Legislature completes its second full month in session
Raleigh reports the General Assembly closed its second month by shelving a veterans bonus proposal and weighing a statewide liquor referendum. A new joint appropriations subcommittee will speed budget work for the next two fiscal years while efforts to redraw districts add judges and solicitors. A milk distribution bill and reorganizing plan also advance amid budget debates.
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North Carolina
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Advisory Budget Commission
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Umstead
Lawmakers See Little Peace Hope in Post Stalin Russia
U S lawmakers voiced gloom over prospects for peace in Russia after Stalin's death. Senator Carlson urged exploring breaks between Russia and China, while Kefauver warned Malenkov may risk warless policy due to less Western knowledge. Taber urged defense budgets remain adequate, and Wiley urged caution until successors’ policies clarify. Ferguson warned of continued Stalin-era conspiracies.
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Russia
Sen. Carlson
R-Kan
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U.S
Red China
Stalin
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Joe Stalin
Icy Air Sends Mercury Down
A blast of icy air from Central Canada pushed frigid temperatures across the North Central States with readings as low as 23 below zero. Minnesota and Wisconsin saw many subzero values including Bemidji 23 below and International Falls 21 below. Minneapolis-St Paul endured near zero. some moderation expected by tomorrow and light snow fell in parts of the Northern Plains.
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Calif
Yuma
Ariz
Youths fire in woods injure railroad worker
In Fayetteville two youths shooting near the woods caused minor injuries to railroad flagman Elsie Mashburn when a bullet shattered a locomotive window. Wilhelm Landingham, 16, and a 13-year-old companion were shooting nearby. no charges yet filed as investigation continues. In Raleigh, Willie Harrison, 53, pleaded guilty to accessory before the fact of murder in the January shotgun killing of Lindsey Hughes, and received a life prison term after sentencing.
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Elsie C. Mashburn
Duncan
L. L. Guy
Wilhelm Vann Landingham
Marshburn
Raleigh
Llp
Willie Harrison
Fuquay Springs
Lindsey Hughes
Harrison
John J. Burney
Forensic Tournament Ends at South Atlantic Meet in Hickory
The 21st annual South Atlantic Forensic Tournament concluded in Hickory with three days of debate. Sixty four teams from seven states and DC competed in seven rounds and twenty one contests at Lenoir Rhyne College. Blue mold outbreak hits Columbus County tobacco fields prompting Extension Service guidance on dusting and spraying beds.
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Raleigh
Quarantine Lifts Ease Swine Movement in Raleigh Area
U.S. and state officials lift vesicular exanthema quarantines on Orange County swine as of yesterday allowing hogs to move to markets and slaughter plants outside the county. Some producers in Orange and Chatham Counties remain under individual quarantine due to feeding swine on raw garbage.
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Orange County
Orange
Chatham
Scott Speech at Leaksville Dinner Focuses on Unity
W Kerr Scott, returning to politics after resigning as governor, praised Democratic Presidents Jefferson Jackson Wilson Roosevelt and Truman. He warned Tar Heel Democrats against entrapment by narrow sectionalism as he spoke at the Leaksville Township Jefferson Jackson Dinner.
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Leaksville
W. Kerr Scott
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Wilson
Roosevelt
Truman
Ha- Scott
Leaksville Township
L Lee Gravely Dies at 65 Noted North Carolina Politician
L Lee Gravely, 65, longtime tobacconist and former state senator, died after a long illness in Rocky Mount. Born in Danville Virginia, he played baseball at the University of Virginia before earning a law degree from the University of North Carolina. He sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 1940.
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Rocky Mount
L. Lee Graveley
Danville
University of Virginia
University of North Carolina Law School
Van Fleet Confers With Eisenhower Helps Pace Shortage Talk
General James A. Van Fleet spent 70 minutes with President Eisenhower and refused to say if they discussed his claim of a serious ammunition shortage in Korea. White House officials had said the meeting was scheduled. defense leaders promised to testify on the issue before Senate committees. Secretary Wilson assured lawmakers ammunition in the Far East could counter any attack and pledged prompt clarification.
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James A. van Fleet
Eisenhower
Korea
8Th Army
van Fleet
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Eighth Army
White House
James A. Hagerty
Senate
Wilson
Far East
U N Patrol Repels Chinese Attack on Korean Front
U N forces fought off a 200 man Chinese assault on Old Baldy and Porkchop hills near Seoul, with 2,000 rounds fired in a five hour battle. Sgt. Whitman reported the enemy in front as troops fired grenades and burp guns while U N artillery and B 29s pounded a Communist supply center at Onjong, northwest of the Chongchon River.
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Porkchop
No-Man's Land
Robert L. Whitman
Warrenton
U.S
Porkchop Hill
United Press
al Kaff
Whitman
Stalin Remains a Fateful Figure as Nation Sees Him
Eddy Gilmore reports from Moscow on the vast queue outside the Hall of Columns as crowds in cold, quiet reverence view Joseph Stalin's bier. Police lines, a monumental portrait, and a stern, steellike face mark the moment in the House of Trade Unions near the Kremlin.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Hall Ofumns
House of Trade Unions
House of the Union
Kremlin
Stalin
Labor Issue Tossed Back To President
Washington reports that efforts to secure labor management agreement on the Taft Hartley Act have stalled. Secretary Durkin said the advisory committee is in recess as labor and industry members clash over whether formal votes should be recorded. Durkin plans another meeting despite unresolved voting procedures.
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Martin P. Durkin
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Rites Slated For Monday In Moscow
The Soviet Union announced Stalin will be honored in a Monday funeral to lie beside Lenin in Red Square until a Pantheon shrine for world communism is built. Malenkov heads government after Stalin’s death following a heart failure and brain hemorrhage.
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Malenkov Rise Prompts Questions on Soviet Purges
U S experts weigh if Georgi Malenkov’s rapid ascent signals purges to follow Stalin’s death. Malenkov becomes council chairman and premier, with Molotov and Beria retaining senior posts. Voroshilov named head of state as government reshuffle shifts real power toward the state regime.
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U. S
Georgi Malenkov
Russia
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Malenkov
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Seeyaest
Emenii Voroshilov
Lavrenti P. Beria
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Lazar Kaganovich
A Areue
Malenkov Leads Streamlined Soviet Government After Stalin
MOSCOW (UP) Georgi M. Malenkov 51 assumes supreme leadership of the new streamlined Soviet government and Communist party as Stalin’s death prompts a vast national mourning. A million people file past Stalin’s bier as a lavish funeral plan unfolds and a pantheon for Lenin and Stalin is announced.
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House of Unions
Vishinsky Removed From Post at United Nations
Soviet changes at Moscow include Vishinsky moved from U N delegate to retire from the Moscow scene. Molotov replaces premier Stalin era role. Malenkov named to Foreign Ministry. Delegates note a possible tougher Soviet line and a power struggle among Malenkov, Molotov and Vishinsky.
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U. N
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
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Vishinsky
Moscow
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Molotov
Guest Towel Observed By Visitor During Hand Wiping
A guest towel is examined by a visitor as he wipes his hands on his handkerchief, a brief domestic scene noted in this fragmentary text.
Weather Forecast Details
Tonight's low will be 28 degrees with a high tomorrow of 48. Today's high reached 62 and last night's low was 37. Sunset is at 6 20 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 41 a m.
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