Eisenhower to host impromptu nationwide Q and A
President Eisenhower, said to be highly pleased by Rep. Adam Clayton Powell Jr. support, will answer questions in an unrehearsed 9 p.m. EDT television radio panel session over NBC. The cross section of about 100 Americans questions will come from Washington invited by National Citizens for Eisenhower. Powell, a New York Negro Democrat, said Stevenson snubbed liberals on civil rights while praising Ike's civil liberties record.
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Radio Tonight
White House
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
NBC
Washington
National Citizens For Eisenhower Committee
Hagerty
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
New York
Powell
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Soap opera compassion and faith uplift critics say
A reflection on soap operas praising their emotional pull for values like brotherhood and sympathy. It argues against critics who call emotion immature, citing Bible passages and historic texts to show emotion can elevate rather than degrade society.
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Robert L. Dieffenbacher
NEA
Wake Forest Dedicates New Campus
Wake Forest College dedicates its new campus in Winston-Salem opening a 20 million dollar project. Speakers include Dr. Wilson Compton Dr Cas p er C Warren and Wake Forest President Harold W Tribble as the move from the old campus concludes funded by the Z Smith Reynolds Foundation.
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Winston-Salem
Wake Forest College
Wail Chapel
Wilson Compton
Council For Financial Aid To Higher Education
Casper C. Warren
Charlotte
Southern Baptist Convention
Wake Forest
Harold W. Tribble
Compton
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
Stevenson In Flying Campaign Across California
Adlai E. Stevenson led five young Democrats on a flying campaign through California accusing Eisenhower of inaction and deception. He criticized claims that American prestige is high and tagged Dulles and the administration for misrepresenting gains as he prepared to head to Fresno Long Beach and San Diego after an Oakland rally.
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Oakland
Calif
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
California
Dulles
Fresno
Long Beach
San Diego
Marine Trial Highlights Conflicting Testimony at Parris Island
At Parris Island a five member court martial heard conflicting evidence in the case of Corporal Richard J. Bille of Erie Pennsylvania accused of slugging recruit Donald Hamisfar from Norwalk Ohio. Hamisfar testified he was punched for not calling the corporal sir. Three other recruits testified Hamisfar was struck while two said no sir conversation occurred. Bille denied striking Hamisfar saying he only pushed to move the recruit off a just issued haversack during gear checks. The incident allegedly occurred as a platoon formed in a semicircle. MORE ON PAGE ELEVEN-A
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Parris Island
S. C
Richard J. Bille
Erie
Bille
Donald Hamisfar
Norwalk
Ohio
Hamisfar
Marine Corps
Hamilfar
Sick Bay
Pvt
Edward L. Sickinger
Theodore L. McGuinn
Ellsworth Morgan
Pittsburgh
Hamis
Five-Year-Old Boy Accepts Blindness
Atlanta five year old Johnny Pair learns he will live in darkness after the removal of his cancerous right eye two years after the left eye was taken out. He adapts by feeling his way about and trying to do normal activities with his mother watching over him.
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Atlanta
Johnny Pair
Johnny
Bessie Pair
Grady Hospital
Tony McCully
Pasadena
Cal
Mary Dorothy McCully
Walter G. Borchers, Jr
Borchers
59 Missing Signals Spur Hope For Plane Survivors
Distress signals triggered a vast search for a U S transport plane missing with 59 servicemen aboard. More than 80 aircraft from six countries scoured the North Atlantic north of the Azores seeking the C118 Liftmaster returning to Lajes Air Base. No sightings were reported and investigators noted the signals may have originated from life raft beacons or land alerts.
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London
U. S
Azores
U.S. Military Air Transport Service
Lajes
Air Force
Bigamy Case Ends In Mistrial
In Concord North Carolina Judge L Richardson Preyer declared a second mistrial in the LeRoy Wright bigamy trial after the jury remained deadlocked 11 to 1 for over 24 hours. The jurors sought guidance on checking South Carolina marriage records and reasonable doubt while the racial issue was dismissed. Wright had been charged with marrying two Negro women without divorce and allegedly taking a white woman as a third wife.
