ROK Forces Retake Three Hills in Bitter Korean Front Fight
South Korean infantry stormed Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill to recapture Pinpoint Hill Rocky Point and Jane Russell Hill after hours of artillery and ground assault. Chinese forces defended the Yoke network with tunnels and heavy grenades as UN command reported ongoing clashes along the 155 mile front.
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Seoul
Sniper Ridge
Triangle Hill
John Randolph
Republic of Korea
ROK
Pinpoint Hill
Rocky Point
Little Finger Ridge
Jane Russell Hill
Triangle
Pinpoint
Reds
United Nations
Randolph
Spain bids for closer cooperation with UNESCO at conference
At UNESCO's seventh annual conference in Paris Spain seeks membership amid concerns it could bring Franco into the United Nations. Libya and Nepal also apply, while funds and budget cuts loom as 58 countries attend.
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Paris
Spain
Europe
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Unesco
U. N
Francisco Franco
United Nations
Iron Curtain
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Argentina
Panama
Guatemala
Saudi Arabia
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexico
Britain
NAM leader speaks at Chapel Hill campus
Earl Bunting, director of the National Association of Manufacturers, addressed four UNC student groups in Chapel Hill urging a deeper grasp of the American free enterprise system. He spoke on the University of North Carolina campus yesterday.
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Chapel Hill
National Association of Manufacturers
Earl Bunting
New York
University of North Carolina
Duke Professors Help Develop Cancer Diagnostic Drug
Three Duke University professors are credited with developing phentolamine a drug that lets doctors distinguish curable from incurable high blood pressure conditions and diagnose certain adrenal gland tumors. The Mayo Clinic report from Rochester Minnesota provided the information.
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Durham
Duke University
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn
Mississippi Dean Love elected president of Southern College Personnel Assn
The Southern College Personnel Association wrapped its annual convention in Raleigh selecting Dean Lester L. Love of the University of Mississippi as its next president. He will succeed Dr. J. Broward Culpepper of Florida State University. New officers include Dr. William M. Wise of Florida as vice president Ella V. Ross of East Tennessee State College secretary Dr. Roy N. Anderson of North Carolina State College treasurer and George Street of Mississippi as newsletter editor.
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Raleigh
Southern College Personnel Association
Lester L. Love
University of Mississippi
Love
J. Broward Culpepper
Florida State University
William M. Wise
University of Florida
Ella V. Ross
East Tennessee State College
Roy N. Anderson
North Carolina State College
George Street
Pulp and Paper Course Panel Meets in Raleigh
The advisory committee for the Souths first college course in pulp and paper manufacture meets in Raleigh to discuss the new program. The panel includes pulp and paper manufacturers across the eastern United States and NC State College leads the effort as no Southern school has offered this training before.
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Raleigh
United States
North Carolina State College
South
North Carolina Eisenhower Group weighs future status
The NC Citizens for Eisenhower plans a meeting to decide disbanding or continuing as an active political group after Eisenhower’s elections. Chairman Jesse W. Page Jr says members have not quit.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Citizens For Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Jesse W. Page, Jr
Coroner's jury sends 14-year-old Portis to Superior Court
In Weldon a coroner's jury ordered Robert Earl Portis bound over to the next term of Superior Court after he admitted shooting A. R. Peterson. Sheriff Harry House said Portis testified Peterson attacked Portis's mother, choking her after knocking her down. The incident occurred in the shotgun cars of Portis's grandfather.
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Weldon
Superior Court
Yesteray
Harry House
Robert Earl Portis
A. R. Peterson
Peterson
Joint NC water and sewer groups close convention with banquet
The Hendersonville joint convention of the North Carolina Section American Water Works Association and the North Carolina Sewer and Industrial Waste Association ended after installation of new officers. Alan Newcombe of Greenville South Carolina was the banquet speaker, and attendees toured the Ecusta Paper Corp plant in Pisgah National Forest.
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Hendersonville
N. C
American Water Works Association
N. C. Sewer and Industrial Waste Association
Alan Newcombe
Greenville
S. C
Ecusta Paper Corp
Pisgah National Forest
Barbour testifies in Bessem er murder case over home breakup
John Barbour 40 returns to the stand in Bessem er as a key witness in the Aug 23 shooting death of A G Parsons Jr 40. Barbour says Parsons broke up his home by having an affair with his wife Lorene. The couple were divorced in March after Barbour and Lorene separated previously.
