Sabre Jets Fight off MIG Attack Near Yellow Sea
American Sabres engaged 12 to 16 Communist fighters in the Yellow Sea area between North Korea and Red China. Three pilots from the 8th Fighter-Bomber Wing reported success with two MIGs shot down and a third plane diving away.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Red China
Yellow Sea
Yalu River
China
Antung
Soviet Russia
R. V. Fulton
Bernardsville
N.J
B. C. Phytyon
Wadsworth
Ohio
J. E. McInerney
Garden City
N. Y
Air Force
Far East Air Forces
United Nations Command
Panmunjom
United States
Lee Sang Cho
Statehood hinges on 80 votes in heated House battle
Washington reports a bloc of about 80 undecided House members could decide Alaska and Hawaii statehood. With a expected vote by nightfall backers argued a poll showed 176 for and 172 against. A parliamentary move sought to route the bill back to Insular Affairs with two changes including military reservations for northern Alaska and Hawaii potentially limited to one House member awaiting census reapportionment.
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Washington
Alaska
Hawaii
Statehood
Eisenhower
House Insular Affairs Committee
House
Sen
Jackson
D-Wash
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Aleutian Islands
Senate Territories
Interior
Judges Get First Hand Data From Virginia Radar
Two visiting judges at the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges conference were stopped by state police radar while speeding. Judge Maurice Sapienza from Hiln Hawaii and Detroit posted bonds of 10.25 and 15.25 dollars after being clocked at 64 and between 70 and 80 mph respectively. The Corpus Christi judge said it was the first wide open road since Texas.
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Richmond
National Council of Juvenile Court
Virginia
Maurice Sapienza
Hiln
Hawaii
Detroit
Hanover County
Paul A. Martineau
Corpus Christi
Tex
Fluvanna County
Texas
British Frigate Alert Reaches Tokyo for Goodwill Visit
The 1600-ton British frigate Alert arrived in Tokyo harbor for a four day goodwill tour. Vice Adm. A K Scott Moncrieff commander of the Far East station attended and was honored at a ceremony at U S Far East headquarters.
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Tokyo
Alert
Tokyo Harbor
Adm
A. K. Scott-Moncrieff
Far East
U. S. Far East
Waterman Stock Dividend Restricted by Temporary Order
A U S District Judge Edward Curran issued a 10 day temporary restraining order blocking Waterman Steamship Corp from paying a 20 million dollar dividend to stockholders. The move, requested by Elizabeth Mode's attorney John L Ingoldsby Jr, halts the payout amid a Waterman Lee sale and ICC actions affecting operating rights in domestic coast to coast trade. Malcolm McLean leads the Lee company which holds over 99 percent of Waterman stock.
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Washington P
Waterman Steamship Corp
U.S
Edward Curran
John L. Ingoldsby Jr
Elizabeth Mode
New York City
Waterman
C. Lee
Lee Company
U.S. Court of Appeals
Malcolm McLean
Winston Salem
N.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Waterman-Lee
Cotton Men Fight Tax Plan In Senate Hearing
Raleigh cotton warehouse operators urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to exempt cotton stored under transit privileges from ad valorem property taxes. Supporters argued taxes would shift cotton storage to other states and hurt North Carolina ports and warehousing, noting only a few counties currently tax transit cotton. Francis J. Beatty of Charlotte led the push, warning shippers could move storage out of state to avoid taxes.
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Raleigh
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
North Carolina
Wilmington
Morehead City
Francis J. Beatty
Charlotte
Beatty
Closer Check For Vaccine Amid Polio Debate
Washington reports Rep. Priest says the government plans a much closer laboratory check before releasing Salk antipolio vaccine. House committees debate federal controls on distribution and pricing while Dr. Salk notes a longer interval between shots may ease long term immunity concerns. More on page five A.
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Washington
Priest
D-Tenn
Congress
Eisenhower
Commerce Committee
Health and Welfare Department
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Leonard Scheele
Public Health Service
Scheele
Welfare
Hobby
Perenit Committee
Jonas E. Salk
Pittsburgh
Salk
Eisenhower says prepared to meet for world peace
President Eisenhower told a national Republican women’s conference he is ready to meet anyone anywhere if it helps world peace and self respect. He signaled openness to a Big Four gathering if feasible, while noting two goals are prosperity at home and peace abroad amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
United States
White House
Britain
Russia
France
Dulles
Paris
NATO
Soviet Union
Europe
Senate Finance Subcommittee Lines Up State Tax Package
North Carolina Senate Finance subcommittee settled on a 9.717 million dollar per year tax plan including a two cent beer tax raising 1.76 million. It rejects a House plan to tax newspaper circulation and Blue Cross insurers, and keeps liquor tax rising to ten percent.
