Cites costly embassy as extravagance in budget fight
Rep. Taber of New York cites a $137,000 embassy secretary home as an example of extravagance to be cut to balance the 1955 budget. He vows belt tightening, backs defense cuts with efficient handling of personnel, and warns of inflation if the budget fails to balance.
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Washington
Taber
R-Ny
House Actions Committee
Rome
Eisenhower
Defense
Budget Bureau
Local GI Sick Gets Fair Invite
Corporal Randal H. Atkinson of Guilford County, a Korean War POW hospitalized at Ft. McClellan, Alabama, cannot attend the 1953 North Carolina State Fair. He returns the tickets and hopes another guest can use them, while Fair Manager Dorton says Atkinson may still attend as an honored guest in 1954 if possible.
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Raleigh
Randal H. Atkinson
Guilford County
North Carolina
J.S. Dorton
U.S. Army
Ft. McClellan
Anniston
Ala
Cpl. Atkinson
William B. Umstead
Dorton
Cpl. A
N. C
Juvenile Delinquency Rise Reported by Children’s Bureau
Washington October 17 The Children’s Bureau reports rising juvenile delinquency with 385000 youths ages 10 to 17 alleged in 1952 courts, up 29 percent from a decade earlier and 10 percent from the prior year. Dr Martha M Eliot urges citizen action and more welfare workers amid regional changes in several cites.
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Children’s Bureau
Martha M. Eliot
Eliot
Senate
Bureau
Terre Haute
Ind
Gary, Ind
Greenville
S. C
Tulsa
Okla
Toledo, Ohio
Des Moines
Iowa
Kerr Scott Weighs Senate Run After County Tour
Ex-Gov. W. Kerr Scott, in Lexington, says he has 20 counties left to visit before deciding on a U.S. Senate run. He reported visiting 30 counties to test sentiment and warned against curtailing rural electrification. He urged continued road, school and telephone improvements and stressed conservation for power, industry, farms and tourism.
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Lexington
N.C
W. Kerr Scott
U.S. Senate
Scott
Davidson Electric
Mundt Opens New Probe On U S Occupation Currency
Sen. Mundt announces a new inquiry into who sent materials to print U S occupation currency used in Germany after World War II. He recalls Russians with suitcases of currency and says witnesses will be called in a closed hearing ahead of public sessions.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
Russia
U. S
Germany
United States
Senate
Armed Services and Appropriaitns
Legion Names Committeemen
INDIANAPOLIS Oct 17 Four candidates for the American Legion national commander were named to head key committees during a three day national executive committee session. Commander Arthur J Connell announced 6000 appointments. Wilbur G Baniel of Danville Va heads the national economic commission. The new commander will be elected in September 1954 at the Washington convention.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Arthur J. Connell
Connell
Wilbur G. Baniel
Danville
National Economic Commission
Washington
Reds Can Bomb U S Cities Says Reds Can Bomb U S Cities
Anchorage Oct 17 AP Assistant Air Force Secretary Roger Lewis warned the Soviet Air Force is capable of an immediate attack on most U S industrial centers. He cited new turbo prop bomber parity with our B 36 and said Russia is moving into intercontinental bombing.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Roger Lewis
United States
Lewis
Anchorage International
Russia
U.S. Air Force
U.S
Strategic Air Comma
Europe
Italian Premier Threatens Resignation Over Trieste Standoff
Prime Minister Giuseppe Pella declared the government would resign if Western Allies back down on Trieste Zone A. He warned against any decision that could reverse the arrangements, insisting Italy will not be intimidated and reaffirming ties to NATO amid Yugoslav pressure and Tito’s threats.
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Giuseppe Pella
Trieste
Zone A
Italy
Pella
London
of Eden
Eden
Yugoslavia
Britain
France
United States
Senate
Jause
Adriatic
Tito
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Europe
North America
Sezana
Zone B
Italian Troops Placed On Emergency Post Near Yugoslav Front
Udine reports Italy orders three NATO divisions to a state of emergency amid flareup with Yugoslavia over Trieste. Ariete and Matova Cremona brigades moved toward Gorizia as patrols notify officers and bars close. officials say measures largely precautionary.
