Singing on the Mountain draws 35000 to Linville meadow
Linville North Carolina June 27 35000 expected for tomorrow’s Singing on the Mountain at Grandfather Mountain meadow. Event marks 29th anniversary with 50 singing groups from three states 20 preachers 14 extra patrol officers to manage traffic U S 221 reroutes Lt Gov Hodges to speak Grady Cole introduces him Norman Gordon and Happy John Coffey perform 90 year old Gragg appears Pioneer drama cast re-creates Boone Cherokee scenes.
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Linville
N. C
State Highway Patrol
Grandfather Mountain
Joel Hartley
Appalachians
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
The
Highway Patrol
Blue Ridge Parkway
Luther H. Hodges
Charlotte
Grady Cole
Norman Cordon
Metropolitan Opera
Happy John Coffey
Prophet
High Hills
Shelby F. Gragg
Skull’s Mill
Dagnel Boone
Churchill Told To Take Rest
Sir Russell Brain, president of the Royal College of Physicians, treated Churchill’s illness at a hospital. A Foreign Office spokesman said no political significance attached to the conference. Eisenhower expressed distress and urged Churchill to follow his doctors.
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Pope Pius
Russell Brain
Royal College of Physicians
Brain
Oval College of Physicians
Foreign Office
Washington
Eisenhower
Churchill
Truman Will Not Campaign Outside Missouri
Former President Truman announced he will not take part in elections outside his home state, Missouri. He confirmed to reporters he will not support New York City's mayoral race and said he may assist the Democratic Party in future general elections.
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Truman
Missouri
New York
Pharry S. Truman
Matt Connelly
Richard H. Balch
Connelly
New York City
Balch
Margaret
Washington
Philadelphia
Tolman
Churchill
Winston Churchill
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Polio Serum Flown Into Alabama
Sixty seven gallons of gamma globulin were flown into Montgomery Alabama to inoculate 30000 children as polio cases rose. The serum arrives from New Brunswick New Jersey and is the largest shipment ever distributed with 250000 cubic centimeters. Immunizations start next Tuesday at 18 schools in Montgomery County with 100 doctors and Maxwell AFB staff volunteering. The effort is funded by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and costs exceed one million dollars. Two more cases raise the county total to 75 with three Montgomery County children dead.
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AL Lanier
Montgomery
Ala
Office of Defense Mobilization
E. R. Squibb & Company
New Brunswick
N. J
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Atlanta
Maxwell Air Force Base
Sioux City
Houston
Tex
D. G. Gill
Montgomery County
Famed surgeon Dr. Frank Lahey dies at 73 in Boston
Dr. Frank H. Lahey 73 renowned Boston surgeon who founded the Lahey Clinic died at New England Baptist Hospital after a heart ailment six days after assisting in the Eden operation. He led Lahey Clinic, operated on Somoza and a Siamese twin, and held ASA presidency in 1942. He leaves his widow.
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Boston
Frank H. Lahey
Anthony Eden
New England Baptist Hospital
Lahey
Anastasio Somoza
Nicaragua
Holyoke
Mass
Margaret Gibb
Eden
Richard B. Cat
Marius Smith-Petersen
Dr. Lahey
Dr. Smith-Petersen
Arthur Godfrey
Smith-Petersen
Godfrey
American Medical Association
Armed Services
Red Army Pushes toward Hwachon Reservoir in Eastern Front
Allied observers report a major Soviet assault across the Pukhan sector with six divisions involved. Reds split efforts across east and west fronts, capturing Lookout Mountain and pushing toward the Hwachon Reservoir while artillery shells rain down, aided by heavy mortars.
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Korea
Hwachon
Milo Farnell
Pukhan
Lookout Mountain
Lookout
Capitol Hill
Kumsong
Shotgun Attack Injures Local Man Near Pomona Road
Floyd W. Kitchen, 50, of Route 1, treated for two buckshot wounds to the back after a shooting at Old Hillto Road near Pomona Road. He said Wayne Forrest, 45, forced entry and returned with a shotgun, firing as Kitchen and Mrs. McLaughlin fled. Condition listed as not serious. County and Greensboro officers investigate.
