Reds Prepare New Offensive on Sniper Ridge and Triangle Hill
South Korean and U N officers say the Communists plan another all out push to seize vital north south ridgelines. Reports say Red probes with up to 50 men at Sniper Ridge and Jane Russell Hill while B 29s bomb rail targets near Wonsan and Yongpyong. The week ends with Sabres claiming 14 MIG 15s down and total MIGs destroyed rising to 503 as U N losses occur.
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Korea
Sniper Ridge
Triangle Hill
Jane Russell Hill
Triangle
U. N
Yonchon
Chorwon
Sanwang Mountain
Huichon
Yongpyong
Wonsan
5Th Air Force
Former Czech Minister Pleads Guilty in Show Trial
Vienna reports former Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Arthur London confessed to treason and espionage in Prague's show trial. London admitted direct contact with Hermann and Noel Field and said he acted as Slansky's agent in a Jewish bourgeoisie plot to overthrow the regime.
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Austria
Arthur London
Moscow
Prague Radio
London
Pankrac
Hermann
Noel Field
Prague
People's
Rudolf Slansky
Czech Communist Party
Kolanda
Gerard
Gerhardt
Vladimir Clementis
Slansky
Associated Press
William N. Oatis
Sow
Bedrich Geminder
Clementis
Geminder
Architect Wins $60 000 Contract for Raleigh Base Plans
The Army Engineers district office awarded W. C. Olsen a $60,000 contract to draw plans and provide specifications and cost estimates for the troop carrier base at Raleigh Durham airport. He has 90 days to complete the work as part of a larger $12 million Army construction fund.
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Raleigh
Raleigh-Durham
District Office of
The
Army Engineers
W. C. Olsen
Olsen
Army
Red Reaction To Proposal Is Expected
United Nations observers anticipate formal reaction from Iron Curtain states to India's Korean peace plan. Polish Foreign Minister Stanislaw Skrzeszewski may address the UN Political Committee as Russia and allies weigh proposals for repatriation through a four member commission and a high level conference. Western tweaks by Britain threaten a 3-2 edge and shift final decisions to UNRRA or a separate commission.
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N.Y
India
Stanislaw Skrzeszewski
Russia
Skrzeszewski
Bolivia
Iroq
Ukraine
Syria
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Anthony Eden
U.N. Reconstruction Age
UNRRA
ROKs Suffer Most War Casualties
General Van Fleet says Republic of Korea army bears the major battlefront losses. U.N. reports show Korean casualties exceed American two to one since July, with initial six months at one to one. Rhee presides over colors ceremony for new ROK divisions as Van Fleet and Eighth Army note allied reliance.
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James A. van Fleet
Republic of Korea
ROK
Eighth Army
United Press
U.N
van Fleet
An Fleet
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Dwight D. Fa Ean
Elisenhower
Joe
Ity
Ike Returns To Problem Of Completing Cabinet
California shakes as a sharp quake, centered near Parksfield, rattles Bay Area to Los Angeles. Seismologists estimate magnitude 6.5 to 7, with 45 minutes of readings, no damages reported. In New York Eisenhower resumes cabinet formation after West Point reunion, naming Humphrey and Brownell to top posts.
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Berl
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Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Memphis
Mobile
Mt. Mitchell
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Cman
Raleigh Etree
San Antonio
Man Francise
Ashington
Wilmington
AFL CIO leadership void after deaths of Green and Murray
Washington reports the AFL and CIO lose their top leaders as William Green and Philip Murray die within days of each other. George Meany and Allan Haywood are mentioned as possible AFL successors while CIO frontrunners include Walter Reuther. The union movement, with 14 million members, faces a quick race to appoint new presidents amid unity talks.
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Murray
Green
AFL
Congress of Industrial Organizations
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO
Organized Labor
Murray and
Themocrats
Cio-Afl
George Meany
Meany
Harrison
George Harrison
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Allan S. Haywood
Walter Reuther
CIO Auto Workers
Atlantic City
Adrienne Ann Weedon Crowned Ashe Burley Tobacco Queen
Miss Adrienne Ann Weedon of Shiloh Rutherford County will reign as queen when the burley tobacco sales season opens December 1 in Asheville. She was crowned queen of the Ashe Burley Tobacco Festival last night. Her court includes Nancy Cochran Buncombe County Virginia Dave Chase Fox Yancey Shirley Styles Yancey Eddie Jo Vance Mitchell Dorothy Sorrells Rutherford Thelma Morgan McDowell.
