Marines Pour Men Ashore At Onslow Beach
Marines with about 15 000 men and supplies went ashore at Onslow Beach North Carolina in amphibious war games nearing a climax. Fog and misty rain kept air support from operating while engineers hurried to complete a 50 ton pontoon bridge across the Inland Waterway as a seaborne assault was delayed by weather. The operation featured a simulated A bomb and aimed to secure a beachhead with minimal casualties.
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Onslow Beach
U.S
Vaccine results due next spring in polio effort
Raleigh report says the Salk polio vaccine efficacy should be known by April with nine million dollars invested in production by the March of Dimes. Dr. Herbert T. Wagner said a successful vaccine could be ready for the 1955 polio season and noted the risk is justified for child health.
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Raleigh
March of Dimes
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Herbert T. Wagner
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Wagner
Joseph F. Nee
New York
National Fund
Edgar R. Fisher
Swain County
Palmer Ughridge Jr
Salisbury
Swain
North Sedan
University of Michigan
Coroner Links Watch Position to Blood Drying in Sheppard Case
Cleveland witnesses describe the blood on Marilyn Sheppard’s wrist drying while the watch remained in place. Coroner S R Gerber testifies that the time the watch was removed is inconsistent with Dr Samuel H Sheppard’s claim a killer stole it. The testimony adds to a string of clues presented by the state as the murder trial proceeds.
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Cleveland
Marilyn Sheppard
S. R. Gerber
Gerber
Samuel H. Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
See Frame Co
Kalamazoo
Mich
Wee
Bay View Hospital
Sheppard
Saul Danaceau
Rites Held For Seven Wreck Victims
Funeral services were held today for two of seven killed in an auto crash near Lillington North Carolina. Miss Norma Phillips was honored at Banner Chapel Church while two Johnson children remained hospitalized in Fayetteville in critical or serious condition. The wreck was described as one of the worst in the state's highway history.
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Lillington
N.C
Norma Phillips
Banner Chapel
Here
Johnson
George
Highsmith Hostal
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Wage Cut Denied for Caledonia Mills Workers
An arbitration board rejected by a 2 to 2.1 vote the request to cut wages by eight percent for about 375 employees at Caledonia Mills East Lamberton. The decision ends a dispute that had delayed a new contract and required an eight percent withholding since Oct. 1. The TWUA and mill officials welcomed the ruling. a full report was promised.
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Julius Fry
TWUA
Greensboro
Olmer Henry
Sotele
Transplanted Glands Restore Health After Two Years
A 31 year old woman received thyroid and parathyroid glands transplanted from a 21 day old baby in 1949. Surgeons Julius Sterl and Ralph Goldsmith report the glands now function without thyroid or calcium treatment.
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Alton L. Blakesler
Antic City
American College of Surgeons
Julius A. Sterl
Ralph Goldsmith
Altacoe Medical Goatee
North Carolina Baptists approve record budget and building plans
The North Carolina Baptist Convention in Charlotte unanimously endorses a $2 725 000 financial goal for next year and approves nearly 30 million for college construction. It also approves boosting Wake Forest College support to 500 000 annually, selects Asheville for 1955 sessions, and endorses a plan to move Wake Forest to Winston Salem with a 3 million dollar campus loan. The convention backs a 1956 schedule and plans to meet at First Baptist Church.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Baptist Convention
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Wake Forest College
Ashville
Claude A. Broach
Wake Forest
Winston Salem
Campbell College
Meredith College
Raleigh
General Board
Thomasville
Southern Baptist Convention
Dow Jones
Chapel Hill
State Baptist Student Union
U.S. Supreme
Salisbury
Rev. Douglas Branch
Rocky Mount
Archie Ellis
Winston - Salem
First Baptist Church
Compromise Chances Fading in McCarthy Censure Debate
Senator Monroney said the move to charge McCarthy with contempt torpedoed any compromise on the McCarthy censure resolution. Senator Watkins’ Utah speech branded McCarthy contemptuous and urged a new censure count, with Senator Bennett planning a later proposal. Dirksen and Bridges weighed in behind the scenes as Thye signaled uncertainty about a deal.
