Graham urges prison facility upgrades and rehab focus
A. H. Graham, new chairman of the State Highway Commission, told the Prisons Advisory Council he supports improving prison physical facilities and expanding rehabilitation programs while stressing that discipline and obedience remain essential. He spoke as the council works on rules for over 9,000 inmates and promised to study proposed revisions.
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Raleigh
A. H. Graham
State Highway Commission
Prisons Advisory Council
Graham
Regional News Briefs From The Carolinas Virginia
Myrtle Beach reports a three day meeting of the Carolinas Virginia Radio and Television News Directors Association begins Friday with Tom Eaton WTIC Hartford Conn as featured speaker at a Saturday banquet. Panels on radio and TV news are planned. Wilmington note says National Mediation Board aide to help settle dispute between Charleston Western Carolina Railway and 35 locomotive engineers after a walkout in Augusta Ga over hostling at Spartanburg S C. Annapolis brief: Walter Slowe to be returned to North Carolina to face burglary charges in Halifax County farmhouse theft. prosecutors weigh whether another suspect Robert Buddy Mason will be returned. three others arrested in NC and a fourth hospital bound in Richmond Va.
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Myrtle Beach
S. C
Radio and Television News Directors Association
National Association
Tom Eaton
WTIC
Hartford
Wilmington
National Mediation Board
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Augusta
C. G. Sibley
Annapolis
Baltimore
Walter Slowe
North Carolina
Halifax
Joseph D. Buscher
Robert Buddy Mason
Lottie Sanders
Richmond
Four youths drown in overloaded Yadkin River boat
Four young people die when an eight foot long boat carrying six to eight passengers sinks 20 miles west of Winston-Salem in the Yadkin River. Survivors include Brady Elbert Young and Edward Cowans who reach shore. The victims are James Andrew Hauser 17 Harvey Young 17 Ella Kimbrough 18 and Nancy Kimbrough 16. In Winston Salem new Hadassah officers are elected at the Seaboard Region convention with Hannah Goldberg of New York as keynote speaker and Mrs Hilary M January of Suffolk VA named regional president while 300 members attend.
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Winston - Salem
Yadkin River
Winston-Salem
James Andrew Hauser
Harvey Young
Yadkinville
Rt. 2
Ella Kimbrough
Nancy
Lewisville
Brady Elbert Young
Harvey
Hauser
Edward Cowans
Brady Young
Cowans
Seaboard
Hadassah
Hannah Goldberg
New York
Hilary M. January
Suffolk
NLMA Directors Approve 10 Year Industry Research Plan
In Asheville the NLMA directors approved a ten year research program costing 10 thousand dollars annually. The program funds will support research in marketing and methods of lamination as advised by the NLMA Products and Research Committee during the spring meeting.
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Asheville
National Security Industrial Association
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
NLMA
Governor appoints dairy and reappoints health board members
Gov Umstead named Mrs J E Latta of Hillsboro to succeed Mrs James B Hunt as dairy representative on the State Board of Health for a four year term expiring May 1 1957. He also reappointed Dr Hubert Haywood Raleigh vice chairman and Dr A C Current Gastonia dental representative for four year terms.
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Raliegh
Umstead
State Board of Health
J. E. Latta
Hilsboro
Rt. 2
James B. Hunt
Lucama
Hubert Haywood
Raleigh
A. C. Current
Gastonia
ROKs Reject New Allied Truce Plan Over POW Fate
South Korean sources reveal a secret Allied proposal would leave war prisoners who refuse to return to the UN General Assembly for decision. Officials call it unacceptable and say it amounts to an Allied concession to the Communists. The plan, presented at Panmunjom, also borrows elements from earlier schemes.
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Seoul
United Nations General Assembly
Panmunjom
South Korea
U. N
Peiping
Moscow
ROK
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Choi Duk -Shin
Choi
Rhee
Karl Hong Kee
United Nations
Five Nation Commission
Red
U.N
U. N. General Assembly
Five-Nation Commission
Possible Friction With McCarthy Averted
Washington reported McCarthy and the administration avoided new friction over curbs on Red China trade. McCarthy sought public disclosure of allied shipment details and a declassification order, with Nixon saying the letter never reached Eisenhower. Senators Symington and McClellan urged McCarthy to refile, while U N Command and Tokyo observers weighed the plan’s impact on Peiping.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pentagon
State Department
Farm Bureau Proposes Surplus Aid to Undeveloped Counties
The American Farm Bureau Federation unveiled a plan to move up to 1.0009 billion dollars of government owned farm surpluses to countries under the Point Four program. The proposal, discussed with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Agricultural Department officials, would allow CC C to sell crops in local currencies to build up underdeveloped areas. Wheat, cotton and dried milk are the primary candidates.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Agriculture Department
Charles W. Tobey
Karn
Bureau
Body Searched for After Drowning Off Atlantic Beach
Coast Guardsmen and police scoured waters near Atlantic Beach for the body of a young man believed drowned Sunday after seven witnesses saw him on a rubber raft. No swimmer or raft was found and police had no missing person reported.
