Merchants Hear Four Talks At North Carolina Convention
The Raleigh convention program lists four speakers including State Auditor Henry Bridges and Elbert Tuttle of the U S Department of Internal Revenue. About 350 delegates are expected over the three day event with Associated Credit Bureaus of North Carolina and the NC Association of Credit Women meeting in conjunction. A reception honored five merchants association officials and a credit bureau manager for 25 years of service.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Merchants
Henry Bridges
Ben Douglas
State Department of Conservation and Devent
Elbert Tuttle
U. S. Department of Internal Revenue
Julian Caplan
Washington, D. C
National Retail Furniture Assn
Associated Credit Bureaus of
North Carolina
North Carolina Assn
Salisbury Spencer
E. A. Russell
Hamlet
Harry Lee Johnston
Concord
Pauline Scruggs
Gastonia
Democrats Prepare for North Carolina State Convention
More than 3000 Democrats from across North Carolina are expected at the state convention in Raleigh. State chairman B Everett Jordan says sessions will be harmonious. Irv Carlyle of Winston-Salem is to speak. Gov Umstead may address and a party platform will be adopted. Delegates will elect officers and committees and discuss May primary races.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
B. Everett Jordan
Saxapahan
Irv- Carlyle
Winston-Salem
Unnstead
State Democratic Executive Committee
Anne S. Sen
Clyde Hoey
Umstead
March of Misery: Blind Group Trek to Rome for Aid
A line of 70 blind men and women trudges through Umbria toward Rome in a rain soaked march. The group from Florence began their 250 mile pilgrimage on May 8 to press for increased government aid for the blind.
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Orvieto
Italy
Umbria
Rome
Florence
City of High Point Civil Service Job Openings
Multiple municipal positions listed with age, education, and salary ranges including City Engineer and various clerical roles. Requirements cover engineering knowledge, reading blueprints, and ability to manage projects. Applications due by exam date with details at the Civil Service Commission office.
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Serenes
High Point
High Point Civil Service Commission
North Wrenn
Joseph F. Snider
KH. P. Civil Service Commission
Tar Heel Dentists Meet Addresses National Health Bill
Dean Harry Lyons of the Medical College of Virginia warned that national health service push persists despite political lull. Dr Neal Sheffield urged vigilance against HR 2341 to prohibit water fluoridation as the North Carolina Dental Society marked its 98th anniversary in Pinehurst with allied groups and officer elections pending.
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Pinehurst
N. C
Harry Lyons
School of Dentistry
Medical College of Virginia
North Carolina Dental Society
Lyons
Neal Sheffield
Greensboro
Congress
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Washington
Sheffield
House of Delegates
Women's Auxiliary
Idental
Ike Appears In Mood To Retire
Washington observes President Eisenhower at Gettysburg with strong hints he prefers retiring there to a second White House term. Reported impressions focus on a new farm home under construction, hobby plans, and speculation amid age and world events. The White House term decision remains officially unsettled.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
Gettys. Burg
Hospital Opens Doors in Pusan Aid by Adenauer
A new hospital in Pusan welcomed patients traveling from across the region seeking care. The facility, funded by West Germany and contributed by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, began operations as the town copes with a refugee influx. First elements arrived in February to support the opening.
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Pusan
South Korea
Konrad Adenauer
McCarthy denounces Ike order over Jan. 21 conference
McCarthy asserts the January 21 Justice Department meeting on the Schine case raises questions about executive branches withholding facts. Army Counselor John Adams returns to the witness chair after withholding details under an executive order. White House released a letter asserting constitutional separation of powers and declining to reveal private conversations or documents.
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Army
John Adams
Justice Department
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Senate
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Sherman Adams
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Brownell
Gerald Morgan
William P. Rogers
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
U. S
United Nations
Adams
Colm
Carr
Wisconsin
Kier
Washington
Truman
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
G. David Schine
Executive Department
Defense
Robert Anderson
Anderson
Eisenhower
Elisenhower
Sen
Symington
D-Mo
Mundt
R-Sd
McClean
D-Ark
Sen. Potter
R-Mich
Terror reign ends as convict captured near Moultrie
Georgia convict Tom Williams is captured on the edge of a swamp east of Moultrie after a three day manhunt. Lt. W E McDuffie led the pursuit and Williams confessed to killing retired prison warden W C Rowland and his wife, and slashing two men who answered cries for help. A .22 rifle was found near Rowland’s home.
