YDC State Convention Opens With Five Way President Race
Young Democratic Clubs begin their state gathering amid expectations of a quiet session. Bedford Black leads a five man field for president with Pat Cooke Billy Harrison Robert Guy and Miles Smith Jr following. Elections set for Saturday as Everett Jordan delivers the keynote. Gov Kerr Scott and William B Umstead are slated to speak on Saturday.
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National Democratic
Bedford Black
Kannapolis
Pat Cooke
Gastonia
Billy Harrison
Rocky Mount
Robert Guy
Newland
Miles Smith Jr
Salisbury
Everett Jordan
Democratic
Kerr Scott
William B. Umstead
Scott
Umstead
Greek Premier Proposes Balkan Cooperation Pact
In Athens Greek premier Ieneicholas Plastir proposed a defense pact among Yugoslavia Greece and Turkey to boost Balkan security. He pledged readiness to negotiate with Marshal Tito and said friendship between Greece and Turkey would secure stability in the region.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Ieneicholas Plastir
Greece
Turkey
Athens
Marshal Tito
Balkan
Pageant titleholders named in sequence
Miss Georgia Gwendolyn Harmon Miss Alabama Barbara Frances Barker Miss Louisiana Dora Lee Livton Miss Mississippi Mary Griffin Miss South Carolina (list of state titleholders)
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Georgia
Gwendolyn Harmon
Ala
Barbara Frances Barker
Louisiana
Dora Lee Livton
Mississippi
Mary Griffin
South Carolina
Radar signs spread as patrol expands speed control
The highway patrol plans broader use of radar devices nicknamed Whammy on rural and urban highways. Signs warning radar use will appear at border areas, with emphasis on publicity before enforcing findings against out of state cars. North Carolina welcomes motorists with new entrance signs as experimental project, while political notes reference Democratic rally sites and district reach.
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Highway Patrol
Virginia Border
W. B. Lentz
Col
Lentz
North Carolina
The
Highway Commission
State
Highwa
Democratic Party
Walter Hotel
Umstead
Governor
Wil- Hamston
Tarboro
Wilkesboro
Charlie Deane
Jilted suitor confesses to library killing in classroom
Lawrenceville Illinois police say 25 year old Charles Petrach confessed to shooting Georgine Lyon 24 in a school library classroom after she refused to renew their engagement. He was captured trying to cross the Wabash River toward Vincennes Indiana.
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Lawrenceville
Charles Petrach
Garret Burgoon
Wabash River
Vincennes
Ind
Fori
Georgine Lyon
Petrach
Miss Lyon
Rally extends Republican reach to nearby counties
Deane, an ardent Missionary Baptist, leads a political push into Wilkes County and the two neighboring counties Yadkin and Davie. The campaign plans a rally in these GOP strongholds this year to shore up support.
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Deane
Missionary Baptist
Wilkes County
Yadkin
Davie
Brief and Clear Statement on U S Foreign Policy
Washington pundit James Marlow reviews the public debate over U S foreign policy as President Truman and Secretary of State Acheson face questions about a concise master plan. Eisenhower and Dulles push for stronger actions, including peaceable yet forceful measures to aid satellites and counter Soviet pressures. Stevenson and Truman reject Republican ideas as dangerous, arguing false hopes could doom satellite peoples.
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James Marlow
Washington
Truman
Acheson
Greece
Turkey
Europe
Korea
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Russia
Dulles
Voice of America
Stevenson
Eight Die as Fire and Explosions Ravage French Soap Factory
In Marsielle France a factory producing oil soap and ten adjoining houses were destroyed by fire and chemical blasts. At least eight people were killed and 39 seriously injured with twelve more feared buried in rubble. Seven charred bodies were found plus a woman recovered from a house wreckage as heat and wrecked girders hindered rescue efforts.
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Marsielle
France
Ditter
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Barbara Anne Harris
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Florida
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Scotland County
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Rockingham
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Meltto
Loeke
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Witesa
Sheed
Brockton
Leen
Uae
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Tenderay
U.S. No. 1
Angel
Frazier
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