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Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
Coast
Sabre Jets Down 12 MIGs in Korea Fight
U S Sabre jets shot down 12 Communist MIGs today bringing the month total to 51. Maj James Jabara and Maj Jack Mass each claimed two kills, boosting their scores amid intensified air battles over North Korea. A separate raid destroyed 90 Communist trucks and other targets including a locomotive and a railroad bridge.
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U. S
North Korea
James Jabara
Wichita
Kan
Korea
Jack E. Mass
F Red Bank
N. J
Hamhung
Umstead Defends State Board in First Capitol News Conference
Gov. Umstead, in his first Capitol news briefing since Jan. 8 inauguration, elevates the Conservation and Development Board as crucial to state growth. He notes all 15 board members’ terms end June 30 and says he may appoint an entirely new panel. He declines to name successors to resigning officials and praises Edward Scheidt as motor vehicles chief, aiming to keep that post out of politics.
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Umstead
Capitol
State Board of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
Conservation Board
George Ross
C&d
Brandon Hodges
Edward Scheidt
Scheidt
FBI
New York
North Carolna
U.S. Orders Communist Diplomat Out After Blackmail Claim
The United States expelled Christache Zambezi, Romania’s first secretary, for attempting to subvert V. C. Georgescu into collaborating with the Romanian Communist regime. Georgescu, a U.S. resident since 1946, reported the offer to FBI and State. his sons Constantin and Peter remain in Romania and were refused permission to join him.
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State Department
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Legation
V. C. Georgescu
New York
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Constantin
Peter
Romania
Romano Americano
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Zambeti
FBI
Lincoln White
White
Zambezi
Americans Arrive In London For Coronation Week
A large group of American coronation visitors on the Queen Elizabeth crowds Westminster and the Abbey grounds. Notables include Mrs. Elizabeth Livingstone of Detroit and former U S ambassador Joseph E. Davies. Crown rehearsal follows as traffic stalls and guards prepare for June 2.
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London
Elizabeth Livingstone
Detroit
George V
George VI
Westminster Abbey
Peggy Holland
Minden
Westminster
Buckingham Palace
Peerless Plywood and Veneer Workers Vote No to Unions
Workers at Peerless Plywood Co and Peerless Veneer Co rejected union membership in both CIO and AFL in the first such election at the two plants in 20 years. At plywood, 29 voted against and 20 for CLO with none for AFL. at veneer, 46 opposed and 18 for, CLO leading with two AFL votes. The vote followed a labor hearing requiring petitions from 30 percent of workers.
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Peerless Plywood Co
Peerless Veneer Co
CIO
AFL
J. T. Tucker
CLO
Tucker
House Cuts Hospital Funds In Labor Welfare Bill
The House passed a bill for 1.980 billion for Labor and Welfare, trimming 10 million from Eisenhower’s hospital request and funding for the next fiscal year starting July 1. Democrats sought 75 million for community hospital construction but were defeated 203 to 197. a separate 66.5 million for school district aid followed a 237 to 156 vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Labor and Welfare Departments
Eisenhower
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Labor Department
Welfare Department
Senate Appropriations Committee
Lawmaker Asks Real Assurance On Air Force Budget
Washington D C Democrat lawmakers attack the Eisenhower defense plan calling it an invitation to attack and demand real assurance that air power remains a primary defense objective. Senator Russell and Senator Maybank say they will vote to cut non aviation funds while opposing air force reductions. Price cites a Dodge letter alleging budget overreach and questions whether JCS advice and Wilson’s accord guided cuts. Party split among Democrats over foreign aid and air force spending.
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Cen
D-Ill
Eisenhower
Defense
Wilson
Sen
Russell
D—Ga
Sen Maybank
D—Sc
Appropriations Committee
Gees Administration
Price
Armed Services Committee
House
Bureau of the Budget
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Truman
Air Force
Navy
Tf Wilson
Congress
Maybank
U. S
America
MSA
Dodge Price
Joseph M. Dodge
Dodge
Weather outlook with high 96 and low 66
The day reached a high of 96 degrees and a low of 66 last night. Tonight's low will be 69 with a high of 90 tomorrow. Sunset today is 7 27 p m and sunrise tomorrow is 5 07 a m.
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Official
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Seereeesvoneneee
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Angeles
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Miami
Mobile
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Ccarese
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