Armistice Talks Pause as Staff Finishes Draft
Panmunjom delegates recessed after 23 minutes to review the cease fire line while Swiss officials faced pressure over serving on the truce body. South Korea's opposition and anti-armistice protests continued in Seoul as Washington urged acceptance for a week‑end agreement.
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Switzerland
South Korea
Mament
Karl Hong Ki
Seoul
An Rhee
Washington
Rhee
Korea
Panmunjom
U. N
U. S
State Department
India
Sweden
Poland
Czechoslovakia
No Negotiations Two Month Old Walkout Dragging On
The Pickett Cotton Mills strike enters its 59th day with about 300 yarn workers idled. Union leader Mrs. Ethel Jenkins says workers will stay out until the dispute is won while the company maintains the four cent wage cut is a raise under an invalid escalator clause. Conciliators have been unable to set a meeting due to delays from the company attorney.
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Local 608
Textile Workers Union of America, Cio
Ethel Jenkins
Jenkins
Taft Sidelined by Serious Hip Ailment
Senator Taft announced his hip condition is serious and will limit his activity as Senate floor leader for the remainder of the session. He returned from a hospital checkup on crutches and said his aide Jack Martin would release a statement approved by Taft.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Jack Martin
Martin
Knowland
California
GOP
New York Hospital
Howard Roberts
Cincinnati
De Gasperi Wins Narrow Margin in Italian Election
Premier Alcide De Gasperi's pro-Western coalition secured 303 of 596 seats in the Chamber of Deputies after a high turnout surpassing 28 million voters. Opponents gained ground with 143 Communist deputies and 75 Pro-Communist Socialists, while the government held a fragile majority that could be threatened by illness or absence.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Italy
Liament
Center Bloc
Chamber of Deputies
de Gasperi
Senate
Christian Democrats
de Gasperi’s Party
South Tyrol People’s Party
MSI
Italian Social Movement
Pite
Center
de Gassis
Chai
France
New Southern Tex tile Union Chief Named
Emil Rieve announces Boyd E Payton of Lynchburg Va will head the CIO TWUA Southern organizer. James W Bamford remains Southern director overseeing administration. Payton has led the Upper South region since 1943 and Wesley Cook succeeds him as regional duties chief.
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Charlotte
Emil Rieve
CIO Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd E. Payton
Lynchburg
Payton
South
James W. Bamford
TWUA
Upper South
Wesley Cook
Seven contract articles unsettled in Winston Salem strike
A CWA special representative said seven articles remain unsettled in the contract with Eastern Electric Co. More than 5,000 workers at sites in Winston Salem Greensboro and Burlington have been on strike for nearly a month. Wayne Gray, acting spokesman, noted some articles have up to three unsettled points.
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Winston-Salem
Striking Communications Workers of America
CIO
Hasto
Estern Electric Co
Company Land
Greensio
Burlington
Wayne Gray
Washington, D. C
John Walker
CWA
Atlanta
Bonny Doone Reincorporation Hearing Set by Board
A Municipal Board of Control hearing will be held here next Tuesday on a petition to reincorporate Bonnie Doone in Cumberland County. Secretary of State Thad Eure announced the move. Bonnie Doone was incorporated in 1941 and the 1953 repeal cleared the way for a new charter. Fayetteville attorney Eunice Braswell represents petitioners with 140 signatures.
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Raleigh
Municipal Board of Control
Bonnie Doone
Cumberland County
Thad Eure
Eunice Braswel
Fayetteville
Cottonseed Crushers Association names officers at Asheville convention
The North Carolina and South Carolina Cottonseed Crushers Association wrapped up its annual convention in Asheville. A D Sitton of Pendleton Oil Mills was named president of the South Carolina group. Zoe Williams of Kota SC was re elected secretary treasurer. South Carolina did not name a vice president. Bill Melvin was elected president of the North Carolina Association with J T Wright of Raleigh as vice president and Mrs M A Hogue of Raleigh re elected secretary treasurer.
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Asheville
North Carolina
South Carolina
New Statistician Raleigh North Carolina Appointed
Henry L. Raster succeeds Frank Parker as agricultural statistician for state and federal governments in North Carolina. The appointment was announced by Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine and S. R. Newee of the U S Crop Board. Parker retired April 30 after over 30 years as chief agricultural statistician. Raster, a South Carolina native, assumed new duties.