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Bessemer
John Barbour
Barbour
A. G. Parsons, Jr
Parsons
Lorene
Child Killed Crossing Highway 421 In Boone
A six year old girl, Barbara Ann Phillips, daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Phillips of Deep Gap, was struck and killed by a car driven by Perry Greens of Boone while crossing Highway 421. The driver posted $1000 bond pending an inquest.
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BOONE
Here
Watauga County
Richard E. Kelly
Barbara Ann Phillips
Joseph Phillips
Deep Gap
Perry Greens
Kelly
Greene
Eyewitness testimony piles up on H-bomb test at Eniwetok
Washington report says witnesses claim the United States exploded the world’s first hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok. Letters from task force members describe a massive blast and a rising cloud, with varying times and places. Analysts caution memory and interpretation may differ.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok
Pacific Atoll Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
America
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Los Angeles Examiner
Senators Press UN Purge or Out, Declare Spy Probe
New York United Nations hearings of the U S Senate Internal Security Committee resume as senators McCarran and Smith demand action against spies and saboteurs among UN headquarters staff. McCarran links Lie resignation to disclosures while Smith argues the UN should purge or leave American soil.
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New York
United Nations
United States
U. S. Senate
Internal Security Committee
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Trygve Lie
U. N
Lie
America
McCarran
Black tenant convicted in leering incident near girl
Mack Ingram, a 45 year old Black tenant farmer from Yanceyville, was convicted of incident by leering and following a white girl, receiving a six month suspended sentence and five years probation after an all white jury verdict. Defense planned an immediate appeal while noting the charged law does not require physical contact. The girl testified she ran in fright as Ingram reportedly stared and followed.
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Yanceyville
N.C
Mack Ingram
Ingram
State Supreme Court
Frank M. Armstrong
W. B. Horton
Martin A. Martin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Richmond
Edward Webster
Budget scout Dodge arrives to review Truman plan
Joseph M. Dodge, named by Eisenhower as liaison to the Budget Bureau, arrives in Augusta to study the 1954 budget and report back. He plans to meet with Budget Director Lawton and may later advise Eisenhower, while details of travel to Korea remain secret.
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Augusta
Ealf
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph M. Dodge
Detroit
Eisenhower
Bureau of the Budget
Washington
Res
Korea
James C. Hagerty
Allan Shivers
Texas
New Orleans
Shivers
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Truman
Dodge
Michigan
Cagene
Sen
Henry Cabot Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Frederick J. Lawton
Lawton
Budget Bureau
May Be Asked to Back POW Stand
Washington officials say President Truman may seek Dwight D. Eisenhower’s public endorsement of the Allied stance against forcible repatriation of Red prisoners in Korea. A clear statement from Eisenhower is expected to curb Soviet hopes for a U N retreat and keep UN truce talks from collapsing into uncertainty.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korea
Eisenhower
U. S
United Nations
White House
Sen
Alexander Wiley
U.N
Wiley
Wisconsin
United States
USN
Asssembly
U.S
Andrei Vishinsky
Hiss Awaits Turn to Plea For Parole
Alger Hiss stood in line with about 130 inmates at the Northeastern Federal Penitentiary as Dr. George C. Killinger prepared parole hearings. Hiss, 48, seeks parole after 20 months of a five year perjury term tied to denying espionage for Whittaker Chambers. Nixon urged equal treatment, saying Hiss should not be discriminated. Hiss is eligible Nov 21.
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Lewisburg
Alger Hiss
U. S. Parole Board
George C. Killinger
Northeastern
Federal Penitentiary
Hiss
State Department
President Roosevelt
Yalta
United Nations
Killinger
Whittake
Chambers
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Miami Beach
Fla
California
Nine CIO Vice Presidents Convene in Pittsburgh Crisis Sessions
Nine vice presidents of the Congress of Industrial Organizations met in Pittsburgh to decide if the Los Angeles convention should be postponed after CIO President Murray's death. The meetings focus on choosing an interim leader and potential candidates, including Allan Haywood and Walter Reuther, amid discussions of unity and policy direction.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
CIO
Oday
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Conccetes Beach
West Coast
International Union
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
Murray
Ful
Allan S. Haywood
Haywood
Walter Reuther
Nme
Reuther
Reuther- Haywood
Jacob 8. Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
United Steelworkers
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Great Britain
Andrei Gromyko
Vishinsky
Eden
Willie Jean Boswell
Page Three
Congress
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Asheville
Atigata
Boston
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