Hurricane Hazel Bears Down on North Carolina Coast
Hurricane Hazel, with 130 mile per hour winds, moved toward the North Carolina coast prompting hurricane warnings for the Cape Hatteras region. Forecasters expected the center to strike southwest of Cape Hatteras early tomorrow morning with strong winds and rain extending well inland.
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Fila
Hazel
North Carolina
North Carolina Capes
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatteras
Walter R. Davis
Cape
Leonard Pardue
Pardue
Carolina
Philadelphia
West Palm Beach
Virginia Capes
Charleston
S. C
Miami Weather Bureau
Washington Bureau
Davis
mid-Atlantic
New England
Virginia
Atlantic Seaboard
Capes
Carol
Edna
Cariban Island
Republic of Haiti
Bahamas
Florida
Haiti
Yeste
N. Coast
Power Proposal Debated in Congress Amid Dixon-Yates Plan
Two Democrats Holifield and Durham oppose Eisenhower administration aims to move private Dixon-Yates power into the TVA system for a new West Memphis plant. Nixon defends the deal as standard and argues claims of secret or noncompetitive bidding are false. The Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee will review terms November 4 with a 30 day window for Congress.
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Holifield
D. Calif
Durham
D-Nc
Dixon-Yates
Nixon
Los Angeles
Stephen A. Mitchell
Democratic National Committee
Eisenhower
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Dixonates
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
St. Louis Post - Dispatch
Beaa Estes Posers Electric
Black man dies in electric chair for white merchant slaying
Sterling Groom, 48, a Black man, died at 7:43 a.m. in the Virginia State Penitentiary for the 1951 killing of Jerry Barthelow, a white Culpeper County merchant. Barthelow was strangled in the incident which followed Groom's partial pardon from a prior life sentence.
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Richmond
Sterling Groom
State Penitentiary
Culpeper
Groom
Culpeper County
Jerry J. Barthelow
Barthelow
Raccoon Ford
FBI
Officers elected at Asheville pulp and paper meeting
About 350 delegates from eight states gathered for a three day convention of the American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintendents Assn in Asheville. Officers were elected by the Southern and Southeastern division delegates yesterday.
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Asheville
American Pulp and Paper Mill Superintendents Assn
Wilson apologizes for dog remark at Chicago fund raiser
Defense Secretary Wilson says his comments on unemployment were distorted by opponents and admits a mistake about bird dogs and kennel dogs. He defends his labor record at a 100 dollar plate Republican dinner in Chicago as Gov. Stratton praises his work in the Defense Department.
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Stratton
Wilson
Defense
Charles Wilson
Illinois
William Stratton
Chicago
General Motors
William G. Stratton
Ilinois
Defense Department
Detroit
Eisenhower
High-Speed Bombers Ordered by Air Force
The Air Force ordered initial production of the Convair B58 faster-than-sound bomber and an initial order for the Lockheed F-80 lightweight fighter. The B58, a potential world first in piloted speed, is in early construction at Convair Fort Worth. Details remain secret but the craft is said to feature a delta wing and multiple engines.
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Washington
Air Force
Convair
Fort Worth
Tex
Lockheed
Burbank
Calif
United States
McCarthy Hits Eisenhower Farm Program and Case Endorsement
Senator McCarthy accused the Eisenhower farm program of hurting Republicans’ bid to keep Congress. He said he backs most GOP candidates, except New Jersey’s Clifford Case, who would oppose McCarthy on the Government Operations Committee. Case declined comment.
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Sen
McCarthy
U.S
New Jersey
GOP
Case
Government Operations Committee
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Wayne Morse
Senate
Sen. Morse
Oregon
Jas
IGOP
Sidential
Newark
Samuel Bodine
Sen. Me
Ogwer
U.S. Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Western Uranium Boom Expands Through Utah Markets
In Utah a uranium rush mirrors the gold era with prospectors roaming southeastern hills while new firms market stock. Milton H. Love of the State Securities Commission estimates 14 million dollars raised and predicts about 20 percent of these companies may become profitable, though most remain in exploration. The boom has two phases: prospectors entering barren areas and stock marketing by new firms.
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Milton H. Love
State Securities Commission
Love
Utah
Sterey
Phenix City Racketeers Plead Guilty Ahead of Jury
Phenix City racketeers choose negotiated prison terms over jury trial. Seven indicted gamblers including Hoyt Shepherd and Jimmy Matthews pleaded guilty with penalties from 2 months to 30 months and fines up to $1,000. Other defendants sought settlements as prosecutors pushed for deals amid anti racketeering efforts.
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Phenix City
Ala
Vice Cleanup
Hoyt Shepherd
Jimmy Matthews
Godwin Davis Sr
Godwin Jr
E. L. Cook
Elizabeth City Fires Struck Again In Three Weeks
Two more arson fires were found in Elizabeth City North Carolina within three weeks. A coal pile in the furnace room at Elizabeth City High School was set ablaze by a pasted board fire. A second fire damaged storage room contents at R W Moore High School for Negroes with doors forced open.
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Elizabeth City
N.C
Clarence Owens
Elizabeth City High School
Owens
R. W. Moore High School
Moss Pleads Guilty to Murder in Blue Ridge Slaying
Bert L Moss a mountaineer admitted second degree murder in Jackson Superior Court for directing his 15 year old son to shoot neighbor Lindsey Passmore who was killed in the May 30 slaying set 30 miles south of here The elder Moss received a 25 to 28 year prison sentence Judge Walter A Johnston presided The son Bert Jr testified he was told to blame the victim to avoid trouble
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Sylvay
Bert L. Moss
Jackson
Walter A. Johnston
Moss
Lindsey Passmore
Blue Ridge Mountains
Here
Bert Jr
Young Passmore
Lindsey
High Court Opens Term After Justice Jackson Death
The Supreme Court begins its new term amid mourning for Justice Robert H. Jackson who died of a heart attack. His chair sits empty as the court adjourns to honor his funeral and burial in Frewsburg New York. The first session will admit lawyers and publish orders before hearing cases granted for oral arguments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Frewsburg
N.Y
Showers Hit High Point as Hurricane Hazel Nearby
The weatherman revised the forecast with rain in the High Point area at 1 50 pm. Showers will fall this afternoon and tonight with clearing tomorrow as Hazel's disturbance moves up the coast toward Wilmington. Hazel expected to reach the Outer Banks tonight into Friday morning.
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High Point
Weather Bureau
Friendship
Hart Hazel
Bureau
Wilmington
Piedmont
London Bus Strike Halts Vast Transport Network
London faced widespread disruption as 2,500 of 7,100 buses stayed in garages and 29,000 dock workers idle. Up to 132 ships blocked, buses off 8 of about 200 routes, with only clogged service on 34 routes amid three dock strikes and push for pay, conditions, and job protections.
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Thames Dock
National Amalgamated
Transport and General Workers Union
North Carolina UDC Opens 58th Convention in Charlotte
Manly W. Wellman of Chapel Hill will speak at the opening session. The author of about ten books and a native of Portuguese West Africa, he believes the South offers a lifetime study. Belmont Dennis Covington of Georgia is named president-general.
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Charlotte
Manly W
Wellman
North Carolina
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