Wilkins Urges Research At North Carolina Heart Meet
Dr. Robert W. Wilkins of Boston University School of Medicine urged expanded research on diet and new drugs to cut heart disease deaths at the North Carolina Heart Association annual meeting in Asheville. He cited hardening of the arteries as a key factor and noted higher disease rates in better nourished countries, with Japan's rate about one tenth of the U.S. average.
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Asheville
Robert W. Wilkins
Boston University School of Medicine
American Heart Assn
North Carolina Heart Assn
Wilkins
Dr. Wilkins
Japan
Smith Speaks At Y Club Meet Tuesday
Fred Smith of Cincinnati speaks at the YMCA Industrial Management Club meeting designated as Top Management Night with 33 companies represented. Gilbert M. Ross presides. Rev. William P. Price delivers the Thought for the Day. Smith’s career spans from mill worker to executive roles and his own consulting firm.
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Ymca Industrial Management Club
Fred Smith
Cincinnati
Gilbert M. Ross
William P. Price
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Smith
South
General Shoe Corp
Powell Valve Company
Gruen Watch Company
Tennessee
Hawaii
Canada
Holt McPherson
YMCA
Paul Justice
William Petree
Zaph Rochelle
Ralph Gurley
Reitzel Morgan
J. W. Snotherly
Charles McNary
Neil Austin
Reuther Urges Labor To Defeat Eisenhower In 1956 Campaign
Walter Reuther urged unions to back Adlai Stevenson over Dwight Eisenhower, accusing the GOP of failures in foreign policy and domestic leadership. He criticized Dulles and pledged labor support at a large UAW conference, with ballots showing Stevenson endorsements among delegates and staff.
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Detroit
Walter Reuther
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
United Auto Workers
UAW
Reuther
Fortign
State Dulles
Nasser Spoon
Egypt
Dulles
Nasser
United States
Stevenson-Kefauver
Eisenhower-Nixon
Joe Smith
Union
Stevenson
Chicago
Afl-Cio General Executive Board
Fight Some Advises Couple Wed 70 Years
NEWCASTLE Maine Sept 15 Today marks the 70th wedding anniversary of Mr and Mrs Charles F Dodge married in Park St Church Boston in 1886 Dodge is 91 and his wife 90 Their advice for a happy marriage Be happy as much as you can and have a little row once in a while The couple live alone with passive family presence and Dodge serves as cemetery caretaker for 47 years while Mrs Dodge shops and cleans daily They have two daughters three grandchildren and two great grandchildren
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Newcastle
Maine
Charles F. Dodge
Park St
Boston
Dodge
Harold J. Ockenga
Mrs. Dodge
Dodges
Truman Demands Hall Pay Up Over Traitour Remark
Former President Truman releases a letter urging Leonard W. Hall to donate 1000 to the Korean Red Cross after confirming Nixon called Truman a traitor during the 1952 campaign. The dispute centers on Nixon’s remarks reported in October 1952.
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Truman
Leonard Hall
Kansas City
Uarry S. Truman
Leonard W. Hall
Republican National Committee
Korean Red Cross
Hall
Richard Nixon
Red Cross
Korea
Harry S. Truman
Associated Press
Nixon
Texarkana
Dean Acheson
Adlai Stevenson
Fteal
Achson Dienne Et Sates
Rival's Ring Hocked, Lad Goes To Jail
Des Moines report: James Jenkins age 19 begins an 11 day jail term for pawning an engagement ring given to Mildred Darrah 17 by a rival. Darrah testified she dated Jenkins before receiving the ring from Larry Steele 18 now in Korea. Jenkins admitted pawning the ring for 4 dollars.
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Des Moines
James Jenkins
Mildred Darrah
Miss Darrah
Jenkins
Harry Grand
Larry Steele
Korea
Woman Dies After Bicyclist Strikes Pedestrian
An autopsy in Gastonia North Carolina found that 62 year old Anna Floyd died from cerebral bleeding after being struck by a bicycle ridden by 13 year old Luther Shields Jr a newspaper carrier as she attempted to cross a main Gastonia street.
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Gastonia
N.C
Roy Short
Anna Floyd
Short
Luther Shields Jr
Shields
Polio Strikes Six Green Children in Two Weeks
Six of eight Green children from La Crosse Wisconsin have been hospitalized with paralytic polio over two weeks. None had Salk vaccine. Gerald ten Monica twelve Erma fourteen Julian sixteen Arlyn eighteen Neal twenty are patients at St Francis Hospital with Neal in an iron lung. Monica is able to move with a paralyzed left leg.
