Sheffield Case Closed By Graham
Graham confirms the Ronie Sheffield case is closed and will stay closed. Miss Sheffield was dismissed July 21 as director of Woman's Prison. Pris ons Advisory Council members Mrs. J. M. Broughton and Mrs. Kate Burr Johnson criticized the dismissal and urged reinstatement.
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Hig
A. H. Graham
Ronie Sheffield
Miss Sheffield
Woman's Prison
Graham
Fay
Chester Davis
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
Sheffied
Concord Beer Referendum Ruled Legal
The North Carolina ABC Board ruled the 1949 Concord beer referendum was legal though it rejected Hugh Tucker of Concord who sought a beer sale permit. The board cited timing after the April 12 1949 vote as grounds but said the application met state requirements and Tucker may pursue court action.
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Raleigh
ABC Board
Concord
Hugh Tucker
Tucker
Asst
Claude Love
Concord City
Vinson Swears In Ike and Truman at Memorial Service
Washington memory of Chief Justice Vinson centers on two men sworn into the presidency by him. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S Truman recall the jurist as he presided over their oaths.
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Washington
Fred M. Vinson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry Sman
Vinson
First the Keys And Then the Car
Corpus Christi Texas police report thefts at Henson Motor Co where ignition keys were stolen from a new car on the sales lot. On Wednesday the thief returned and stole the car.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Henson Motor Co
Liquid Fertilizer Hearing Postponed By State Board
Raleigh reports the State Board of Agriculture postponed the liquid fertilizer hearing from Sept. 14 to Oct. 19 to allow attendance at a national industry conference in Chicago. The board will still meet Sept. 14 and hear public comment on seed regulations and a dairy labeling dispute.
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Raleigh
State Board of Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
Chicago
Ballentine
Board of Agriculture
George Coble
Lexington
Coble Dairy Products Inc
Kinsey Sex Study Book Selling Fast Across Nation
Book dealers report brisk sales of Alfred Kinsey's Sexual Behavior of the Human Female at $8 despite criticism from three weeks earlier. Interest runs heavy among women and men. autographed copies sold in Bloomington Indiana. some stores keep the book off shelves amid regional bans.
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New York
Alfred C. Kinsey
St. Louis
Wton
D.C
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Kinsey
J. O
Thompson to Stand Trial in New York for Contempt
Communist Party leader Robert G. Thompson to be brought to New York to face contempt of court charges for failing to surrender to serve his Smith Act sentence. Federal Judge Edward A. Conger signed an order to remove Thompson from Alcatraz after his capture in a California mountain hideaway.
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New York
Robert G. Thompson
Ederal
Edward A. Conger
Thompson
Alcatraz
Sonora
Califpson
United States
The Major Mystery of a Missing Korean War Hero
Pulitzer winner Don Whitehead recounts the fate of Major William Thomas McDaniel of North Carolina and Georgia, captured in Korea, believed dead on a 1950 death march after guards executed prisoners at a train stop. His wife Helen, living in Williamsburg, holds on to any word as their sons grow.
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Don Whitehead
Korea
Seoul
Conind Octane Tae
Soners
William Thomas McDaniel
Ahoskie
N. C
Albany
Camp Haugen
Honshu
Japan
West Point
Helen
McDaniel
24Th
North Carolina
William Dean
Taejon
Genan
hencDaniel
Sunchon
North Korea
Esca
Garbage workers deemed more dangerous than police or firefighters
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters quotes 1949 figures from the Department of Labor showing injuries per million man hours of 27.5 in fire departments, 32.1 in police, and 63.2 in sanitation, arguing garbagemen face higher risk.
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New York
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Department of Labor
King Hussein Arrives in London for Sinus Consultation
King Hussein arrives in London with the queen mother and two brothers. He plans to consult a London specialist on his sinus trouble.
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King Hussein
London
Ee Nes Saenente
All in the Family Ends in Seattle Assault Complaint
Mrs. Roger Martin of Seattle signed an assault complaint against her husband after an argument in Ellensburg Washington. He paid a $100 fine.
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Ellensburg
Wash
Roger Martin
Seattle
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