Sudden Top-Level Conference on Korea Held at White House
President Eisenhower chaired a 20 minute meeting with Secretary of State Dulles Secretary of Defense Wilson and Army Chief of Staff Collins. White House would not disclose topics beyond Korea. Snyder announced the meeting after Memorial Day services then the President left for a golf outing.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Korea
White House
Arlington National Cemetery
John Foster Dulles
Charles E. Wilson
Gen. J. Lawton Collins
Army
Murray Snyder
Snyder
Burning Tree Country Club
North Carolina Republicans seek their own newspaper
Piedmont Republicans urged creation of a party newspaper after denouncing press bias. They complained the North Carolina media gave the GOP a raw deal and called for a regional paper to promote party aims.
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GOP
Greensboro
North Carolina
North Carlina
Wiley Hits Taft Indirectly Over U N Policy in Memorial Day Speech
Senator Wiley criticizes those who would divide the United States from its allies and supports preserving the United Nations as a tool to address global ills. The speech follows Taft's call to abandon U N work in the Far East while Eisenhower weighs a funding cut tied to Communist China. Mundt and Bradley weigh in on policy unity and alliance strength.
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Senate
Taft
Ohio
Sen
Wiley
U. S
United Nations
Far East
U. N
Sens. Hill
Ala
Ellender
Eisenhower
China
State Department
Hill
Elliender
Sens
Kilgore
D-W.va
Green
D-Ri
Senate Appropriations Committee
Moscow
Mundt
R-Sd
CBS
Bristol
England
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Britain
Allies Pour Fire Into Red Hills
Allied forces pounded Panmunjom area as Chinese troops pressed three outposts Ve gas Carson and Elko on a five mile front north of Seoul. British and Turkish units repelled Red attacks while airpower hit supply lines and dams.
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Panmunjom
Vegas
Carson
Elko
U. S
East Central
Maxwell D. Taylor
Eighth Army
U. N
Duke of Wellington
Hook
25Th Division
Bruce C. Clark
1St Corps
35Th
Marine Corps
Clark
Fifth Air Force
Western Front
Pyongyang
Kuwonga
Hapchang
Korea
Finger Ridge
Bloody Ridge
Rebellion Mounts as ROK Threatens to Quit U.N.
South Korea warns it may pull its divisions from the U N Command if the armistice proposal is accepted and vows to block landing of troops from five neutral nations to guard prisoners. Premier Pyun Yung Tai says independent military action possible. Chinhae naval base attendance and ongoing talks loom as Panmunjom negotiators prepare Monday return.
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Seoul
South Korea
ROK
U. N
Pyun Yung Tai
Panmunjom
Peiping Red
U. S
Ellis O. Briggs
Chinhae
Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Briggs
Rhee
Pyun
Queen Elizabeth Dances Late at Pre Coronation Ball
London reports Queen Elizabeth danced at a Hampton Court Palace ball given by the Brigade of Guards. She did not return to Buckingham Palace until four in the morning London time, with 20 000 cheering Britons outside. The Queen’s sister Margaret went home to Clarence House while the Duchess and her husband may visit Windsor for air before the coronation.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Hampton Court Palace
Enry VIII
Duke of Edinburgh
Margaret
Palace
Clarence House
Windsor
Brigade of Guards
Household Brigade
Julian Gascoigne
Memorial Day Death Toll Rises Slowly
The death toll from violent accidents rose slowly during Memorial Day’s first hours as travelers hit the highways. Twenty two people died in motor mishaps since 6 pm Friday, with six Maine Maritime Academy cadets among the fatalities in a head on crash near South China. The National Safety Council estimates about 240 traffic deaths will occur from 6 pm Friday to Sunday midnight.
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Maine Maritime Academy
South China
Maine
National Safety Council
Teacher Wins Court Battle Fist Fight With Female Parent
In El Dorado Arkansas a mother of a high school student was fined 200 and given 30 days in jail after a fist fight with a teacher who had lectured the girl on sex. The teacher Miss Rowena Paschall was cleared of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Two sisters of the mother were fined on assault charges. Judge J G Ragsdale said teachers who discipline students must be protected or schools might as well be closed.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Rowena Paschall
J. G. Ragsdale
J. M. Reynolds
Ragsdale
Umstead Reappoints Judges and Osteopathic Board Members
Governor Umstead names Judge Wilson Warlick of Newton to the State Probation Commission and Dr. Frank R. Heine of Greensboro to the State Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration.
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Raleigh
Gov
Umstead
Wilson Warlick
Newton
State Probation Commission
Frank R. Heine
Greensboro
State Board of Osteopathic Examination and Registration
Mundt cites missiles in defense of Air Force cuts
Sen. Karl Mundt argues a significant advance in guided missiles justifies trimming Air Force funding. He says new weapons since Truman’s plan are worth many aircraft and supports Eisenhower's budget stance. Mundt also notes ship lists aiding Korea and defends Taft policy differences.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Truman
Mundt
Senate
Korea
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Normandy
Memorial Day Heat Forecast With Tornadoes Impacts
A hot and humid Memorial Day outlook covered the Eastern half of the nation with mid-summer temperatures and muggy conditions from Eastern Iowa to the Middle Atlantic and across the South and Texas. Tornadoes struck North and South Dakota causing fatalities and injuries, with damage near McLaughlin and Ft. Rice while Conde South Dakota saw a separate tornado report with no details. Rain fell across the Dakotas and Montana, with showers in Washington while the Eastern Seaboard expected warmer but less humid conditions.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Middle Atlantic
Texas
New York State
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
McLaughlin
S. D
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Conde
Wyndemere
N. D
Dakotas
Montana
Washington
Virginia
New England
Florida
Great Plains
Mississippi Valley
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Ohio Valley
Girl 4 Dies in Brooksdale Farmhouse Fire
A four year old girl, Carolyn Kane Reaves, died in a house fire that engulfed her Brooksdale community farmhouse near Boxboro yesterday. She was trapped in the hall closet while her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willie E. Reaves, escaped.