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Moultrie
Georgia
South Georgia
Tom Williams
W. E. McDuffie
Williams
W. C. Rowland
E. T. Norman
J. D. Croft
Norman
McDuffie
Rowland
Court ruling ends segregated schooling in several states
The high court declared segregation has no place in education in South Carolina Georgia Virginia Kansas Delaware and the District of Columbia. Justices plan to delay formal decree while preparing opinions and consider when to order integration and whether to appoint a special master or return cases to lower courts.
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Supreme Court
South Carolina
Georgia
Warren
Virginia
Kansas
Delaware
District of Columbia
French Threaten To Resume Bombing In Indochina War
The French say they will renew air attacks against the Vietminh if Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap rejects an ultimatum by midnight. They accuse Vietminh of delaying wounded evacuations from Dien Bien Phu and plan to hit the Red River Delta if the assault resumes.
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Indochina
Vietminh
Dien Bien Phu
Vo Nguyen Giap
Red River
Gia
Son la
Delta
Giap
Violence Claims Twelve Lives In N C
The Associated Press reports six or more deaths in North Carolina over the weekend. Incidents include William Taft Hughes shot after a dispute with a Gastonia theater manager Emory Johnson held. Richard Collins killed at Dunn. A 23-year-old art student Putnam Davis Jr. fatally shot himself at UNC in Chapel Hill after wounding two others. A Durham nightwatchman killed his wife Lenna Mathews Rudd and then died by suicide. A Rocky Mount house trailer burned killing O E Obertson. Fort Bragg Pvt George Glenn faces murder charge in Hamlet shooting. John Patterson held as a witness. Five auto deaths reported by Highway Patrol across several counties.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
William Taft Hughes
Gastonia
Emory Johnson
Richard Collins
Dunn
J. C. Moore
University of North Carolina
Putnam Davis Jr
Larchmont
N.Y
Durham
Lenna Mathews Rudd
Zelbert Rudd
Rocky Mount
O. E. Obertson
George Glenn
Ft. Bragg
Camp Mackall
Hamlet
Ruth Townsend
Glenn
Baltimore
John Patterson
Highway Patrol
Cladys Williams
Roanoke Rapids
Halifax County
James Reuben Hall
Conway
Northampton County
Bernice C. Halsey
Creswell
Tyrrell County
Duffie Faskey
Rt. 2
Kinston
Charley Patterson
Rt. 1
Laurinburg
Scotland County
Auto seat and bedspring blaze injures Doc Jefferson
In Los Angeles an automobile seat and a bedspring caused serious burns to Doc Jefferson. He moved the smoldering seat from the car onto his front porch, threw water on it, then went to bed. Hours later the fire rekindled and spread to his house. he woke to a burning mattress and became unconscious after stepping on bed springs. Firefighters found him unresponsive.
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Los Angeles
Doc Jefferson
Jefferson
Weather Report for Charlotte Shows Cooler Night and Shower Scattered
Official Weather Bureau records indicate a 24 hour period ending at 7:30 a.m. with a low near 58 degrees and a high around 78, following a high of 80 and low of 50 earlier. The sun set at 7:20 p.m. and will rise at 5:12 a.m. today. Scattered showers are reported in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Ghosts of Germs May Shield Against Tuberculosis
Rockefeller Institute scientist Dr. Frank W. Weiss reported at the National Tuberculosis Association meeting that chemical extracts from killed human TB germs produced protection in mice. He said the work could lead to vaccines using nonlive components, supplementing existing BCG and killed-germ vaccines.
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AP Science
Atlantic City
N.J
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Frank W. Weiss
National Tuberculosis Assn
NTA
Europe
Jointeiss
Rene J. Dubos
James Perkins
Weiss
Rockefeller
Turtle Bites 12-Year-Old in Baltimore Mishap
A land turtle bit 12-year-old Frank W. Anders on the nose and did not release. It was among 14 turtles collected by Frank and friends. the animal yielded after Frank's mother inserted a fork into a log-hole in the shell. Mrs. Yvonne Ford said the boys no longer own 14 turtles.
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Baltimore
Frank W. Anders
Frank
Yvonne Ford
Reidsville Man Heads State Jaycees
Bill Henderson of Reidsville to serve as president of the North Carolina Junior Chamber of Commerce for the coming year succeeding Gene Ochsenreiter of Asheville. He won unopposed as outgoing vice president of Jaycee District 1.
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Raleigh
Bill Henderson l
Reidsville
North Carolina
Burlington
Charlotte
Fayetteville
Rocky Mount
Greensboro
Asheville
Greenville
Goldsboro
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