Public sees Billy Graham Crusade film at Green Street Baptist
The area will host the first showing of Billy Graham’s News Reel Document at Green Street Baptist Church at 7 30 p m Sunday with George Beverly Shea and Cliff Barrows in a 3000 voice choir led by Barrows before Billy Graham’s sermon.
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Cliff Barrows
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Harringay Stauon
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St. Louis
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Board of Deacons
Carson Stout
Roger Bell
Green St. Baptist
Bell
Don Austin
Southern Baptist
Neil Armstrong
N. Main St. Baptist Church
W. H. Wallon
Abbotts Creek Baptist Church
C. E. Rozzelle
HPC
Massive chemical plant blaze rattles Kanawha Valley
A fire at the Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp institute plant near Charleston WV produced five explosions described as atomic-like. About 200 workers were at the site. 52 injured, many from glass and blast debris. Firefighters battled the flames for hours as water was pumped from the Kanawha River.
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Kanawha River
Institute
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Here
Barcanere
West Virginia
Chemical Valley
St. Albans
Institute and
Dunbar
Delbert Simmons
Watt Powell Baseball Park
Pete Droddy
Dreddy
Neil Boggs
Charleston Gazette
Nevada
U S Opens Direct Talks With Red China Over Captives
Geneva discussions launched as the United States seeks the release of about 83 Americans held in China including 54 civilians and 29 military personnel. Alexis Johnson leads the U S delegation with Humphrey Trevelyan present and says no recognition is involved.
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Geneva
United States
China
U.S
Peiping
U. S
Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Humphrey Trevelyan
Chinese Reported Readying Attack on Korea
Tatao News Agency said Chinese Reds massed 250000 troops on the Indochina border readying an all out offensive in Korea if Geneva fails. The agency cited underground contacts on the mainland, but the report could not be verified.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Interior Ministry
Tatao
Korea
Indochina
Honduras Emerges As Stout Ally In Cold War Region
Honduras under President reforms strengthens army as U S airlifts arms amid strike tied to Guatemala. Exiled Guatemalan leader Carlos Castillo Armas builds a regional network from Tegucigalpa, while Honduras expels two Guatemalan consuls over subversive activities and seeks a non aggression pact with Guatemala.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Guatemala
U.S
Central America
United States
Poland
Honduran Foreign Ministry
Carlos Castillo Armas
el Salvador
Mexico
J. Edgardo Valenzuela
Five Killed In Roof Collapse in Delhi Sikh Temple
Five small children died and 65 others were injured when the roof of a Sikh prayer house collapsed in New Delhi yesterday. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as rescuers searched rubble for survivors and authorities investigated the probable cause of the structural failure.
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New Delhi
India
Raleigh Speculates On Umstead Senate Appointment
Raleigh observers weigh who Gov. Umstead will name to fill the Hoey vacancy. Potential choices include Monroe Redden, Brandon Hodges, Robert Lassiter Jr., David McConnell, Irving Carlyle, Sam Ervin, and former Gov. Gregg Cherry, with West and Charlotte contenders highlighted as maneuvers to aid upcoming races. The governor seeks a candidate palatable to the Democratic Executive Committee and able to win the 1956 primary.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Senate
Clyde R. Hoey
Monroe M. Redden
Hendersonville
Brandon Hodges
Asheville
Charlotte
Robert Lassiter Jr
David McConnell
Winston-Salem
Irving Carlyle
Sam J. Ervin
State Supreme Court
Gregg Cherry
Redden
State
Democratic Executive Committee
10Th District
Charles R. Jonas
Carlyle
Hodges
Alton Lennon
McCarthy says secret phone calls explode Army case
Senator McCarthy declared that newly released Army monitored phone transcripts blow up the case against him in the Senate probe. He cited calls between Stevens and Symington as showing alleged exaggerations and urged victory as hearings pause for weekend travel to Ripon Wisconsin.
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Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
Ripon
Wis
Republican Party
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Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Stevens
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Army
Pvt
David Schine
Schine
Clark Clifford
Truman
William P. Rogers
Missouri
Clifford
Rogers
Willimantic
Conn
Han
Subcommittee
McCarthy Camp
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Senate Votes To Allow Interim Members In Atomic Age
The Senate approved 70 to 1 a constitutional amendment to let state governors appoint interim House members if a national emergency or disaster wipes out many reps. Governors would replace vacancies after a presidential proclamation, with House strength capped at 145 vacancies during such an event.
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Washington .T
Senate
Congress
House of Representatives
French air raid targets Vietminh ammo dumps near Hanoi
French warplanes bombed an emergency Vietminh ammunition storage 35 miles east of Hanoi and hit convoys on Routes 13 and 41. The attack aimed at hindering rebel movements from Dien Bien Phu toward Hanoi while French Union troops retook a Haiduong post on the Haiphong road.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Here
Dien Bien Phu
Power For Chairman Is In Dispute At AEC
Washington Rep. Holifield says congressional testimony reveals a serious rift within the Atomic Energy Commission over giving more power to the chairman. Senate House Atomic Energy Committee members hear testimony on naming the chairman as principal officer.
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Washington
Holifield
Calif
Atomic Energy Commission
Baw de Seccee
Cnalman
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
Eugene M. Zuckert
Joseph Campbell
Henry D. Smyth
Thomas E. Murray
Lewis L. Strauss
Strauss
Smyth
ICC hearing ends on 15 percent rail rate increase
After four days of testimony an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing on a proposed 15 per cent increase in intra state rail freight rates concluded. ICC Examiner A L Corbin adjourned the session and will weigh conflicting evidence in Washington as North Carolina agencies and farm groups oppose the request. The state utilities commission had already denied the increase.
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RALEIGH /P
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
A. L. Corbin
Washington
North Carolina
Attorney General's Office
Highway Commission
Agriculture Department
Farm and Shipping
State Utilities Commission
Conferees Turn Back To Korea
Geneva stalled talks resume with 19 nation Korean conference focusing on Pyun Yung Tai proposal for United Nations supervised free elections. Communists resist UN control and aim for their own electoral model, while Allies plan a restricted session to end Korea talks.
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Geneva
Korea
Indochina
Pyun Yung Tai
United Nations
U.N
United Nation
U.S
Walter Bedell Smith
Red China
North
South Korea
North Korea
Gets Life For Murder Of Father
Claude Sumpter aged 24 was found guilty of murdering his father in Anderson South Carolina and sentenced to life in the state penitentiary. The jury recommended mercy but the judge imposed the mandatory sentence. He is also charged with murdering his mother in a pending indictment.
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Clint McClain
Sumpter
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