Eisenhower Returns East After Talks on Korea Armistice
President Eisenhower flies from Rapid City to Hanover New Hampshire for Dartmouth College exercises and a Sagamore Hill dedication before heading to Oyster Bay. He publicly called Nehru to express hope the POW repatriation agreement will hasten an armistice and easing of world tension.
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Oyster Bay
Long Island
New York
Sagamore Hill
Theoon Ser
Penny Bacashington
French Creek
Eisenhower
Nehru
India
Panmunjom
Korea
State Department
United States
Steel Workers Get 8 4 Cent Pay Increase
More than 350000 workers at U S Steel and four major steel producers began earning 84 cents more per hour today. The move, immediate and unopposed, follows a pact with Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Jones and Laughlin. Officials say inflationary effects are being watched by the Eisenhower administration.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Big Steel
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Republic Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Jones and Laughlin
Eisenhower
High Point Officials Discuss Highway Plans at Luncheon
Local Chamber of Commerce directors and city officials honored Seventh Division Highway Commissioner John Van Lindley veteran engineer Tom Burton and District Engineer W W White at a luncheon to review highway problems The discussions suggested a possible push of the new super highway to High Point s South Main Street within two to four years depending on funding State and city leaders voiced concern over limited funds while planners urged paving the four mile link into High Point and expanding road construction where feasible The group also noted toll super highways could speed regional growth and improve connections to the East and Middle West
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
John van Lindley
Tom Burton
W. W. White
Davidson County
South Main Street
Burton
van Lindley
O. Arthur Kirkman
Lindley
A. H. Graham
Holt McPherson
Grover H. Jones
Saltonstall Urges U S Arms First In Foreign Aid
Sen. Saltonstall asserts allies must wait as the United States prioritizes arming its own forces. He plans to move a $5.318 billion foreign aid bill before the Senate Armed Services Committee and will push for speedy consideration. He notes a cut in funding for special weapons abroad and compares aid strategy with domestic buildup.
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Washington
Sen
Saltonstall
Wiley
R-Wis
Foreign Relations Group
Armed Services Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
America
Foreign Relations Committee
High Winds And Hail Darken Carolinas Weather Outbreak
High winds hail and flash floods swept the Carolinas damaging farm crops in Nash County and triggering a train wreck. About 10 000 acres of Nash County tobacco were damaged with losses pegged near a half million dollars. The storm moved east from Virginia and lingered into Wilmington as Norfolk and Western railroad cars derailed at Roxboro.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Norfolk and Western Railway
Roxboro
N. C
Nash County
W. F. Woodruff
Virginia
Person
North Carolina
Lightning Sets Shaw University Building Ablaze
A severe pre dawn thunderstorm sent a lightning bolt crashing into the Leonard Building on Shaw University campus causing roof and upper floor damage estimated at 25 000 dollars. Firefighters were delayed by another city fire as they reached the Negro campus blaze.
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Raleigh
Shaw University
Leonard
Shaw
G. E. Jones
Jones
Legionnaires to Install Officers After State Convention
Wilmington North Carolina Legionnaires will install newly elected officers tonight ending their annual state convention. W L McMillan of Rocky Mount and George Leukhardt of Shelby led as contenders to succeed C Leroy Shuping Jr of Greensboro as department commander. Delegates and alternates to the national convention were chosen and U S Senator Willis Smith of North Carolina spoke.
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Wilmington
North Carolina Legionnaires
Legionnaires
W. L. McMillan
Rocky Mount
George Leukhardt
Shelby
C. Leroy Shuping Jr
Greensboro
U. S
Willis Smith
North Carolina
Seaboard awards 1.475 million contract for diesel repair building
The Seaboard Air Line Railroad selects Fiske Carter Construction Co of Spartanburg South Carolina to build the diesel repair facility. It becomes the first unit in an eight million dollar hump classification yard project planned by the railroad.
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Hamlet
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Fiske- Carter Construction Co
Spartanburg
S. C
Paroles Commissioner N F Ransdell resigns to Gov Umstead
Raleigh. Paroles Commissioner N F Ransdell submitted his resignation to Gov Umstead. He said it takes effect at Umstead's pleasure and that the new three member Paroles Board to be created by the 1953 legislature will abolish his office July 1. He called the law a forward step in corrections.
