UN delegates clash over germ warfare pact and Korea links
At the United Nations, Jacob Malik and Andrei Gross spar over ratification of the 1925 Geneva protocol to ban germ warfare. Malik labels the move fraud while Gross accuses the Soviet Union of hypocrisy, tying Korea to the issue and urging ratification to curb gas stockpiling.
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Malik
Meeces
U. N
Disarmament Commission
Security Council
Gross
Peessia
Sa Ee
Korea
Russia
U. S
Marine Corps Strengthened By Committee
A joint Senate House committee agreed to strengthen the Marine Corps with a stronger voice in policy and a ceiling of 400 000 including officers. The commandant would sit with the Joint Chiefs as a coequal and Marines would be organized into three combat divisions and three air wings. The minimum strength was eliminated. The bill goes back for final action.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Senate
House
Marine Corps
House Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs
Teens steal plane flee to crash near Peoria
Two teenage boys William O Richey 17 and Larry Sopher 16 stole a plane at Peoria M T Hawle Airport gassed it up and flew about 45 miles before crashing in a pasture. They survived and fled into nearby woods as authorities chased them. The owner Harlan Baird lamented the loss and potential charges.
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Harlan Baird
William O 'Richey
Larry Sopher
M.T Hawle
Richey
Abi
Pat Po
Murk
Tome Ee Aa Rhommen
Suly
Nove
Weather forecast snippets for temperature highs and lows
The forecast notes a low of 66 tonight and a high of 92 tomorrow. Today's high reached 93 with a last night low of 61.
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Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Asheville
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Mt. Mitchell
Francisco
Two carpenters fall from State Fair Coliseum
Two carpenters were in critical condition after plunging about 35 feet from the side of the new State Fair Coliseum in Raleigh. Emergency surgery was performed on Floyd E. Green of Durham, with his condition listed as unchanged.
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Raleigh
Floyd E. Green
Durham
Old Tele Co Requests Rate Increase from Utilities Board
Raleigh company files with the State Utilities Commission seeking a rate boost to bring its tolls in line with prevailing local charges. The exact amount requested was not disclosed in the filing.
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Raleigh
Old Tele Co
State Utilities Commission
Cherokee drama exempt from federal admissions tax
The Cherokee Indian association that sponsors the drama Unto Hills announced the Internal Revenue Bureau exempted the production from federal admissions tax. This ruling frees between 30000 and 35000 dollars annually for the non profit group to support educational cultural and religious projects.
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Association
Internal Revenue Bureau
Radio labor woes loom for AM broadcasters in North Carolina
Dick Doherty of the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters told the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters convention that labor manpower and cost problems will grow tougher for AM standard broadcasters. He spoke at the annual gathering in Nags Head, North Carolina.
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NAGS
North Carolina
Dick Doherty
National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
Doherty
Sixth National Marble Tournament Opens Next Thursday
The sixth annual National Marble Tournament sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign Wars will open here next Thursday. About 50 entries have been received, including 36 state elimination contest winners sponsored by VFW state organization.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW State Organiza
Fatal head on collision near Mocksville kills Landis duo
A head on crash near Mocksville killed Mr. and Mrs. J Landis of Lexington while returning from a wake at Lake. The Landis car collided with a truck driven by Jesse James Greer 22 of Lenoir Rt 2. He was uninjured and waived a preliminary hearing on a manslaughter charge with $2080 bond posted.
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Mocksville
J. On Landis
Lexington
Yeste
Lake
Landis
Jesse James Greer
Lenoir
Rt. 2
Pop
Kinston Man Sues Laundry Operator for Alienation of Affection
Robert L. Sharp Jr. filed a $250,000 damage suit in Lenoir County Superior Court against Marvin Vick claiming Vick alienated Sharp’s wife Myrtilla Gill Harvey of an Eastern North Carolina family.
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Kinston
Robert L. Sharp, Jr
Marvin Vick
Lenoir County
Sharp
Vick
Myrtilla Gill Harvey
North Carolina
Eisenhower Promises Tax Cut If Budget Balanced
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told Oregon delegates that a national budget balance is needed before tax cuts, and he warned no tax cut would occur until the budget is balanced. He spoke amid Texas delegate tensions and announced a Texas trip with no firm schedule, aiming to secure support.
