Rankin to Attend General Assembly Meeting in Richmond
Alex M Rankin Jr elder and Orange Presbytery commissioner will attend the annual meeting of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at Grace Covenant Church Richmond Va on June 28. Rankin serves First Presbyterian Church and the local church as elder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex M. Rankin Jr
First Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
Southern Presbyterian Church
Grace Covenant Church
Richmond
Rankin
Orange Presbytery
Wesley Memorial honors 32 graduates at breakfast
The Wesley Memorial Church high school seniors will be honored tomorrow at 8:30 with a breakfast in Wesley Hall. Rev. Walter Miller will present each graduate with a Book of Worship. Harry Bell will preside as seniors from multiple area schools, including High Point High School, are recognized.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Wesley Hall
Walter Miller
Harry Bell
High Point High School
Cubans Caravan Plans Return By Wesley Memorial Church
Wesley Memorial leaders outline a repeat Cuba caravan trip with ten youths and two counselors. The group departs late June for Havana to stay a month at Leland Memorial Methodist Church and support church school and youth activities under Dr. Carl D. Stewart. They will work at missions around Havana and return home in late July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial
Marjorie Case
Havana
Leland Memorial Methodist Church
Western North Carolina
Leland Memorial
Cuba
Vacation Bible Schools Planned by Local Churches
First Baptist Saint Marys Episcopal and Trinity Baptist announce June Bible schools. Preparation day Friday June 10 at First Baptist, session June 13 through 24 with picnic and commencement. Staff includes Mrs J Dennis Young as principal and Rev William P Price aids St Marys. Trinity Baptist program June 6 11 led by W E Allnutt with Dixie Hughes Hoke Smith Jr Thomas Bouldin and Gatewoods assisting. Fred Harrison from Virginia Theological Seminary aids St Marys June August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Saint Mary's Episcopal
Trinity Baptist
N. Main St
J. Dennis Young
Norman Acker
Edwin Shufelt
Arnold Osteen
Bob Ingram
Bernard Lasime
Gordon Eaves
Jack Hunt
Franklin Welch
John Ridgeway
J. E. Rawlings
Fred Harrison
Virginia Theological Seminary
William P. Price
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Harrison
Church Bible School
Trinity Baptist Church
W. E. Allnutt
Lexington Ave. Baptist
Dixie Hughes
Hoke Smith Jr
Thomas Bouldin
Allnutt
C. Gatewood
Gatewood
Summer camp plans announced for two churches
Wesley Memorial Church and First Methodist Church unveil plans for Camp Wesley Memorial for junior and senior high students at Camp Adventure Junaluska Assembly grounds June 13 to 20. Rev Earl R Haire of Gethsemane Methodist Church Greensboro will direct the camp as about 100 campers and staff depart High Point at 7 30 Monday morning June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Memorial Church
First Methodist Church
Camp Adventure
Lake Junaluska
Earl R. Haire
Gethsemane Methodist Church
Greensboro
High Point
Junaluska
UAW presses Ford and GM talks with new wage demands
The CIO United Auto Workers pressed contract talks with Ford and General Motors in Detroit on June 4. With a 36 hour Ford deadline and a rolling GM timetable, the union seeks higher guaranteed wages and longer benefit duration, while Ford offers a semiannual wage guarantee and GM weighs pension increases.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Otor Co
General Motors Corp
Ford
General Motors
UAW
New Church Statistics Reveal Growth in Southern Presbyterians
Richmond Va reports that Southern Presbyterians organized about one new church per week over five years. For 1954, 48 new churches. 1953 nine month year yielded 45. 1951 45. 1952 62. Total membership reached 780,853 with 27,205 added by profession and 51,772 by certificate and reaffirmation. Net gains noted, more on page eight.
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Richmond
Southern Presbyterians
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church In the
Two Get Sentences In Slaying
In Goldsboro North Carolina two men receive prison terms for second degree murder in the shotgun death of Fort Bragg sergeant J C Robert neve. James R Kelly of Faison and Joyce Hobbs of Mount Olive pleaded guilty or were convicted with bond set. conspiracies and accessories noted. Witnesses described a shotgun blast killing the soldier as Robinson’s widow faces later court action.
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J.C. Robert Neve
Ft. Bragg
Mount Ive
Robinson
Hobbs
Kelly
Violence threat shadows British rail strike amid Mauretania tie up
A violence threat enters Britain's seven day rail strike as settlement talks stall. The Mauretania, tied up at Southampton by a wildcat seaman strike, delays dozens of passengers and sparks port disruption. Union leaders report intimidation claims and demand higher pay, while dock workers strike idles 167 freighters.
