Hodges warns against abandoning public schools as last resort
Gov. Hodges told a Lincolnton civic club he does not believe North Carolina faces a point to abandon public schools as a last resort. He said proposals to end public schools are only a possible last step and defended independence from outside pressure as NAACP requests to remove Asst. Atty. Gen. Lake. He noted water and other issues, and cited other Southern states discussing private operation ideas.
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Associated Press
Hodges
Lincolnton
Lincolnton Kiwanis and Farmers Club
National Assn
Beverly Lake
W. B. Rodman
NAACP
Lake
Raleigh
North Carolina
Charles F. Carroll
Nehru proposes Far East parley with China after Geneva
Prime Minister Nehru spoke at a news conference about an international Far East conference including Communist China. He said the timing and location were undecided and that Formosa and Chinese representation would be discussed. He warned the issue is more explosive than Germany and that initial talks in Geneva could only cover East Asian problems. Menon may return to Washington to aid informal approaches.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
China
Geneva
Far East
Formosa
Germany
Bulganin
U.N
U. S
Europe
V. K. Krishna Menon
Washington
Hosiery boarders strike in majority of local mills
About 75 percent of the citys boarding room workers walked out today in a spontaneous strike across seven hosiery mills led by United Textile Workers Local 65. The mills affected include Melrose Adams-Millis Crown Harriss-Covington Amos and Triangle with no incidents reported. A union meeting was planned at 1 PM to discuss pay raises sought since last October with a 15 percent across the board demand.
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High Point
Melrose Hosiery
United Textile Workers, A. F. of
E. Washington St
Melrose
Adams-Millis
Crown
Harriss-Covington
Amos
Triangle
Hugh A. Me. Crimmon
McCrimmon
R. Kenner Amos
J. E. Millis
Millis
High Point Hosiery Mills
Norma Mickle
Ruby Robbins
W. H. Anderson
Eden Arms Plan Gains Support Across Big Four
Sen George of Georgia endorsed Sir Anthony Eden's plan for limited European arms cuts and a possible next step toward binding security guarantees with Germany. He urged keeping a first step under consideration by Eisenhower and the British French Russian leaders at Geneva summit talks.
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Washington
Sen. George
Britain
Anthony Eden
Europe
Geneva
Germany
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Consideraton
Eisenhower
France
Russia
Big Four Photo Fails to Shake Hands at Geneva
At the U N building in Geneva the Big Four leaders posed for a photo on the lawn between rose beds. Eisenhower Eden Faure Seane sat in chairs arranged by U N staff while photographers urged a handshake, which the president declined citing the moment as not a handshaking occasion.
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Geneva
U. N
Eisenhower
Eden
Faure
Seane
U. N. Employes
James Pringle
Associated Press
Bulganin
Prize
Eisenhower Bec Eee
James Hagerty
White House
German Problem Outlined
The article outlines Germany as item No 1 at a summit agenda. It notes postwar division into four zones and the 1949 formal creation of the German Democratic Republic in the East. West Germany grows economically under US aid while East Germany remains under Soviet influence with 19 million people.
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Geneva
Germany
Europe
German Democratic Republic
West Germany
United States
East Germany
Bell Bonging Costs Owner One Dollar Fine
Topeka man Carl Bjorkman, a bell collector, paid a one dollar fine in police court for ringing his 640 pound bell every half hour. The bell, rigged to an electric clock from an old courthouse, woke new neighbor Grace Hart and prompted a peace disturbance complaint despite petitions from more than 100 neighbors who supported the bell.
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Topeka
Kan
Carl Bijorkman
Grace F. Hart
Bjorkman
Pattern for Peace Cuts Scarcity of Scraps
A reflective line about seeking a person who can cut a pattern for peace with minimal leftovers, suggesting a metaphor for reducing conflict and waste in global affairs. The quote emphasizes practical craft over grand rhetoric in shaping harmony.
Soviet Farm Leaders Visit Iowa for Picnic
Twelve visiting Soviet agricultural leaders travel across Iowa to a country picnic at the Horn farm near Washington. They meet locals including Mrs. Richard Alleman of Slater and are greeted by Iowa officials and students who presented flowers. Governor Hoegh addresses the party emphasizing peace and cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union. Matskevich notes inspiration from the governor’s speech and says peace would deter any war.
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Des Moines
Iowa
George Horn
Washington
Keith
Katherine
Vladimir Wag
Richard L. Alleman
Slater
Alleman
Des Moines College
Leo Hoegh
Big Four Move German Unification To Top of Agenda
Western leaders chaired by President Eisenhower begin first work session at the Geneva summit with German unification as the No 1 item on a four point agenda. The tone remains cordial as hopes for easing tension rise, while observers caution against over optimism.
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Geneva
Germany
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Ben
Ine Rour Badgders
Rsenower
Bulgarin
Eden
Faure
Council Chamber
Palace of Nations
United Nations
Paris
Europe
Apne
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Agen‘da
Leonid Ilyichev
George Young
V. M. Molotey
Democrats push House passage of 1 dollar minimum wage bill
Washington Democrats move to pass a bill raising the federal minimum wage from 75 cents to one dollar an hour, sending it to the Senate for minor differences. The measure would cover about 24 million workers, with 2.1 million in the South set for automatic raises. labor backs 1.25 but no action taken on that demand.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
South
Americans Tour Red Farmlands In Soviet Visit
Twelve American farmers toured Ukraine, Central Asia, and virgin lands of Siberia on a 20 day Soviet agricultural envoy trip. They first set foot on Russian soil at a Moscow area collective farm near Looch and noted fine livestock and heavy labor input with many women at work. They observed up to 30 women in a hay field and contrasted Soviet manpower with U.S. farming. The delegation, led by Charles Hearst and John Steddon, praised local hospitality despite official status.
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Moscow
Russia
Ukraine
Central Asia
Siberia
Looch
Charles J. Hearst
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Hearst
John M. Steddon
Granger
Mt Etna Erupts With Lava Flows In Sicily
Mt Etna in Sicily erupted again with a thin stream of molten lava spilling from the crater onto the northeast face. Officials said there is no immediate danger to settlements downslope as the lava advanced about 2,500 feet by noon. The activity resumed after a period of dormancy and followed earlier tremors.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Etna
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