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Washington
Sen
Monroney
D-Okla
McCarthy
Senate
Watkins
Utah
MacCarthy
Sen. Bennett
Sen. Dirksen
R-Ti
Jaen Bridges
R-Nh
Te Benete Intervice
Bennett
Thye
R-Minn
U S presses USSR to prevent further shooting incidents
The United States urged the Soviet Union to stop future air incidents after the Nov. 7 downing of a U S RAC photo bomber by Soviet MiGs off northeast Japan. Ten crew rescued, one drowned. The U S Embassy note cited Soviet officials’ statements opposing international tension.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
U.S
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Ths
Hungary frees Noel Field and wife after five years in jail
P S legation officials sought contact with Noel Field and his wife Herta after Budapest announced their release from five years imprisonment and quashed spy charges. The foreign ministry offered to consider aid for contacting the couple, whose fate remains largely unknown along with Noel's adopted daughter Mrs. Robert Wallach.
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Budapest
Hungary
P.S. Legation
Noel Field
Herta
Igioy Ministry
Deye Employe
U.S
Christian M. Ravndal
Field
Poland
Hermann Field
Noel
Hermann
Cleveland
Warsaw
Robert Wallach
Wallach
Erika Glaser
East Berlin
Florida ruling says bond validity unaffected by desegregation
Florida Supreme Court holds U S Supreme Court ruling against segregating does not affect validity of school bonds issued to fund construction of segregated schools. It voids 1 75 million in Manatee County bonds but notes desegregation may be delayed while urgent school needs persist.
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Tallahassee
Fla. P
Florida Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Manatee County
Florida
John EB. Mathews
U.S
Eisenhower Meets Congressional Party Leaders On Foreign Policy
President Eisenhower held talks with Democratic and Republican leaders outlining a bipartisan approach to foreign affairs and national security. White House secretary Hagerty disclosed no details beyond a general agreement on cooperation and forthcoming briefings with Dulles and Wilson.
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Washington
Eisenhower
84Th Congress
James C. Hagerty
White House
Hagerty
Sen
Knowland
California
Senate
Rep. Rayburn
D-Tex
Rayburn
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
Congress
Wilson
Formosa
the Times
Seph W. Martin Jr
h-Mace
T.ic
Russia
William F. Knowland
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
John Foster Dulles
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Ameren Saar
Johnson
Government ends bid to remove Youngdahl in Lattimore perjury case
The Justice Department will not appeal a ruling by VA District Judge Luther W. Bomascus refusing to disqualify himself. U.S. Attorney Leo A. Rover said decisions in appeals are within DOJ authority. Trial set for Jan 10 with Youngdahl presiding as defense motions including a dismissal of a two count indictment are heard. Lattimore faces new charges alleging false testimony about Communist ties in 1952.
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Washington
VA. Dist
Luther W. Bomasceni
Owen Lattimore
U. S. Atty
Leo A. Rover
Rover
Justice Department
Deaan
Sen
Garfueets
Youngdahl
Lattimore
Liquor Charge Dismissed Over Punch For Church Supper
In Columbia a farmer faced illegal liquor possession charges that were dismissed after his wife testified she bought the beverage for punch at a church benefit supper. The judge directed a verdict as the supper netted 15 dollars for the church.
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Columbia
J. Roberts
Atomic Plan Approval Is Predicted
UNITED NATIONS N Y diplomats from both sides predicted that President Eisenhower's atoms for peace plan would win unanimous approval by the U N Assembly. Russian Andrei Vishinsky to speak before the Political Committee after talks with Western delegates. U S Chief Delegate Lodge Jr. expressed confidence the Assembly would back setting up an international atomic agency and stockpile.
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United Nations
N.Y
Eisenhower
U.N. Assembly
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Assembly
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Interna
East Ban
Sia
Kremlin
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