Allied Air Blitz Hits Red Installations Across Korea
More than 1,000 United Nations planes blasted power plants, depots and barracks in Korea. Carrier raiders hit targets near Wonsan and Haeju, Osan, Yangdok, and a rail yard. Surface ships targeted transformer stations as ground fighting near Old Baldy eased into a stalemate.
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Korea
United Nations
U.S
Wonsan
Ocean
Yellow Sea
Haeju
Osan
Far East Air Forces
Yangdok
Panther
Bon Homme Richard
U.N
Princeton
U. S
Parks
LSMR
Newcastle
Mounts Bay
Old Baldy” Hill
Park Service funds include grading work on Blue Ridge Parkway
Washington reports that about 4 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in Transylvania and Haywood Counties North Carolina will be graded using roughly 500000 of the 670000 new federal appropriation. Greensboro notes 4 H club members at A and T College elected officers as Dr. Edwin M. Poteat urged service to humankind during yesterday's speech and picnic.
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National Park Service
Blue Ridge Parkway
North Carolina
Congress
Bridges Camp Gap
Transylvania
Haywood Counties
N. C
Greensboro
4-H Club
A. and T. College
Edwin M. Poteat
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Raleigh
Barkley
Veep
United Nations
Dixie
Harrys. Truman
Truman
Duke Power Bus Drivers Strike Tie to New July Contract
Duke Power Co. and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen reached a work contract for July 1 1952 to July 4 covering bus drivers and trolley operators in Charlotte Winston Salem High Point and Salisbury North Carolina and Greenville and Spartanburg South Carolina.
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Charlotte
Duke Power Co
Brotherhood of Railroad
Winston - Salem
High Point
Salisbury
North Carolina
Greenville and
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Rev Edgar H Nease Named Executive Secretary
Rev Edgar H Nease a Charlotte North Carolina minister was elected executive secretary of the Southeastern Jurisdictional Council of the Methodist Church He will assume duties October 1 and oversee evangelism promotion of work of other general and jurisdictional boards in the region.
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Atlanta
Charlotte
N. C
Edgar H. Nease
Southeastern Jurisdictional Council
The
Methodist Church
Nease
GOP headquarters plan outlined for Charlotte and Winston-Salem
North Carolina Republicans announced a Charlotte campaign HQ to direct the November election and a women's division HQ in Winston-Salem led by Mrs. Anne K. Hickman. State GOP leaders approved the setup and said staff for Charlotte will be chosen soon with an immediate fund-raising drive.
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GOP
Lenoir
North Carolina
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Anne K. Hickman
Unemployment Claims Rise in North Carolina
The State Employment Security Commission reports a sharp rise in unemployment compensation paid in June in North Carolina. Total benefits reached 1.828 million dollars, up 23.7 percent from June last year, with the textile industry cited as a major factor.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Employment Security Commission
Editor Dr Clarence Poe Receives Brigham Award
At the annual convention of the American Association of Agricultural College Editors in Raleigh North Carolina Dr Clarence Poe editor of the Progressive Farmer was given the Reuben Brigham Award for distinguished service to agriculture. About 250 agricultural information experts from 44 states Canada Puerto Rico and eight European countries attended the three day meeting.
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Clemson
D. C
Raleigh N. C
Reuben Brigham
American Association of Agricultural College
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farmer
States
Canada
Puerto Rico
Klan Expose Continues In Court In Whiteville
In Columbus County Superior Court eleven more former Ku Klux Klansmen pleaded guilty as part of a two week flogging trial. Imperial Wizard Thomas L. Hamilton is due for sentencing on two charges of conspiracy after returning from Leesville.
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Whiteville
N. C
Columbus County Superior Court
Thomas L. Hamilton
Columbus County
Leesville
Clawson L. Williams
Hamilton
Williams
Truman Orders Leaders To Settle Steel Strike
President Truman meets with CIO leader Philip Murray and U S Steel president Benjamin Fairless at the White House to press for a quick contract settlement ending a 58 day steel strike that shut mills nationwide. The talks follow a dramatic face to face session and a looming break amid tensions over labor and industry.
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Truman
Washington
White House
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
Philip Murray
CIO
U. S. Steel
CIO Steel Union
Short
Murray
Fairless
Seventh Assembly Opens On Children’s Work Council
The seventh annual Assembly's Council of Children's Work opens in Montreat with Roy A. Hogrefe of Richmond Virginia as director of the assembly. He leads the department of children's work for the Board of Education.
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Montreat
Assembly
Council of Children’s Work
Roy A. Hogrefe
Department of Children’s Work
Board of Education
Richmond
Democrats Adopt Party Platform in Chicago after civil rights clash
The Democratic National Convention forged a 13 plank platform in a marathon session. It backed prosperity and world peace while embracing civil rights reforms despite Southern resistance. The platform calls for ending the Senate filibuster on civil rights and strengthens federal rights protections.
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Chicago
Stockyard
South
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Mississippi
Allan Shivers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Senate
Swing To Stevenson Gathers Momentum At Democratic Convention
At Chicago convention center a Stevenson surge headlines a day when delegates shift chips toward Adlai Stevenson as Kefauver Russell Harriman and others claim gains. Virginia Louisiana and South Carolina delay loyalty pledges, while Kansas Texas and Massachusetts weigh moves ahead of potential second ballot.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Sens
Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averell Harriman
Mutual Security
Kefauver
Virginia
Louisiana
South Carolina
Stevenson
Truman
Kansas
McKinnon
Harriman
Texas
Paul A. Dever
Massachusetts
Dever
South Carolina Delegates Face Uncertain Convention Status
CHICAGO UP The Democratic National Convention opened with hours of nominating speeches ahead. South Carolina's delegation remained in flux amid loyalty pledge disputes, with caucuses and scattered seating debates clouding whether the state would join the roll calls and balloting.
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Sam Rayburn
Democratic
Frank E. McKinney
Truman
First Ballot Standings for Democratic Nomination
United Press tally shows Kefauver leading with 283.5 delegates and Russell 210.5, Stevenson 171.5, Harriman 116, Kerr 47.5, Williams 40, Dever 36, Bulkley 27, Humphrey 26, Fulbright 22, McMahon 16, Truman 14, Ewing 4, Douglas 1, Roosevelt 1, Rayburn 12, Douglas 12, Uncommitted 213.5. Total 1,230. 616 needed to nominate.
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CAGO
Estes Kefauver
Richard B Russell
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Robert S. Kerr
G. Mennen Williams
Paul Dever
Robert J. Bulkley
Hubert Humphrey
J. William Fulbright
Brien McMahon
President Truman
Oscar Ewing
Paul Douglas
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sam Rayburn
William O. Douglas
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