Absentee Ballots Impounded in 9th District Campaign Furore
In North Carolina ninth district election heat rises as county boards are instructed to impound all absentee ballots and related records. The investigation targets alleged vote buying and irregularities amid a contest between Democrat Hugh Q. Alexander and Republican William E. Stevens Jr. Counties include Alexander and Rowan. district population about 338,000 with 180,000 registered voters.
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Taylorsville
N. C
S. P. Kimmel
House
Washington
9Th District
Sam H. Still
Kimmel
Hugh Q. Alexander
Kannapolis
William E. Stevens Jr
Lenoir
GOP
Ray Jennings
Alexander
Alleghany
Ashe
Cabarrus
Calwell
Iredell
Rowan
Stanly
Watauga
Jennings
42 Persons Aboard 200 Planes Search For Missing Craft
Navy launched a wide search using 200 plus surface craft for a Lockheed four engine Super Constellation missing over the Atlantic with 42 aboard. The aircraft departed Patuxent River Maryland Saturday night bound for Africa via the Azores and was 300 miles at sea when last heard. A multinational effort stretched along 120 miles of the great circle route from the Jersey coast to the Azores as weather varied from clear to Thunderstorms with near freezing water in the search zone.
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New York
Atlantic
Maryland
Africa
Azores
England
European
North Africa
United States
Great Circle
Jersey
Weather Bureau
Cheese
King Hussein Calls for Fighting Air Force in Jordan
In a parliamentary speech read by Premier Tewfik Abdul Huda, King Hussein urged establishing a fighting air force to complement Jordan's forces. He affirmed no peace or negotiations with the Jews, maintaining a hard line on Palestine policy.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Tewfik Abdul Huda
Palestine
Wives Await News as Navy Plane Missing at Sea
A dozen or more wives gathered in Lexington Park Md awaiting word on their men missing with 42 aboard after a routine flight from Patuxent Naval Air Test Center. Cmdr L W Meachum led kin contacts as chaplains offered support and prayers.
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Lexington Park
Navy
Patuxent ‘Naval Air Test Center
Azores
Aoe
Yescona
Cmdr
L. W. Meachum
Cole
Rodney S. Sprigg Jr
Dorothy Ces
One Tar Heel Aboard Missing Navy Transport
A North Carolinian, George Owen Willingham of the USS Mepara, was listed as a passenger on the Navy Super-Constellation, which disappeared over the Atlantic yesterday. His mother is Mrs. G. C. Willingham of Plymouth, North Carolina.
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Washington
Atlantic
George Owen Willingham
G. C. NC
Plymouth
Four American Airmen Held in Turkey for Flag Incident
Four U S airmen attached to the NATO Southeast Europe Headquarters were jailed in Izmir Turkey after a late night incident in which they allegedly pulled down and stepped on a Turkish flag. A preliminary hearing identified the servicemen as Wilbur Faber Henry Dunn Ernest Milner and Joseph Rochwell and they face one to three years if convicted under Turkish law. The flags marked the 81st anniversary of the Turkish Republic and witnesses placed the event around 1 a m October 30.
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Izmir
Turkey
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Southeast Europe
NATO
C. Wilbur Faber
Carrington St. Elizabeth
N.J
C. Henry R. Dunn
Ocean Beach
Longview
Wash
C. Ernest E. Milner
Gaul St
Philade
Joseph A. Rochwell
Hurricane forecaster named chief for Miami bureau
Washington reports Gordon Dunn of Chicago is named chief hurricane forecaster in Miami. He succeeds Grady Norton, famed for tracking storms. Norton died October 9. Dunn is noted for tropical weather studies and pilot forecasts for the India to China Hump route.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Gordon Dunn
Chicago
Miami
Fla Dunn
Grady Norton
Norton
Dunn
India
China
Violent death toll climbs in North Carolina crash spree
A surge of highway crashes raises NC violent deaths to 25 with multiple fatalities. Victims include Virgil Willis in Williamston, Geneva Clark and Bundy Smith near Lamberton, Katherine Osborne in Portsmouth, and several others across Robeson, New Bern, and surrounding counties.
