Methodist Delegates Picnic On Campus
Delegates to the North Carolina Methodist Conference will picnic today on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan the host for 1 000 ministers and laymen attending the conference session. Bishop Garber opened the 125th annual conference in Rocky Mount and a committee was named to study the proposed affiliation of Pineland Junior College and Edwards Military Institute with the conference. The report cites finances and notes commitments to North Carolina Wesleyan and Methodist College at Fayetteville. Trustees seek conference control of Salemburg school valued at one million dollars. Membership across 56 central and eastern counties rose about 2 percent to 850 churches and nearly 10 million dollars was raised last year, with churches planning a 12 percent increase.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
North Carolina Methodist Conference
North Carolina Wesleyan
Paul N. Garber
Richmond
Garber
Pineland Junior College
Edwards Military Institute
Salemburg
Conference Commission On Higher Education
W. L. Clegg
Raleigh
Commission
Methodist
Llege
Fayetteville
Three Dead as Two Apartment Houses Collapse in Marseille
In Marseille, France, workmen recovered the bodies of three people killed when two small apartment houses collapsed Sunday. Twenty nine others escaped unharmed.
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Marseille
France
Ruble Revaluation Sparks Mixed Hopes in Moscow
An American observer notes shifting prices and wage changes as Moscow announces 1 new ruble for 10 old. He describes higher costs for clothing and essentials, widespread black market rates, and a cautious Khrushchev era balancing act amid consumer pressure and political tension.
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Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Khrushchev
Moscow
Cotton Imports Assailed and Senate Action Urged
Washington Congress likely to weigh limits on cotton imports after Tariff Commission findings that imports do not disrupt the Agriculture Department subsidy. Sen Thurmond condemned the ruling as pro free trade while James A Chapman of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute urged congressional relief. The commission split four to two on recommending a possible import fee tied to the export subsidy. Suffolk Virginia labeled the peanut capital of the world.
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Spartanburg, D.C
James A. Chapman
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Okays Military Construction Spending in Carolinas
The Senate approves about 11 million dollars for Carolinas military construction as part of a 1.067 billion overall defense bill for the year starting July 1. North Carolina projects include Fort Bragg 755 thousand dollars and Cherry Point 1.611 million, Camp Lejeune 433 thousand, Pope Air Force Base 423 thousand, with reserves in Winston-Salem and High Point and guard units in Kings Mountain. House action pending potential compromise on total figures.
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Washington
Carolinas
House
Senate
North Carolina
Army
Ft. Bragg
Pope Air Force Base
Navy
Camp Lejeune Marine Base
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
Winston-Salem
High Point Reserve
Kings Mountain National Guard
Fatal Bus Crash in Bangkok Kills Man and Boy
A loaded bus plowed into a Bangkok coffee shop on Monday killing a man and a boy who were watching television. The accident occurred in the capital city as emergency crews responded to the scene.
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Bangkok
Thailand
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Thomasville Free
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