Top Jet Ace Leaves Combat After 125 Missions
Allied Sabre pilots knocked down three MIG15s and Col. Royal N. Baker, top Allied jet ace, will fly no more combat missions. Baker, of McKinney Texas, led the 4th Fighter Interceptor Group after completing more than 125 missions.
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Seoul
Baker
McKinney
Tex
Air Force
Yalu River
Manchuria
Yalu
Red Korea
Korea
Manchurian
Sinuiju
Czech Leader Gottwald Dies After Moscow Trip
Prague Radio reported Czechoslovakia president and Communist ruler Klement Gottwald died at 9 am after returning from Moscow where he attended Stalin’s funeral. Western diplomats noted the sudden deaths of two communist leaders within a fortnight and questioned suspicions of a Kremlin purge.
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Vienna
Austria
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Moscow
Stalin
Gottwald
Kremlin
Georgi M. Malen
Prague Radio
United Nations ballots test Romulo and Pearson for secretary general
The United Nations Security Council held its first test vote on candidates Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo and Lester B. Pearson. Romulo won five votes with Russia and France opposed. Pearson received nine votes with Britain and France backing him, Lebanon abstaining. The Polish candidate Stanislaw Skrzeszewski drew only the Soviet vote. Council President Bokhari urged consensus among the big five and a return vote next Thursday afternoon. Observers expect shifts in next ballot and note a possible Soviet veto remains likely.
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United Nations
N.Y
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Lester B. Pearson
Canada
Security Council
Pearson
Russia
Lebanon
Council
Britain
France
Romulo
United States
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Ahmed S. Bokhari
Pakistan
Trygve Lie
Coach Found Guilty in Greensboro Assault Case
A 30 year old high school basketball coach Hebron F. Coble was found guilty of assaulting two Kirkman brothers at the school gym. Judge E Earle Rives ordered him to pay court costs and a $30 medical bill. Coble admitted kicking Jerry Kirkman 15 after he refused to leave amid a girls gym class. He also admitted scuffling with William Kirkman 19. The incident occurred in February.
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Greensboro
E. Earle Rives
City Recorder’s Court
Hebron F.coble
Coble
Jerry Kirkman
William Kirkman
Ser
Whale washes ashore near Caffeys Inlet station
Coast Guardsmen report a 45 foot whale washed ashore on the beach near Caffeys Inlet station a few miles north of Kitty Hawk. State officials weigh moves to seize 40000 bond posted in Guilford County Superior Court and apply it against a 680000 tax lien on racketeer F D George Smith. clerk Joseph Shore says funds do not belong to Smith. Farm groups back a bill to regulate milk production and sales. about 40 producers endorse after a four and a half hour meeting in Greensboro.
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Kitty Hawk
Coast
Raleigh
Eugene Shaw
Guilford County Superior Court
F. D. George Smith
Joseph P. Shore
Guilford Court
Smith
Shore
Greensboro
State Farm Bureau
North Carolina State Grange
North Carolina Milk Ucers Association
General Assembly
Gamma Globulin Reaches North Carolina for Polio Prevention
A supply of gamma globulin, seen as the leading polio preventive, arrived in Raleigh and is now controlled by the Office of Defense Mobilization. The ODM has assumed distribution to states to ensure availability during epidemics.
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Raleigh
State Health Department
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Eisenhower Briefs Aides On Government Reorganization Plans
President Eisenhower discussed a broad overhaul of federal departments with aides and experts. Speculation centered on abolishing the Reconstruction Finance Corp and reshaping the Internal Revenue Bureau under Treasury, with moves tied to cabinet status for the proposed Federal Security Agency.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Ac House
Uss
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Internal Revenue Bureau
Truman
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Civil Service Protection
Congress
Federal Security Agency
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Yngvar Brynildsson
Secretary of Treasury
George M. Humphrey
White House
REC
Brynildsson
RFC
Humphrey
T. Coleman Andrews
Civil Service
Allied Leaders Plan Joint Protest Over Soviet Aircraft Attack
Allied officials meet in Bonn to draft a three-note protest after Soviet jet fighters intercept a British BEA Viking flying within a 20 mile corridor from Munich to Berlin. U S radar around the Iron Curtain tightened and pilots placed on alert as protests escalate.
