Western powers challenge Moscow on postwar German Austrian fate
A US British French note calls Molotov to Lugano to discuss Germany and Austria starting Oct 15. It insists on free elections and rejects a provisional East German merge, while opposing a Big Five with China. The move aims to shore up Adenauer ahead of Sunday's election test.
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U.S
Moscow
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Germany
U. S
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Austria
Lugano
Switzerland
United States
Britain
France
West Missions
Cow
China
Red China
UN Refuses Rehiring Four US Employees at UN
Dag Hammarskjold said he will not rehire four American UN employees ousted during loyalty probes despite a tribunal order. The tribunal had ruled all 11 should be reinstated or paid damages and back salaries, and the Senate subcommittee launched an inquiry into the ruling.
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United Nations
Dag Hammarksjold
U. S
U. N
Hammarskjold
Senate
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Assembly
U.N
Panic blamed for drowning of 20 soldiers at Ft Bragg
At Ft Bragg North Carolina an Army informal report blames panic for the drowning of 20 soldiers when a pontoon boat carrying 40 capsized on Smiths Lake during river crossing training in Co A 981st Engineer Construction Battalion 406th Engineer Brigade. Survivors describe panic as the cause. four men were hospitalized and two died on arrival. A board of inquiry will issue a formal report.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Smith’s Lake
Co. A
981St Engineer Construction Battalion
406Th Engineer Brigade
Joseph P. Cleland
Vale G. Bruner
Siner
Army
Washington
Cleland
List of North Carolinians Freed by Communists
The Panmunjom prisoner release lists include North Carolinians Sgt. Thomas R. Klinger of Co C 2nd Chemical Mortar Bn 9th Corps his wife Siella P. Klinger of 322 West Hancock St Winston Salem naming Floyd Myers wife Viola Blair of 315 West Third Street Winston Salem N C as among those freed.
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Munsanp
Panumjom
Thomas R. Klinger
Co. C
2Nd Chemical Mortar Bn
9Th Corps
Siella P. Klinger
West Hancock St
Floyd Myseg
Viola Blair
W. Lrth St
Winston- Salem
N. C
Drought Damage To State Crops Estimated At 131 Million
North Carolina crops face 131 million dollars in losses, Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine reports. Corn losses total 40 million, tobacco 35 million, cotton 22 million, pastures 18 million, hay 8 million, sweet potatoes 3 million, peanuts 1.5 million, soybeans 1 million, with other crops 2 to 8 million. Livestock losses are not estimable. Prices rise for tobacco despite damage. Boll weevils and red spiders blamed for cotton harm.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
L. Y. Ballentine
Ballentine
General Wainwright dies. funeral plans announced
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright died at Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio at 12:27 p.m. He was 70. Plans call for a state funeral with a graveside service at Arlington National Cemetery after lying in state in the Capitol. The general will be buried beside relatives at Arlington. The nation mourns a World War II hero who led defense of Corregidor and later surrendered Japanese captors.
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Tex
Jation
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wainwright
Brooke Army Hospital
Corregidor Fortress
Pacific
United States
Washington
Matthews B. Ridgway
Army
Eisenhower
Fraser, Colo
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Tomoyski Yamata
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
Maj
Robert Wainwright
Dwight E. Holley
Bridge Dedication Links Morehead City and Atlantic Beach
A $1 339 203 concrete bridge linking Morehead City and Atlantic Beach was dedicated today with Eastern North Carolina political and civic leaders in attendance. A beach luncheon band concerts and a street dance with fireworks are planned for tonight.
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Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
North Carolina
Legion Fight Over Budget Splits National Legion
At the American Legion 35th national convention in St Louis defense cuts dominate debate as Col Roscoe Turner presses a fight over a five billion Air Force budget reduction. Secretary Wilson defends the push saying the Air Force remains the world’s strongest. The convention also hears Dulles warn of possible war in Korea and demands for atomic options if talks fail.
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ST. Louis
Americas Legionnaires
Charles E. Wilson
American Legion
Korea
Wilson
Security Committee
Turner
Defense Department
Ener of Defense
Walter Reuther
CIO
Arthur J. Connell
Midletown
Conn
Lawrence J. Fenlon
Chicago
Connell
Legionnaires
John Foster Dulles
China
West
Indochina
Legion
P&N Railway Plans $1 Million Diesel Upgrade
The Piedmont and North Carolina Railway will spend about one million dollars to dieselize its North Carolina division. Funds cover diesel locomotives for the 23 mile Charlotte to Gastonia freight line and shop modernization at Pinoca. President W L Rankin said the shift from electric to diesel should be completed by early 1955. the South Carolina division was dieselized in 1951.
