United Fund Drive Emphasizes Salesmanship at Kickoff
More than 300 volunteers heard James E. Gheen urge active selling to reach a $193,500 goal for High Point's United Fund drive. He outlined a five-point success formula and stressed enthusiasm and perseverance, as groups gathered at the YMCA for the morning rally and early reports began with Lindale Dairy totaling $635.10 from its staff.
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Bob Ward
United Fund Drive
United Fund
James E. Gheen
High Point
YMCA
Gheen
New York
Canada
Essential Citizens
James H. Millis
Millis
Lindale Dairy
Lindale
Truman lashes at Legion over UNESCO stance in New York
Former President Harry S. Truman accuses the American Legion of going haywire by urging Congress to abolish the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO. He defends the Legion members as well meaning but misled, while criticizing Russia and endorsing his wartime Yalta views in brief remarks during a Manhattan walk.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
American Legion
United States
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Legion
Miami
Congress
U.S. National Commission For Unesco
Truman
Veterans Organization
Waldorf-Astoria
Manhattan
Russia
Alger Hiss
State Department
Yalta Conference
Roosevelt
U. S
Yalta
Washington
Middle East
National Security Council
Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
Czechoslovakia
Egypt
Israel
U.S
Iran
Turkey
Iraq
Pakistan
Britain
Cairo
Ahmed Hussein
World Bank
Wholesale Food Prices In Decline
New York report shows the Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index at 6.11 the lowest for the year and matching the 1952 level. Prices for corn berries butter sugar tea eggs cattle hogs and lambs fell while wheat rye hams lard coffee and cocoa rose as the simple measure covers 31 common foods.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
DeSapio in California meeting with Democratic leaders
Carmine DeSapio, longtime Tammany Hall head from New York, arrives in San Francisco to confer with California Democrats on Western grass roots sentiment for a 1956 presidential candidate. He signals preference for Averell Harriman while noting Stevenson and Kefauver as key figures in current factional lines.
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San Francisco
Carmine DeSapio
New York
Tammany Hall
California
DeSapio
Averell Harriman
Edmund
Pat) Brown
Adlai Stevenson
Brown
Califfornia
Stevenson
Tom Carrell
Los Angeles
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Harriman
Democratic
Market Outlook Brighter Amid Second Rise This Week
New York stocks gained early today with the Dow average up about two dollars a share in a narrow rally. The rise followed four straight declines and capped a week of limited volume due to Columbus Day. The AP 60-stock average rose to 165.80 on traded value near 2.73 million dollars.
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New York
Eisenhower
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Hodges Expands On Local Option Debate In North Carolina
Gov Hodges outlined a potential local option plan to let communities decide whether to run their schools or close them as a response to segregation. He stressed no details were set and the idea is under study by the Advisory Committee on Education.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Advisory Committee On Education
Atty
W. B. Rodman
Durham
Rodman
Ike Offers to Accept Soviet Plan and Propose Blend
President Eisenhower writes from Denver to Premier Bulganin proposing a joint path toward disarmament. He offers to combine his Geneva inspection plan with the Soviet blueprint to ease fear and suspicion, and to enable mutual aerial inspections and checks on military movements. The letter signals a continued hope the Kremlin will endorse a comprehensive inspection regime.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Russia
Bulganin
U.S
White House
Soviet Union
United States
Geneva
Kremlin
Long Range Hurricane Rehabilitation Project Announced
Governor Hodges unveiled a Long Range Hurricane Rehabilitation Project to reduce future storm damage, funded with 27000 in state funds and run with UNC professors Parker and Chapin Jr. Coordinating committees will include state agency representatives and a citizens advisory group.
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Raleigh
Hodges
State Civil Defense Agency
Val Peterson
Federal Civil Defense Administration
North Carolina
Pross
John A. Parker
F. Stuart Chapin
Eisenhower to Confer With Humphrey on Budget Talks
Doctors approve a Saturday meeting in Denver between President Eisenhower and Secretary of the Treasury Hubert Humphrey. Officials expect budget discussions as the administration concedes slim chances to balance the year’s deficit.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Dulles
James C. Hagerty
Sal
Gen. Brownell
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Hagerty
Defense
Wilson
Sherman Adams
Washington
Adams
Milton
Pennsylvania State University
Poland Seeks Seat on United Nations Security Council
At the United Nations Poland campaigns for a nonpermanent seat on the 11 member Security Council to replace Turkey. Juliusz Katz-Suchszy notes potential fallout if Poland loses while the Philippines backs a Polish bid amid backing from Asia Africa and some Latin nations. The United States counters arguing Poland lacks peacemaking credentials as debate continues in the General Assembly.
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United Nations
N.Y
Russia
Poland
U. N
V. V. Kuznetsov
Philippines
General Assembly
Turkey
Juliusz Katzsuchy
Geneva
Europe
Katz-Suchy
United States
U.S
Henry Cabotte Jr
Oland
Lodge
London
Egypt
Burma
India
Indonesia
Ukraine
Cuba
Peru
Australia
New Zealand
Assembly
Hodges urges NC education planning for 1960 facilities
Governor Hodges urged educators to plan for a strong public education system as a North Carolina delegation prepares for a national conference. A survey shows 223 million dollars needed now for new buildings and renovations, with another 154 million by 1960 due to rising enrollment.
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Raleigh
Hodges
North Carolina
Washington
Supreme Court
State Board of Education
Division of
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