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Concord
N.C
L. Richardson Preyer
LeRoy Wright
Wright
Preyer
South Carolina
Textile leaders urged to push progressive future in North Carolina
Marion W. Heiss retiring NC Textile Manufacturers Assn president spoke at the 50th annual convention urging renewed effort toward industrial peace textile education tax reform and positive planning. Heiss stressed continued growth for textiles as North Carolina’s leading industry and called for fair tax treatment and import controls to stabilize the domestic market. The event honored 19 past presidents in a banquet with Peter Donald as master of ceremonies.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Marion W. Heiss
Greensboro
North Carolina Textile Manufactrers Assn
Association
Heiss
North Carolina
Peter Donald
A. H. Bahnson
Winston-Salem
Charles A. Cannon
Kannapolis
Harvey W. Moore
Charlotte
A. K. Winger
Albemarle
A. G. Myers
Gastonia
William H. Entwhistle
Rockingham
William H. Ruffin
Durham
Ellison A. Smyth
R. Arthur Spaugh
Winston- Salem
R. L. Harris
Roxboro
R D. Hall
Belmont
Hearne Swink
Karl Bishopric
Spray
Frank C. Williams
Roanoke Rapids
Julian Robertson
Salisbury
Carl R. S. Durham
H. K. Hallettte
E. N. Brower
Hope Mills
W. H. Suttenfield
New York City
Friendly Shooting Game Turns Violent in Statesville
In Statesville North Carolina an 18 year old Negro youth was shot and another youth was charged after a friendly shooting incident. Ralegh Stevenson admitted firing a .410 shotgun at John Henry Cowan who was treated in good condition. Cowan faced charges for firing a .12 gauge shotgun inside the city. Stevenson said he and Cowan were just shooting at each other and Cowan got it.
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Statesville N.C
Ralegh Stevenson
John Henry Cowan
Iredell Memorial Hospital
Cowan
Stevenson
Soviet discus star Nina Ponomareva convicted in London theft case
Soviet Olympic champion Nina Ponomareva faced a theft conviction in a London court for taking three hats from a department store. Magistrate Clyde Wilson discharged her absolving costs after she paid three guineas, noting the temptation of hats but finding no case for imprisonment. She claimed innocence saying she bought the hats and indicated she would return to Russia soon.
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London
Nina Ponomareva
Clyde Wilson
Nina
White City
Wilson
Mervyn Griffith-Jones
Griffith-Jones
Russia
Molotov
Melbourne
Nina Romaschkova
Tennessee Congressman J. Percy Priest Dies at 56
Nashville dispatch reports Rep. J. Percy Priest of Tennessee's 5th District died early today at age 56 after ulcer surgery. A former newspaperman, Priest chaired the House Commerce Committee and had served as Democratic whip. He married Mildred Webster Noland in 1947 and was born in Carter's Creek, Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
J. Percy Priest
Congress
5Th Tennessee Dist
Priest
House Commerce Committee
House
The
Nashville Tennessean
Mildred Webster Noland
Carter's Creek
Maury County
University of Tennessee
Progress Reported in Suez Canal Talks Space Narrowing
United Nations discussions on the Suez crisis continued with Egypt, Britain, and France in private talks led by Dag Hammarskjold. Egypt signaled cooperation with SCUA and agreed to navigation safeguards. Britain reportedly eased its demand for international canal operation. France hinted at a possible breakdown as the U N session planning emerged.
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N.Y
Egypt
Britain
France
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Christian Pineau
U.N. Security Council
Mahhoud Fawzi
Suez Canal Users’ Assn
SCUA
Selwyn Lloyd
Beau
Hammarskjold
Paris
Lloyd
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