120 000 Miners Idle in Wage Strike Wave Across States
More than 120,000 United Mine Workers walked off the job in wildcat strikes over delays to a 1.90 daily wage increase. The wage board met to discuss approval, with votes due next Wednesday, as unrest spread to nine states including Kentucky West Virginia and Ohio.
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United Mine
Roger L. Putnam
President Truman
Archibald Cox
Illinois
Appalachian
Coneedt
Kentucky
West Virginia
Irginia
Tennessee
Powhattan
Wheeling
W. Va
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Alabama
Utah
Reds Hit Sniper Ridge In Intense Korean Front Clash
Chinese forces attacked South Korean infantry on Sniper Ridge from Pimpoint Knob and Triangle Hill, with multiple waves totaling about 160 then a battalion. Casualties rose with 3,571 Reds counted or estimated since October 14 at Triangle Hill, while Allied planes and jets intervened.
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Korea
Pimpoint Knob
Kumhwa
Triangle Hill
7Th Division
Gis
Wayne C. Smith
U.S. 7Th Division
Pike's Peak
U.N
Iron Horse Mountain
Chorwon
Seventh Division
Southeastern museum conference opens in Raleigh
The Southeastern conference of the American Association of Museums opened a two day convention in Raleigh with representatives from museums in seven Southern states and the District of Columbia expected to attend. A panel discussion and an open forum highlighted the program.
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Raleigh
Southeastern Conference
The
American Association of Museums
District of Columbia
Truman accuses GOP of Nazi immigration theory
President Truman charged Republicans with embracing the Nazi master race theory in immigration policy and linked Dwight D. Eisenhower to antisemitism and anti Catholicism. He criticized the McCarran migration bill as codifying Nordic supremacy and second class citizenship, while Eisenhower urged stripping discriminatory immigration laws.
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Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Party
Eisenhower
New York
National Jewish Welfare Board
Howland Sargeant
New England
Repubes Rea
Cendlaxte
McGranery Speaks at Wake Forest Political Event
U S Attorney General James P. McGranery interrupted pre election campaigning to fly to Wake Forest for a purely academic non political address to the Student Bar Association. He was to be the chief speaker at a program including Governor Kerr Scott State Attorney General Harry McMullan and justices of the state superior and supreme courts.
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Wake Forest
U. S
Stevenson Attacks Eisenhower In San Diego Rally
Illinois governor and Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson rails at the Republican administration from a San Diego rally. He accuses Eisenhower of isolationism and says the next election determines the fate of the free world. Stevenson stresses independence and frames the race as a test of peace and prosperity for all.
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Calif
Adlai Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Illinois
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
California
Ft. Worth
Tex
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Democratic Party
Freedom
Shrine Auditorium
Los Angeles
Iran Delays Break With Britain As Premier Consults Cabinet
TEHRAN Iran The severing of diplomatic ties with Britain was postponed today as Premier Mohammed Mossadegh planned to confer with his cabinet on how to proceed The Iranian decision to withdraw its charge d affaires in London and demand closure of the Tehran embassy followed an 18 month effort to resolve the Anglo Iranian Oil dispute George Middleton the British chargé d affaires said he had asked Foreign Minister Hossein Fatemi for clarification but received no formal word Iran indicated it intended to sever relations with Britain in a final decision Fatemi reportedly signalled necessary decisions had been made
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Iran
Britain
Mohammed Mossa
Degh
Adegh
London
George Middleton
Hossein Fatemi
Fatemi
Raleigh Visit Sets Stage For TV Station Plans
John W. English of Sir Walter Television and Broadcasting Co. will visit Raleigh Monday to inspect tentative sites for a new TV station. He said equipment deliveries are planned by February and the station should go on air in early spring.
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Raleigh
Sir Walter Television and Broadcasting Co
John W. English
Erie
Prisons department to shift to five day work week
Raleigh officials say all State Prisons Department employees will switch to a five day work week once extra staff are hired. Director Walter Anderson announced the plan after a meeting with prison district supervisors noting current schedules: about 1,100 workers endure 14 days straight with only a day and a half off.
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Raleigh
State Prisons Department
Walter Anderson
Mrs Oswald B Lord Denounces Democratic Claims
Mrs Oswald B Lord co chair of the National Committee of Citizens for Eisenhower told a Greensboro rally that Democratic claims of creating national prosperity are the big lie. She said one party cannot be responsible for the nation s normal progressive growth in the past 200 years.
