U S spies caught and jailed by Soviet system
Pravda reports two American spies Vladimir Constanovich alai and Juri Khramizev were sentenced to 25 years in a Soviet corrective labor camp near Murmansk after admitting guilt. They trained in an American intelligence school in Austria and Germany and aided by Norwegian officials were smuggled into Murmansk.
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Moscow
Sureme Court
Uion
Pravda
Communist Party
Murmansk
Vladimir Constanovich Alai
Juri Alexandrovich Khramizev
Galai
Austria
Vienna
Lawrence O. Johnson
Khramitzev
East Berlin
Gregory Vasilev
Norway
Soviet Arctic
Germany
Former City Resident Flies Here In Iron Lung
A former High Point resident struck by polio seven weeks ago flew 400 miles to Greensboro yesterday in an iron lung. He will be treated for an indefinite period at the Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital.
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Julia Snow
Arrow
High Point
Jacksonville
Fla
Ruth Dennard
William Finlayson
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Snow
High
Greensboro
Gurus Fan
Polio Victim Rushed by Air to Convalescent Hospital
Thirty three year old Mrs. Snow of Jacksonville is flown by Naval Air Station to Greensboro for urgent care after a severe polio attack seven weeks ago. Accompanied by her husband Posie Snow and aided by an Overnight Transportation Co. iron lung transfer, the voyage and care are arranged by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Crew includes Navy man Ovis Hancock of Siler City. Mrs. Snow is a Virginia native, her husband from Winston-Salem.
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Sonville
Fla
Naval Air Station
Jacksonville
Six Die as Guatemala Police Try To Arrest Farm Workers
Prensa Libre says six people were killed at Amatitlan when police tried to arrest farm workers. Among the dead were Lt. Marco Antonio Sanchez Amatitlan police chief and two other officers plus three farmhands. Eleven asylum seekers in the Salvadorean Embassy were ready to leave under safe conduct, including Rodolfo Castillo Armas, brother of exiled leader Carlos Castillo Armas.
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Guatemala
Prensa Libre
Amatitlan
Marco Antonio Sanchez
Rodolfo Castillo Armas
Col
Carlos Castillo Armas
Simulated mass attack drill targets 54 cities in North America
Fifty four American and Canadian cities are listed for a two day mock attack code named Operation Alert. The Federal Civil Defense Administration will run the exercise from two headquarters to test communications and civil defense readiness across 31 U S cities and eight Canadian cities with 85 additional locales involved for casualty care and shelter operations. The drill begins just before 11 a m EDT on Monday and lasts 24 hours with aircraft sightings near the border and both military and civilian participants.
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Washington
Federal Civil Defense Administration
FCDA
Marland
Continental
United States
Los Angeles
Boston
Seattle
Tampa
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Air Force
National Guard
Miss Betty Jo Ring Captures Lexington Beauty Title
Three High Point girls contend for Miss North Carolina in Burlington next month with goals of Miss America in September. Betty Jo Ring, daughter of JMs E T, 834 Circle Dr, wins Miss Lexington after a dramatic Macbeth sleepwalking scene. Runners-up: Jean Craver and Hilda Hedrick.
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Betty JO Ring
Lexington
High Point
Burlington
Jms. E. T
Circle Dr
Brownette
Wake Forest College
Miss Ring
Anne Hulin
Anne Hancock
Catawba College
Miss Salisbury
E. P. Coffield
Joe Honeycutt
Lexington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jean Craver
Hilda Hedrick
Near Panic In Guatemala As Revolution Threat Grows
From San Salvador reports say Guatemala faces near panic over a growing revolution threat. Exiled families flee, clandestine radios spread warnings, and officers reportedly defect as Arbenz tightens control and censors news. Americans in the country total 1,200 with 600 in Guatemala City.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Vietnamese Forces Repel Red Night Assault Near Hanoi
Vietnamese Catholic militiamen fighting with French troops repelled a Vietminh night attack on a village 15 miles northwest of Hanoi. About 700 Vietminh raiders were said to be beaten back with substantial losses on both sides. seven militiamen were captured. French aircraft later hit a Vietminh base near Hanoi as monsoon rains loom and French reinforce delta defenses.
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Hanot
Indochina
Red River
Vinhmo
Hanoi
Son Tay
Red
Paul Ely
Dinh Ca
Caugio
Washington
U.S. Air Force
Air Force
Harold Talbott
France
Pacific
United States
North Carolina Press Assn backs secrecy law repeal
The North Carolina Press Association urged repeal of the state secrecy law allowing closed sessions of certain legislative committees. Holt McPherson of The High Point Enterprise was elected president, with Martin Harmon, Miss Beatrice Cobb, and Clarence Griffin named officers.
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Lake Junaluska
N. C
North Carolina Press Assn
Boards of Education
Holt McPherson
High Point Enterprise
Martin Harmon
Kings Mountain Herald
Beatrice Cobb
Morganton
Clarence Griffin
Forest City Courier
McPherson
Weimar Jones
Franklin
Association
Jones
Raleigh
Readership study shows High Point Enterprise favored
A Junior High School civic class conducted a 2400 form readership survey of The High Point Enterprise. The study found broad interest across adults, young adults, and teens with top attention to the editorial page and Hatlo’s They Do It Every Time.
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High Point Enterprise
H. P. Hardin
Hatlo
Hal Boyle
Walter Winchell
Holt McPherson
W. A. Bivens
Bivens
Associated Press
Enterprise
TV Channel 10
Roanoke
Europe
Large Liquor Crackdown Yields 109 Charges in Two Cities
Local officers arrested over 100 people in a massive raid linked to state and federal liquor and tax law violations. The roundup included 15 defendants held on multiple charges, most are women, with one white male suspect from Level Cross. Bonds ranged from 200 to 600 dollars, and hearings are set for June.
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Enterprise
Highace
Senne
Bessie Craft
ABC
Greensboro
Wallace T. Highfill
Highfill
High Point ‘City
Level Cross
Albert Carraway
Willowbrook St
Elks In Pakistan Mentioned In McCarthy Hearings
At the McCarthy Army hearings Senator Jackson questioned the existence of Elks lodges in Pakistan. A telegram from Elks 888 Long Beach urged members to read their Elks magazine, replying to the idea of a Deminform plan to spread democracy globally.
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Washington
G. David Schine
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Pakistan
John T. Webb
Elks
Long Beach
Calif
Tan
The
Desegregation ruling spurs school law debate at Duke
The desegregation ruling highlights complexities in school and property laws. A Duke University meeting this week will discuss related problems. Thomasville police adopt a new approach to aiding forgetful motorists and others who leave keys in unsecured vehicles.
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Duke University
Thomasville
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