Tension Rises as UN Draws Israeli Arab Border Report
The UN Palestine truce supervisor Maj. Gen. Bennike prepared a Security Council report on Arab Israeli border incidents amid rising tension in the Holy Land. Britain the U.S. and France urged UN investigation and warned against actions destabilizing the region. Jordan Syria and Israel trade accusations while Arab League subcommittees meet in Amman to decide on political economic and military issues.
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U. N. Palestine
Security Council
Holy Land
Denmark
Vagn Bennike
Council
Truce Commission
Jordan
Israel
Syria
Jordan River
Bennike
Lenon
Britain
Middle East
London
Eee
United States
France
U. N
Arab Legion
Jerusalem
Amman
Arab League
U. N. Armistice Commission
Haifa-Lydda
Leaf Prices Establish New Record on Border Belt Markets
The 1953 flue cured tobacco season on the South Carolina and North Carolina Border Belt yielded a record value of 197,430,005 dollars with an all time high general average of 56.76 per 100 pounds. Poundage reached 347,800,717 pounds up 15 million from 1952 and about 9 million short of 1951. The season ended Oct 22 with Mullins South Carolina and Fairmont Lumberton North Carolina among final sales points. South Carolina totals 167,695,461 pounds at 56.22 average. North Carolina 180,105,256 pounds at 57.28 average. Figures are preliminary and subject to revision.
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Raleigh
South Carolina
North Carolina
Federal State Marketers Service
Mullins
S. C
Fairmont
Lumberton
Anita O'Day Sentenced for Narcotics Possession in Long Beach
Singer Anita O'Day received five months in jail and five years probation after conviction for possessing heroin. Testimony cited viewing her inhale powder from paper in a nightclub restroom. defense motion for new trial based on new evidence was denied.
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Long Beach
Calif
Anita O'Day
Security program ousts 1 456 government workers
The White House reports 1 456 federal employees were fired or forced to resign under the Eisenhower security program since May 27. The removals are in addition to 145 000 other federal staff let go for economy. FBI investigations totaled 26 236 with 3 634 resignations tied to loyalty reviews.
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White House
Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Truman
FBI
Loyalty Review Board
Hagerty
Philip Young
Civil Service Commission
Cabinet
National Security Council
Airplane May Become Newsboy Of The Air
Washington an airline executive predicts planes will serve coast to coast delivering daily newspapers as a large scale post office classified mail operation. L C Burwell Jr of Flying Tiger Line says space and participation by big cargo carriers are key to daily cross country newspaper delivery with guaranteed space offered by carriers. Initial tests used available space on routes like New York to Chicago and Chicago to Washington with limited inaugural flights by major carriers.
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Airlise
L.C. Burwell Jr
Flying Tiger Line
Slick Airways
Civil Aeronautics Board
Post Office Department
Summerfield
Burwell
New York-Chicago
Chicago-Washington
Flying Tiger
Slick
United
Capital
TWA
American Airlines
Restaurant Worker Held Without Bond
In Winston Salem 33 year old William A Braddock unemployed restaurant worker confessed to killing his married girlfriend Frances Larrimore Mitchell 25 police said a first degree murder warrant would be filed Braddock led officers to a patch of woods and a .22 pistol after the slaying near a rural lovers lane following a drive in movie hours earlier he called his wife and photographer Bill Ray of the Twin City Sentinel saying I am in trouble.
Indians Gain Two More Days In Korean POW Talks
PANMUNJOM The Indian Command gained 48 hours to press anti Communist Korean war prisoners to listen to Red explainers and return home. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission plans to announce Monday that it will postpone indefinitely the talks, while Indian Lt. Gen. K S Thimayya leads efforts to break the deadlock amid demands by Polish and Czech members to use force. A South Korean prisoner asked to be repatriated, the second Allied soldier to change his mind, as the delay continues.
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Panmunjom
Red
Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
FBI Questions Cab Driver Once More
St Louis cab driver John Hager, who tipped police to confessed kidnap slayer Carl Hall, was seized by FBI for about eight hours and released. He said agents asked about the same old story and noted a grand jury appearance in Kansas City Tuesday. A blonde woman and a man were seized from a downtown hotel at the same time, but their identities and fate remained unclear.
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St.louis
John Hager
Carl Austin Hall
FBI
Hager
Grand Jury
Kansas City
Eean
Bobby Greenlease
Hall
St. Louis
Five-Year-Old Tommy Seeks Pony Amid Illness Miracle Hope
In Knoxville Tennessee five year old Tommy Bolton battles leukemia in hospital and longs for a pony. Robertshaw Fulton Controls plant workers raise funds and local ministers urge prayers as parents Elizabeth and Elbert Bolton ask for public support and faith in recovery.