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Greensboro
Oswald B. Lord
National Committee of
Citizens For Eisenhower
Lord
Women
Ike
Johnston drives to honor at North Carolina state fair
David Johnston of Charlotte earned a governor's trophy despite his horse Honor Bright losing to Crystal Hanover in the harness trot at the Raleigh state fair. Johnston owned the losing horse and the other, 00, but the governor’s award went to him for sportsmanship.
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Raleigh
David Johnston
Charlotte
Bright
Johnston
Crystal Hanover
John
Kerr Scott
Fatal shooting near Fayetteville over returned curtains
Gladys Hargrove, 27, of Greensboro was shot dead at a sister’s home near Fayetteville. Sheriff L. L. Guy said her husband Marvin, 32, was arrested and held without charge after an argument over a pair of window curtains returned to a Greensboro store.
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Fayetteville
Greensboro
Gladys Hargrove
Winston Ave
L. L. Guy
Marvin
Republicans Draw Record Rally in Salisbury
Rowan County Republicans attracted about 1500 citizens to a rally that set attendance records for the party. The event featured county and district candidates led by Walter Johnson of Sparta, who spoke as free movies were shown.
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Salisbury
Rowan County
Walter Johnson
Sparta
William C. Downing, Noted Lawyer, Dies in Fayetteville
William C. Downing, 68, prominent lawyer and civic leader, died here after a long illness. He was Cumberland County’s leading Republican, former congressional candidate in 1936, Wake Forest College graduate, and ex-chairman of the city school board. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Ida Holliger Downing.
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Fayetteville
William C.ng
Cumberland County
Downing
Wake Forest College
Ida Holliger Downing
Truman Blames Eisenhower in Campaign Tour
President Truman on a New England campaign swing accused Dwight D. Eisenhower of undermining U.S. safety to win the presidency. He contended the GOP nominee suggested pulling troops from Korea. Truman drew large crowds in Hartford Worcester Manchester and Clinton praising his Cabinet and the Marshall Plan while continuing sharp attacks on Eisenhower.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Korea
Lawrence
Mass
New England
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
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Worcester
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Manchester
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Matthew J. Connelly
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W. Averell Harriman
Western
Europe
Dean Acheson
Hoover Commission
United Sates
United States
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Eisenhower
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Stalin Heads Appointments to New Soviet Presidium and Secretariat
Stalin leads the list of Central Committee members named to the new 25 man Presidium and 10 man Secretariat. Ten former Politburo members join the Presidium, with three to the Secretariat, under the party constitution adopted at the recent congress.
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Josef Stalin
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M. Malenkov
Lavrenti P. Beria
Cone
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A. I
Nikolai
Rei A. Andreyev
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Krushchev
M. A. Suslov
Aay
P. K. Ponomarenko
A. B. Aristov
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N. A. Mikhailov
Communist Youth Organization
L. I. Brezhnev
N. G. Ignatov
N. M. Pego
Eisenhower Attacks Corruption in Wilmington Speech
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower told a Wilmington crowd that the real indictment of the Democratic administration is government inaction on dishonesty. He praised Sen John J Williams for uncovering Internal Revenue fraud and criticized Truman and Stevenson while outlining aims to curb corruption on the preventive side. He spoke to 18 000 to 20 000 at Rodney Square and planned further stops in New Jersey.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wilmington
Del
Harvey J. Wadman
Rodney Square
Delaware
Gen
Caesar Rodney
Camden
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
Jersey City
N. J
John J. Williams
Truman
Williams
Adlai Stevenson
Los Angeles
Illinois
Korea
Paterson, N. J., Armory
China
Greece
Turkey
Berlin
Pole Expected To Answer Acheson At U N General Assembly
Poland's Foreign Minister Stanislaw Skrzesczewski opened the Korean war discussion at the United Nations. He is expected to respond to Dean Acheson's appeal for united action and urged continued fighting to compel a favorable armistice. Acheson affirmed U S restraint and a pledge against atomic or biological warfare.
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N. Y
Dean Acheson
Stanislaw Skrzesczewski
Poland
U.N. General Assembly
United States
Korea
Panmunjom
U. S
Acheson
State Selwyn Lloyd
Susdbiaiboes
Cverst
Andreix
Riots in Jakarta Over Parliament Dissolution Call
Thousands of Indonesians rioted in Jakarta amid a bid to censure Defense Minister Hamengku Buwono II. Soekarno promised consideration of dissolution demands as troops and tanks secured key sites and a five hour blackout halted communications.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Hamengku Buwono II
Jogjakarta
Weather forecast brief with temperatures and sun cycle
The forecast lists a low of 48 and high of 68 for tomorrow with today predicted at 68 and a recent low of SI. Sunset is at 5 42 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 29 a m.
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