Ruth Taylor
Russell
Powers
Miss Taylor
Edward Doane
Senate
Truman
AFL
Chicago
Independent Labor
No more gags at campaign HQ the taboo memo says
Chicago reports a serious office memo banning gag photos at Senator Estes Kefauver campaign headquarters. A staff note declares no more pictures of girls in coon skin caps or gag shots. In Hastings a restaurant restroom query ends with out of order and a salesman line asking to return tomorrow.
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Chicago
Camign
Sen. Estes Efauver
Hastings
Ned
Illinois Incursion Horizontal 6 and Other Clues Puzzle
A crossword style listing combines across and down clues with integers and hints like Bluebirds genus and state symbols. It presents a mixed set of definitions including geographic, linguistic and object terms to be filled in a grid.
Six States Vote on Tobacco Marketing Quotas Today
Flue cured tobacco growers in Alabama Florida Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia vote on whether to continue marketing quotas for 1953 or for three years or to drop quotas. Two thirds approval needed. North and South Carolina voters also decide on a 10 cent per acre assessment to support Tobacco Associates.
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Alabama
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Mfl
Tobacco Associates, Inc
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Ike Leaves Political War For Some Trout Fishing
Dwight D. Eisenhower stepped back from national politics to a week of trout fishing in Fraser Colorado at St Louis Creek on a 1900 acre cattle ranch owned by Aksel Nielsen. The trip comes as Chicago hosts the Democratic national convention with Ike appearing uninterested in the proceedings. The Fraser area is nicknamed the Icebox of Colorado with subfreezing nights even in summer.
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GOP
Chicago
Millilar International Amphitheatre
Dems
America
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
St. Louis Creek
Aksel Nielsen
Eisenhower
Fraser
Colo
Colorado
Scott Plans to Give Pay Raise to State Employes
Raleigh Gov. Scott proposes a 10 percent pay raise for all state employees using surplus general funds and asks Atty Gen. McMullan to rule on legality. The plan would cost about 16 million for the first half of the fiscal year and include highway workers if allowed.
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Raleigh
Scott
Atty
Harry McMullan
William B. Umstead
McMullan
Highway Commission
ICC Approves 23 Percent Sleeping Car Rate Increase
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Pullman Co to raise minimum sleeping car rates by 23 percent with the new charges to take effect around July 28. The increase follows an earlier ICC suspension and a rate investigation prompted by the Defense Department and other federal agencies. The commission estimates the move will yield about 4.3 million dollars annually in additional revenue, though Pullman still projects an operating deficit over 15 million dollars for the year.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Co
Pullman
ICC
Defense Department
Ohio's oldest voter solid through eras at 101
Charles D. Heacock of West Unity, Ohio, 101, remains a lifelong voter. Heacock cast his first ballot in 1872 in Ulysses S. Grant’s re election and has not missed an election since.
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Columbus, O
Charles D. Heacock
West Unity
Ohio
Heacock
Ulysses Grant
Burglars Nabbed By Cop At Fort Worth Drive In
A patrol car near the Annex Drive In arrests two burglars as they exit with loot. Police units chase and seize them, ending the break in incident in Fort Worth Texas.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Annex
Timber Loss Estimated At 460 Million Cubic Feet yearly
An estimate indicates that fire destroys over 460 million cubic feet of timber in the United States each year, highlighting significant losses to forest resources and the potential impact on the lumber industry.
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United States
Time Zone Notes for Local Stations
Eastern Local Time guidance explains subtract one hour for central and two hours for mountain. It notes some stations adjust relay times to fit local schedules and that last minute program changes cannot be included.
Saturday TV Schedule Highlights and Lineups
Evening listings show a dense array of programs across stations NBC CBS and local affiliates including news sports music drama and variety hours. Notable items include NBCs Symphony at 6 30 and Tarzan drama at 9 30 CBSs Gun Smoke at 7 30 and Waxworks Hour at 9 30 and Grand Ole Opry at 9 30 plus WBTV Charlotte and WEMY TV schedules with late night shows and film shorts.
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Abe Smiley
Whitley
Earl Godwin
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NBC Symphony
Cbs Sports
al Helfer
Abc Twin Views of News
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Cbs
Jane Ace
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Tin Pan Valley
Chicago Theater
Mbese
Basin Street
Nbec Dance Orchestra
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