Emerywood Fire Sees Maid Held on Arson Charge
City police hold a young Negro maid Maggie Salter on an open arson charge after a late night blaze at the Emerywood residence of Mr. and Mrs. N. Matt Wall at 1101 Greenway Drive. Firefighters battled the two story frame home from about 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. with damage described as considerable. Detectives say the fire began in a basement maid’s room and a charred ironing cord was found. Page seven promised further details.
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Maggie Salter
Greenway Dr
N. Matt Wall
Ten Die In Highway Collision In Maryland
Eight men and two women killed in a head on crash on Maryland Route 416 near Lyons Creek. Vehicles mangled, with one car in flames. Victims include Robert E. Abell 24 Silver Spring and Clarence M. Thomas 34 Oliver. others named from Silver Spring Oliver and Baltimore. No survivors.
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Owings
Lyons Creek
Thomas Bozzolo
North Beach
Robert E. Abell
Silver Spring
Maryland
Clarence M. Thomas
Oliver
Abell
John P. Schweinhout
Robert Lee Schweinhout
Milton E. Stottlmyer
Thomas
Earl S. McCreagy
Benjamin Thomas
Norman T. Carey
Helen P. Carey
Baltimore
Ervin to Take Oath as North Carolina Senator This Week
Sam J. Ervin Jr., associate justice of the State Supreme Court, plans to go to Washington Thursday and take the oath Friday as North Carolina's new U S Senator after Gov. Umstead appointed him to fill the Hoey vacancy. Ervin, 57, praised the late Clyde R. Hoey and said he aims to continue strong public service while remaining open to new ideas.
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Sam J. Ervin Jr
State Supreme Court
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U. S
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Ephone
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Morganton
Umstead
Hoey
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U. S. Senate
Jack Spain
Sen
Dan K. Moore
Sylva
Supreme Court
Don Elias
Asheville
Brandon Hodges
Joe Must Go Club Falls Short in Recall Petition
SAUK CITY Wis The Joe Must Go Club failed to reach the 403 904 signature requirement to recall Sen McCarthy R Wis by the petition drive’s midnight Saturday deadline The group did not report its exact signatures but said the response was heartening and it will consider a future recall effort despite the setback
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Wis
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Finals Climax Approaches at Carolina 1954 Commencement
CHAPEL HILL N C Thousands gather as 1600 degrees are awarded at UNC 160th commencement with Dr Andrew J Warren Rockefeller Foundation official as speaker Alumni Association officers are installed Judge William H Bobbitt becomes president Alumni speaker Dr Warner L Hall delivers baccalaureate sermon on heresy Chancellor Robert B House calls for a new type of university Will Carr former Durham mayor is named president of the Old Students Club at luncheon
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N. C
University of North Carolina
Andrew J. Warren
Rockefeller Foundation Division of Medical and Public Health
W. Frank Taylor
Goldsboro
Alumni Assn
William H. Bobbitt
Charlotte
Warner L. Hall
Covenant Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Socrates
Hall
Robert B. House
Dr. House
University
Will Carr
Durham
Old Students Club
Bidault and Molotov Hold Talks on Indochina Cease Fire
French Foreign Minister Georges Bidault and Vyacheslav Molotov met in Geneva in a about useful exchange on supervising the proposed Indochina cease fire. They could not agree on the commission composition and considered using three Asian nations with one Communist and one Western nation. Bidault opposed a equal split between Communist and non Communist members and favored broader international oversight.
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Georges Bidault
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Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Indochina
Molotov
Bidault
India
Pakistan
Devon
Neutral Nations Supervision Commission
Korea
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Duke Confers 1050 Degrees at 102nd Commencement
About 2,000 attend Duke University's 102nd commencement where 1,050 graduates receive degrees. Dr Reuben Gustavson of Resources for the Future warns that fear of knowledge and information could enable totalitarian control and threaten academic freedom.
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Duke University
District of Columbia
Reuben G. Gustavson
Resources For the Future
Washington, D. C
U. S
Gustavson
Wilson Says Third War Is Not Answer
Secretary of Defense Wilson told the University of South Carolina 150th anniversary audience that a third world war is not the solution to stopping communism. He urged fighting false ideas with truth and superior ideas while stressing the need for military strength and economic collaboration to curb Russian militant communism.
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Wilson
University of South Carolina
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World Market Inc
State College Honors Six with Degrees at Commencement
North Carolina State College conferred honorary degrees on six individuals including Secretary of the Army Stevens during graduation exercises for about 733 graduates in Reynolds Coliseum. Gov Umstead urged graduates to apply the tools gained to develop the state amid large attendance, as talks highlighted a 15 million dollar investment in build ing projects.
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Umstead
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James Sprunt
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Consolidated University of North Carolina
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State College
Gray
Col
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Walter J. Damtoft
Canton
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
J. W. Turrentine
Washington
American Potash Institute
James T. Ryan
High Point
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Richard Buckminster Fuller
Forest Hills
N. Y
Scott Praises Ervin Appointment as Good and Capable
Burlington farmer Scott commented on Judge Sam J. Ervin of Morganton being named to the U S Senate calling the appointment good and praising Ervin as capable. He said he has not known Ervin well but that Ervin is highly regarded where known and plans a Raleigh trip for an early afternoon news conference.
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Scott
Sam J. Ervin
Morganton
U. S. Senate
Ervin
Raleigh
Reds Wheel Troops Into Position Near Hanoi
Vietminh forces that crushed Dien Bien Phu have moved to ring Hanoi and form a pincers around the Red River delta. France braces for a potentially decisive assault before June, hoping to sever Hanoi from Haiphong and defend key junctions and ports with reinforcements. The Vietminh reportedly mass upwards of 20 000 infantry with more moving toward the delta as Hanoi braces for siege.
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Thai Binh
Schine Not Indispensable Cohn Mentioned in McCarthy Tape
McCarthy told Stevens Schine was not indispensable to the investigations subcommittee but asked that Roy Cohn not hear of it. The Nov. 7 call transcript, released later, omits the unnamed warning and shows McCarthy editing transcripts with Special Counsel Ray H. Jenkins.
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Schine
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McCarthy Army
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Cohn
Colin
Dave
the Waldorf
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Jenkins
Len
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John Lucas
Lucas
Gore Urges Clear Asia Policy Amid Indochina Crisis
Sen. Gore argues the administration must decide on a course to combat communism in Indochina and Southeast Asia. He cites Sen. Knowland's warning that the free world risks Hanoi and the Red River delta if no decisive action is shown.
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Red River
Free Nations
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R-Nh
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Bridges
Sen. Magnuson
D-Wash
Eisenhower
America
Eight Die in North Carolina Weekend Violence
The Associated Press reports at least eight deaths across North Carolina. Victims include Robert J. Mills 23 Apex who drowned saving his son after a boat overturns. Otis Guy Willis 11 Carteret County in a Davis area auto accident. Bruce Roy Cochran 27 Gastonia in a Boone area crash. Ray Guy Hussey 24 Ramseur in a two car collision. Thomas Lassiter 41 Raleigh struck by a car. Milton Everett Gainey 44 Goldsboro drowned when his car left the road. Milton E Gainey Newton Grove in an unusual Wayne County accident. Robert C. McDonald 27 Salisbury in a rural road overturn. Raleigh marked its first traffic fatality in nearly 19 months.
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Robert J. Mills
Apex
West's Pond
Raleigh
Carteret County
Otis Guy Willis
Davis
Bruce Roy Cochran
Gasetonia
Boone
Ray Guy Hussey
Ramseur
Cox Mills
Rowan County
Robert C. McDonald
Salis
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