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Lacrosse
Wis
Richard Green
Gerald
Monica
Erma
Julian
Arlyn
Neal
St. Francis Hospital
Vote Indicates Strong Segregation Feelings
Raleigh reporters summarize the September 8 constitutional amendment vote on the Pearsall plan. Thomas J. Pearsall and six state leaders discuss the outcome, noting supporters and opponents and urging local choice while stressing no intent to force school closures to prevent racial mixing.
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Tom Pearsall
Raleigh
Thomas J. Pearsall
Pearsall
News and Observer
Col
W. T. Joyner
W. Frank Taylor
Goldsboro
Paul Green
Chapel Hill
R. Mayne Albright
Irving Carlyle
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Bank Debits Rise Across Carolinas in August
The Federal Reserve reports that debit activity in 12 Carolinas cities rose from August 1955 to August 1956. Spartanburg led with a 20 percent gain, and Winston-Salem posted the largest North Carolina increase at 17 percent, with August debits totaling 207,853,000. Other NC cities show varying gains and some declines like Wilson and Kinston.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Federal Reserve Bank
Spartanburg
S.C
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Asheville
Durham
Greensboro
High Point
Raleigh
Wilmington
Wilson
Kinston
Paratrooper saved by buddy vows to jump again
At Fort Bragg a paratrooper Leon Peine credits Sp 3C D. Busch of Albuquerque with saving his life when his parachute failed to open during a jump. Peine, injured with fractured pelvis, expects to recover in months but plans to jump again by year end. His sister Ann Thornhill traveled from Houston to thank Busch and the rescuers.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Leon L. Peine
Bellaire
Tex
Penne
Ann Thornhill
Houston
D. Busch
Albuquerque
Ft. Bragg Army Hospital
Busch
Pine
Peine
Witchcraft slows progress of Baganda in Uganda
In central Uganda the Baganda, about two million people, blend modern life with witch doctors or mganga who influence cases like a Masaka wedding disappearance. A plantation owner accused of abducting two girls was not convicted due to lack of witness testimony, while spirits and witchcraft remain intertwined with local medicine and social life.
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Mganga
Masaka
Firikisi Faka
Faka
Baganda
Princess Grace at Atlantic City Races Picks Two Winners
Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III attended the Atlantic City races drawing thousands who eyed the royal pair. The princess wore a grey suit and red fur hat and claimed two winners though she did not win overall. The couple stayed at the Kellys summer home in Ocean City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Grace Kelly
Princess of
Monaco
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Grace
John B. Kelly Sr
Ocean City
Miss America Marian Ann McKnight to Appear on Steve Allen Show
Marian Ann McKnight South Carolina's Miss America will appear on the nationally televised Steve Allen show tomorrow night The program is set to begin at 7 p m and will air on NBC from Charlotte
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Charlotte
Marian Ann McKnight
South Carolina
Steve Allen
NBC
Rowan Sheriff Charged in $315000 False Arrest Suit
Army private Herbert E. Hoffman of Indianapolis files a $315,000 suit in Cabarrus County naming Rowan Sheriff Arthur J. Shuping and National Surety Co. as defendants alleging false arrest and imprisonment after Hoffman was cleared of murder in the Helen Barnes case. Hoffman seeks $165,000 actual damages and $140,000 punitive, with a 20 day extension granted to file official papers. Hoffman, father of two, is in the Army and from Kannapolis.
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Concord
Arthur J. Shuping
Rowan County
Cabarrus County
D. Ray McEachern
Herbert E. Hoffman
Kannapolis
Hoffman
Helen Barnes
Landis
Rowan Superior Court
U.S
Salisbury
McEachern
National Surety Co
Shuping
C M. Llewellyn
Anne Llewellyn Green
Bedford W. Black
Kannapoli
Kentucky Town Seeks Guard Ban Over School Integration
The Kentucky town faces a clash over desegregation as 500 guardsmen may remain at Clay while authorities seek a school board decision. Governor Chandler aims to act through channels to obtain the board’s report. the board convened after an attorney general opinion questioned the legality of Negro students attending Clay. Williams says escorts will continue Monday, and principal Irene Towell vows the school will stay open as long as directed by the county board of education.
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Clark
Martin
Dixon
Kentucky
Jo M. Ferguson
Clay
Williams
Chandler
Irene Towell
Board of Education
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