State Arguments Open In Emmett Till Case
Sumner Mississippi final state arguments begin as Judge Swango allows both sides to finish their cases. Prosecutor Gerald Chatham denounces the slaying as cowardly and urges conviction of Roy Bryant and John Milam. Defense rests after presenting character witnesses. jury to hear state summation next.
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Sumner, Miss
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Bryant
Milam
Emmett L. Till
Chicago
Carolyn
Sumner
Miss
Gerald Chatham
Emmett Till
Nanna Ha
Mississippi Delta
Chatham
John W. Milam
Mose Wright
Cottonfield
Winnae
Oy Bryant
Circuit
Curtis Swango
Mississippi
Old Belt Prices Lower in Opening 1955 Flue-Cured Sale
The North Carolina Virginia Old Belt opened the 1955 flue-cured tobacco season with an estimated opening day average of 50 to 54 dollars per 100 pounds. Volume was heavy as East Coast belt regions posted price declines from 1954, with totals by state showing South Carolina 2,354,568 pounds at 50.58 and North Carolina 3,604,442 pounds at 53.91. Principal leaf grades varied, with some categories rising and others slipping compared with last year.
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Associated Press
North Carolina-Virginia
Old Belt
E Stabilization Corp
U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
South Carolina
Lonardi Enters Buenos Aires in Victory Parade
Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi arrives in Buenos Aires to assume provisional leadership for the rebels. A guarded airfield crowd cheers as Lonardi, in green field uniform, begins the five mile drive into the capital amid banners and music.
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Peron
Paraguay
River Plate
Lonardi
Adm
Isaac Rojas
Leonides Forcher
Molotov urges immediate cuts in forces and bases at UN
Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov urged Western powers to reduce armed forces and liquidate foreign bases without waiting for a disarmament accord. He also backed studying Eisenhower open sky proposals and highlighted Soviet force reductions and Porkkala surrender to Finland.
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United Nations
N.Y
V. M. Molotov
Eisenhower to disclose Bulganin note on disarmament plan
President Eisenhower prepared to publish Bulganin’s personal note on mutual aerial inspection and swapping of military blueprints. Aide briefings said Bulganin’s three point reply touched on disarmament steps, atomic weapons renunciation, and applicability to all bases. The president was drafting a public reply and returning to Denver after a Fraser ranch trip.
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Fraser
Colo
Eisenhower
Nikolai Bulganin
Denver White House
Kremlin
V. M. ‘Molotov
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Bulganin
Bulgarin
Geneva
United States
Russia
Wash
Washington
U.N. Disarmament
Soviet Union
U.S
Germany
Denver
Aksel Nielsen
Federal aid to eastern NC hurricane areas urged
President Eisenhower directs full use of federal resources to aid eastern North Carolina after Hurricanes Connie Diane and Iane. Val Peterson and True Morse visit Raleigh for briefings with Gov Hodges and lawmakers on crop losses over 130 million dollars and urgent farm relief.
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Raleigh
Eisenhower
North Carolina
Val .Peterson
Hodges
True D. Morse
Connie
Diane
Iane
Sam J. Ervin
W. Kerr Scott
Morse
Peterson
French Ministers Arrive for High Level Talks in New York
French Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay landed in New York to meet U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and British Foreign Minister Harold Macmillan. They will confer informally next Monday then hold formal talks over the following two days. Pinay aims to participate in UN duties while keeping his visit brief due to France’s urgent issues and hopes to speak in Detroit about U S automation. Also aboard He de France with Pinay is Maurice Chevalier the singer who plans a Broadway show television appearance and a film.
