Gandhi's Assassins May Live
AP dispatch reports India ready to execute two Hindus for Mahatma Gandhi's 1948 assassination. The writer urges clemency aligning with Gandhi's non violence while noting Nehru's potential intervention and the pending royal governor general's clemency decision before Republic Day.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Arayan V. Godse
Narayan B. Apte
Mahatma
Gandhi
New Lhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
America
Nehru
Bapuji
Rajagopalachari
British Privy Council
London
Kidnap Murder Case Revived in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles sheriff's office detained Nicholas Meyers, 40, for questioning in the 1946 kidnapping and slaying of six year old Rochelle Gluskoter. Meyers faces possible charges of kidnapping and murder as the case is reopened after the girl’s body was identified in Orange County two years after her disappearance.
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Los Angeles
Sheriff's Office
Rochelle Gluskoter
Vic England
Nicholas Meyers
Meyers
Abe Gluskoter
Gluskoter
U S Ambassador Briggs Presents Credentials in Prague
U S Ambassador Ellis P. Briggs, newly appointed to Prague, presented his credentials today to President Klement Gottwald in a formal diplomatic ceremony.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Ellis P. Briggs
Klement Gottwald
Two More Big Producers Sign Contracts With Steel Union
The Republic Steel agreement signaled a widening settlement trend among major steelmakers. Bethlehem and Jones and Laughlin joined on similar terms, boosting pension plans and continuing the contributory insurance, as mediation seeks coal settlement progress and considers presidential intervention.
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Steel Union
Washington
Republic Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel Corporation
Republic
Bethlehem
Jones and Laughlin
Cyrus Ching
Southern
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel Corp
U S. Steel
Ching
Moses
Truman
Lewis
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Union
Stevenson
Nineteen Die in Philippines Election Activism Violence
Manila reports show 19 killed and 16 wounded as Filipinos vote for president amid widespread disorders. Constabulary controls 40 towns. ballots stolen. Rizal election official kidnapped. Quirino leads in scattered returns. Hukbalahap quiet in armed conflict zones.
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Manila
National Commission On Elections
Rizal Province
Ormoc
Leyte
Jose Avelino
Cavite
Elpidio Quirino
Indian Summer Returns Across the East Again
Indian summer returned for a second day from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Seaboard. The western states saw rain and clouds while eastern areas enjoyed fair skies and mild temperatures. New records included 75 in Omaha 68 in Green Bay and 66 in Duluth as most central states stayed in the 60s and 70s.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Washington
Oregon Coast
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Seereniay
Omaha
Neb
Green Bay
Wis
Duluth
Minn
Mercury
Central States
Girl Succumbs To Beating Near Naval Base
A six year old girl, Shirley Murray of Norfolk, died after being found unconscious and battered near the Norfolk navy base. Doctors found no rape indicators. She had disappeared from Meadowbrook school the previous afternoon and was located by a Negro worker. a motor car found in mud near the scene is a possible clue for investigators.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Navy Base
Frank Decker
Shirley Murray
Depaul Hospital
Meadowbrook School
Naval Base
Taussig Boulevard
Shirley
Lehman Favored By Gallup Poll In Today's Election
A Gallup poll shows former Governor Herbert H Lehman leading Senator John Foster Dulles 46 to 34 in New York's U S Senate race with 20 percent undecided as of November 4. The race centers on Lehman the Democratic liberal candidate and Dulles appointed by Governor Thomas E Dewey.
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Detroit
Motor City
Albert E. Cobo
CIO
George Edwards
Cobo
Edwards
United Auto Workers
New York
Gallup
Herbert H. Lehman
U. S. Senate
Lehman
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Battle Favored In Virginia Election Today
Virginians vote for governor and decide whether to abolish the $1.50 poll tax. John S. Battle is seen as the likely winner against Walter Johnson and Clarke T. Robb. turnout projected near 200000 as debates focus on constitutional amendments setting literacy standards for voting.
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Richmond
John S. Battle
Battle
Walter Johnson
Clarke T. Robb
General Assembly
Old Belt Tobacco Prices Dip Slightly in Flue-Cured Belt
Raleigh reports flicker of movement in flue-cured old belt prices with some gains offset by losses. Middle belt shows stability, while last week old belt sales totaled 24 046 910 pounds at 46.75 dollars per hundred, middle belt at 47.26.
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Raleigh
Moscow party contrasts with Washington embassy reception
In Washington a Russian embassy reception follows Malenkov's harsh Moscow speech. Andrei Vishinsky, present with diplomats, expresses cautious friendship while noting a sleep of freindship between Russia and the United States. The bash features sturgeon and caviar as reporters crowd the event.
