Allied recapture Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge
Allied infantrymen recaptured Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge at dawn as they braced for a possible Chinese assault to free Reds trapped on the eastern slope. U.N. forces pressed the crest with grenades bayonets and rifle fire while enemy artillery and mortar fire formed a protective ring around the trapped Reds.
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U.S
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Wonsan
Hard Coal Contract Nears Resolution in Talks
Washington sources report a hard coal contract likely to be reached soon as John L. Lewis and anthracite operators resume negotiations. Definite progress was noted before a Tuesday recess for events involving Gov. Adlai Stevenson and UMW officials.
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John L. Lewis
Thomas Kennedy
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Adlai E. Stevenson
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Lewis
Edward G. Fox
Engmy
Reading Coal
Industrialists Elect New President At Southern Council Meet
About 150 industrialists and planners attended the seventh annual conference in Charlotte. Frank K. Shaw of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce was elected president, succeeding Porter Grace. Thomas McCaffrey Jr. of Washington urged southern expansion of national industry. New officers include Harold K. Foster, H. W. Clark, Harold J. Bryant, Jefferson D. Henry, and Harold Martin.
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Frank K. Shaw
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Industrial Department
Southern Industrial Development Council
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Vrcesidency
Porter Grace
Memphis
Tenn
Thomas McCaffrey, Jr
Washington
Society of Industrial Realtors
Firefighters Struggle as Forest Fires Rage in Carolinas
Weather confirms no rain to aid crews amid freezing conditions and dense smoke from widespread forest fires in the Carolinas. Officials report dry, windy weather fueling flames in Madison County North Carolina and across the region with National Guardsmen assisting.
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Vishinsky Speech Set For Today at United Nations
At the United Nations in New York Andrei Vishinsky was slated to respond to Dean Acheson’s peace with honor speech, the delay caused by Moscow’s five day silence prompting the Political Committee to cancel Tuesday’s session. Analysts weighed Russia’s possible aims in delaying a reply and the impact on Panmunjom talks and prisoner repatriation issues raised by Acheson.
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Moscow
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General Assembly
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U.N
Acheson
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Kremlin
James A. Gray Dies at 68 in Winston-Salem
James A. Gray chairman of the board of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. philanthropist and longtime community leader in Winston-Salem died just before noon today of a heart attack.
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James A. Gray
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Byrnes Urges Eisenhower's Election in South Rally
Gov. James F. Byrnes, a lifelong Democrat, urged voters to back Dwight D. Eisenhower for president calling him fit to lead the United States to world leadership. Byrnes criticized Adlai Stevenson for surrendering to the Truman administration and urged support for Eisenhower at a Tampa rally.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Adlai Stevenson
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Eisenhower
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Jackson
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Jackwares
Rioting Prisoners Try To Set Fire At Menard
Rioting inmates at Menard state prison barricaded blocks with guards held hostage and tried to torch the building with torches of burning paper. Warden Munie said fires were quickly contained as Lt. Gov. Dixon arrived to aid negotiations. State officials planned to starve rioters in the east block while guards in the kitchen held 3 prisoners.
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Michael Seyfrit
United Press
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Clarence Raser
Illinois
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Tod
Dixon
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Page says Citizens for Eisenhower has 15 000 organized workers in 38 NC counties
State Chairman Jesse W. Page Jr told about 300 at an Alamance County rally that the group has 15 organized workers in 38 counties. He called young people and women the key to the election and said they receive special attention.
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Jesse W. Page, Jr
Citizens For Eisenhower
Alamance County
North Carolina
Southern leaders back Stevenson amid Eisenhower drift
An Associated Press survey shows over 80 percent of top Southern officeholders back Gov. Stevenson in 1952, with Governors Shivers Kennon Byrnes and others active for Stevenson while Ike gains with several Southern officials. A few Southern figures rebuff Stevenson, citing party loyalty and electoral strategy amid a split in the Solid South.
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State School for Girls Samarcand project bids
Bids open in Raleigh on November six for about 850000 dollars of construction at the State School for Girls in Samarcand. Plans include an administration building two dormitories infirmary utilities building a vocational building and several farm structures.
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State School For Girls
Samarcand
Paroles Board Eases Sentences for Two Inmates and Sessoms
The State Paroles Commission reduced the life terms of two inmates and granted Fayetteville resident Tommie Sessoms another parole. Sessoms, from Cumberland County, was sentenced in November 1945 to 22 to 25 years for second degree murder and had just received a parole in March before violating it by being arrested four days later.
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State
Tommie Sessoms
Fayetteville
Sessoms
Cumberland County
Gasoline Price Study Panel Sets November Meeting
The committee to study gasoline prices in Raleigh plans a November 21 meeting to discuss revisions to North Carolina anti-trust and procurement laws. A subcommittee recently failed to reach agreement on changes, with amendments aimed at tighter enforcement of the anti-trust statute.
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Raleigh
Forester J. S. Holmes Honored by North Carolina Forestry
J. S. Holmes, 84, North Carolina’s first state forester from 1916 to 1945, received a commemorative scroll at his Raleigh home from the North Carolina Forestry Association honoring his more than fifty years in forestry.
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J. S. Holmes
North Carolina
North Carolina Forestry Association
National Home Demonstration council to close in Raleigh
About 2500 women from around the world prepared to wrap up the 16th annual meeting in Raleigh after four days of speeches reports and social events. Attendees attended North Carolina Night with films on state life and Smoky Mountain singers.
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H. D. Merting
Raleigh
National Home Demonstration Council
North Carolina
Great Smoky Mountains
Dr Robert Baker Lawson Dies At 77 In Durham
Dr Robert Baker Lawson a former UNC medical school professor and longtime athletics figure died in a Durham hospital at age 77 He served 43 years at the university as athletic director baseball football track gymnastics coach and athletic trainer Survivors include daughter Estelle Lawson Page former national women’s amateur golf champion Wife Estelle Adlaide Ward predeceased him in 1949
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Robert Baker Lawson
University of North Carolina Medical School
Durham
Lawson
University
Estelle Lawson Page
Estelle Adlaide Ward
GOP Keeps Korean War In Forefront
Republican candidates push Korea policy and prosperity themes across states as Eisenhower Stevenson Nixon Taft Sparkman campaign through New York Pennsylvania Iowa Illinois California Oregon and Washington. Each argues policy contrasts and attacks rival positions amid intensive radio and television appeals.
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Local Weather Outlook With Temperatures and Sun Times
The forecast lists a tonight low of three degrees and a tomorrow high near 57 degrees. Today's high was 52 with a last night low around 29 as the sun sets at 5 48 p m and rises tomorrow at 6 40 a m.
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