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Floyd W. Kitchen
Route 1
Kitchen
Frank D. McLaughlin
Old Hillto Road
Pomona Road
McLaughlin
Forrest
Greensboro
People and Travel Notes From North Carolina to California
Mr. and Mrs. O J Edwards of Jamestown return from Washington DC aboard the USS Williamsburg with their son Bob. Others plan trips to Canada Niagara Falls and California while several locals recover from hospital stays attend weddings or prepare for military assignments.
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O. J. Edwards
Jamestown
Bobby Marshall Edwards
Washington, D. C
Uss
Williamsburg
Margaret Sumner
South Main Street
Opal Harvel
Silk Street
Robert Kennedy
Trinity
Canada
Niagara Falls
Rhee Talks Make Progress Amid Front Visit Uncertainty
Washington officials said Robertson’s planned full day at the war front could be canceled or cut short. Rhee, described as very happy after a second talk, remained optimistic about progress toward an armistice and U S security pact with the United States, while Peiping radio criticized the agreement as a danger to postwar peace.
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Washington
Robertson
Maxwell D. Taylor
War Front
Rhee
Robert Bunson
Associated Press
Tokyo
U. S
Bunson
Korea
Peiping
Kaesong
Syngman Rhee
Pre Gerhene
Mark Ete
Mark W. Clark
U. S. Far East
Clark
Government Expects To End Year 8% Billion In Red
An administration official said the current fiscal year will close about 8% billion dollars in the red, roughly 2% billion more than Truman estimated. Inflation likely next year as Eisenhower pursues sound money, with Fed action possible to aid borrowing. Debt reduction expected by spring, tax receipts lag behind, deficit around 8.5 billion by year end. For 1954, if tax cuts pass, a deficit near 5.6 billion is projected and borrowing of six to nine billion dollars anticipated in the first six months.
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Washington
Truman
Eisenhower
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Treasury
House Committee Approves Reduced Air Force Budget
The House Appropriations Committee backed Eisenhower’s 120-wing Air Force goal, cutting about 1.0 billion dollars from next year’s defense budget to 34.434 billion. It trimmed Army by 689 million and Navy by 398 million, signaling deeper cuts possible with more time.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
House
Wilson
Truman
Navy
Army
Air Force
Defense
Committee
Apmy
McCarthy Names Ten Authors for Public Hearings
Senator McCarthy announced subpoenas for ten authors and 13 others to testify next week on alleged use of works by Communist authors in the overseas information program. The hearings run Wednesday to Friday in the Senate caucus room with witnesses including Dorothy Parker and Lillian Hellman. He said several subpoenaed witnesses remain hard to locate as the panel resumes a probe sparked by Eisenhower’s Dartmouth warning on book burners.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate Investigations Committee
Overseas Information Program
Senate
Roy Cohn
Dorothy Parker
Paul Robeson
Coreliss Lamont
Lillian Hellman
Edwin Burgum
New York University
Foxey Wilkersem
Jefferson School
New York City
Anna Rochester
Mariguerite Stewart
Richard 0. Boyer
Rockwell Kent
Eisenhower
Dartmouth College
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Mrs. Truman
Connecticut
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Suly
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S. Main ST
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Floyd Kitchen
Industrial Supply CO
Maude Chandler
Mill Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Ernestine Noble
Centennial Avenue
Clarence Kennedy
Oakland
Calif
Lila Bell
Bill Wall
Kennedy
Miss Bell
Hal Livengood
Great Smoky Mountains
East Green Street
Eva G. Alexander
Willenbar Terrace
High Point
Wesley Long Hospital
Thomas J. C. Smyth and
Bill
Tommy
Kanaga
Ruth Reddick Johnson
Fairfield Road
Pirmasens
Germany
Set
Tony L. Johnson
United States Army
First Repl
O. H. Hester
Katherine Hester
Myers Park Methodist Church
Miss Hester
Inez Jamison
Los Angles
George Lewis
Emerywood Court Apartments
Sal
Clarence B. Causey
Brian Mitchell
Lexington
Mr. Causey
W. C. Causey
James B. Lovelace, Jr
James B. Lovelace
Colonial Drive
NROTC
University of North Carolina
Corpus Christie
Texas
Naval Air Station
Little Creek
Naval Amphibian Base
U.S
United Nations
Ellis O. Briggs
South Korea
Sul
North
South
High Command
Reds
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Congressional
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Chifferobes
Hollywood
N. Wrenn ST
Leonard Cleaners
List Norge
Norge
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Derayer
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