Germ war charges discounted by Associated Press
An AP survey finds disbelief outside the Iron Curtain toward Soviet claims that the United States wages germ warfare in North Korea and China. Officials note refusals to allow independent inspection hinder counterpropaganda, with mixed reactions from Saigon, French Vietnam, and India.
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Tunisian government reshuffle names Hauteclocque foreign minister
In Tunis a new cabinet led by Se Premier Salah Ed-Din Baccouche named Jean de Hauteclocque as foreign minister. French troops patrol as nationalist opposition darkens the capital. The 1881 treaty lets France direct foreign affairs amid martial law and upheaval. UN action sought as ministers flee Paris and seek Arab Asian support.
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Wape
France
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Zaes
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World Organization
Cairo
Switzerland
Paris
Azalea Festival Near Climax in Wilmington
Crowds gathered as Wilmington hosts the fifth Azalea Festival nearing its climax with a coronation ball at Lumina Pavilion. Miss North Carolina Lulong Ogburn and other May queens from state colleges join football stars, radio and TV personalities, Gov Kerr Scott, and celebrities in the queen’s court amid parades and meetings of state boards during the four day festival.
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Cathy
Lumina Pavilion
North Carolina
Lulong Ogburn
Smithfield
Kerr Scott
Charlie Justice
Eddie LeBaron
Shelia Connaly
Bobby Benson
Larry A
Connaly
Benson
Wismer
Associated Press
Haloe
Eisenhower Wins Maine Delegates at State Convention
In Bangor Maine General Eisenhower secures nine of Maine 16 Republican National Convention votes with five held by Taft. Two delegates from the state convention are neutral but leaning Ike. Taft and Lodge praise results as a significant shift while Maine Republicans go unpledged to Chicago.
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Chicago
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Enka Local Employees Seek Wage Hike Pension Plan
Asheville workers of American Enka Corp seek a 15 cent hourly wage increase when the current contract ends May 26. They also demand a $125 monthly pension plan and higher insurance benefits.
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Asheville
LLP
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Enka
Kefauver Mulls Nebraska Prop to Support Winner of Primary
Sen. Estes Kefauver plans to offer Sen. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma as a winner take all option in Nebraska's upcoming primary. All 12 Democratic delegates would be pledged to vote for the primary winner at the national convention. The field includes 24 candidates for the delegates, but none are bound to a specific nominee. Kefauver expected to announce publicly during a Nebraska swing. Republican efforts center on write in voting for Sen. Robert Taft and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, with Harold Stassen seeking late support as the only major GOP candidate on the Nebraska ballot. Stassen trails in write ins, while Eisenhower and Taft lead.
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Tennessee
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Oklahoma
Adlai E. Stevenson
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Wisconsin
Allies Lose Nine Planes in North Korea Skirmishes
U N pilots shot down four MIG 15s over North Korea last week while losing nine aircraft including two F 86 Sabres and three F 84 Thunder jets. Ground fighting intensified with U N patrols in Mundungai Valley and western front skirmishes.
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Fifth Air Force
Mundunghai
Protest Filed Over North Carolina Truck Rate Increase
The North Carolina Traffic League Inc of Charlotte filed a protest with the State Utilities Commission against a proposed truck rate increase. It calls the rise unjust and unreasonable and says it violates the North Carolina Truck Act.
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North Carolina Traffic League, Inc
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State Utilities Commission
Kremlin Curse Slows Talks On Armistice Leader Says Only Kremlin Knows Why Reds Stall
UN staff officer Col. Don O. Darrow said only the Kremlin knows why the Communists refuse to discuss naming Russia as a neutral armistice supervisor. He suggested the stall may serve propaganda goals or help Russia in prisoner exchanges, with no comment from Hickman on the matter.
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Don O. Darrow
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U.N
George W. Hickman
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Red Ran
Twist of wrist shuts gas off in Marshall Michigan
A worker misturned a valve at the Consumers Power Co causing a city blackout of gas. Maintenance crews from nearby towns were dispatched to relight pilot lights in every home for about 5,600 residents.