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Raleigh
N. F. Ransdell
Umstead
Ransdell
Massive Chinese Assault Halts at Outpost Harry
More than 5,000 Chinese Reds attacked Allied lines along a 50 mile front in Central Korea. Reports from U S forces say heavy artillery and mortar barrages, with fierce night fighting, left hundreds of Chinese dead or wounded and failed to secure Outpost Harry after a day of brutal combat.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
Durin
Col
Vest
Red) Akers
Washington, D. C
Akers
Vara Hill
Kumsong
Capitol Hill
U. N
Iron Triangle
White Horse Mountain
Chorwon
Pukhan
U. Srd
Harry
U S Soldiers Fire Over Heads of Korean Youths
U S soldiers fired over the heads of Korean youths during campus protests against a pending truce in Seoul and Pusan. Demonstrations grew as tens of thousands, including students and veterans, protested government leaders and press for unification.
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U.S
Seoul
U. S
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
South Korean National Assembly
Pusan
United Nations
U. N
North Korea
Supreme Court Upholds Crip Smith Sentence and Grants New Trials
The State Supreme Court upheld a 16 to 25 year sentence for Francis Duval known as Crip Smith for manslaughter and Italian driving while granting new trials in 26 cases. J L Albarty received a new trial after his indictment was deemed uncertain. Four women convicted of Lola Church’s death received new trials. Leonard Teaster was freed though jailed. A High Point taxpayer won a suit stopping joint county city spending on a courthouse jail and police facility.
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North Wilkesboro
Wilkes County
Sylvia A. Shepherd
Wilkes Superior Court
Claude Billings Jr
State Supreme Court
Crip’ Smith
Raleigh
State Surey Court
Rence
Francis Duval
Smith
Greensboro
Supreme Court
J. L. Albarty
Forsyth
Albarty
Lola Church
Ashe County
Leonard Teaster
Wom
Irene Ham
Maude Ham
Viola Church
Jean Teaster
High Point
Fred E. Wilson
Guilford County
Mary Curtis
Los Angeles
Eisenhower whea t aid to Pakistan gains swift Senate approval
President Eisenhower's plan to ship one million tons of surplus wheat to Pakistan, including shipping tolls, won near unanimous Senate Agriculture Committee backing within two days of the message. Dulles Stassen and Morse led the push for quick action as lawmakers weigh a price-busting gift costing over 100 million dollars amid drought and anti-Communist concerns. Some senators urged doubling the aid, others limited it to one million tons as House panels prepare to act.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Pakistan
Congress
Senate Agriculture Committee
Dulles
Stassen
Morse
House Agriculture Committee
Aiken
Senate Farm Committee
Senate
Asia
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-la
Sen. Welker
Idaho
Anti-Truce Violence Erupts in Seoul as Rhee Pushes Pact
President Rhee urged the U S to sign a mutual defense pact to curb days of anti armistice protests that turned violent. Seoul sees barricades barbed wire and clashes as staff officers work on cease fire and prisoner exchange details at Panmunjom.
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Seoul
Syneman Rhee
U. S
South Korea
Rhee
Eisenhower
Rolf Lamborn
Stockholm
Tidningen
United Nations
ROK Defense Ministry
Panmunjom
Pyun Yung Tai
Ukrainian Red Leader Ousted Over Russification Policy
Leonid G. Melnikov loses top post in the Ukrainian Communist party after Kiev officials accuse him of Russification and suppressing Ukrainian in schools. A. I. Kirichenko replaces him as first secretary amid anti nationalist purges tied to Malenkov's regime. Alexander Korneichuk gains influence as first deputy premier and party bureau member.
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Moscow
Leonid G. Melnikov
Ukrainian Communist Party
Melnikov
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Communist Party
Prepor Georgi S. Malenkov
Ofice
Semyon D. Ignatiev
Ryumin
Kiev
Ukraine
Soviet Union
Alexander Korneichuk
Korneichuk
The
Weather outlook with temperatures and sun timings
The forecast shows a low tonight of 8 degrees and a high tomorrow of 4 to 6. Today’s high reached 46 with a low of 638 last night. Sunset is at 7 27 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow at 5 02 a.m.
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John Diffendal
High Point Chamber of Commerce
George E. Hutchens
Gineer; Diffendai
Tom Artton
Don Sturkey
Massachusetts
Winston-Salem
Western Electric Co
Seth P. Brewer
CIO Communications Workers of America
Southern Bell Telephone Co
State Utilities Commission
Southern Bell
Attorney General's Office
Telephone Company
State
Superior Court
Milo Farnell
Red Air Force
Roks
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Aghovinig
Detroit
O.aeees
Attle Rock
Memphis
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