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NEW
Raleigh
Henry L. Raster
Frank Parker
North Carolina
Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
S. R. New=ee
U. S. Crops Board
Department of Agriculture
Parker
Raser
South Carlina
North Carolina Sons and Daughters of Liberty elects officers in Winston-Salem
The 49th annual convention ended with Mrs. Lucile Sinclair of Burlington named state councilor. Other officers elected include Mrs. Janie Mendenhall Greensboro as associate councilor A L Jarrell Salisbury as vice councilor Mrs Mildred White Hi Point as associated vice councilor Mrs L L Carter Greensboro as secretary and Mrs Estelle Wheeley Burlington as treasurer About 200 delegates attended Asheville selected as next year's site.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Lucile Sinclair
Burlington
Janie Mendenhall
Greensboro
A. L. Jarrell
Salisbury
Mildred White
Hi Point
Associated Vce
L. L. Carter
Estelle Wheeley
Asheville
Worst Tornado Ever To Hit New England Area Kills 85
A massive spring tornado killed at least 85 people in 11 Massachusetts counties near Worcester. The disaster injured over 700 and left about 2,500 homeless, with debris ranging up to 40 miles from Worcester. Nationwide fatalities from spring tornadoes approached 450 with additional storms in Michigan, Ohio, and other states.
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Massachusetts
Worcester
Michigan
Ohio
Waco
Tex
Flint
Mich
Boston
Assumption College
Detroit
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Ilinois
Iowa
Missouri
Wisconsin
Plains
Central Plains
Garden City
Russell
Kan
Dayman
Okla
Amarillo
Lamar
Colo
Presidio
Irving Katz
Herter
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Worcester Housing Authority
Worcester-Shrewsbury
Worcester Public Works Department
Japan
Wordster
Pittsfield
Exeter
N. H
Holden
Ritt
Oslund
North Carolina Non-Farm Jobs Fall in April
The State Department of Labor reports a 5,800 drop in non-agricultural employment in NC for April. Textile mills shed 4,700 jobs, lumber 900, tobacco manufacturing 800, and retail trade 700. Total non-farm employment stood at 986,400 with 433,100 in manufacturing and 553,300 in non-manufacturing sectors.
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Raleigh
State Department of Labor
North Carolina
Department
C. H. Pritchard
Fur coats and favors at Justice Department hearings
A House Judiciary subcommittee heard testimony from three former law firm members about 1948 to 1949 gifts and payments tied to Justice Department officials. The firm claimed officials gave no favors in return, while details described coats bought wholesale for Caudle and Smith and checks exchanged, all denied as gifts by the implicated officials.
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Washington
Justice Department
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Howard G. Campbell
Arlington
I. T. Cohen
Atlanta
Jacob Landau
New York
T. Lamar Caudle
Turner L. Smith
Department
Cohen
Landau
Justice
Caudle
Henry Ren
North Carolina
Smith
Campbell
Ann Landau
Joe Maher
Jabara Bags Two MiGs Boosts His Score to Eleven
Maj. James W. Jabara of Wichita Kansas America s first jet ace shot down two MiGs today to boost his score to 11 and become the sixth double jet ace of the Korean War. He maneuvered one MiG into crashing and shot down the other on his 97th mission. Another MiG was probably destroyed by Lt. Fred L. Hughes of Akron Ohio. Thunderjet and Sabre jet bombers struck two Red airfields in North Korea as patrols prowled no man s land and a vast air campaign continued. The Eighth Army reported 4000 enemy killed or wounded in the week ending Sunday a 60 percent weekly rise with prisoner figures held classified as a security measure.
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Seoul
James W. Jabara
Wichita
Kan
America
Jabara
Korea
Fred L. Hughes
Akron
North Korea
No Man’s Land
Yalu
Sunchon
Eighth Army
U. N
Army Areges
Panmunjom
Army
Plan to Union Sparks Hope for Presbyterian Merger
The General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church approved study by its 84 presbyteries of a plan to unite with the Northern and United Presbyterian Churches. The merger could form about 3.5 million members into one church, with a final vote required by three fourths of presbyteries and a later General Assembly. The year-long study will address unity, church property ties, divorce and marriage rules, and racial discrimination issues.
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United Church
Price
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U.S
Reh
Council On Christian Relations
Woman Laughs At Husband's Jokes Cited For Pretty Teeth
A quirky line attributes a woman's laughter to someone praising her teeth. The remark links humor to appearance, noting the woman's smile as the source of amusement.
India Ready to Serve on Nuclear Korea Prisoner Commission
Prime Minister Nehru said India is willing to join a neutral commission to supervise anti-Communist war prisoners in Korea if invited by both the United Nations and the Communists. He stressed South Korea’s position and said India would act only with all parties’ consent and required assurances.
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London
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Korea
United Nations
South Korea
Nehru
U. N
U.N
Indian Press Association
Farher
United Nations Command
U. S
Worcester Tornado Devastation Strikes Central Massachusetts
After a deadly tornado near Worcester, mass casualties rise with 55 dead and 400 injured in Worcester alone. National Guardsmen patrol rubble as 2,500 homeless seek aid and 50 million dollars in damage is estimated. Governor Herter declares disaster. RCFC offers loan relief. thousands volunteer to help.
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Worcester
Mass
Worcester County
Weather figures and sun cycle for today and tomorrow
Forecaster schedules show tonight’s low at 66 degrees with tomorrow’s high at 48. Today’s high reached 88 and last night’s low was 66. Sunset is at 7 34 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 5 03 a m.
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