Southern relocation costs erode South's labor advantage
A Chicago consultant in Harvard Business Review cautions Northern manufacturers that Southern cost advantages are narrowing as labor costs rise and productivity falters. The survey notes higher Southern clerical pay, rising housing and infrastructure needs, and several tax and insurance indices edging toward Northern levels.
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Chicago
Harvard Business Review
John O. Tomb
McKinsey & Co
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Buffalo
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Adenauer Urges Western Strength To Persist In Cold War
Bonn Chancellor Konrad Adenauer told 244 Christian Democratic lawmakers that Soviet Russia will drop the cold war when it sees the West cannot be beaten and its security is not threatened. He stressed maintaining the present policy of strength and closer cooperation with free nations. He also urged labor unions to pursue neutral political action and warned against splitting the federation over pro Socialist leadership.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet
Russia
Christian Democratic Party
Adenauer
Free Nations
Dr. Adenauer
West Germany
Feder
Fifteen Year Old Killer Put On Probation
Fifteen year old Robert Laverick was placed on probation for six years after pleading guilty to killing 16 year old Dale Weaver in a West Elizabeth clubhouse. Judge A A Nelson ordered supervision by the Pennsylvania Parole Board with support from Rev Paul Pullen and teacher Marie Barone.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Laverick
Chum
A. A. Nelson
Pennsylvania Parole Board
Paul Pullen
West Elizabeth Methodist Church
Marie Barone
Clairton High School
Young Laverick
Dale Weaver
Arleston
S. C
Dale
Weaver
West Elizabeth
Nelson
Robert
Keel Laid for World’s Second Atomic Sub Sea Wolf
The keel for the Sea Wolf, the world’s second atomic submarine, was laid in Groton with Navy Secretary Robert S. Anderson noting its ability to travel underwater for thousands of miles at over 20 knots. The Sea Wolf will be built alongside USS Nautilus and launched in 1955. Anderson said the vessels herald a new era in naval warfare and propulsion.
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Groton
Christmas Homecoming for Repatriated POW Bradford
Sgt Henry Bradford, Southern Pines only repatriated Korea War prisoner, returns after three years in Red prison camps. About 1,100 residents greet him at a tree lighting ceremony with bands from Southern Pines High School and Ft Bragg. Brig Gen William Gross speaks. retired Brig Gen Earson Menoher attends.
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Southern Pines
N. C
Henry Bradford
Bradford
San Francisco
18Th Corps
Ft. Bragg
William Gross
Poiesman
Earson Menoher
24Th Infantry Division
Bardford
Korea
Menoher
Third Artery Improves Hearts Say Montreal Surgeon
Dr. Arthur M. Vineberg of Montreal told an International College of Surgeons meeting that a third artery transplant can revive weak hearts. He cited eight of nine patients in three years recovering enough to resume full time work, with suitability for active patients only.
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New York
Arthur M. Vineberg
Montreal
International College of Surgeons
Vineberg
McGill University Medical Pool
Brush Country
Democrats Attack Eisenhower Farm Policy in Congress Talk
Delegates accuse the Eisenhower administration of breaking farm pledges and predict a Democratic gain in Congress next year. Senator Anderson and Wickard condemn price support cuts while Stevenson plans a nationwide review and meets with Eisenhower.
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Chicago
Eisenhower
Congress
Sen. Anderson
Charlies F. Brannan
Claude Wickard
Nation
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Stevenson
U. S
Anderson
Brasnap
Eisen
Ecafney
Wickard
Olin D. Johnston
General Assembly Opens as Russia and West Clash at UN
At the United Nations in New York the General Assembly opened its eighth annual session with debates over Korea and Red China seating. Western delegates expect to sidetrack the Chinese question for now and favor a negotiated Korean peace conference rather than a round table. Andrei Vishinsky was expected to raise the issues early while elections for Assembly officers and committee chairs dominated today’s agenda. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit faced competing bids for president as Thailand’s Wan Waithayakon also remained in the race.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
U.N. General Assembly
Korea
World Organization
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Assembly
India
Nehru
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Prince Wan Waithayakon
Thailand
Mrs Pandit
United States
Fifth Hurricane Edna Forms Far Off Miami Coast
The season's fifth hurricane with 115 mph winds formed in the Atlantic about 930 miles east southeast of Miami. Edna was centered roughly 200 miles north northwest of Juan, Puerto Rico, moving west-northwest. Earlier advisories placed winds up to 69 mph in the southeast quadrant with the storm expected to strengthen to hurricane force during the morning.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Edna
Juan
Puerto Rico
Miami Weatherau
San Juan
Reds Fight For Red River Delta In Indochinese War
Viet Minh forces launched a fall offensive in northern Viet Nam and Laos aiming to seize the Red River delta ahead of promised U.S. aid. Rebels overran four French outposts but failed to hold them, French forces retook the forts, and Cambodia faced U.S. pressure over its stance.
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Red River Delta
Hanoi
Indochina
Red River
Viet Nam
Laos
U.S. Senate
William F. Knowland
Cambodia
Knowland
Pnom Penh
Saigon
Nord Hungyen
Tony
Reds Close In On Oatis As AP Employe Disappears
In 1951 Prague a police killing triggered a string of events. Hana Svobodova sought her missing translator husband Thomas Svoboda, last seen with a quiet man near Charles Square. Oatis recalls the day as he suspected Svoboda was seized by the secret police.
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Oatis
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Charles Square
Hana Svobodova
Thomas Svobodova
The
Stry of Information
Svoboda
Graham Promises Statement on Sheffield Prison Headrow
Raleigh highway chairman A H Graham pledged to issue a statement this afternoon over the dismissal of Ronie Sheffield as head of the Woman's Prison. Sheffield said she wrote Graham seeking a conference. Gov Umstead advised talking with Bailey and Graham first. Bailey, now director, declined comment on the case.
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Raleigh
A. H. Graham
Ronie Sheffield
Woman's Prison
Graham
Miss Sheffield
Prisons Advisory Council
Gov. Umstead
William F. Bailey
Bailey
Missheffield
White House Calls Stevenson Speech Sound and Fury
White House spokesman James Hagerty labels Adlai Stevenson’s Chicago address as sound and fury, quotable as Shakespearean signifying nothing. Stevenson plans to brief President Eisenhower on his world tour after returning to Washington.
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Colo
White House
Adlai Stevenson
James ©. Hagerty
Chicago
Hagerty
Shakespeare
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Washington
Hodges Advocates New Industries for North Carolina
Lt. Gov. Luther H. Hodges told an industrial forum in Statesville that North Carolina must attract new industries to offset population growth and raise the state’s low per capita income. P. S. Howe Jr. of American Thread praised NC workers and cited plant locations, while Hanes and Hodges stressed that public services would not be cut to lure industry. The event drew 500-plus attendees from 15 counties, the forum’s fourth in a 10 part series.
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Statesville
N.C
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
New York
Hodges
Robert M. Hanes
Winston-Salem
Hanes
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Benson Urges Slow Selling of Cotton
Secretary of Agriculture Benson asks cotton farmers to curb selling during the harvest to prevent price drops. He notes storage under government price support loans as a path to avoid orderly marketing of the 15 million bale crop. Brannan made a similar appeal last year and stored nearly 2.5 million bales.
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Washington
Benson
Benton
Charles F. Brannan
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