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Eisenhower
Texas
Nevada
Living Cost Index Moves Up Again
The cost of living index rose to 189 percent of the 1935 to 1939 average for the month ending May 15, up two tenths of a point. Rail workers receive a two cent hourly wage boost effective July 1 tied to the index, with other industries gaining at least one cent.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
BLS
North Carolina May job losses total 970700 workers
Raleigh reports NC industrial employment fell by 4500 in May to 970700. Trade shed 3500, textiles 2400, chemicals 1000, and 300 losses in lumber and furniture, while construction gained 1600, services 800, and food products 400.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Clarence Pritchard
Truman Urges Tax Increase to Meet Federal Deficit
President Truman says taxes should be raised to cover the federal deficit in a news conference. He notes campaign talk of tax cuts by rivals and clarifies he is not running for office. Taft advocates a 1 percent tax rise in two years if nominated. Eisenhower also calls for budget restraint.
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Washington
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
GOP
Steamship line offers lavish trip for lawmakers
United States Lines arranged a funded trip aboard the United States liner for congressmen and officials from Washington to Newport News and New York. Several lawmakers declined the invitation citing ethics concerns while others accepted, amid a government subsidy controversy and claims taxpayers are being rooked. A special train will transport inviting lawmakers round trip at no cost.
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Washington
United States Lines Steamshipany
United
Newport Va
New York
Lindsay C. Warren
House
Line
Butner
Invita
Hey
Clare E. Hoffman R Pee
House Executive Expenditures Committee
United States
Newport News
GOP decisions split as national committee handles Texas delegates
The GOP national committee ruled on delegate contests including Texas and states Virginia, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi. It referred disputes to state committees and retained jurisdiction over others, a decision that could affect the Eisenhower Taft race for the nomination.
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Washington
Taft
Eisenhower
Texas
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
GOP
National Committee
Virginia
Louisiana
Georgia
Mississippi
National Organization
GOP Committee
UN Forces Repel Sporadic Chinese Red Assaults
UN troops in East Central Korea repelled a Chinese Communist attack near Kumsong and Chorwon. About 200 enemy soldiers were killed as air supported units struck red positions along the front, with no further assault near the Allies’ hill mass.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
U. S. Eighth Army
Kumsong
Chorwon
U. S
U. N
Fifth Air Force
Air
Marine i
Pyongyang
Kamsong
Pearson Assault Case Set July 3
Washington reports lobbyist Patrick Clark's assault case was set for July 3 by Judge Andrew Howard. Clark, released on personal bond, could demand a jury. his attorney George McNeil reserved the right to do so. The fracas involved Pearson, who said Clark threatened him after Brewster's Maine banner defeat.
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Washington
Patrick Clack
Andrew Howard
Municipal Court
Clark
George McNeil
McNeil
Pearson Pearson
Pearson
Owen Brewster
Maine
Sen Ster
Brewster
Cadets to Graduate at Kinston Air Base Exercises
Eighty three Air Force cadets who completed an eight month course at the civilian operated air base will graduate June 27. Principal speaker will be Governor Kerr Scott with attendance by Representatives Harold Cooley F Ertel Carlyle and Charles B Dean and flight training chief Maj. Gen. Warren Carter.
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Kinston
Air Force
Kerr Scott
Harold Cooley
F. Ertel Carlyle
Charles B. Dean
Warren Carter
The girl born with a silver tongue myth
A fragment cites the saying that a girl born with a silver tongue speaks smoothly and persuades easily, reflecting a long held stereotype about feminine rhetoric and charm.
Union Would Not Obey Order Over Steel Strike
President Truman said Congress could not force him to use the Taft Hartley law to end the steel strike and that the union would not bow to an injunction as readily as in the seizure of a steel mill. The piece notes ongoing government and industry maneuvers, potential 80 day anti strike action, and effects on defense production and the economy.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Nomie Trola
Korea
Selman
John R. Stee Om
Joolaiana
Congress
Lal
Cnemed Cio
Ers Rey
John L. Santa
United Mine Workers
Murray
Pittsburgh
Lewis
Armas
Ford Motor
Detroit
Roger L. Putnam
Putnam
Umstead Support Ties Prompt Coltrane Salary Bill
Rep John Umstead of Orange County says he will push a 1953 General Assembly bill to restore the assistant budget director’s $1000 monthly pay. He cites Coltrane’s support as a reason and reports 67 legislators already signed on to sponsor the measure.
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Coltrane
Raleigh
John Umstead
D. S. Coltrane
Umstead
Orange County
General Assembly
Um Stead
North Carolina crop conditions described as above average
The Federal State Crop Report notes that through June conditions in North Carolina were above average despite a dry start. Recent showers have helped improve the outlook for crops across the state.
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Raleigh
North
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