Resolutions Adopted At Western NC Methodist Conference
Two resolutions addressing pastoral consultation and rotation plans for church boards were adopted by delegates of the Western North Carolina Methodist annual conference. Rev. Harry Williams urged defining consultation, and the rules committee was tasked to draft a rotation plan for board members. Bishop Roy Short discussed growth and retention, while World Peace reports praised Bishop Oxnam and urged unity in peace efforts.
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Harry Williams
Rutherfordton
Judicial Council
Williams
General Conference
Conference Rules Committee
Guy Weaver
Asheville
Western North Carolina
the Methodist Church
March of Methodism
Board of Evangelism
Roy Short
Nashville
Committee On World Peace
G. Bromley Oxnam
Oxnam
Charles F. Boss Jr
General Board of World Peace
Counterfeiting Proliferates as Prisons See Many Perpetrators
A compact note states that numerous counterfeiters exist with many ways to earn money and prisons crowded with offenders. It reflects on the broad reach of fake currency schemes and the ongoing challenge of law enforcement.
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Enne
Wiley Opposes National Sales Tax in Green Bay
Sen Wiley of Wisconsin argues a national sales tax would be rejected by Congress and warns the Eisenhower administration would risk its political fate by proposing such a tax. He notes talk of cutting military spending and cites Treasury moves toward revenue options while eight billion dollars in automatic tax law changes loom next year.
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Green Bay
Wis
Sen
Wiley
United States
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Green Bay Rotary Club
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
The
Treasury
United States Withdraws MIG 15 Reward Offer
General Clark announced during armistice talks that the U S Far East Command withdraws its $50,000 reward for undamaged MIGs brought to the U S side. The plan to return the MIG to its rightful owner remains, with the issue of the pilot’s payment unresolved.
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Washington
United States
Far East Command
United States of America
Dulles presses closer AFL ties to fight Communist myth
Secretary of State Dulles urged a closer partnership with the AFL in a world wide drive to explode the Communist myth of a worker rise under Soviet rule. He charged Russian labor undercounts and unions in the Communist world serve as a state tool rather than true labor representation.
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ST. Louis
Dulles
Eleinent
American Federation of Labor
Reds
AFL
Russia
United States
Indochina
Mossadegh
Iran
Britain
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Jes
Court Puts Mayor Out of a Job
Gastonia North Carolina Mayor Harrelson Yancey, an architectural designer by trade, is removed from office after a court action by the North Carolina Board of Architectural Examiners. He did not contest a temporary restraining order and acknowledged handling work over twenty thousand dollars, the board’s threshold for unregistered designers.
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Gastonia
N. C
Harrelson Yancey
North Carolina Board of Architectural Examiners
Ofce
Yancey
State Board
Woman seeks brother in Guilford County Jail
In Greensboro, a woman visits Guilford County Jail asking to see her brother. When asked for his name she admits she does not know it, explaining she has been married since last visiting him. Jail staff, including trailer J. B. Lucas, inquire for clarification.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Jail
Trailer J. B
Cas
Lunes
Reds Hand Over 359 POWs to Indian Custody
Panmunjom report says 359 war prisoners including 23 Americans and 1 Briton, plus 335 South Koreans, pledged to stay behind the Iron Curtain per Reds. Prisoners rode in Russian trucks singing the Internationale as they were turned over to Indian troops in the DMZ.
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Panmunjom
U. S
Demilitarized Zone
Here
Wilfred Burchett
U. S. Army
Reds
Kaesong
Mie
Paenanuua
National Security Council Holds Secret Three Hour Meeting
Washington reports the National Security Council met for three hours to discuss defending the American continent amid hydrogen bomb progress. The session remained secret with no disclosed decisions. The White House and Defense Department pushed a new defense posture and military restructuring for the coming fiscal year as nuclear threats rise.
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Washington
National Security Council
Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff
America
White House
Defense Department
Eisenhower
Armed Services
Continental
Defense Wilson
Fense Department
Russia
United States
North American
Tea Takes On New Importance at White House Tea
Washington D C The Supreme Court vacancy adds gravity to the White House tea as 11 senior circuit judges attend with Attorney General Brownell and Chief Justice Hugo L Black This gathering fuels speculation about Vinson successor targets including Orie L Phillips and John J Parker within the annual judges conference context.
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Washington V
Supreme Court
White House
Circuit Court
Gen. Brownell
Hugo L. Black
Fred M. Vinson
Orie L. Phillips
Denver
10Th Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Fourth
Negotiation of Quarrels Requested at United Nations
Britain welcomed moderation in Soviet policy and urged step by step talks with Moscow on Germany Korea and Austria at the United Nations General Assembly. Lloyd urged progress on Germany and backed a Lugano foreign ministers conference to set free elections while cautions on neutrals and Korea debates.
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United Nations
Britain
Stalin
Soviet Union
Germany
Korea
Selwyn Lloyd
U. N. General Assembly
United States
Lloyd
John Foster Dulles
Churchill
Georgi Malenkov
Moscow
Netherlands
J. M. A. H. Luns
Russia
Austria
Kremlin
France
Lugano
Switzerland
East
West Germany
Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
U.N
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
South Korea
India
Turkey
Greece
Poland
Yugosia
Czechoslovakia
Stars Gamble Again With Matrimony
Rita Hayworth and Dick Haymes plan a simple five minute ceremony at the Sands in Las Vegas officiated by District Judge Same MacName2. Only their invited associates and two daughters Beth Haymes will attend as photographers and reporters outnumber guests. The couple says Hayworth will split time East and Hollywood while Haymes moves into her Sands suite after the ceremony.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Room of the Sands
Jack Entratter
the Sands
Beth Haymes
Rita
Nevada
Greenwich
Conn
East
Miss Hayworth
East Coast
Hollywood
Generally Fair Weather In Prospect
The outlook shows generally fair weather across the nation with two light rain areas in the Great Lakes and Florida. Florida and southern Georgia had heavier showers yesterday with Jacksonville over two inches and Miami above one inch. Northern readings linger near freezing in New England while Gulf states reach around 70s. Temperatures range from 60s near the Great Lakes to mid 90s in Texas and over 100 in Presidio and Yuma. the high reaches 105 at Gila Bend and Yuma.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Jacksonville
Miami
New England
Gulf Coast
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Amarillo
Tex
Presidio
Gila Bend
Ariz
Yuma
Tar Heel Truck Driver Thankful
A North Carolina truck driver, V. Rigaud of Asheboro, faces a long recovery after a furniture truck crash near Belleville Illinois. He survived due to blood donations from local residents. 64 pints were given. He now leaves for Duke University Medical Center for grafting surgery, in stable condition.
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Belleville
Ill
North Carolina
Duke University
Rigaud
Durham Center
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Wadesboro
Edwin L
Eeeenee Sports
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Liz
MIG
Clark
Tokyo
Sai
Lee
Peiping
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Kaesong Wednesay
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