Red Belt of Communism Spreads Through Central America
The State Department watches Guatemala as arms shipments to Honduras and Nicaragua raise fears of a Moscow link. Guatemala’s rejection of U S demands over United Fruit Co expropriation and a regional strike hint at a Communist influence near the Panama Canal.
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U. S. State Department
Guatemala
Mexico
U. S
United Fruit Co
Honduras
Nicaragua
Moscow Association
North
South America
Free World
Better Get Together On Labor Management Leader Picks
The piece urges Ralph Rochelle and Bill Petree as possible successors to Forrest H. Shuford, stressing the need a candidate tied to both labor and management. It argues that unity behind one candidate strengthens backing, while split bids risk dissolving support for the Governor’s favor.
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Ralph Rochelle
Bill Petree
Forrest H. Shuford
Shuford
High Point
Anglo American unity under pressure from British press bid
The London Sunday Pictorial calls for a joint long term Anglo American policy and Eisenhower's visit to London to ease tensions. It warns that anti British and anti American feeling rises in both nations while stressing that Moscow and Beijing seek to exploit any rift. The piece argues only Western unity can safeguard freedom.
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London Sunday Pictorial
Ober
Ike
Labor Party
Britain
United States
Pascohower
Churchill
London
Washington
America
Kremlin
Hitler
Kaiser
Molotov
Geneva
Malenkov
Moscow
Politburo
Peking
Karl Marx
West
Press emphasizes abnormal news over normal youth behavior
The Dallas Morning News editorial argues that newspapers focus on sensational cases such as bank robberies murders and Hollywood divorces while normal well behaved teens and young adults rarely appear. Papers report and report on news not create it.
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Dallas Morning News
Hollywood
Congressional committees supplement the FBI, professor notes
George Sokolsky argues Congressional committees supplement the FBI by gathering facts for legislation, investigating executive conduct, and exposing issues. He cites Nye La Follette cases, Hiss, and fishing expeditions, urging fixed rules, witness clarity, and distinguishing witness involvement to reduce guilt by appearance.
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Sion
Institute of Pacific Relations
Alger Hiss
Nye
la Follette
Congressional Committee
McCarthy
FBI
Congress
Godfrey Schmidt
Hiss
Department of Justice
Segregation Debate Echoes Across State Governors and Lawmakers
The piece contrasts defying the Supreme Court with using legal avenues to ease impact. Governor Umstead plans a meeting with governors from affected states, while Attorney General McMullan weighs attending to help seek a lawful solution. The 1954 ruling shifts but does not end the long quarrel over segregation.
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Supreme Court
Umstead
Stanley
Virginia
Harry McMullan
Cooke
Georgia
Atlanta
McMullan
Plessy S. Ferguson
North Carolina Faces Court Order, Voting Machine Push
Amid dueling legal standards officials endure the old system while new voting machines are rolled out. Registrars market the change with colorful flyers as Kerr Scott and Alton Lennon see rising campaign spending well over prior limits.
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North Carolina
Compliance and Law in Raleigh After School Segregation Ruling
A Raleigh convention affirms adherence to the U S Supreme Court ruling ending school segregation. In other sections a hail storm in Nash County damages crops while a student with deaf and blind disability graduates top of his class. A Strasbourg assembly debates Europe’s political economic and social concerns.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
U. S. Supreme Court
Nash County
Bob Upton
Rocky Mount
Upton
Strasbourg
France
Europe
Oklahoma Wealth in Senate Fight Divides Democrats
Washington commentary notes Oklahoma's two leading Democratic senatorial hopefuls Roy Turner and Robert Kerr both are multi millionaire oil men. Kerr's tea totaler image pleases some social hosts while Turner is seen as a heavy wealth rival. The piece mocks political posturing and cites doorkeepers overzealous with rules at the Army McCarthy hearings.
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Washington
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Kerr
Roy J. Turner
Mae Oon
Turner
Senate
McCarthy
Quotes and quips swirl in a political row
Collection of remarks from Sid Richardson Jo McCarthy Maj. Gen. Arthur Wilson and others. References to violence regret and political strategy mix with humor and family notes in a snapshot of mid-century discourse.
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Arthur Wilson
Noncom
Schine
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Erwin Griswold
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Jefferson Fordham
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Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
J. M. White
Raleigh No. 5
Ballyhoo
White
United States Senate
Kerr Scott
Alton Lennon
Scott
Len
W. A. Bivins
High Court
Tennessee
Heights
Alliance
Ohio
Richard Kinney
Mt. Union College
Helen Keller
Robert Smithdas
New York
Kinney
UNC
Angel
Thomas Wolfe
Carolina
Bartlett
Wolfe
George Dixon
Senator Kerr
Asher L. Burdick
North Dakota
Sid Richardson
Texas
Jeanie
Pvt. G. David Schine
Army
C. Richard Schine
Indo-China
Dulles
Phil Rizzuto
Cleveland
al Lopez
Army-McCarthy
John McClellan
Ark
Bob Blatt
Tulane University
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