Bridges Plans Far East Aid Probes and Cuts
Senator Bridges heads a sharp bid to curb foreign aid by dispatching two subcommittees to the Far East on May 27 to survey Japan Korea Formosa Indochina and the Philippines. Mundt and others warn economy drives will target aid funds while Britain’s aid faces cutbacks.
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Washington
Bridges
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Sen. Mundt
RSD
Mundt
Senate
Clement Attlee
U. S
MSA
Stassen
Congress
Britain
United Kingdom
Dirksen
Magnuson
India
Pakistan
Donald B. Kennedy
State Department
Office of
South Asian Affairs
Afghanistan
Nepal
Kennedy
Nehru
Korea
Ramp-Eaters Gather From 38 States for 24th Convention
Several thousand ramp eaters from 38 states descend on Black Camp Gap in the Great Smoky Mountains for the 24th annual convention. North Carolina Secretary of State Thad Eure will deliver the keynote address as ramps reach peak season, with plans for extra bushels and a pre-convention surge.
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Canton
N. C
Great Smoky Mountains
Maggie Lewis
North Carolina Society of the Friends of the Ramp, Inc
North Carolina
Thad Eure
Eure
Winston-Salem Journal
Black Camp Gap
Top of
Old Smoky
Society
A. W. Parker
Parker
Sanders May Be Released By Czechs
Vienna reports Western diplomats say Moscow may favor freeing British businessman Edgar Sanders, jailed in Hungary for espionage since 1950, as a goodwill gesture. Sanders, cousin of George Sanders, was sentenced in Budapest with Robert Vogeler, with Oatis freed earlier in a related move.
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Vienna
Austria
Edgar Sanders
Hungary
Moscow
George Sanders
Budapest
Robert Vogeler
United States
Vogeler
William Oatis
Sanders
Malaya
Dulles Delayed by Beirut Demonstrations Amid Protests
Demonstrators in Beirut force Secretary Dulles to delay his arrival as anti Western protests clash with police. Eight injured, 11 arrested as Lebanese groups denounce U.S. Middle East policy during Dulles and Stassen fact finding tour covering Egypt Israel Jordan and Syria.
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Beirut
Lebanon
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee
von Meine
United States
America
Egypt
Suez Canal Zone
Palestine
Middle East
Harold Stassen
Israel
Jordan
Syria
Damascus
Partisans of Peace
Syraan
Helicopter designer Raoul Hafner wins Klemin Trophy
Raoul Hafner, British helicopter designer, was named the 1953 winner of the Dr. Alexander Klemin Trophy, the American Helicopter Society's highest honor, announced in Washington on May 16.
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Washington
Raoul Hafner
Alexander Klemin
American Helicopter Society
Bohlen Visits Czech Ambassador on Prague Prison Case
U S Ambassador Charles E Bohlen paid a courtesy call on Czechoslovak Ambassador M Voshaglik in Moscow. They discussed the Prague prison release of William N Oatis as one of the topics.
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Bohlen
Moscow
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
M. Voshaglik
William N. Oatis
Prague
Dulles Warns Reds Seek To Split West
Secretary of State Dulles warned Washington that Soviet leaders aim to split the free world and that Eastern bloc plans hinge on economic welfare and U S tariff policy. He urged public discussion during World Trade Week to foster understanding of foreign trade issues and possible policy steps.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
United States
U. S
Middle East
Eisenhower
Stalin
Free World
Soviet Union
Enco
Special Commission
World Trade Week
Sinclair Weeks
Pinehurst Prepares To Welcome State Dentists
Pinehurst, N C May 16 state dentists gather for the 97th North Carolina Dental Society convention with Rep Charles R Jonas Lincolnton headlining speakers from Mary and multiple dental groups. Registration opens tomorrow as hotels fill with visitors and a golf tournament and sessions followed by a banquet and dance.
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Pinehurst
N. C
North Carolina
Charles R. Jonas
Lincolnton
State Medical Society
North Carolina Dental Society
State Dental Auxiliary
Dental Assistants Association
Dental Hygienists Association
Ralph Coffey
Morganton
H. O. Lineberger
Raleigh
Dental Auxiliary
Nancy Horton
Henderson
Dental Hygienists
Alice Reece
Greensboro
Dental Assistants
A. C. Current
Gastonia
W. Brandhorst
Washington University School of Dentistry
St. Louis
American Dental Association
Shaile
Marvin B. Chapin
University of North Carolina
Harrison M. Berry, Jr
University of Pennsylvania
Jonas
Neal Sheffield
Sident
Charles I. Miller
Albemarle
Bernard Walker
Charlotte
Durable Schools in Leadville Plan New School Buildings
Leadville Colorado, a mining town two miles high, moves to build its first new school structures since the 1899 high school. A junior high and a grade school are funded by a $700,000 bond issue approved by voters.
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Leadville
Colo
Colorado Rockies
19 Klansmen To Be Called To Trial In Carolinas
Federal and state officers prepare to try 19 men accused of kidnapping and conspiring in Ku Klux Klan violence. They allegedly seized George Kemper Smith near Nichols South Carolina in October 1951, then flogged him near Fair Bluff North Carolina. Two defendants have sons on trial, and Imperial Wizard Thomas L Hamilton is already serving a four year sentence after a separate conviction.
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Wilmington
Carolinas
South Carolina
Columbus
George Kemper Smith
Nichols
S. C
Fair Bluff
N. C
Don Gilliam
Thomas L. Hamilton
Hooded Order
Hamilton
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