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Italy
NATO
Trieste
Yugoslavia
Ariete
Mantova
Cremona
Julia Alpine
Ariete Armored
Matova
Belgrade
Gorizia
Trieste Free Territory
Prisoners clash as anti Reds resist explanations at neutral camp
At Panmunjom 430 Chinese prisoners confront Red explainers in a volatile scene over repatriation. Lt. Gen. Thimayya intervened to segregate a prisoner after a three hour questioning amid scuffles between KPA CPV and UN personnel. Only 19 of 950 Chinese prisoners interviewed returned to Communist China.
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Red
K. S. Thimayya
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
Communist China
Communist
Peiping
Neutral Nations Reparation Commission
Tokyo
MRC
India
Reds
U. N
KPA
CPV
Korean Peoples Army
Chinese Peoples Volunteers
NNRC
Thimayya
CVA
U.N
Donald Stettler
Anaheim
Calif
Stettler
Red China
the Soner
Hom
Eyes On N Jersey Voters After GOP Upset In West
In Elizabeth New Jersey two lawyers George F Hetfield and Harrison A Williams wage a mainly national issues race for the 6th District seat to be decided Nov 3. Hetfield backs Eisenhower and opposes labor limits while Williams attacks Taft Hartley and foreign aid. The district includes Union county with 215 720 registered voters and a typical November turnout around 70 percent. Case withdrew from governor bid last spring after resigning from Congress last year to lead a Ford Foundation funded group.
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N. J
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Clifford P. Case
Rahway
Case
Eisenhower
Fund For the Republic
Ford Foundation
United States
Hetfield
Williams
United Nations
Union County
Eight Students Released After UNC Melee
Eight University of Maryland students released on bond after a campus melee at UNC Chapel Hill. Police said the disturbance began at a pep rally for today's football game, drawing several hundred students who required highway patrol assistance. Five Maryland students faced trial next Tuesday for charges including misconduct possession of fireworks illegal whisky and disorderly conduct.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Maryland
University of North Carolina
University of Maryland
North Carolina
Man
Richard Russell McLaughlin
Polk County Merchant Fined After Assault Case
Hendersonville North Carolina October 17 a six month road sentence given last Tuesday to Carl O Story Polk County merchant and former commissioner was modified by Superior Court Judge John K Clement. The judge fined Story 55 dollars and costs for the February 20 assault on James E Jenson Polk County accountant and tax supervisor and ordered him to be a law abiding citizen for years.
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Hendersonville
N.C
Carl O. Story
Polk County
Superior Court
John K. Clement
Clement
Story
James E. JSON
Train Hits Bus Injuring Dozens in Birmingham Alabama
A Frisco Railroad diesel engine struck a trolley bus crowded with homeward bound shoppers in North Birmingham. At least 38 passengers were injured and rushed to hospitals. witnesses recalled a loud crash and screams as rescuers arrived.
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Birmingham
Ala
Marty Ellen Williams
Townsend May Order Oral Depositions in Southland Case
Oral depositions may be taken by T. L. Townsend acting NC Revenue director in a Greensboro bankruptcy matter involving Southland Hosiery Mills Inc. Judge Johnson J. Hayes issued the judgment amid a suit by Hubert E. Seymour Jr. and others. The case concerns whether Southland was a transferee of Theodore Lamet of High Point and notes a tax lien of 1,130,424.01 against Samet, who serves a two year term for tax fraud.
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Southland Hosiery Mills, Inc
Greensboro
T. L. Townsend
Bureau of Internal Revenue
North Carolina
Johnson J. Hayes
Middle District
Hubert E. Seymour, Jr
Southland
Theodore Lamet
High Point
Samet
Fall warmth expected with light morning fog
Weather forecast from the Friendship weather station indicates warm conditions today with a high near 80 degrees and light morning fog in some areas. Yesterday’s high reached 82 and a cloudy but warm day is anticipated Monday with continued high temperatures.
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Friendship
Civil Service Jobs Notice
The City Civil Service Commission announces openings for Fourth Class Fireman and Fourth Class Patrolman with specified salary ranges and age/physical requirements. Applications must be filed by 5:00 p.m. October 21 1953 at 514 North Wrenn Street, High Point, with Ex ton Number Twenty-Eight.
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High Point Cs
The
Point Civil Service Commission
North Wrenn Street
Exton
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