Housing Officials Firing Asked Over Eastern Carolina Authority
A special committee found an obvious conflict of interest in the sale of Seymour Johnson Homes at Goldsboro involving Eastern Carolina Regional Housing Authority leaders. It urged the resignations of director H Emmett Powell and assistant director N E Mohn Jr and called for action to protect the authority’s interests.
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Raleigh
Eastern Carolina
Seymour Johnson
Goldsboro
H. Emmett Powell
N. E. Mohn Jr
Hodges
Board of Commissioners
Authority
Powell
Bride Walks Out On Wedding Sparks Far-Flung Trip
Irene Arzedi disappeared nine days before her Brooklyn wedding choosing a bus ride to Los Angeles and back. She said personal reasons and denied recalling the motive. Doctors reported malnutrition and exhaustion after the episode. she and fiancé Joseph Pinto vowed to marry when they can discuss plans.
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Joseph Pinto
Irene Arzedi
New York
Losagg
Pinto
Miss Arzedi
Brooklyn
Gonie
Angeles
Los Angeles
Alfred Janova
Thar
Conviction of Bishop Provokes Vatican Protest and Grace
The Vatican protests the March 12 conviction of Bishop Pietro Fiordelli of Prato on defamation charges. Pope XII offered sorrow while blessing a crowd at St Peter's Square on his birthday. The case sparks anger amid a larger anticlerical climate in Italy and follows 19th anniversary of his election.
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Vatican
Florence
Prato
Pietro Fiordelli
St. Peter’s Square
Holy Office
Pius XI
Padua
St. Anthony of Padua
Italy
Missile Tracking Base Shown at Grand Bahama Island
The Air Force opens a down range base on Grand Bahama Island as part of a 12 base network to track and control guided and ballistic missiles. Maj. Amos H. Shoup heads the base with the red launch signal button as radar and computers monitor the flight and safety boundaries.
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Grand Bahama Island
U.S
Air Force
Gbi
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Cape
Amos H. Shoup
Hagerstown
Eleven Bodies Still Missing In River
In Prestonsburg Kentucky searchers comb the Levisa Fork for 11 missing school children after a bus crash that killed 14, including the driver. Navy divers and bulldozers dragged the submerged bus ashore as grief-stricken families await more word.
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Prestonsburg
Levisa Fork
Big Sandy River
James Ousley
Navy
Governor Hodges speaks in Winston-Salem at Reynolds Lab addition
Raleigh Governor Hodges was to speak in Winston-Salem at a dedication of an addition to the R J Reynolds Tobacco Co Research Laboratory. His week includes a Wilmington trip Thursday for a ribbon tying ceremony marking the inlet closure Hurricane Hazel opened, splitting the beach.
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Raleigh
Gov. Hodges
Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Wilmington
Hazel
Signs Of Promised Summer Recovery Not Yet Visible
Washington report on economic state shows rising unemployment and falling production. Bankers, clerks, and owners across states describe mortgage pressure, job scarcity, and uneven trends. Some regions like Iowa and parts of the West stay relatively resilient while overall recovery remains elusive. More details on page five.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
Associated Press
Chamber of Commerce
Arizona
Florida
Iowa
New Mexico
South Dakota
Deadlock in Korea over return of airliner crew
A six hour Allied Communist meeting in Panmunjom failed to resolve demands over handing over two American pilots and two West German passengers held in North Korea since February 16. Communists refused immediate transfer and insisted on government-to-government talks, while the Allies ruled out such political meetings. The session adjourned indefinitely with no agreement on conditions for repatriation or future armistice talks.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
Red
U.N
U.S
Red Truce Commission
United States
West Germany
U.S. Navy
George W. Kehl
Red Cross
Kehl
Armistice Commission
U. S
South Korean
Soviet Ambassador Seeks Closer Ties With United States
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov visits the White House as Washington weighs Moscow’s April foreign ministers conference proposal. Eisenhower and Dulles say the plan moves toward a summit but lacks discussion of core issues and favors nuclear disarmament over Western plans.
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Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
White House
United States
Eisenhower
Dulles
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Gastonia Accident Kills Two in Bridge Crash Chase
A pursuit after a roadside fist fight near Gastonia N C ended when a second car crashed through a bridge railing over Catawba Creek. Two men, Hubert Barker and Charles W Moore both of Gastonia, died. Four others were seriously injured. Police credited witness A M Whitner of Clover with reporting the incident.
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Gastonia
N.C
Hubert Barker
Charles W. Moore
James Cook
George Frady
Clyde McCarthy
James Lunsford
A. M. Whitner
Clover
8.C
Whitner
Catawba Creek
Charlotte-Canton Link Passes Elkin
State Highway Commission unanimously backs an interstate from Charlotte toward Canton Ohio, routing via Charlotte expressway, near US 21 north of Charlotte, bypassing Mooresville and Statesville toward Elkin, with future Virginia boundary alignment study. Feeder routes US 52 66 realigned to speed access for Winston-Salem Greensboro Burlington and eastern NC.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Charlotte
Canton
Ohio
North Carolina
Midwest
U.S. 21
Mooresville
Elkin
Virginia
Highway Commission
Mount Airy
Winston-Salem
Lexington
W. F. Babcock
State Line
Greensboro
Burlington
Babcock
Lexingen
Salisbury
Hickory
Concord
Lincolnton
Statesville
Lincolnton - Shelby
China Grove
Kannapolis
Impeachment Sought Against FCC Commissioner Mack
Rep Harris announces filing a resolution to impeach FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack as a Miami television case raises influence allegations. G T Baker links involved senators executives and lawyers to improper activities. Whiteside and Porter named in lobbying and legal roles amidst the probe.
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Washington
Harris
D-Ark
House
FCC
Richard A. Mack
G. T. Baker
Miami
Baker
National Airlines
Ee Daein
D-Tenn
Hlollaed
Smathers
D-Fla
A. Frank Katzentine
Mack
Thurman A
Whiteside
Paul Porter
Astern Air Lines
National
Porter
Kat‘zentine
Col. G. Gordon Moore
Eisenhower
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