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Boxboro
Carolyn Kane Reaves
Willie E. Reaves
Brooksdale
Dunn Fire Probes Arson at Major Negro Church
Dunn police investigate possible arson after a fire destroyed the Evening Star Holiness Church. Fire Chief Ralph Hanna said a kerosene bucket was found at the scene, suggesting deliberate ignition.
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Dunn
Ralph Hanna
Evening Star Holiness
PLKS Elect Southern Pines Elks Officers
The North Carolina Elks federation elected new officers at its two day annual convention as about 500 delegates from 35 lodges attended. A memorial service and ritualistic degree team competition were part of the opening events yesterday.
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PLKS
North Carolina Elks
Greensboro Woman's College Opens With Alumni Meetings
The Elst commencement week begins with a full day of events from morning to midnight. Alumnae meetings and officer elections mark today along with senior class exercises and an alumnae supper. Tomorrow features Dr. Thomas Procter's baccalaureate sermon and an 8 p.m. concert by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and the college choir. Graduation exercises are set for Monday.
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Woman's College
Thomas Procter
Greensboro Symphony Orchestra
Presbyterians to Hear Chapel Hill Church Controversy Report
In Raleigh the Presbyterian Synod of North Carolina will meet next Tuesday to hear the commission report on the Chapel Hill Church dispute. The Chapel Hill congregation appealed after Pastor Rev. Charles Jones was ousted by an Orange Presbytery commission.
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Raleigh
Presbyterian Synod of
Tax Cut Push At Tobacco Council Meets in Raleigh
The National Tobacco Research Council executive committee urged Congress to lower cigarette excise tax. They voted to send representatives to the House Ways and Means hearings opening June 16 to discuss reducing the tax from eight to six cents per pack.
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Raleigh
National Tobacco Research Council
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Piedmont Natural Gas appoints Walter S. Montgomery as director
Walter S. Montgomery of Spartanburg textile background was elected a director of Piedmont Natural Gas Co. He led Spartan Mills as president and treasurer and formerly headed the American Cotton Manufacturers. Piedmont serves Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg in South Carolina and Charlotte, Salisbury, High Point, Greensboro, Burlington and Winston-Salem in North Carolina.
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Piedmont Gas
Charlotte
Walter S. Montgomery
Spartanburg
S. C
Piedmont Natural Gas Co., Inc
Montgomery
American Cotton Manufacturers
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Spartan Mills
Piedmont
Anderson
Greenville
Salisbury
High Point
Greensboro
Burlington
Winston - Salem
N. C
Ward Loses British Amateur Golf Final
HoYlake England Joe Carr of Ireland defeated Harvie Ward in the 36 hole final to win the British Amateur championship. Ward twice led and tied the match before Carr rolled a 30 foot putt on the 30th hole to regain the lead and clinch the title amid a large crowd.
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Hoylake
England
Joe Carr
Ireland
Harvie Ward
Atlanta
Ward
Lawson
Oil Proposal Labeled Outrageous by Senator Long
Sen. Russell B. Long denounces administration opposition to extending state law over submerged continental shelf lands. He cites a Rankin analysis objecting to giving coastal states extraterritorial jurisdiction over federal oil lands seaward of tidelands up to 150 miles.
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Washington
Russell B. Long
Louisiana Democrat
Long
Senate Interior Committee
Asst. Atty. Gen
J. Lee Rankin
House
Rankin
Mystery figure sought in Austrian currency case
The State Department agreed to aid the hunt for a Washington figure who tried in 1949 to block a currency revaluation opposed by Communist interests. Frank Coe, former IMF secretary, remains missing amid Senate investigations. The IMF said Coe was in the Middle East on official business when the Austrian matter was under review.
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John Chadwick
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
State Department
Washington
Frank Coe
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
International Monetary Fund
Senate
Coe
FBI
Internal Security Subcommittee
U. S
Middle East
The
Fund
Internal Security
Senate to study plan to liquidate MSA and shift aid
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will study a unanimous recommendation to liquidate the Mutual Security Agency and move all foreign aid to the State Department. Harold E. Stassen, MSA director, led 11 businessman teams from nine European and five Far Eastern nations in the survey. Dulles and Stassen, back from a 12 nation tour, said they laid a new foundation for friendship with those countries.
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MSA
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Mutual Security Agency
State Department
U Unnanimous
Harold E. Stassen
U. S
Sen
Wiley R-Wis
Stassen
State Dulles
Security Agency
Knowland
R-Calif
Dulles
Memorial Day Observances Honor War Dead Across Nation
Parades and services mark Memorial Day as the nation honors veterans and those who died in past battles. President Eisenhower will place a wreath at Arlington Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and attend ceremonies without a speech. Confederate and German graves are noted in New Deal-era sites and Rock Island Arsenal.
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Associated Press
United States
Korea
Arlington National Cemetery
Eisenhower
Arlington National Cemetery Memorial
Rock Island Arsenal
Illinois
Battle Creek
Mich
Ft. Custer
Weather Forecast Odd Figures With Temperatures
The report lists a low tonight of 68 percent and a high tomorrow at 4 dollars. Today's high reached 92 with a last night low of 64. Sunset is 7 30 p m today and sunrise 5 05 a m tomorrow.
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Weather Bureau
Asheville
Reese
Atlanta
Boston
Conan Bea Wees
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Mobile
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
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