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Asheville
Adrienne Ann Weedon
Burley
Shiloh
Rutherford County
Ashe
Nancy Cochrane
Buncombe County
Virinia Dave Chase Fox
Yancey Nty
Shirley Styles
Yancey County
Eddie Jo Vance
Mitchell County
Dorothy Sorrells
Thelma Morgan
McDowell County
Mid-Southern Gas Association elects Carper president
The Mid-Southern Gas Association elected A. T. Carper of Gastonia as president for the coming year, succeeding W. K. Nussbaum of Savannah. Other officers include John Sholar of Columbia as first vice president W. D. Bradley of Lynchburg as second vice president and Edward W. Ruggles of Raleigh as secretary treasurer. In Raleigh the North Carolina Student Legislature praised President Truman and urged Sen. McCarthy to resign. Zena Arnold Weaver, 38, of Lillington was freed after claiming self defense as charges of shooting her husband Willie Weaver were dismissed.
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Raleigh
Mid-Southern Gas Association
A. T. Carper
Gastonia
W. K. Nussbaum
Savannah
John Sholar
Columbia
S. C
W. D. Bradley
Lynchburg
Edward W. Ruggles
Truman
South Carolina
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
North Carolina
Pate Named President of North Carolina Agricultural Foundation
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation elected State Sen Edwin Pate of Laurinburg as president at its annual meeting in Raleigh. The group also named Frank H Brown Jr Sylvia first vice president W R B Rodman Jr Washington second vice president L L Ray Raleigh secretary and J G Vann Raleigh treasurer to support the State College of Agriculture salary scale.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Agricultural Foundation
Edwin Pate
Laurinburg
North Carolina State College School of Agriculture
Frank H. Brown
Sylvia
W. R B. Rodman, Jr
Washington
L. L. Ray
J. G. Vann
State prison board seeks 181 guards to return to six day week
Raleigh reports Director Walter Anderson asked the State Highway Commission for 181 additional guards after a five day week was ordered. The commission rejected the plan citing $500,000 yearly costs for salaries and upkeep. In Washington, the ICC approved abandoning 39 miles of Atlantic Coast Line track between Washington and Vandemere, NC, citing loss of passenger service since 1949.
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Raleigh
State Prison Department
Walter Anderson
State Highway Commission
Washington
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Vandemere
Beaufort
Pamlico
North Carolina
Interstate Commerce Commission
Resource-Use Parley Draws Delegates From 37 Counties
More than 1,500 delegates attended a one day resource use education conference at North Carolina College yesterday drawing participants from 37 counties.
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Durham
North Carolina College
Tornado damages Oak Hill School in Granville County
About 400 students at Oak Hill school in Granville County stayed home today as officials determine when and where to resume classes after a tornado struck Thursday night. Six buildings were destroyed including the gym home economics agricultural building a teacherage and the main building with 14 classrooms.
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Oxford
Oak Hill
Granville County
Snow storms slam four states with record mountain snow
A shifting air mass dumped up to 22 inches of snow on Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky mountain regions paralyzing transport and cutting power. In Knoxville 22 inches fell with 2.32 inches water content, while warnings spread as lines failed and trains delayed.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Kentucky
Dixie
Georgia
South Carolina
Morristown
University of Kentucky
University of Tennessee
Umstead Names Uncertain Cast For State Posts In Raleigh Rumors
Raleigh whispers swirl about which longtime Umstead supporters will land state jobs after he becomes governor. Names include Coltrane potential budget director, Johnson eyed for an appointment, and Williamson or Severs discussed for top posts as the expected reshuffle unfolds.
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Noel Yandry
Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Umstead
Raeigh
Landon C. Rosser
Motor Vehicles Department
Coltrane
Budget Bureau
Johnson
Menee
Mule Captured After Rampage on Kannapolis Street
Police capture a mule that kicked its heels on a Kannapolis street and call its owner to collect the animal after jail officials report no hold space available.
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Kannapolis
Weather notes show cool temps and sunset timing
The forecast calls for a low of 4 and a high near 55 degrees with today’s high around 50. Sunset is at 5 09 p m and sunrise tomorrow is around 4 a m.
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