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Senate
Raleigh
Senate Finance
House Finance
House
Blue Cross
Rep
W. B. Rodman
Beaufort
House Committee
Hodges
Train Strikes Car Killing Three at Hope Mills Crossing
A freight train struck a car stalled on a grade crossing in Hope Mills North Carolina killing Leonard Keels 34 a railroad section laborer and Robert C Council a month old baby and Keels wife and three other children and his sister in law Irene Sutton were among the injured six hurt one critically Arlene Council 17 was in critical condition at Hope Mills Hospital All victims were Negroes.
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Hope Milia
N.C
Joe Pinkston
Leonard Keels
Robert C. Council
Keels
Betty Ann
Arlene Council
Robert
Hope Mills Hospital
Irene Sutton
Debris Collapse Sinks New York Coliseum Floor Says Worker Missing
Rescue squads dig through tons of rubble at Columbus Circle as construction worker Joseph Lombardi 55 remains missing after a 22 by 180 foot floor section collapsed at the $35 million New York Coliseum project. Fifty-one injured, twenty three hospitalized, cause under investigation.
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New York
New York Coliseum
Joseph Lombardi
Columbus Circle
Robert F. Wagner
Frank Yeaple
Robert Chila
Lombardi
Chila
Signing planned for Austrian independence treaty in Vienna
The West pressed plans for signing the Austrian independence treaty this weekend despite Soviet demands. Russian envoy Dykhev insisted reparations remain in the draft or be covered by a later pact, while Molotov indicated readiness to sign in Vienna next Sunday as talks continued among the Big Four envoys and Austrian representatives.
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Vienna
Austria
1. I. Dykhev
Et Ermsana
Tigichev
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Ilyichev
U.S
Moscow
Norbert Bischoff
Molotov
Paris
Dulles
Hendersonville Liquor Bill Favored by Senate Committee
A bill allowing Hendersonville to vote on an ABC liquor store won approval from the Senate Committee on Counties Cities and Towns on a voice vote. Sen Robert Morgan chaired and voted present. The measure already passed the House and may receive Senate action tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Hendersonville
ABC
Senate Committee On
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
House
Senate
Henderson County
Hosiery Mills In Merger Between Shannon and Chadbourn
Shannon Hosiery Mills of Columbus Georgia merged with Chadbourn Hosiery Mills of Chadbourn yesterday. Chadbourn president J Bolles became head of Shannon after Shannon officers and directors resigned. Shannon plans a 25 percent sales increase with improved Georgia plant production methods. 1954 Shannon sales were just over 1.6 million dollars.
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Charlotte
Shannon Hosiery Mills, Inc
Columbus
Chadbourn Hosiery Mills, Inc
Bolles
Chadbourn
Shannon
Georgia
NATO backs East West talks with Soviet Union invite
President Eisenhower invites Soviet Premier Bulganin to a top level meeting this summer on East-West issues. The move is backed by NATO with notes to Moscow and rapid consultation among Allied leaders. The invitation arrives as Bulganin heads to Warsaw for a conference with Molotov, signaling broader East European alignment.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Bulganin
Faden
Faure
France
Britain
U. S
Walter W. Walmsley
Walmsley
Preemier Bulganin
Warsaw
V. M. Molotov
NATO
Russia
Paris
Soviet Union
Europe
Kremlin
Quick
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
State Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Antoine
Eisenhower Opens Talks on Big Four Summit
President Eisenhower agrees to a potential Big Four summit with Eden Faure and Bulganin. Secretary Dulles authorized to arrange talks on the President's behalf. Paris reports say July in Switzerland may host a top level meeting with an agenda set in advance.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
White House
James C. Hagerty
Paris
Eden
Britain
Faure
France
Marshal Bulganin
Russia
Hagerty
Bulganin
Switzerland
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Cholon
Binh Xuyen
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