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Ev Ory
Greenville
North Carolina
Piedmont and Northrn Railway
Charlotte
Gastonia
Pinoca
N. C
W. L. Rankin
P&n
Sandhills tobacco auctions show light sales. prices dip
Auction reports show five Sandhills markets selling 421 922 pounds of tobacco at an average of 53.94 dollars per hundred, down 90 cents from Tuesday. Eastern North Carolina and Border Belt markets posted mixed grades, with heavy overall sales in some belts and lighter turnover in Sandhills markets. Stabilization Corp receipts through Aug 28 reached 768 559 pounds, 43 percent of gross sales. Deliveries to the Corp on Sandhills markets Tuesday totaled 28 904 pounds, 2.4 percent of gross volume.
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Raleigh
Sandhills
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Olina
Carolinas
Border Belt
Pe Carolina
Carolina
North Carolina
Eastern Belt
Stabilization Corp
Eisenhower Accepts Resignation of Ambassador Waynick
President Eisenhower announced the acceptance of Capus M. Waynick's resignation as ambassador to Colombia from the summer White House in Denver. Waynick, former editor of The Enterprise, has held various state and federal posts since 1942 and his departure coincides with Colombia amid international tensions.
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Eisenhower
Capus M. Waynick
Colombia
White House
Denver
Colo
Waynick
Enterprise
Niceretirce
Coloma
North Carolina
Baptists Buy Site For Home For Aging In Winston-Salem
North Carolina Baptists purchased a 34 acre Reynolds Park Road site for 25000 dollars as the permanent Home for the Aging location. Rev. J M Hayes says building may start once funds are available with the current home in Winston-Salem to be replaced by a new Albemarle branch housing 40. Headquarters remain at Winston-Salem while branch homes may operate elsewhere.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina Baptists
Reynolds Park Road
J. M. Hayes
Junior League Hospital
Yadkin Hospital
Ding
Albemarle
Supt
Hayes
Winston - Sarem
Reynolds Park
Red
Iran to Get 23 Million From U S Aid Continue Programs
The US government allocates 23.4 million dollars via FOA to Iran to sustain ongoing Point Four technical aid. The aid supports projects started in the past three years and aims to advance Iranian welfare under the new anti-Communist government.
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Washington
Iran
Foreign Operations Administration
FOA
Lou Henderson
Sonia Zahedi
Mohammed Mosaadegh
U. S
Early Exchange Of Dean Expected
The United Nations Command and the Communists agreed to finish prisoner exchanges by Sunday. Maj. Gen. William Dean, the highest ranking Allied captive, is near Kaesong and likely to be among those exchanged. The sides anticipate completing the swap on the same day, barring unforeseen difficulties, with other prisoners still to be repatriated.
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Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Repatriation Commission
U. N. Command
William Dean
Red Hands
Kaesong
U. N
Koje Island
Thirteen youths charged in Lovers Lane murder
In Denville New Jersey thirteen youths aged 14 to 22 were arraigned on murder charges for the Savage Road beating and robbery death of Ross E. Midgette. Prosecutor Oscar Laurie said the group plotted to lure Midgette to a secluded spot to rob him and possibly coerce an act. Autopsy linked death to a brain hemorrhage. Midgette, 32, recently moved from North Carolina and worked at a Boonton plastics factory, engaged to a Montclair woman.
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Denville
N. J
Ross E. Midgette
Oscar Laurie
Midgette
Savage Road
Laurie
North Carolina
Drought Disaster Area Request for N C Counties Studied
An Agriculture Department spokesman said a request to designate 15 North Carolina Piedmont counties as drought disaster areas is being studied. The department will order an on the scene inspection of damage within days, with a survey conducted by the Production and Marketing Administration and Farmers Home Administration offices in cooperation with state officials.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
North Carolina
Piedmont-section
White House
The
Production and Marketing Administration
Farmers Home Administration
Giant Atlantic Hurricane Surges Offshore
A massive hurricane with winds near 135 mph roared through the Atlantic far offshore east of the United States. The Weather Bureau warned it would intensify, with no land areas in immediate danger though shipping was sparse. Winds extended outward and the storm tracked northwest, threatening the Leeward Islands previously spared.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Seaboard
Weather Bureau
Air Force
Hurricane Hunter
Leeward Islands
Antigua and Barbuda
Guadeloupe
Antigua
Weather report with temperatures and sun times
The forecast lists a low of 70 tonight and a high of 93 tomorrow. Today’s high was 95 with a 67 low overnight. Sunset is at 6 45 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 4 54 a m.
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