Talks Continue In Western Electric Strike In North Carolina
Western Electric officials and the Communications Workers of America held more discussions as a three plant strike enters its second week. Federal Conciliator Seth P. Brewer described the meeting as a review of positions while union local president Bill Holder cited working conditions as the key unresolved issue.
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Winston-Salem
Western Electric
CI Communications Workers of America
Seth P. Brewer
Winston- Salem
Bill Holder
Greensboro Labor WarBlocks Union Shop Order
Greensboro attorney Armi stead Sapp secured a restraining order from Superior Judge H Hoyle Sink restraining the Southern Railway and 16 unions. G D Atwell of Spencer claims denial of work for not joining a union would cost him 30 years of seniority and railroad rights.
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Southern Railway
Armistead Sapp
H. Hoyle Sink
G. D. Atwell
Spencer
Southern
Atwell
Spencer Freight Transfer Office
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Salisbury Announces Sewage Plant Project Funding
Salisbury awards a $242,158 contract to L O Chapman Co of Charlotte for a new sewage treatment plant planned to treat domestic, commercial, and industrial waste. Cone Mills Corp contributes $85,000 in recognition of textile waste impacting Crane Creek and the Yadkin River.
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North Corona
L. O. Chapman Co
Charlotte
Cone Mills Corp
Cone
Crane Creek
Yadkin River
Educator Named President of Higher Education Association
In Greensboro a North Carolina educator was chosen as president of the Association for Higher Education, the College and University Branch of the National Education Association. Dr. Edward Kidder Graham, chancellor of the Woman’s College, notified by telegram of the election. He succeeds Harvey H. Davis of the University of Iowa and will travel to Washington to discuss next year’s program.
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North Carolina
Association For Higher Education
Woman's’ College
Edward Kidder Graham
National Education Association
Dr. Graham
Harvey H. Davis
The
State University of Iowa
Washington
Former Angier banker pleads guilty to bad checks
Charles G. Fields, ex-banker and former Harnett County commissioner, pleads guilty to issuing three worthless checks. Judge Frizzelle continues judgment pending payment of court costs and $5,400 to American Alliance Insurance. Prosecution drops 27 embezzlement charges after plea.
North Carolina Publishers to Open 57th Convention at Pinehurst
The North Carolina publishers Association begins its 57th annual convention in Pinehurst with a dinner tonight and a three day program. The first general session is set for tomorrow morning. Bishop Arthur J. Moore will address the session. Jonathan Cody of Waynesville, president, will give a message and committee tests will be heard. Friday includes an agricultural breakfast with Gordon C. Hunter of Roxboro delivering an address and officers to be elected.
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Pinehurst
North Carolina Pabhars Association
Arthur J. Moore
Methodist Church
College of Bishops
Jonathan Cody
Waynesville
Gordon C. Hunter
Roxboro
Lawyer Says He Got Tax Cases Killed
Nashville lawyer John J. Hooker testified before House investigators about conferences lunches dinners a duck hunt and a Florida resort visit with top Justice Department officials he said helped push for dismissal of tax fraud cases against his clients in 1950. He named then assistant attorney general T Lamar Caudle and aides as frequent contacts during pending cases and noted he met Turner L Smith and Ted Elrod as part of those efforts.
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Harry P. Snyder
Washington
Nashville
House
Florida
Justice Department
John J. Hooker
T. Lamar Caudle
Hooker
Keating
R - NY
Isadore Alford
Herbert
Manuel Eskind
W. B. Massey
Charles Campbell
Ellis Slack
Department
Alford
Eskinds
U.S
Ward Hudgins
Massey
Pat Sutton
D-Tenn
Campbell
Turner L. Smith
Tax Division
Ted Elrod
Sutton
Caudle
Smith
Elrod
Great Flood Threatens Three States With Massive Displacement
The New Orleans report details a historic flood sweeping across Louisiana, Texas, and neighboring states. At least 23,000 people homeless, ten dead spread across Louisiana Mississippi Texas and Tennessee, with losses near 200 million dollars. Damages climb as levees break near Deweyville Jennings and Kinder. Red Cross mobilizes from Alexandria. Weather dangers persist from Virginia to Texas.
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New Orleans
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Texas
Ississippi
Tennessee
Deweyville
Tex
Jennings
Kinder
Sabine River
Red Cross
Alexandria
Joe Huntsberry
Browley
Mississippi
Two American Jet Aces Start Home After Korea Awards
The top jet aces Joseph McConnell Jr with 16 kills and Manuel Fernandez Jr with 14 left Seoul after receiving Korean honors from President Syngman Rhee. They will briefly stop in Tokyo then return to the United States with welcomes planned in Apple Valley California and Miami Florida.