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BOM
Germany
Russia
U.S
Bonn
Andre Francois-Poncet
British European Airways
Berlin
Munich
BEA
Malta
Eastliadotnthy
U. S
Royal Air Force
Iron Curtain
Plaa
Jury Expected To Get Watts Case Today
The Dillon County jury faced testimony from numerous witnesses in the Watts murder case. Defendants Lamar Herring and Tom Rich denied guilt and disputed key statements from witness J W Byrd who claimed payment and motive. Defense testimony placed both men together near Bennettsville on the night of April 3.
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Dillon
Darlington County
Watts
Bennettsville
Darlington
Lamar Herring
Tom Rich
Lumberton
N. C
Herring
J. W. Byrd
Florence
Byrd
Red
Rich
C. H. McEachern
Montey Wells
J. J. Dudley
Motor Vehicles Inspection Bill Dies in Senate
North Carolina lawmakers faced rain and opposition as the motor vehicles inspection bill failed in the Senate by a large vote. A separate measure to add six resident superior court judges passed the House and moves to the Senate, while redistricting and state personnel reorganizing bills move forward in various stages amid party debate.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Camp Lejeune
General Assembly
Umstead
Senate
House
R. Lee Whitmire
Henderson
State Personnel Council
Senate Judicial Committee
State Highway Commission
Joint Appropriations Committee
State Board of Elections
James H. Pou Bailey
Wake
Lunsford
Rew
Halifax
Bailey
John W. Umstead
Orange
Local Negro Pharmacist Files For Council Seat
Augustus M. Greenwood 57, a High Point resident for 20 years, filed to run in the April 21 Democratic Primary from the Second Ward for City Council. A World War I veteran and longtime pharmacist, Greenwood is linked with local civil rights groups and church activities.
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Augustus M. Greenwood
Underhill Avenue
High Point
Greenwood
Brookhaven
Miss
Tougaloo College
Tennessee State University
Nashville
Thei
W. F. Bailey
High Point Committee On
John W. Langford
Arthur Utley, Jr
Municipal Election Board
Mayor's of
Eccles Everhart Named to State Building Post
Eccles Dy Everhart of Voorhees and Everhart, local architects, named by Gov. Umstead as architectural representative on North Carolina Building Code Council. Everhart, 52, resident of 611 West Lexington Avenue, has practiced here since 1929 and succeeds Albert L. Haskins Jr., who retired due to ill health.
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Eccles Dy
Everhart
Voorhees and
William B. Umstead
North Carolina
Building Code Council
Ate
Lexington Avenue
Charlotte
High Point
University of Virginia
Albert L. Haskins, Jr
Raleigh
Clash Over Bohlen Nomination Marks McCarthy Test
Washington moves toward a clash as Sen. McCarthy opposes Charles Bohlen for ambassador to Russia citing Acheson ties. Bohlen, a Soviet affairs expert, is set to testify on his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation amid questions about his role in the Yalta era and potential ties to the Acheson group.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
Charles E. Bohlen
Russia
McCarthy
Bohlen
Acheson Group
State Department
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
R-N.j
Joseph C
Japan
Military leaders plan new defense against Russian air invasions
Washington reports reveal generals Bradley Vandenberg and Gruenther joining Ridgway in secrecy to draft plans for thwarting further Soviet air incursions into Allied zones in Germany. Britain condemns Russian pilots, while officials say no fire-first orders yet and diplomacy remains key.
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Washington
Germany
America
Paris
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Gruenther
Alfred M. Gruenther
Ridgway
Detroit
Louisville
Eisenhower
Britain
State Department
London
West Germany
Tornado Alert Spreads After Severe Texas Oklahoma Damage
The Associated Press reports mid March tornadoes swept through Texas and Oklahoma, killing 17 people and causing millions in damage. Arkansas police say four small villages north of Little Rock were hit near 1 a.m, with details limited as crews assess the damage.
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Associated Press
Arkansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Little Rock
Weather report with today and tomorrow temperatures
Low tonight 53 and high tomorrow 70. Today's high 74 and last night low 41. Sunset today at 6 96 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow at 6 31 a.m.
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Advisory Budget Commission
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
St. Mark Methodist Church
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G. S. B. Chapter
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Eccles D. Everhart
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Weather Bureau
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