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London
Britain
Southampton
Stockport
National Union of Railwaymen
NUR
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
James Baty
ASLEF
Mauretania
New York
Cunard
Sidney Balding
le Havre
France
Cobh
Ireland
Liverpool
Empress
Australia
Raleigh Papers Merge with News and Observer Buyout
Raleigh Times editor-publisher RALEIGH W J Park announced the Times will be acquired by the News and Observer Publishing Co. The Times will keep its name and operate independently, but business and production will consolidate. Park and the Park family will stay involved as operations merge. The Times began as Evening Visitor in 1879 and became Raleigh Times in 1901. Park, 70, started as business manager and gained ownership in the same year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
John A. Park
Raleigh Times
News & Observer Publishing Co
Park
The
Times
Morning News and Observer
News and Observer
Frank Daniels
N&o
the Times
West Martin Street
Wnac Radio and TV
Times Publishing Co
N.C. State College
Adventist Bible Conference Ends with Beaven Address
Lake Junaluska reports the summer Bible conference of Carolina Seventh Day Adventists concludes tonight with an address by Dr Winto H Beaven director of the churches study school for the prevention of alcoholism A baptism is planned for this afternoon and about 3000 people are expected for weekend services D E Rebek general field secretary for worldwide Adventist work says the denomination runs one of the largest foreign missionary enterprises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Junaluska
Carolina
Seventh-Day Adventists
Winto H. Beaven
Churches
D. E. Rebek
Adventists
Catholic Weekly For Billy Graham Ignites Vatican Praise
New York reports that America the Jesuit weekly praises Billy Graham a Southern Baptist praising his intellect sincerity and zeal. It notes large European crusade crowds not for spectacle but for a Protestant voice affirming core Christian doctrines and desires his mission to recall God to a secular world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Billy Graham
America
Jesuit National Weekly
Graham
Billy
God
Youth Leader John Haworth Heads High Point Council
The Sunday Enterprise previews a youth in charge profile of John Haworth, youngest ever elected to High Point City Council, now a leading member on the nine person ruling board. Also highlights Fair Grove student’s perfect attendance and Ada Blair’s 91st birthday activity.
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John Haworth
High Point
Sunday Enterprise
Fair Grove
The
Miss Blair
Ada Blair
Sunday Enterprise Tomorrow
Ada
HPHS
High Point High
State tax collections rise with one month left in year
With one month remaining in the fiscal year, North Carolina reports general fund tax intake of 174,017,281 dollars. May receipts total 10,928,925 dollars, up 1,180,068 from May last year, while the 11 month gain exceeds prior year by 763,191. Sales tax to 53,643,118 for the year. full-year estimate about 57.8 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleighy
Eugene Shaw
Shaw
Hodges
Ervin Calls Pentagon to Bar Bribe-Influenced Contractors
Sen. Ervin asks that firms found paying graft to government employees be barred from future contracts. The Senate Investigations Subcommittee, chaired by Sen. McClellan, probes large scale purchases of uniform items for the armed forces. Hearings resume to probe alleged bribes tied to the white sailors caps contract, with testimony about Harry Lev and rumored payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Ervin
D-Nc
Pentagon
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McClellan
Harry Lev
Chicago
Lev
New York
Leon M. Levy
Marvin Rubin
Levy
Air Force
Raymond Wool
Wool
Shelby
Ohio
Madison, N.J
Radford Urges Readiness to Meet Sudden Soviet Aggression
Adm. Arthur Radford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, told The Citadel graduates that signs of Soviet policy shift exist but the United States must be prepared to respond instantly to aggression. He cited Austrian treaty proximity and four power talks as indicators, yet warned no fundamental long term change is evident. He urged maintaining strong military forces in being.
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Charleston
S. C
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Citadel
Military College of the South
Radford
All America
NAACP Plans Strategy Meeting on Atlanta School Action
NAACP leaders convened in Atlanta to push for immediate school integration. Attorneys filed a petition with the Atlanta Board of Education on behalf of nine parents seeking reorganization of schools in line with Supreme Court orders. Thurgood Marshall and Roy Wilkins attended the closed session as the group from 14 states met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
South
NAACP
Atlanta Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Ira Jarrell
Board of Education
Jarrell
U.S. District Court
Supreme Court
U.S. District Courts
Wheat Baptist Church
Roy Wilkins
Thurgood Marshall
Russian capability improved alarms Canadian defense chief
Canadian defense minister Ralph Campney warned that Russia has an improved capability to deliver nuclear weapons against North America. He said Canada and the United States are actively preparing to meet the threat and are building an integrated warning and air defense system. Campney noted space stations and interplanetary travel may not be distant, and he presented Wing Cmdr. Gerauld G. Wright with the McKee Trophy for an automatic navigation computer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ralph Campney
Canada
North America
Campney
Britain
Royal Flying Corps
Gerauld G. Wright
Uranium Rush Opens in Kern River Canyon
Armed deputies watched as two dynamite blasts opened California’s uranium rush near HOBO SPRINGS. About a thousand prospectors surged into the Sequoia National Forest claim area of 2,914 acres while clashes were rare and court fights over overlapping claims loom. The Miracle and Kergen mines led the blast, with warnings posted and a sheriff’s posse ready to confiscate firearms.
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Acton Griscom
Miracle Uranium Mine Company
Hobo Hot Springs
Calif
Kern River Canyon
M. William Ditto
California
Rocky Canyon
Sequoia National Forest
Miracle
Kergen
Miracle Ann Dupree Fails To Survive Premature Birth
In Houston a premature baby girl known as Miracle Ann Dupree, born at City-County Hospital weighing 30% ounces, died at 11:30 p.m. after being found alive on an embalming slab earlier. Doctor M Desmond cited underdeveloped lungs as the probable cause. The mother Mrs Mark Dupree had called the child a miracle before the death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Miracle Ann
Dupree
M. Desmond
City-County Hospital
Mark Dupree
Desmond
Dr. More
Youth Admits Slaying in Maine 15-Year-Old Accused
A 15-year-old boy, said to be addicted to horror and war tales, faced arraignment on a murder charge in the sex slaying of Margaret Gormley in Portland. He allegedly killed her with a washing machine agitator after she resisted his advances, then hid the weapon and went about his day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
Gerald Paul Troiano
Margaret Gormley
Manus
Gormley
Edward M. Kochran
Troiano
Margaret
Kochian
John C. Keaney
Edward J. Feeney
Troisano
Anthony D. Troiano
Frederic S. Sturgis
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