Welfare Relief Applications Rise in Eastern NC Counties
Welfare relief requests grow in Wake and Vance counties amid drought and weak labor markets. Wake County public welfare reports more applications than last year, especially for aid to dependent children. Vance County notes an overwhelming volume described as terrible and funds running low.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Josephine Kirk
Wake County
Vance
Vance County
Jewish Group Denounces House Committee Action
The American Jewish Congress accuses the House Un American Activities Committee of moving from anti communism to judging church matters. They say the panel dictating pulpit occupancy and church materials threatens religious liberty. The resolutions were adopted by about 1,500 delegates at the congress biennial convention.
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New York
The
American Jewish Congress
House UnmAmerican Activities Committee
Congress
America
Husband Follows Wife In death by own action
In Los Angeles the bodies of Helene Hughes aged 32 and her husband Sam Hughes aged 25 were found after both took sleeping pills. Police say Helene died of a sleeping-pill overdose and Sam left a final letter expressing remorse and saying he would follow her to be together.
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Los Angeles
Helene Hughes
Exposition Park
Sam M. Hughes
Helene
Helen
Sam
U.S. Grants Citizenship to 127 New Immigrants
The Army announced 127 individuals from diverse countries were sworn in as new citizens in Baltimore. They will assist U S military intelligence and training battalions as part of their naturalization ceremony.
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Baltimore
Umstead Considers Closing Mountain Areas to Hunters
Governor Umstead weighs closing mountain woodlands to all hunting due to forest fire danger. Aimed at 29 western counties, the ban was proposed by Director Ben Douglas and three Wildlife Resources Commission members. Spring rain briefly eased conditions, but relief remained scant in the region.
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Raleigh
Umstead
Ben Douglas
State
Rtment of Conservation
Wildlife Resources Commission
Stokes
Yadkin
Alleghany
Ashe
Wilkes
Watauga
Alexa
Caldwell
Catawba
Cleveland
Burke
Avery
Mitchell
McDowell
Rutherford
Polk
Yancey
Madison
Buncombe
Henderson
Haywood
Transylvania
Swain
Acon
Cherokee
Aoe
Jac
Fred Claridge
Industrial Forum Set For Tonight In Elizabethtown
Speakers include Lt. Gov Latherges and leaders from Miaden Sampson Columbus Cumberland Robeson and Brunswick counties for the ninth of ten state forums on industrial development under the State Department of Conservation and Development. Other presenters are Floyd Levan DuPont Col George Gillette Ports Authority Julian Hines ACL Lloyd Griffin NC Citizens Assn and Ben Douglas C&D director with Rep Carlyle giving the welcome.
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Elizabethtown
Latherges
State Department of Conservion and Development
Miaden
Sampson
Columbus
Cumberland
Robeson
Brunswick
Floyd E. Levan
E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co
Kinston
Col
George W. Gillette
State Ports Authority
Julian H. Hines
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Lloyd Griffin
North Carolina Citizens Assn
Ben Douglas
C&d Department
Rep
F. Ertel Carlyle
Seventh Congressional District
Justices Visit President at White House
Chief Justice Earl Warren led the nine Supreme Court justices in their annual visit to the White House. The jurists were guests at a reception in President Eisenhower's living quarters during the formal call yesterday.
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Washington
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
White House
Tenth District Becomes Key Battleground in NC Politics
The 10th district covering Mitchell Avery Burke Catawba Lincoln and Mecklenburg will dominate the 194 campaign in North Carolina. Republicans push to hold the district as Mecklenberg votes heavily Democratic locally while Jones of Lincoln holds sway in Congress. Pressure mounts on Mecklenburg figures to enter the race against incumbent Hamilton C. Jones as party strategy centers on preserving the district.
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Lynn Nisket
Mitchell
Avery Burke
Catawba
Lincoln
Mecklenburg
Carolina
Avery
Geneva Assembly
Burke
Conotes
Charles Raper Jones
Wisconsin
New Jersey
California
10Th
Congress
Mecklenbug
Ben Las
Conservation and Development
Charlotte
Robert Lassiter
Victor Shaw
Charlotte Gatling
Mecklenburg Domestic Relations Court
Hamilton C. Jones
Jones
North Carolina
Court Hearing on Baptist Church Dispute Concludes Today
A Rocky Mount Georgia case hearing in Nashville North Carolina ends today as trustees seek a Superior Court order to restrain Rev. W H Johnston from further church actions. Johnston testified about a proposed church packing plan and accused modernists and liberals of control in the conventions.
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Nashville
N. C
Rocky Mount Baptist Church
W.H. Johnston
Johnston
Rocky Mount
Nogales hunter bags mountain lion and deer in one trip
Manuel Yubeta of Nogales fired two shots on a hunting trip and brought down a mountain lion and a deer. He shifted his aim while drawing on the deer and killed the lion first, then fired again to secure the deer.
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Nogales, Ariz
Manuel Yubeta
Nogales
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Youngstown
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Youngstown Kitchens
High Point, N. C
P. Kimsey Plumbing & Heating CO
English St. Rose Furniture CO
S. Main St
Thomasville, N. C
Industrial Forum
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Philip Morris
Bae
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