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U.N. Assembly
Russia
Eisenhower
U.S
Tain
France
Molotov
Porkkala
Finland
R.G. Casey
Moscow
Casey
Bulganin
State Dulles
U. S
Dulles
Free World
U. N
Assembly
Geneva
Algeria
United States
Britain
New Zealand
Norway
Chile
Luxembourg
Haiti
Soviet Union
Poland
Mexico
Egypt
Thailand
China
Ethiopia
Greece
Cypprus
Cyprus
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Morocco
Tunisia
Lodge
New York
Antoine Pinay
John Foster Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Pinay
United Nations
Detroit
Maurice Chevalier
Chevalier
Lonardi Says Peron Must Be Barred From Damaging Argentina
Provisional President Eduardo Lonardi stated the new government seeks to block Juan Peron from causing further harm. Peron seeks asylum aboard a Paraguayan gunboat in Buenos Aires harbor under Latin asylum treaties, with charges against him potentially denying safe conduct. Lonardi said if brought to justice Peron will defend himself like any citizen and a new constitutional president and congress could be elected soon.
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Buenos Aires
Eduardo Lonardi
Argentina
Palermo
Lonardi
Cordoba
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Argentine
Juan Peron
Congress
California Baby Kidnapping Probe Expands To San Jose
The nationwide search for baby Robert Marcus centered again in San Jose California after a potential Atlantic City link raised hopes of a match. FBI checks on footprints were planned as police, fire and civil service personnel canvassed Willow Glen for a 35 to 40 year old blond woman seen with a baby. A hoax ransom note added pressure to the already tense case.
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San Francisco
Robert Marcus
San Jose
Calif
Atlantic City
N. J. Rose
Sanford Marcus
Robert
Mt. Zion Hospital
Marcus
Hanna
Meine Press
City
Emanual Harrison Nickman
St. Nicholas Catholic Church
Robert Robert
FBI
Washington
Aiees
Brenay
Willow Glen
Here
Ray Blackmore
End Seen For Farm Decline
Washington economists predict farm prices will decline little this year as crop outputs rise. Price drops reflect record production with overall farm income still strong, while a bipartisan commission weighs temporary aid and a flexible price system to bolster farmers.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Eisenhower
Federal Reserve Board
National Agricultural Advisory Commission
Benson
Bipartisan Commission
Commission
Marketing Service
Janet Janet Hurricane Destruction Hits Barbados Caribbean Sea
Hurricane Janet with 115 mph winds devastates Barbados leaving over 100 dead and thousands homeless. Communications down, emergency declared across Barbados, while observers track path toward Grenadines and central Caribbean as storm nears St Vincent and Puerto Rico. A hurricane hunter confirms intensity and course amid rough seas and forecasts.
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Miami
Fla
Janet
Caribbean Sea
Barbados
Bridgetown
British Island
St. Vincent
Grenadines
Gordon Dunn
Central Caribbean
Windward Islands
Chain
Puerto Rico
San Juan
Report On Missing Diplomats Will Be Made Public
London The Eden government will publish a full report tonight on the Burgess and Maclean spy case. The Foreign Office will circulate a 3000 word White Paper detailing the diplomats contacts with the Russians and their disappearance behind the Iron Curtain in May 1951.
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London
Eden
Guy Burgess
Donald Maclean
Foreign Office
Tron
Burgess‘Maclean
Americans Board Shanghai Ship Amid China Detention Talks
U S consular officials say two American civilians detained in China boarded a ship at Shanghai. Four more are expected to leave by ship within two weeks as part of a broader Geneva release pattern. Names include Emma Angelina Barry and Robert Howard Parker with others from Boston, Walcott, Wis., and Houston.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Shanghai
U. S
China
Reds
Geneva
Robert Ayward
Emma Angelina Barry
Robert Howard Parker
Old Philadelphia
Porn Sinessman
Hong
Emma
Parker
Eva Stella Dugay
Boston
Theresa
Marcella Eileen Huizer
Walcott
Ind
Surat
Howard L. Ricks
Boscobel
Wis
Huzier
Dismus T. ‘Kanady
Houston Cottonman
Kanady
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Ike
Thomas H. Goodman
Southern Regional CD
Edward Griffin
L. Y. Ballentine
Ballentine
K. L. Scott
Agricultural Credit Services
Agriculture Secretary
Baby
California
Caribbean
Grenadine Group
Cuba
Republic
Panama Canal
Bogota
Colombia
San Juan Virginis
Atlantic
Trinidad
Martinique
Georgetown
Carribbean Sea
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