Rebels Hanged as Cyprus Strikes Enter Second Day
Three more Greek Cypriot rebels were hanged in Nicosia as labour unrest and anti British violence flared. The executions brought total to eight since the island began its anti rule campaign led by EOKA. Prisoners shouted long live EOKA and sang as the hangings occurred before 2 am. Governor Harding denied mercy pleas.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Britain
Mediterranean
Iceland
PEKA
Michael Koutsoftas
Andreas Panagides
Stelios Mavrommatis
Greece
Koutsoftas
Panagides
Royal Air Force
Mavrommatis
EOKA
John Harding
Belk Buys Part of Efird Stock in Historic Deal
Belk Stores purchases part of Efird Stores stock in what officials call the largest retail consolidation in the Carolinas. The move brings 50 Efird shops under Belk management while Efird stores continue to operate under their own name. Belk already runs a vast Southern chain and notes the deal could rival national retail milestones in scope.
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Charlotte
Efird
Belk Department Stores
John M. Belk
Belk Stores
J. B. Efird
Efird Stores
Carolinas
Belk
Virginia
William Henry Belk Sr
Sea
Martin Efird
Ex-High Pointer Held In Wave Of Forgeries
North Carolina couple Wesley Allen Woodell and Gloria Woodell were arrested in Shreveport on charges tied to a long-running forgery scheme. FBI and local officers tracked them after sightings on the agency’s wanted list. They used aliases, cashed $35 checks across Kentucky Tennessee Alabama and North Carolina. The pair faced 1951 warrants and 1953 federal indictments for illegal interstate transportation of stolen property.
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Shreveport
FBI
North Carolina
South
M. P. Chiles
New Orleans
Wesley Allen Woodell
High Point
N. C
Gloria
Boomer
Chiles
Kentucky
Tennessee
Alabama
Dren
Woodell
Salisbury
Albemarle
Methodists Back June Conference in 1957 Meeting
Western North Carolina Methodists voted to hold the 1957 conference in June rather than September. Centenary Church registered 1,237 ministers and lay delegates as debate focused on changing meeting time. The Rev. Wilson Weldon urged June, arguing September disrupts local church work and school moves for ministers’ families.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston - Salem
Weldon
Farmers Welcome President at Boone Iowa Rally
Busloads of Iowa farmers greeted President Eisenhower and Mamie as they traveled 60 miles from Des Moines to Mrs. Eisenhower's birthplace in Boone. Women cheered and five seconds of applause followed the presidential car, amid the corn belt of farm politics and price support debate.
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Boone
Iowa
Eisenhower
Ike
Mamie
Des Moines
Maty
Presia
Two Union Officials Arrested in Hotel Law Violation Case
Two Communications Workers of America officials John V. Walker and Charles Baker Carter were arrested at the Hotel Robert E. Lee in Winston-Salem on hotel law violations along with Ruth Inez Brooks and Lucille Oxendine. Bonds were set at 50 dollars each and the cases were continued to October 13. Police say Brooks arrived intoxicated and Walker escorted her to a room while arguing loudly.
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Winston-Salem
Communications Workers of America
Western Electric
John V. Walker
Charles Baker Carter
CWA
Greensboro
Western Electric Co
Ruth Inez Brooks
Cassell Sr
Lucille
North Cherry
Carter
Miss Oxendine
Robert Cahoon
Union
Lonnie H. Smith
Charles A. Bunce
Robert E. Lee
Miss Brooks
Walker
Gas Association to Elect Officers at Southeast Meet
Raleigh report on the 18th annual Southeastern Gas Association meeting notes discussions on industry problems and the election of new officers. Dr J H Lampe of North Carolina State College warned that demand for engineers remains high and that engineering schools need qualified teaching manpower. J D Pickard of Charlotte is noted as association president. A banquet will conclude the gathering.
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Raleigh
Southeastern Gas Assn
J. H. Lampe
North Carolina State College
Global experts map plan to approach United Nations over Suez crisis
London sources say 17 of 18 shipping powers agreed on timing and form of a UN approach to protect canal rights. CASCU to safeguard maritime interests, Pakistan abstained citing ultimatum fears, Japan opposed unless Cairo backs plan, US Secretary of State Dulles pleased with broad consensus.
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London
United Nations
Egypt
Karachi
Japan
Ethiopia
U. S
State Dulles
Washington
Tokyo
Mamoru Sigemitsu
Kyodo
Stevenson decries Ike half truths on nuclear tests
Adlai E Stevenson assails President Eisenhower for "half the facts" on the H bomb and global peace. He denounces the administration for not backing federal education aid amid a classroom shortage, speaking to cheering crowds in Silver Spring and Montgomery Blair High School.
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Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Aoss
Silver Spring
Africa
Middle East
Middle East.” Stevenson
Montgomery Blair High School
Princess Margaret Heads Five-Week Royal Tour to Indian Ocean
Princess Margaret sails from London for a five week official tour of British territories in the Indian Ocean and East Africa aboard the Britannia. She will visit Gibraltar Kano Entebbe Mombasa Mauritius Zanzibar Tanganyika and Kenya before returning to London October 25.
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Princess
British Territories
London
Margaret
Indian Ocean
East Africa
Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Balmoral Castle
Scotland
Peter Townsend
Africa
Alan Lennox- Boyd
Britain
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Kano
Sahara
Entebbe
Uganda
Mombasa
Kenya
Britannia
Mauritius
Madagascar
Zanzibar
Tanganyika
Queen Elizabeth I
Washington Probe Principal Says Negro Students Lag Behind
A Washington high school principal told House investigators that Negro students in his school lag behind whites scholastically even when backgrounds are similar. Cedric Reynolds of Calvin Coolidge High described lower test scores and multiple failures among 20 Negro students last year, while noting no overall rise in discipline since integration.
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Washington
Washington High School
House
Cedric Reynolds
Reynolds
Calvin Coolidge High School
Ruth E. Davis
Eastern High School
Davis
John Paul Collins
Collins
Rae Te Lord High ‘School
Bolshoi ballet tour to West canceled over Ponomareva case
The Bolshoi Ballet canceled its London premiere amid Soviet protests against Britain pursuing shoplifting charges against discus champion Nina Ponomareva. Izvestia published a two column letter from leading troupe members blaming political provocation.
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Moscow
Bolshoi Theater
London
West
Nina Ponomareva
Izvestia
Paris
Dien Bien Phu
Covent Garden Opera House
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Seattle
Wash
Stimson Bullitt
Dian
AP Oto
Belk Group
Ceno
Operat
Burr-Scott Stores
Ohio
Missouri
Stockholm
Brooklyn
Bethlehem Steel Co
Andrea Doria
Atlantic
Nantucket
Methodists
USN
Red Ballet
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