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Seoul
Korea
Joseph McConnell Jr
Manuel Fernandez Jr
Syngman Rhee
Tokyo
United States
Apple Alley
Calif
McConnell
Miami
Fla
Fernandez
Scheidt Named Head of Motor Vehicles Division
Former FBI agent Edward Scheidt is named head of North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles by Gov. Umstead. Scheidt will assume around June 15, overseeing the Highway Patrol, Highway Safety, driver licensing and truck weight enforcement. He previously led FBI offices in Charlotte New York and Detroit and helped direct major cases. The appointment follows L. R. Fisher’s resignation. Scheidt and his family plan to move to Raleigh.
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Raleigh
FBI
Edward Scheidt
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Umstead
Scheidt
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
L. R. Fisher
State Highway Patrol
North Carolina
The
New York
Detroit
Judith Coplon
Valentine Gubishev
Alger Hiss
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Tenafly
N. J. Fisher
Scott
Landon C. Rosser
Rosser
Hubert E. Olive
St. Paul
Minn
University of North Carolina
Federal Bureau of Investigation
South Carolina
N. J
U N studying revised truce plan for Korea
U N headquarters works on a revised Korean truce proposal to be presented to the Reds at Panmunjom with a 30 day post armistice conference on repatriation of prisoners. A time limit may be enforced and talks resume Monday as U N seeks to overcome the prisoner exchange deadlock.
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Panmimjom
India
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
U. N. Command
Red Peiping Radio Today
Alan Winnington
Winnington
Argentina lifts ban on press agencies amid inquiry
Buenos Aires government restores full use of communications for American news agencies as a congressional inquiry is prepared. Local papers and radio still withhold United Press Associated Press and International News Service dispatches defaming Argentina.
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United States
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
United Press
Associated Press
International News Service
Peron
Congress
Post Office
Communications Ministry
State Treasurer Hodges resigns to join Champion Paper
Brandon Hodges resigns as North Carolina state treasurer effective June 1 to take a consultant position with Champion Paper and Fibre Co. in Canton. Gov. Umstead expressed profound regret and Waldo Cheek will succeed him. potential successor discussed includes former treasurer Charles M. Johnson. Hodges, Asheville native, will relocate and work on legal and financial matters.
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Brandon
Hodges
Champion Paper and Fibre Co
Canton
Umstead
Council of State
William P. Hodges
Waldo Cheek
Kerr Scott
Specula
Asheville
H. A. Helder
Carolina
Morehead City
North Carolina
Big Three Leaders Discuss Possible Meeting With Soviets
President Eisenhower, Prime Minister Churchill and Premier Mayer announced plans for a high level meeting on Allied issues including a possible Soviet conference. Mayer was soon overthrown in France, creating uncertainty about a date and venue, with Bermuda floated as a possible site and June 17 proposed for the session.
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Churchill
Mayer
France
Hagerty
Bermuda
United States
London
Queen Elizabeth
Paris
French National Assembly
National Assembly
Georgi M. Malenkov
Premer Mayer
Soviet Union
Churchill Long
White House
James Hagerty
Russia
Copeerey
Great Britain
French Premier Mayer's Cabinet In Collapse
Paris reports the National Assembly refused Premier Rene Mayer a vote of confidence. Mayer’s cabinet, the 18th since liberation, collapsed after the assembly defeated his request for power to cut government expenses by cabinet decree. Unofficial tally 311 against, 260 for.
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French National Assembly
Rene Mayer
Liberation
Mayer
Assembly
Bermudavnlle
Tiree
Oni Fretter Churchill
Russia
Assemalin
First B-29s meet Red night fighters since January
U S B-29 bombers based on Okinawa traded shots with Communist night fighters off Unsan Korea for the first time since January. Maj Gordon K Penton led the 11 man crew on the 1000 mile mission with a four hour flight from Okinawa to the target.
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United Press
Okinawa
U. S
Unsan
Korea
Superfort
Gordon K. Penton
Pensacola
Fla
British Deny Accusations of Transporting Communist Troops
Hong Kong Wheelock Marden official F. H. Herman-Fisher denied U S Senate subcommittee claims that British ships transported Communist troops along the Chinese coast. He said neither his company nor other British shippers had carried troops and that three Wheelock Marden ships Norina Romantico and Miramar had been seized by the Communists and were used in China trade after being withdrawn in 1951.
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U. S. Senate
F. H. Herman-Fisher
Wheelock Marden Company
Horman-Fisher
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Ledve
Prabse
China
Norina
Roimantico
Miramar
Weather report with temperatures and sun times
Tonight's low 62 degrees and tomorrow's high 46 degrees. Today's high 82 and last night's low 60. Sunset is 7 28 p m and sunrise tomorrow is 5 09 a m.
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