Word Expected In Few Days Probers Dispatch New Man To Unravel Beria Mystery
McCarthy subcommittee moves to verify a man claiming to be Lavrenty Beria. Investigators say a new agent will identify him within days, while skeptics doubt Beria escaped the Iron Curtain. Beria last seen in Moscow May 1 and rumors swirl of exile or execution.
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Senate
Beria
Russia
McCarthy
Subcommittee
United States
West
Moscow
Malenkov
Council of Ministers
Europe
Two Million Dollar Irish Sweepstakes Ticket Smuggling Case
Federal investigator in Wilmington New York probes a two million dollar Irish Sweepstakes ticket smuggling plot. Arrested are Joseph Merrick Hal Murphy and Myrtle Cates on possession of lottery material. Bond set at ten thousand dollars.
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Wilmington
N. Y
John J. Riley
Norfolk
Thomas Hunter
North Carolina
Riley
New Hanover
Joseph Eugene Merrick
Hal Murphy
Myrtle Jean Cates
Hunter
Marvin Register
Here
New York
Old Belt Tobacco Marts Open Today
North Carolina flue cured tobacco markets expect 55 to 56 a hundred pounds as the Old Belt begins its sales season. Nine NC markets and eleven Virginia markets will start, with Eastern Belt averages at 59.03 and Border Belt at 59.56 for last week.
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Raleigh
North Caroos
W. Phil Hedrick
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Mebane
Burlington
Greensboro
Roxboro
Reidsville
Stoneville
Madison
Winston-Salem
Mt. Airy
Virginia
Brookneal
Chase City
Clarksville
Danville
Kenbridge
Lawrenceville
Martinsville
Petersburg
Rocky Mount
South Boston
South Hill
Carolina
Border Belt
Dillon
Lamar
S. C
Fayetteville
N. C
Conway
Kingstree
Loris
Pamlico
8. C
Fair Bluff
South Carolina
Middle Belt
More Jobs Are Sought For Cardiacs
A campaign to hire more heart-affected workers was launched in Wrightsville Beach under the Cardiac in Industry program led by Dr. John G. Smith. The North Carolina Heart Association plans expansion through its local chapters as its 4th annual meeting wrapped with talks by two national heart specialists and new officers elected including Jerome T. Ilins and Dr. Lois Foote Stanford.
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Wrightsville Beach
John G. Smith
Rocky Mount
North Carolina Heart Association
State Heart Association
Jerome T. Ilins
Greensboro
Smith
George Cutter
Charlotte
Lois Foote Stanford
Durham
C. Glenn Sawyer
Winston-Salem
Rufus B. Crain
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester
N.Y
Frederick A. Whitehouse
American Heart Association
North Korean MIG 15 lands at Kimpo. $100000 reward active
A North Korean pilot landed a captured MIG 15 at Kimpo Air Base near Seoul, becoming the first such jet in Allied hands. The U N Command confirms the $100,000 reward remains in effect and the pilot may seek asylum. The incident prompted secrecy around the pilot and base security.
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Seoul
United States
North Korea
Kimpo
Korea
U.N
Tokyo
C. P. Weyland
Far East Air Forces
Weyland
Kimpo Air Base
Dary
Demilitarized Strip
Korean Peninsula
Don P. Hall
Kingsville
Tex
Ball
Drownings Laid To Inefficiency At Fort Bragg
The Army attributed the drowning of 20 soldiers on September 2 at Fort Bragg to improper operation of an overloaded assault pontoon boat. The incident, described as the worst non aerial training accident since World War II, involved non swimmers, panicked movement, and poor supervision. A board of eight officers examined 40 witnesses on a lake on the army reservation. the report was approved by Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Cleland and sent to Third Army headquarters.
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FT. Bragg
Army
Joseph T. Cleland
Third Army
Ft. McPherson
Soviet pushes for immediate ban on atomic and hydrogen weapons
At the United Nations Vishinsky called for an unconditional worldwide ban on atomic and hydrogen bombs with UN Security Council supervision. He urged immediate one third cuts by the Big Five and dismantling foreign bases, accusing the United States of stoking world tension and criticizing Western Germany policies.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
U. N
General Assembly
Andrei ¥. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United States
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
VA N
Stalin
Georgi Malenkov
Security Council
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
U. S
Egyptian Bigwigs Face New Charges Amid Roundup
Egypts provisional government widens probes as 14 figures linked to former monarchy face new charges while a three year transition period unfolds. Notable detainees include Karim Tabet and Nahas, with house arrest and asset refunds ordered.
