Hopes Dim For Police Pay Hike
City officials in High Point signaled a dim prospect for immediate raises for fire and police staff. Council opposition blocked a motion for an immediate study by York to find funds for raises and instead favored a full pay schedule review with no increases this fiscal year.
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High Point
Arthur York
York
Councils Law and
Becta
Fire and
Grover Jones
Gary Davis
Charlotte
M. L. Patrick
Katharine Kirkman
C. A. Lewis
Davis
Risque Entertainment for Greek Royals Sparks City Hall Outcry
In Los Angeles a civic banquet for the King and Queen of Greece drew complaints from Mayor Norris Poulson and council members over performer Eartha Kitt and host Dick Powell. Critics called lyrics offensive while Kitt defended her act and Powell downplayed the controversy as sophisticated. Frankie Laine and Danny Thomas participated in the event.
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Los Angeles
Greece
Norris Poulson
Dick Powell
Hollywood Coordinating Committee
Coordinating Committee
Frankie Laine
Danny Thomas
Miss Kitt
Powell
Army reports crash of Globemaster at Fort Bragg
The Army said a large Globemaster troop transport crashed on Fort Bragg today killing at least seven persons. Officials described the crash as a coldly tragic military accident with emergency crews racing to the scene.
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U.N. Group Nears Vote On Disarmament Plan
The 60 nation U.N. Political Committee heads to a vote on U.S. backed disarmament proposals including a plan to set up large power arms talks. Russia asked for a 24 hour postponement to study Western text while Western allies favor first talks then controls. The move follows past limited progress by the U.N. Disarmament Commission.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N
Russia
Hall Confession Details Fatal Bobby Greenlease Killing
The confession by Carl Hall, read at his federal kidnapping trial with Bonnie Heady, details how Hall abducted 6 year old Bobby Greenlease from a Kansas Catholic school and killed him during a grisly drive across state lines. The 36 page account describes the crime with grim specifics and is presented to jurors deciding if Hall and Heady deserve the death penalty.
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Kansas City
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
Hall
Bonnie Brown
A. S. Reeder
FBI
Heady
Kansas
Bobby
Pria
U. S
William Tatman
Pho
Dulles Cites Freedom For All Anti Communist POWs
Secretary of State Dulles announced that all anti Communist prisoners of war held by the Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission in Korea should gain freedom and civilian status on January 22. He noted Koreans favor staying in the Republic of Korea while some Chinese may opt for Nationalist China on Formosa.
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Dulles
Korea
Nehru
United States
Republic of Korea
Red China
China
Formosa
J. Eric Johnston
Middle East
Jordan River Valley
Harry Dexter White
Liability Is Denied By Hoover
New York Herald Tribune reports FBI Director J Edgar Hoover refuses responsibility for President Truman's decision to keep Harry Dexter White in government after an unfavorable FBI report. Hoover says he acted as observer at a luncheon and would not dispute Truman's choice. The piece notes possible congressional questioning and contrasts with Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr. who publicized the FBI files.
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New York Herald Tribune
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Truman
Harry Dexter White
Washington Dispatch
Homer Bigart
Hoover
Tom C. Clark
Supreme Court
Fred M. Vinson
Human
White
International Monetary Fund
Vinson
the Treasury
Senate
Clark
Herbert Brownell Jr
The
New York Times
Washington
James Reston
Brownell
Times
More
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Hog Farms Quarantined In South Carolina
A dozen South Carolina hog farms are under quarantine or suspected, after vesicular exanthema outbreak. The disease started in Charleston County more than two weeks ago, triggering state and federal quarantines, a ban on auctions, and a shift to direct sales to slaughterhouses or individuals only.
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S. C
South Carolina
Charleston County
North Carolina
Truman Defends White Case in Radio Eye on FBI Probe
Former President Truman said he kept Harry Dexter White in government service in 1946 to protect an ongoing FBI investigation into espionage, denying Brownell’s charges as false and politically motivated. He cited consultations with Vinson and Byrnes and asserted the final decision rested with him. Brownell to testify before the Senate internal security subcommittee amid partisan reaction.
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New Jersey
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FBI
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White
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Chicago
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Wisconsin
Ap Goe
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White House
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Byrnes
Fred Vinson
Senate
International Money Fund
Vinson
Mr. White
No Raiding Pact Nears AFL CIO Merger Hurdle
CIO ready to approve a no raiding pact with the AFL at the Cleveland convention. Delegates forecast overwhelming approval though merger prospects remain dim. CIO President Walter Reuther criticizes AFL leader George Meany while affirming faith in unity efforts.
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Cleveland
CIO
AFL
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Meany
Expanded markets urged as key to farmers’ problems
North Carolina farmers at the 18th North Carolina Farm Bureau convention heard American Farm Bureau official W R Ogg urge expanded foreign markets over price supports and controls. He warned falling world prices threaten exports and could force crop reductions and controls, while stressing U.S. farms’ productive potential cannot be confined to domestic markets. The convention planned officer elections and debated tobacco acreage cuts, with counties split on 1954 reductions. Governor Umstead addressed delegates and urged citizen help for agriculture, as club leaders received Farm Bureau awards.
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North Carolina
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
American Farm Bureau
W. R.'Ogg
International Affairs Department
U. S
Ogg
Farm Bureau
Yadkin
Forsyth
Wilson
Granville
Wake
Surry
Martin
Robeson
Rockingham
Pender
Beaufort
Graham A. Barden
New Bern
Agriculture
Benson
Soil Conservation Service
Barden
House of Representatives
W. W. Eagles
Macclesfield
State Farm Bureau
George Apperson
Mocksville
North Carolina Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
Gov
Umstead
Gordon Maddrey
Ahoskie
Lt Sloan Dishonorably Discharged at Fort Bragg
Lt John C Sloan of Greer South Carolina was convicted by a general court martial of drunk and dis orderly conduct and sentenced to dismissal from the service without honor and forfeiture of pay and allowances The case stems from an alleged rape involving Lt John R Griffin a black officer and a German war bride Griffin was convicted and sentenced to 30 years hard labor Sloan was not charged with the rape The sentence will be reviewed by Maj Gen Joseph P Cleland and a Washington board
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FT. Bragg
N. C
John C. Sloan
Greer
S. C
Sloan
John R. Griffin
Griffin
Joseph P. Cleland
Washington
Briefs Filed Opposing Segregation in Public Schools
The Supreme Court is asked to strike down racial segregation in public schools as unconstitutional under the 14th and 5th Amendments. A brief from Negro attorneys in Kansas North Carolina Virginia and Delaware argues the 14th Amendment aims to obliterate race distinctions and should end segregation immediately. Delaware backs segregation, citing Congress debates. Rearguments set for December 7 on five cases. a ruling could influence other states’ policies.
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Supreme Court
Kansas
T Carolina
Virginia
Delaware
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