Davidson Residents Protest Stream Pollution Near Rich Fork Creek
Davidson County residents along Little Rich Fork Creek protest severe pollution causing thousands of fish deaths since mid last week. A West Side sewage plant breakdown reduced treatment, releasing up to 1.5 million gallons daily and chemical dyes into the creek. Officials consider other polluters while a state inquiry visits the area. Ben Green reports fish mortalities surfacing in deeper creek sections.
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George Hundley
Thomasville
High Point
West Side
Rich Fork
Hinson
Greensboro
Stream Pollution Commission
Ben Green
Green
Eisenhower hopeful on Korea truce amid Rhee threats
President Eisenhower said he remains hopeful a Korean armistice will be signed soon despite new South Korean threats to press China for withdrawal within 90 days after a truce. He cautioned against discussing specifics and noted ongoing misunderstandings in armistice talks.
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Jas
U. S. State Department
South Korea
Pyun
U. S
Tokyo
U. N
Panmunjom
Seoul
Rhee-Pyun
United Nations
Ferguson Asks Senate To Pass Defense Budget On Sound Military Experience
Senator Ferguson urged quick approval of a 3.4 billion dollar defense bill citing President Eisenhower and a streamlined Air Force program delivering 114 wings by June 30 with seven extra Air National Guard wings. He argued the budget reflects sound judgment and rejects ornament and excess while acknowledging possible further cuts if war fears ease.
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Washington
Sen
Ferguson
Mich
Senate
Eisenhower
Truman
Maybank
D-Sc
Appropriations Committee
Hayden
D-Ariz
Princess Margaret Seeks Freedom to Marry Townsend
London reports the government indicated Queen Elizabeth II has given permission for Princess Margaret to marry Group Captain Peter Townsend, a divorced air attache in Brussels. A proposed amendment to the Regency Act would ease the path for the union, with the royal family’s views to be respected and speculation to end.
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London
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Peter Townsend
Brussels
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
Margaret
Clement Attlee
Butler
Prince Charles
Wachovia Stock Change Proposed by Bank Directors
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co plans a five way split in its stock to occur if approved by stockholders at the September 15 meeting. President Robert M. Hanes announced the plan at the quarterly board meeting, stating one par certificate would be exchanged for five five dollar par certificates while the bank’s total capital remains unchanged.
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Winston-Salem
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Robert M. Hanes
Hanes
Umstead Sets Oct. 3 Vote on 72 Million Bond Plan
Gov. Umstead proclaims October 3 as the bond election date for 50 million in school building bonds and 22 million for state mental institutions. The referendum, authorized by the State Board of Education, funds school plant improvements and permanent mental health projects with county and per capita allocations to equalize white and Negro facilities. Plans to sell the bonds were not disclosed, with talk of a promotional group similar to Better Schools and Roads.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Tar Heels
State Board of Education
North Carolina
Better Schools and Roads, Inc
W. Kerr Scott
Bids Open For Sunny Point Wharves Construction
Wilmington reports bids for wharf construction at the Sunny Point Ammunition Loading Terminal will be opened Tuesday. Engineers note new wage rates for power machine operators set by the Department of Labor ranging from 2.75 to 1.65 per hour, which the North Carolina General Contractors Association challenged as excessive. Rocky Mount Archery Club members face an unusual post meeting surprise when president John E Reed served a cheese and rye bread snack identified as tuna.
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Wilmington
Sunny Point
Corps of Engineer
Department of Lawr
North Carolina
General Contractor's Association
Rocky Mount
Living Costs Hit Record High
The government reports rising food prices pushed living costs to a new peak between May and June. Higher housing medical care and some items like cigarettes and beer contributed to the increase as the Bureau of Labor Statistics index rose 0.4 percent to 114.5 percent of the 1947-49 average, meaning June prices equaled about $1.15 for 1947-49 purchasing power.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Oxnam Cleared On One Item By Un American Activities Panel
The House Committee on Un American Activities found no record of Communist party membership or affiliation for Bishop G Bromley Oxnam while a marathon hearing raised questions about his associations. The panel indicated further information would be needed and the bishop pledged to consider stricter scrutiny of groups he worked with. Two clergymen linked to the Communist party were named in sworn testimony, prompting Oxnam to urge church courts to review the evidence if proven.
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South America
Republic of Korea Capitol Division
Washington
House Committee On Un-American Activities
G. Bromley Oxnam
Welde
R-Tl
Oxnam
Velde
Communist Party
Harry F. Ward
New York
Union Theological Seminary
Jack McMichael
Red Front
Doyle
D-Calif
Rhee presses six month deadline on Korean armistice
President Syngman Rhee warned that North Korea must withdraw Chinese Communist troops within six months or South Korea will follow its own course. He said a political conference would open 90 days after an armistice and that if China did not leave, Seoul would act independently unless the United States guarantees support.
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Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
United Nations
Korea
Seoul
South Korea
Chines
Rhee
U. S
Walter Robertson
North Korea
United States
ROK
I Lam
Senate
John Foster Dulles
Hinton Named to Post as Sheffield Is Fired at Woman's Prison
In Raleigh, Ronie Sheffield was dismissed as head of the State Woman's Prison effective Monday. Ivan D. Hinton, Caledonia Prison Camp superintendent since 1933, was named successor amid a wave of prison staff changes ordered by Highway Chairman A. H. Graham and Prisons Director Walter Anderson.
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Raleigh
Ronie Sheffer
State Woman's
Ivan D. Hinton
Caledonia
Walter Anderson
A. H. Graham
Miss Sheffield
John Gold
Graham
Woman's Prison
Hinton
T. F. Savage
State Recreation Commission
Ben E. Hendley
Buncombe County
John Garrison
Anderson
Ralph Reid
G. C. Thomas
Rutherford County
J. C. Harris
Harris
Unso
Three New Polio Cases In Catawba
Hickory North Carolina polio toll rises with three new Catawba County cases bringing this year’s total to 73. Caldwell County reports 128. Patients include Marsha Guttyar ten Newton Joyce Helms twenty five Maiden Rt 3 and Hubert Poovey thirty three New on. An investigation with gamma globulin immunizations and Public Health Service experts will study vaccination impact and area conditions.
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N. C
Catawba County
Caldwell County
Catawba
Marsha Guttyar
Frank Gutyar
Newton
Joyce Helms
Maiden
Rt. 3
Hubert Poovey
Newon
Marsha
Asheville
Benton V. D. Scott
Jesse Smith
U. S. Public Health Service
Smith
State Board of Health
District Health Department
National Foundation For
Caldwell
Weather Report: Temperatures and Sun Times
Tonight's low 70 with tomorrow's high 88. Today's high 88 and last night's low 70. Sunset 7 33 pm today and sunrise 5 20 am tomorrow. Sun times and temps summarize regional conditions.
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