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Knoxville
Tommy
AFL
Fulton Sylphon
Robertshaw - Fulton Controls Co
Elbert Bolton
Habersham
Tenn
Fulton
Boltons
Industrialists foresee 1954 business dip near 5 percent
Thirteen leading industrialists forecast 1954 will show a 5 percent or smaller dip from 1953 boom levels. They cited weaker auto sales and farm machinery, with steel at about 85 percent capacity, while food retail and oil and power expansions remain strong.
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Council
John Dane
Dean Seeks Korea Conference Deal In Two Weeks
U S envoy Arthur Dean said he hopes discussions with the Communists will yield a Korea conference agreement in ten days to two weeks. He opens preliminary talks Monday and warned against de facto political talks while seeking a free united Korea and the withdrawal of Communist troops. The exact Communist representatives are not yet known.
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Seoul
U. S
Arthur Dean
Dean
Korea
U. S. State Department
U. N. Command
Reds
All sweetness, light again between Godfrey and La Rosa
Arthur Godfrey declares he is proud of Julius La Rosa on CBS coast to coast. La Rosa, watching in Washington, performs at Navy Relief benefit and jokes about Godfrey. Godfrey says ouster was for the singer’s good and denies dating reports. La Rosa starts new TV run with Toast of the Town, praising Godfrey while hinting at a brighter future.
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Washington
Arthur Godfrey
Julius la Rosa
Brooklyn
Godfrey TV
la Rosa
Godfrey
CBS
Dorothy McGuire
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Admirals
Navy
Mrs. Eisenhower
Agriculture Group Called To Capitol
Senator Mansfield challenged President Eisenhower over 100 percent parity price supports for major crops. The Washington gathering included the Agriculture Advisory Commission, a Farmers Union caravan, and Benson urging a halt to the march while plans for a new farm program for Congress were discussed.
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Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Eisenhower
Li Asenn
Agriculture Advisory Commission
White House
Cculture
Benson
James G. Patton
Farmers Union
Ie House
Congress
Ae Fu Union
Armers
Tommies Move Gas and Oil Supplies in London Strike
London faced a fuel crisis as 2,600 tank truck drivers walked out with support from other workers. The War Office ordered a shift system, bringing in 4,000 nonstrikers to cover essential services while government authorities blamed Communist backing, a claim denied by suspects. Urban transit collapsed, taxis dwindled, and a strict rationing plan prioritized vital public services. Prime Minister Churchill stayed engaged with ministers to monitor developments.
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Great Metropolis
Causatfolls
T War Office
Ate
Eee
Bivg
Transport & General Workers Union
Churchill
Umstead Seeks Western Appointee for Insurance Post
Gov. Umstead presses to fill the vacancy as state insurance commissioner left by Waldo Cheek. Western candidates surfaced in speculation including Rep. John Jordan Jr. and Robert Swain of Asheville, Sen. William Medford of Waynesville, and Tom Leatherwood of Canton, as the governor offered no firm selection.
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Raleigh
Gov
Umstead
Council of State
Waldo ‘Cheek
Cheek
West
John D. Larkins Jr
Jones
Asheville
John Jordan Jr
Robert Swain
William Medford
Waynesville
Tom Leatherwood
Canton Insurance
Forecasters Hope Drought May End Across Regions
Washington weather officials see potential break in the historic drought with some rain already falling in the Southwest and Midwest. Jerome Namias notes a storm area may move east, but experts caution it could be a interruption rather than an end to the drought that began in 1951.
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Washington
United States
Southwest
Midwest
Jerome Namias
Missouri
State Fair Closes After Record crowds in Raleigh
The 1953 State Fair nears its end tonight after a record run drawing about 150,000 visitors yesterday. Highlights included AAA sanctioned car races and two other shows. exhibits showcased farm life and the 280 acre fairgrounds. Elm City FFA won the flue cured weed contest and Creek FFA the burley grain contest, each $150. in the free for all pace ome Scott won the Commissioner Agriculture’s Cup and $600.
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Set
R. S. Harris
Highway Patrol
Fairgrounds
J. S. Dorton
Elm City Ffa
County
Creek Ffa
Ome Scott
W. G. McCutchen
Kingstree
Ss. Cr
Albana Burn
Agricul
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