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North Carolina
Williamston
Virgil FE. Willis
US 64
I Council
Dan Coop
Lamberton
Robeson
Geneva Clark
Bundy Smith
Rt. 1
Walstonburg
Foster Stone
East Lamber
Eddie Lester Fuller
Rt. 7
Lexington
Denton
Everett Linsey Bell
Pfafftown
Lewisville
Oscar Bailey
Rt. 4
Lincolnton
MacKinsey
Finney
Julia Howell Gaddy
Micro
Lerein
Eugene D. Melton
Carthage
Neal Clinton Ayes
Union County
Raleigh
Marshall W. Bennett
Aycoth
Donald Wrenn
Garjner
Garner
St. Pauls
Hope Mills
Aanent Evers
Grady Evers
Arthur Hornes
More Frost Predicted For Tonight In North Carolina
The Associated Press reports frost remains likely as colder air settles over North Carolina tonight. Temperatures fall to around 14 to 90 degrees in the mountains, about 35 in the Piedmont, and near 32 along the coast with freezing conditions and continued cold into tomorrow.
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Asheville
Raleigh
Charlotte
Greensboro
Wilmington
Piedmont
Coast
Graham Heads For Houston After New Orleans Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham heads to Houston after closing a month long New Orleans Crusade that drew 341 500 attendees. During two meetings in New Orleans 4 914 people accepted Christ. At the Sugar Bowl meeting 800 of 60 000 attendees stepped forward. Graham and Gov Frank Clement will receive honorary degrees from Baylor University in Waco. He will return to Montreal NC for weekend missions before a six week Glasgow Scotland crusade opens in March. Dr J D Grey notes over 75 000 financed the crusade and 130 Protestant churches sponsored the sermons.
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New Orleans
Billy Graham
Houston
Graham
Frank Clement
D-Tenn
Baylor University
Waco
Tex
Montreal
N.C
Glasgow
Scotland
Bsa
J. D. Grey
Grey
Unexpected Guests Over For Dinner in Ossian Iowa
The Earwin Dotsenrods hosted Robert Carey and family after their dog delivered a sack containing three live chickens Saturday night. Mrs. Carey had left the sack outside her door until she could clean them, prompting the unexpected visit and a doghouse for the dog.
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Ossian
Iowa
Earwin Dotsenrods
Robert Carey
Dotsenrods
Mrs. Dotsenrod
Sheppard Trial Bypasses Juror Chemistry Delivers Alternates
In Cleveland the Sheppard murder trial moved past a dispute over juror James Manning who allegedly hid a morals conviction from 11 years ago. Manning appeared in court as prosecutors push for possible juror disqualification while alternate Jack Hansen took a seat after rounds of voir dire.
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Cleveland
Sheppart
James R. Manning
Manning
Samuel H. Sheppard
G. F. Naumann
Edward Blythin
Naumann
St. Luke's Evangelical Lutheran Church
Sheppard
Marilyn
Ulm
Husky Tracetor
Jack H. Hansen
Fred W. Garmone Hansen
Red China Claims Population of 601,930,000
Peiping radio announced a June 1953 census showing 601.93 million people in Red China, a figure far above prior estimates. The report noted exclusions for Formosa and some border areas but stated overseas Chinese total 12 million. The claim positions China as the globe’s most populous nation with about a quarter of humanity.
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Red China
Tokyo
Red
China
Peiping Radio
Reds
Communist of Nations
India
Russia
Kremlin
United States
State Bureau of Statistics
Peiping
Formosa
Roadhouse Crime Ties Death to Bypass Establishment
Investigators probe the death of 33 year old Mary Rollins and injury to 41 year old Minnie Bennett after an incident at a roadhouse outside Rock Hill. Police hold two Rock Hill men as part of the inquiry amid conflicting statements from suspects and local authorities.
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Charlotte
Rock Hill
York, 8.C
Mary Rollins
York Dust Memorial Hospital
Rock Hil
Minnie Bennett
Slim
Stewart
Summareite
Big Vote Urged Tomorrow Across Nation
Voters are urged to turnout as Eisenhower and Stevenson campaign amid tight Senate House races. Democrats claim gains, Republicans warn of a close election with “red smear” charges and last minute blitzes. Eisenhower Nixon and Mitchell push get out the vote while campaigns organize walking and calling drives.
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James Cagerty
Stevenson
New York
Hagerty
United States
Eisenhower
Nixon
Denver
WTOP
CBS
White House
Hones Congress
EB. Stevenson
Senate
House
Mutual-Abc
West Coast
Chicago
Hisa
Stephen A. Mitchell
Center Vale
Atty. Gen
Congress
Ynell
Eiseneers
Democrats Likely to Control House in Pre-Election Survey
New York Times reports a weekend national survey showing Democrats ahead in key House races with a Senate battle looming. Analysts caution results may shift as campaigns move forward and state races remain unsettled.
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New York
New York Times
Senate
W. H
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