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Egypt
Karim Tabet
Farouk
Ahmed el Nakib
el Mouassa Hospital
Tabet
Ismail Almiligy
Saadist Party
Abdel H
Saad Eldin el Sumbati
Mandouh Riad
Hamid Godo
Mahmoud Suleiman Gannam
Yolgenes
Wafdist Commerce Ministr
Nahas
Wafdis
Fom
Hafez Affifi
Ibrahim Abdel Hadi
Emier
Ibrahim Farag
Abbas Halim
Kalem el Kawish
Naguib
Zeinab
Eisenhower to address Boston Garden rally broadcast nationwide
President Eisenhower heads to Boston after a Springfield stop to deliver a major rally addressing GOP aims as he faces criticism from Stevenson and Truman. He plans a nationwide radio television broadcast with brief remarks on Republican goals amid Democratic attacks on postponement.
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Washington
Boston
Adlai E. Stevenson
Truman
Eisenhower
Colorado
Massachusetts
Springfield
Coliseum
Boston Garden
Mutual Radio
ABC Radio and Television
NBC
CBS
Chicago
Stevenson
America
Testimony Publicized By Probers
A North Carolina born former Communist testified before a Senate subcommittee that the University of North Carolina campus had a large Communist presence with professors at Duke University and several students. He named UNC professors Irving Erickson and Arnold Williams and described a secret printing operation near the campus funded by the Communist Party.
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Washington
North Carolina
Communist Party
Unikoy of
Paul Crouch
Moravian Falls
Wilkes County
Senate
Internal Security
Duke University
Durham
Crouch
Dertment of Justice Immigration Svice
Sylvia
University of North Carolina
Irving E. Erickson
Arnold Williams
Erickson
Augustus Adolphus College
Minnesota
Williams
Notre Dame University
U.N.C
Michigan State College
East Lansing
Monroe
Bureau
N.C
Englewood
Colo
Milton
Minna Abernethy
J. Peters
Alton Lawrence
Communist Party of North Carolina
Socialist Party of North Carolina
Plane Survivors Are Sought
The Coast Guard continued searching for seven missing crew after a B29 hurricane hunter crashed in the Atlantic. Fifteen survivors, including nine from a rescue plane damaged by rough seas, arrived in New York aboard the Nassau. Survivors Norman Prosser Paul L. Dion and Edwin H. Sischo were ferried to Charleston for treatment or transport.
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Charleston
Atlantic
Coast Guard
New York
Nassau
Aurora
Blackhaw
Air Force
Hunter Afb
Savannah
Kindley Field
Bermuda
Norman Prosser
Bruckner, Mo
Paul L. Dion
Boston, Mass
Edwin H. Sischo
Neillsville
Wis
Prosser
Charleston Navalospital
Dion
Airmen fight sharks for 22 hours in Atlantic crash tale
Two air force men survived 22 hours in the Atlantic after a B29 hurricane hunter crashed. They and six others were rescued aboard the Nassau while Coast Guard and rescue crews searched for seven more crewmen. Graybill and Henderson described using Mae West flotation and improvised punches to scare away sharks.
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New York
Air Force
Atlantic
Home Lines
Nassau
Charleston
Charles Graybill
Landsdowne
James B. Henderson
Flushing
Mich
Graybill
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Carroll D. Kearns
National Federation of Republican Women
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Lavrenty Beria
Kremlin
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Old Belt Tobacco
Enterprise
Cardiacs
UNC
Cipriano F. Guerra
Hall
Sabre
Air Police
O.k
Iron Curtain
Marek Korowicz
Ree
Korowicz
Krakow University
Poland
Sen. Welker
Idaho
United Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
South
Welker
CIO
Lawrence
Sischo
Seatrain
Georgia
Henderson
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