Dock Strike Halted by 10 Day Taft Hartley Injunction
The government obtained a temporary 10 day Taft Hartley injunction to halt a nine day dock strike crippling Atlantic and Gulf ports from Maine to Texas. About 60,000 ILA members walked out over contract terms and scope. A cooling off extension to 80 days may be sought by stipulation or a subsequent court hearing.
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New York
Maine
Texas
Eisenhower
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
U. S Atty
George C. Doub
Washington
International Longshoremen's Assn
Louis Waldman
ILA
Atlantic
Gulf
New York Shipping Assn
Doub
Bryan
The
Shipping Association
Guilford 4-H Girl Is National Winner
Faye Canada 18 of Guilford County to be named a national 4 H Club champion in Chicago for designing and making her entire ward robe. She earned most of her first year college costs with clothing work for Guilford Community members and will receive a $300 scholarship. Her brother Charles, NC State freshman, also won a national title two years earlier.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Faye Canada
W. E. Canada
Rt. 1
Guilford College
Chicago
Faye
Guilford
Charles
North Carolina State College
Weather moves in as May warms North Carolina
The Weather Bureau reports a warming trend beginning today with a chance of clouds tomorrow. Temperatures ranged from upper 30s in the mountains to mid 40s in several Piedmont cities, with Greensboro at 32 and Raleigh at 34 yesterday. Six years ago the Piedmont hit 14 degrees.
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Saenhaare
Weather Bureau
Piedmont
Wilmington
New Bern
Elizabeth City
Charlotte
Virginia-North Carol
Danville
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Hickory
Dreams End In Slaying Son In Law in Burke County
E C Connelly, 68, shot and killed June Hamrick, 21, in the bedroom of his son-in-law, a man who had married Connelly’s daughter. Connelly, held without bond, admitted the act and said he had dreamed of killing people. He was arrested after going to another daughter's home.
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Morganton
N.C
E. C. Connelly
Burke County
June Hamrick
Connelly
Ophelia
Aaenaiie
Hamrick
Greensboro Man Dies In Blaze
A 56 year old construction worker identified as Malcolm Brady died in a fire that heavily damaged a Greensboro apartment house. Firemen found him in the second floor bedroom near a hallway door, fully dressed though burned beyond recognition.
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Greensboro
Malcolm Brady
Clinton High School integration faces rising mob hostility in Clinton
In Clinton Tennessee, 12 Black students remain under protection after court-ordered integration. Incidents rose in November with vandalism and taunting as Kasper supporters press segregationist aims. Principal Brittain resists resigning while local figures argue over how to curb intimidation and support Negro students.
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Clinton
Associated Press
Chattanooga Times
Clinton, Tenn
Clinton High School
Anderson County
D. J. Brittain Jr
Coon
Oak Ridge
Kasper
Brittain
Columbia University
Principal Indicted By Parent In Moore County
Irie Leonard Southern Pines High School principal and football coach faces trial in Moore County Recorder's Court on December 3 for assault and battery on a student. The case stems from a Nov. 15 arrest after a father alleged Leonard struck his son in his office amid reprimand. Eight students subpoenaed as witnesses. Leonard, a Greensbo ro native, led the Blue Devils to two state six-man titles and a 15-6 loss to Aberdeen last night.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Irie Leonard
Moore County Recorder's Court
Leonard
A. R. McDonald
William E. McDonald
Greensboro
Blue Devils
Aberdeen
Thomasville Boy Honored By Frat
Seven North Carolina State College students a professor and two alumni were initiated into the national honorary engineering fraternity Alpha Pi Mu. The new members include Zenas Boling of Gastonia Garland Ray Coggins of Thomasville George Getzen Matthews of Laurel Hill Judson Vaughn Booth of Durham Alfred William Houtz Jr of Elizabeth City James David Moss of Gastonia and Raul Edwards Alvarez a Buenos Aires native. Other initiates are Prof. Warren Llewellyn Floyd Isam Harper of Charlotte and William Vogedes Jr of Sanford.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Alph Pi Mu
Zenas Boling
Gastonia
Garland Ray Coggins
Thomasville
George Getzen Matthews
Laurel Hill
Judson Vaughn Booth
Durham
Alfred
William Houtz Jr
Elizabeth City
James David Moss
Raul Edwards Alvarez
Sta
Buenos Aires
Argentia
Warren Llewellyn
Floyd Isam Harper
Charlotte
William Vogedes Jr
Sanford
Four men admit involvement in $11,000 poker game holdup
In Lexington North Carolina four Kannapolis men charged in an $11,000 poker game robbery admitted their part. Sheriff Homer Lee Cox said victims’ reluctance may keep the loot amount below 11 000. 1 430 was recovered. Bonds ranged from 10 000 to 15 000. Powell faces an additional robbery count.
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Lexington N. C
Homer Lee Cox
Cox
Earl Meismer
J. D. Powell
William Franklin Pethel
Freddy Hampton
Kannapolis
Powell
Zellerbach Named Ambassador to Italy by Eisenhower
James David Zellerbach a 64 year old San Francisco paper company executive and Crown Zellerbach Corp. chairman was chosen to be ambassador to Italy succeeding Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce in Rome. The appointment will require Senate confirmation and takes effect around January. LUCE has been in ill health and asked to be relieved as soon as convenient. Zellerbach previously directed U.S. foreign aid in Italy from 1948 to 1950 and his selection has Italian government approval.
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Washington
James David Zellerbach
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Italy
White House
Zellerbach
Clare Boothe Luce
Rome
Luce
Crown Zellerbach Corp
U.S
Czech Plane Crash Kills 23 Aboard Near Swiss Border
A two engine Czechoslovak airliner crashed near the Swiss border at 6 20 p m Swiss time killing all 23 aboard. Eyewitnesses saw the blaze inside Swiss territory. Victims include a 10 man delegation from Communist China and the rest Czechoslovakians. Officials cited an explosion as the likely cause.
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Griessen
Germany
China
Court-Ordered School Integration Brings Tension to Town
Local authorities and the school board backed the court order on integration amid widespread strain in a town of 4,000. Wounds from the early weeks are described as incalculable with a generation needed for healing. Herbert Allen notes student endurance amid abuse remains, saying court decisions drive the actions of the land.
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Herbert Allen
Clinton High
Allen
Burlington Family In Close Call
In Burlington North Carolina curious neighbors saved a family of five from probable death by asphyxiation. A vent pipe on a gas heater had become disconnected from the chimney and the gas exhausted.
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Burlington
N.C
Herman Yarborough
Yarborough
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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
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John Kasper
Washington, D.C
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Buford Lewallen
James Duncan
Lewallen
Duncan
Sidney Davis
Bobby King
King
Bandits
Ojai Valley Inn
California
Richard
Susan
Patricia Zellerbach
Prescuipilion Pharmacists
Koonts-Mcghee Drug CO
NCS
Kingsdown
Maja Ron
Mebanes New
Ea Hollywood Ereste
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