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Washington
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
United States
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Nikolai Orem
U. S
Vishinsky
Malenkov
Moscow
Cotton Crop Estimate Up
The agriculture department estimates the 1950 cotton crop at 15,524,000 bales of 500 pounds gross, up 78,000 from a month ago and above last year’s 14,868,000. The report notes a likely need for marketing quotas to limit production to about 12,000,000 bales and cites an average yield of 287.6 pounds per acre.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Jessup to Visit Communist China on Far East Tour
Prof. Philip C. Jessup a leading State Department troubleshooter and Columbia University professor likely to visit communist China on a policy study tour of the Far East. Assigned by Secretary of State Acheson to assess post Chiang regime changes and help chart a new American Pacific policy.
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Lake Success
Philip C. Jessup
State Department
China
Far East
Jessup
Columbia University
U. S
United Nations
State Acheson
Pacific
12-Year-Old Girl Shot by Playmate In Duplin County
A 12-year-old girl Pearline Register was badly wounded in a shooting by 12-year-old playmate Donald Rivenbark in Wallace North Carolina. She underwent surgery in a Wilmington hospital and remained in critical condition as officials investigated the incident.
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Wilmington
W. L. Hocutt
Wallace
Pearlyn Register
Duplin
Donald Rivenbark
Pearline
Benny Register
Russia and U S Should Be Friends Says Vishinsky
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky at the Soviet embassy reception urged better U S Russia ties while noting the friendship idea may awaken. He spoke after a UN session in New York and a private talk with Secretary Acheson. The event drew diplomats from Britain France Norway and other nations as the Big Three meeting loomed.
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Washington
Vishinsky
Russia
United States
United Nations General Assembly
New York
State Acheson
Acheson
Paris
State Department
Generalissimo
Stalin
Britain
Sir Oliver Franks
Henri Bonnet
France
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Norway
James E. Webb
High School Students Tour Camp Lejeune Displays
Two thousand Southeastern North Carolina high school seniors from 45 schools visited Camp Lejeune as part of American education week. Maj. Gen. Franklin A. Hart hosted the tour with Pat Taylor and Rep. Graham Barden inspecting a parade air show and a coordinated tank infantry attack by the 6th Marines.
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Camp Lejeune
Marine Corps
North Carolina
6Th Marines
Franklin A. Hart
Pat Taylor
Graham Barden
D-Nc
Onslow County
Thousands in UE shift to CIO in union split survey
A Pittsburgh survey shows 107 482 United Electrical workers voted to secede from UE to CIO amid the CIO expulsion for leftist ties. Meanwhile the Union of Electrical Workers won an employer recognition contract with two Yonkers firms employing 1 075 workers.
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Pittsburgh
United Electrical Workers
CIO
Union of Electrical Workers
Yonkers, N
California
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
National
Cio-United Auto Workers
Acheson Arrives in Paris for Western Foreign Ministers Meeting
Secretary of State Dean Acheson lands at Orly Field from Washington for a Paris meeting with British and French foreign ministers. He declines to discuss topics while planning for a five-nation Western foreign ministers session with Bevin Schuman and other diplomats. The three-power talks begin tomorrow as McCloy Bruce and Douglas arrive in rapid succession.
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Curley
Federal Penitentiary
John B. Hayes
Paris
U. S
Dean Acheson
Orly Field
Washington
Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
David K. Bruce
Germany
John J. McCloy
Britain
Lewis W. Douglas
London
Bevin
Burning of old state bonds lights up Raleigh ceremony
In Raleigh a $21 million bond burning drew a few state officials and reporters. The law required burning old securities in the governor and council of state presence, with signatures canceled after payment. Bonds dated to Cameron Morrison era were burned, each sheet worth a thousand dollars until canceled, then replaced by paper as heat.
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Raleigh
Council of State
Cameron Morrison
Ben Lacy
GM Plans Record 190 Million Dollar Dividend To Stockholders
General Motors will pay a $190.0 million dividend on December 10 to holders of record November 17. The payout raises 1949 dividends to over $300 million and follows nine month sales of $4.458 billion with strong net profit.
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New York
General Motors
General Motors Corp
United States
New York Stock Exchange
San Francisco Exchange
Search On For Man Charged With Rape in Greenville
Police in South Carolina and North Carolina hunt for Neil Cantrell charged with rape of a Greens ville county married woman. The warrant, issued by Magistrate J W Griffith, cites the Sunday incident near Greenville as the basis for the charge. Authorities traced Cantrell from Pickens county to Greenville county and believe he headed toward Hendersonville North Carolina.
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Greenville
South Carolina
North Carolina
Greensville County
Neil Cantrell
J. W. Griffith
Butler Township
Greenville County Sheriff's Office
Cantrell
Pickeng County
Greenville County
Hendersonville
N. C
Phone Rate Increase For Denton Approved
The Denton Telephone company won state utilities commission approval for higher rates, boosting annual revenues by about 3600 dollars. New monthly charges include 4.25 for business one party 3.50 for two party 3.00 for multi party 3.00 for residential one party 2.50 for two party and 2.00 for multi party.
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Raleigh
Denton Telephone Company
State Utilities Commission
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