Tornadoes Hit Several Southern States Killing One
United Press reports violent tornadoes across Louisiana Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee injuring at least seven people including Sgt. Harold L. Gomez 24 near Leesville La and damaging property across a 120 mile path. Other twisters struck J assor Beebe Ark and Florence Ala with extensive destruction and power outages.
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Speeding Budget War Looms In Early Session
Raleigh report notes a joint appropriations subcommittee vows to prune major requests as the 1953 session accelerates toward mid April adjournment. Leaders expect tax revenue signals this week and a statewide liquor referendum may be voted on, with talks of an $87 million bond plan for schools and hospitals.
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Eevee Clue Sparks Odd Pokemon Style Riddle
Puzzle line mentions Eevee and a drawn out string of letters hinting at a playful riddle about evolution and names within a cryptic note. The fragment implies a sequence or meme inspired by Pokemon culture with humorous elongation of a character name.
B 29s Strike Key Bridge On Korean Supply Route
American B 29 bombers attacked a 1 170 foot bridge over the Tae River near Sinanju, part of a main Communist supply line. Eight planes also hit a second 435 foot bridge on the Manpojin Sinanju route while heavy anti aircraft fire raked the target area.
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Corruption Charges Roil Republicans in Jersey and Kansas
United Press reports corruption allegations ripple through the GOP before the Eisenhower era begins. In New Jersey, governors race and a possible office corruption link threaten the party despite a weak Democratic opposition. In Kansas, National Chairman C Wesley Roberts faces trial over an $11 000 fee from a state building sale, risking his position and the Eisenhower crusade.
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Nomination Fight and Senate Probes Shadow Washington
The Senate faces a tense fight over Charles E. Bohlen's ambassadorship to Russia with a small group of senators ready to oppose confirmation. Debate likely to continue for days with votes postponed. Meanwhile investigations probe Gen Van Fleet's ammunition claim for Korea and a UN Reds inquiry. House subcommittee opens hearings on Alger Hiss and 1946 policy. Tidelands talks and Baruch urged on standby wage price controls as Senate leaders confer with White House.
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Homer E. Capehart
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Eisenhower
United Nations to Deny Czech Allegations at UN
The United States prepares to reject Czech charges that funds from mutual security aid fuel subversion. Henry Cabot Lodge Jr will argue the money supports refugees only after they flee Communist rule as in 1951. Debate may shift to Indonesia and peace offers from Moscow and Washington officials.
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U. S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Moscow
Seven Die in North Carolina Violence and Accidents Weekend
A United Press survey reports seven fatalities across North Carolina over the weekend. Causes include highway crashes near Statesville and Beaufort County, drownings near Lenoir and Goldsboro, a pedestrian-vehicle incident near Harrell Store, and a fatal crash on U S 17 in Beaufort County.
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Lenoir
William Teague
Taylorsville
Statesville
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Robert N. Walker
Goldsboro
Rose Hill
Glenda Faye West
U.S. 421
Harrell Store
Marion F.eitzman
Newport
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Beaufort County
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Fayetteville
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Spout Spring
Harnett County
Sometimes it's hard to find a husband after marriage
A column notes how social expectations and personal choices affect marriage prospects after tying the knot. It discusses attitudes toward partnerships, independence, and community norms shaping romantic opportunities.
Smith Named Wingate College President After Burris
Dr Budd E Smith superintendent of Oxford City schools will become president of Wingate Junior College replacing retiring Dr C C Burris Announcement by R L Holrock Albemarle trustee committee chair confirms Smith's appointment and Burris plans retirement at end of the school year
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C. C. Burris
Wingate Junior College
Smith
R.L. Holrock
Odum Receives O. Max Gardner Award at UNC
Dr. Howard Washington Odum won the O. Max Gardner award for the greatest contribution to human welfare. The honor includes a citation and annual income from a $25,000 trust fund established by former Gov. Gardner, presented each spring by trustees to a UNC faculty member.
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O. Max Gardner
Howard Washington Odum
Gardner
University of North Carolina
Delinquent Released After Museum Theft Incident
A 13 year old boy with two prior escapes was released yesterday after authorities say he and another youth entered the State Museum in Raleigh last Thursday night and pried open a Coke and cracker machine, then ate from it.
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Raleigh
Cas Raleigh
Leonene Davis
State Museum
Auto crash near Hertford kills driver and injures other
On Highway 17 near Hertford Robert Booker Pendergast 23 of Pine Level died after an automobile overturned. Clyde Dempsey Braswell 31 of Smithfield was seriously injured with a compound fracture of the left leg and was taken to Chowan hospital where Pendergast died a short time later.
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Pine Level
Clyde Dempsey Braswell
Smithfield
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Soldier killed in Fayetteville truck collision near Fort Bragg
One Fort Bragg soldier was killed and another critically injured in a Highway 301 crash near Fayetteville. The dead man was PFC Thomas Petipo, 19, from New York, and the critically injured was P George Greig, 23, from the Bronx. Driver of the truck, Robert Newcomb of Preston, was unhurt.
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Senate to Probe Van Fleet Ammunition Charge on Korea War
Senate Armed Services subcommittee will hold hearings with Gen. James A. Van Fleet as the first witness to examine claims that U S forces in Korea faced ammunition shortages. Van Fleet said enemy stocks are now larger, while Army officials acknowledged restraint but said reserves are improving.
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Senate
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Margaret Chase Smith
Senate Armed Services Subcommittee
inIneie Shaoeteee
van Fleet
Eighth Army
Congress
J. Lawton Collins
Far East
Atom Test Tuesday Is Predicted
LAS VEGAS Nevada AP The arrival of about 50 atomic experts indicates another atom bomb test will be held soon likely Tuesday The AEC announces a news conference while experts meet in a four day session behind closed doors at Yucca Flat 75 miles northeast press area closed Two battalions of troops from across the nation will participate in the next detonation and a six member Committee of Senior Reviewers named including Johnson Crist Drew Howe Kellogg and Richardson.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Proving Grounds
Yucca Flat
Here
Warren C. Johnson
University of Chicago
R. H. Crist
Carbide and Carbon Chemical Co
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas B. Drew
Columbia University
John P. Howe
General Electric Co
J. M. B. Kellogg
Los Alamos
N. M
Scientific Laboratory
J. R. Richardson
University of California At Los Angeles
Baruch urges standby economic control law in wartime
Bernard M. Baruch told the Senate Banking Committee that Congress must enact a standby economic controls law to prepare for a possible war. He warned delays could worsen inflation, casualties, and national survival, urging authority for price and wage freezes plus allocation powers. He noted current wage and price controls expire, with Eisenhower silent on standby authority.
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Bernard M. Baruch
Congress
New York
Baruch
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Bag Group
Ike To Seek Rent Control Extension
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders announce a five month extension of federal rent controls to October 1 to allow states to decide on future control. The RFC will be abolished June 30, 1954 with small business loan arrangements to be set by Weeks and Humphrey.
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Eisenhower
GOP
Congress
House
Joseph W. Martin
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Weather outlook with mild temps and sunset timing
Tonight will hit 55 degrees with tomorrow reaching 62. Today’s high was 68 and last night’s low was 55. Sunset is 6 34 p m today and sunrise tomorrow at 6 18 a m.
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