Quiet Campaign Victory Of Tories Predicted
Britain's press bets on a Conservative return in the last days of a near whisper election. Polls and papers like Sun Dispatch Times and People forecast Eden in a five year term with margins from 20 to 58 seats, while union strikes loom over key ports and railroads.
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London
Britain
Epsom Derby
Stevedore and Workers Union
Liverpool
Manchester
Hull
Transport and General Workers Union
TGWU
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
Labor Party
Eden
Winston Churchill
Sunday Dispatch
Sunday Times
House of Commons
Clement Attlee
Churchill
Menon Answers Questions on Peiping Talks in Hong Kong
V K Krishna Menon returned from Formosa peace mission to Peiping and spoke at a news conference in Hong Kong. He said obstacles to peace in the Far East are great but not insurmountable and noted Chou En-lai’s willingness to be friendly. He added he would report to Prime Minister Nehru before detailing Peiping discussions to President Eisenhower in San Francisco.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Peiping
V. K. Krishna Menon
India
Far East
Red Capital
Chou En-lai
Nehru
Menon
Chou
United States
New Delhi
Foreign Ministry
Eisenhower
United Nations
San Francisco
Korea
GOP Midsummer Meeting Set for Durham June 9
Republican leaders including Bert Seawell of Carthage will deliver the chief address at Harvey's Cafeteria Durham June 9 at 7 p.m. A. A. McDonald says state officials are expected to attend and tickets will be sold at the door to party members.
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Durham
GOP
Herbert F. Seawell
Carthage
A. A. McDonald
Durham County
Harvey's
Handicapped Man of the Year Award Shown to Judge Cathey
President Eisenhower lauded equal opportunity for the physically handicapped in a brief address to the Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. He presented the Handicapped Man of the Year trophy to Judge Sam M. Cathey of Asheville North Carolina, a blind city judge and State Commission for the Blind leader, praised for decades of work for the blind.
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Sam Cathey
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Eisenhower
Cathey
Isenhower
Sam M. Cathey
Melvin J. Maas
Maas
University of North Carolina
The
North Carolina State Assn. For
New River
Ashe County
Passenger Car Collision at Union Station Injures Twelve
At Union Station Washington a segment of railroad passenger cars collided while being coupled, injuring twelve, none seriously. The six stationary cars included a group of Catholic school children from Bellevue and Milwaukee. several nun chaperones described the children as knocked about as crews and groceries scattered in the dine car area. Investigators awaited cause as the Baltimore and Ohio train to Detroit and Chicago prepared to depart.
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Washington
Union Station
Bellevue
Ohio
David Ball
Tom Moore
Milwaukee
Detroit
Chicago
Rains Drench Carolinas. Showers Forecast Through Wednesday
Weekend storms dropped heavy rain on the Piedmont and Charlotte with over 2.39 inches in 24 hours and more than average rainfall for the month. Winston-Salem saw over two inches Saturday, while lightning briefly triggered the air raid warning system. Rain was lighter in the eastern region with Columbia near two inches for the weekend.
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Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Piedmont
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
South Carolina
Columbia
Aiken
Charleston
Greenville
British Dockers Strike Halts Work Across Major Ports
More than a third of dockers at four major ports walk out in an interunion dispute ahead of the May 26 general election. NASDU leads the stoppage with 60,000 workers affected. TGWU continues operations amid mixed participation and picket lines.
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London
Manchester
Hull
Liverpool-Birkenhead
National Amalgamated Stevedores and Dockers Union
NASDU
Transport and General Workers Union
TGWU
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Government Transport Commission
Britain
Highway program clash over bond driven interstate plan
Washington debates Eisenhower highway proposals as Senator Johnson criticizes a 21 billion bond plan to build 40 000 miles of interstate roads. Gore outlines a 17 941 billion five year spending package with farm to market routes kept at a reduced level. Johnson says Senate Democrats oppose a system that neglects farm to market roads.
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Washington
B. Johnson
Lana
Eisenhower
Johnson
Senate
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
U.S
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Democratic Policy Committee
Nuclear Reactor Dedicated at State College in Raleigh
Dedication ceremonies marked the opening of North Carolina State College’s nuclear reactor in Raleigh. Willard F. Libby of the Atomic Energy Commission was to deliver the principal address with Gov. Hodges Rep. Carl Durham Gordon Gray and J Spencer Love among the participants. The 650000 dollar facility is the first college owned reactor outside AEC restricted areas and the first open to the public for peacetime atomic advancement.
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Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commission
Gov. Hodges
Rep
Carl Durham
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
J. Spencer Love
Burlington Industries, Inc
French Planes Annihilate Rebel Band in Algeria Fight
Paris reports French planes annihilated a band of 60 nationalist guerrillas after a night attack on the Kheirane post near Constantine Algeria. French riflemen repelled the assault and then air strikes finished the job. Across the protectorate a week of violence left 23 dead including 5 Europeans and 48 wounded including 7 Europeans.
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Paris
Khenchela
Algeria
Kheirane
Constantine
Morocco
Johnson demands Wilson end defense confusion over Russian air threat
Senator Lyndon Johnson pressed Defense Secretary Wilson to step in and unify civilian and military leaders amid concerns Russia may threaten U S air superiority. He cited conflicting statements and urged clear, accurate facts for Congress and the public.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Wilson
Senate
Democratic
Congressional
Russia
United States
Congress
Aviation Week
Woodbury M. Burgess
Detroit
Burgess
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Air Force
Talbott
and Power
Air Force Research and Development Command
Armed Services and Appropriations Committees
Church Votes On Proposals Before 167th General Assembly
The Presbyterian Church in the United States votes on two proposals at its 167th General Assembly resuming sessions through Wednesday. The Permanent Commission on Interchurch Relations urges approval of a restatement on the Marian cult and the Virgin Mary’s role, noting tensions with Roman Catholics and the unity of the church.
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167Th
General Assembly of Thesbyterian Church
United States of America
Presbyterians
Permanent Commission On Interchurch Relations
Mary of Nazareth
UNC Trustees Ban Negro Admittance to Undergrad Schools
RALEIGH trustees of the Consolidated University of North Carolina adopted a policy stating that Negro applicants will not be admitted to undergraduate programs at the three university branches. The board cites the state's investment in education and declares the policy of non acceptance for Negro students.
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Raleigh
Consolidated University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Meeting in Capital Deliberates Polio Vaccine Clearance
Government scientists and vaccine makers meet in Washington to assess evidence on Salk polio vaccine clearance. Surgeon General Scheele will decide soon after reviewing health service findings. Salk may not attend today.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Health Service
Jonas E. Salk
Soviets Set Tone For Jockeying
Washington officials say Moscow has set the tone for tense jockeying over a prospective Big Four meeting. Pravda criticizes U S calls for a short, general conference and objects to Vienna as a site and to discussing satellite states in Eastern Europe. The piece signals possible Soviet moves to drive a wedge with Western powers.
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Moscow
Pravda
United States
Eisenhower
Russia
Britain
France
Vienna
Dulles
Europe
U. S
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State College
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North Carolina State College
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Symington
D-Mo
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Thomas S. Power
Boston
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D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Alfred M. Gruenther
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New York
UNC
Capital
U. S. Public Health Service
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Priest
House Commerce Committee
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