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Marshall, Mich
Sumers Power Co
Truman Opens Democratic Campaign Tonight At 100-A-Plate Dinner
President Truman launches the 1952 Democratic campaign at the Jefferson Jackson Day dinner. The $100-a-plate event will be televised at 10:30 p.m. EST and attended by about 6,000 Democrats. Attendees include Gov. Adlai Stevenson and Sen. Richard Russell, with Kefauver and Kerr campaigning elsewhere. Maine GOP delegates split between Eisenhower and Taft camps as Taft campaigns in Wisconsin.
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White House
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ABC
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Stassen Fights Taft Drive in Wisconsin Delegation Play
Harold E. Stassen announced he will not back Taft on the first ballot and will gift half his Wisconsin delegates to Eisenhower. He suggested he might do the same with his 28 Iowa delegates. Gov. Earl Warren criticized Taft and Stassen called Warren’s supporters “hybrid Republicans” while denouncing third party isolationist themes.
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Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stassen
Taft
Eisenhower
Minnesota
Warren
Ohio
Defense Chiefs Tout Superior U S Weapons To Soviets
Army officials told Congress that U S arms from sidearms to tanks and howitzers are superior to Russia's. They cited progress in tactical atomic weapons, anti aircraft rockets, and guided missiles while discussing a $14 2 billion Army budget for the coming fiscal year in a heavily censored testimony before a House subcommittee.
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UNC student killed in Lumberton crash near Routes 41
A University of North Carolina student died and another passenger was injured when their car collided with an unknown object at the intersection of Routes 41 and U. S. The deceased was named Charles W. Hill, 19, of Lexington. Seriously injured was Raymond Collins of Myrtle Beach, with other riders Walter Converse of Spartanburg and Skippy Roddey of Charlotte.
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University of North Carolina
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Lexington
Raymond Collins
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Walter Converse
Spartanburg
Skippy Roddey
Charlotte
Weather outlook with temperatures today and tomorrow
The forecast notes a low of 38 degrees tonight and a high near 70 tomorrow. Today's high is anticipated at 65 with a overnight low around 33.
Parolees Placed, Dispatches From Around North Carolina
Raleigh parole commissioner T C Johnson announced 11 prisoners released on parole and two Charlotte youths paroled to training schools. Wilmington bids eyed for road work as Highway Commission approves low bids and reconsiders a Cape Fear ferry operation. Concrete and asphalt paving bids sought. material not yet decided.
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T. C. Johnson
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Wilmington
State Highway
New NC Chapter Head for International Employment Services
A Waynesville woman, Miss Katherine, was elected president of the North Carolina Chapter of the International Association of Employment Services. She succeeds Harry Gallimore of the Hickory office of the Intelligent Security Commission. The two day convention also elected Louis Berini of Durham vice president Eastern North Carolina District Claude R. Sealey of High Point Western District and Warren G. Wittmer of Raleigh treasurer.
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Waynesville
North Carolina
International Association of
Katherine
Harry Gallimore
Hickory
Inent Security Commission
Louis Berini
Dureham
Claude R. Sealey
High Point
Wareren G. Wittmer
Queens College installs Dr Chariton Jernigan as 10th president
Dr Chariton Jernigan was installed as the 10th president of Queens at ceremonies in Charlotte. Delegates from various colleges attended the inauguration with Theodore Henley Jack of Randolph Macon Woman's College delivering the inaugural speech. A luncheon followed and a reception honored the new president and his wife.
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Chariton
Jernigan
Queens
Theodore Henley Jack
Randolph Macon Woman's College
State prison department reorganization proposal outlined
Raleigh reports a joint committee plans a one at proposed reorg of the State Prison Department. Three members of the State Highway Commission and three from the Prison Advisory Council will study the changes submitted to the Highway Commission on March 18. Prisons Director Walker Anderson and the Advisory Council drew up the proposals, including appointing two assistant prison directors, creating a division of rehabilitation and training, and trimming division prison supervisors from ten to three.
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Raleigh
State
State Highway Commission
Prison Advisory Council
Highway ‘Commission
Waler Anderson
Advisory Council
Trime Ming
Steel Shares Shine on New York Stock Exchange Rally
Steel shares led gains on the New York Stock Exchange with more than a point rise as rails also advanced. Optimism for avoiding a steel strike buoyed sentiment while investors priced in higher freight rates, stronger earnings, and continued market strength through the session. Northern Pacific climbed over 2 points as oil prospects influenced rail averages.
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