Air Force expands B-52 production and F-100 speed up
Washington reports the Air Force will expand B-52 bomber production at Boeing Wichita and raise monthly output while accelerating F-100 Super Sabre production. Air Secretary Talbott cites Russia's weapon progress and redirects about $500 million of recent savings to the B-52 program, with overall savings reaching $1.25 billion.
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Washington
Air Force
Strategic Air Command
Air
Harold E. Talbott
Boeing Airplane Company
Wichita, Kans
Talbott
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
White House
Russia
America
Pentagon
North American Aviation
Los Angeles
Embezzler Handed 3 To 5 Year Term
A 36 year old Thomasville man was sentenced to three to five years in Central Prison for selling a truckload of furniture while he had been hired to deliver it to New York. Charles Atwood faced embezzlement charges of $1 082.44 from McGee Upholstery Co. For other cases, Lawrence Corbett received 30 days on the roads for assault with a deadly weapon, and Lottie Belle Negro testified in a separate matter. Multiple defendants faced sentences for highway robbery, conspiracy, and related charges during the same court session.
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Thomasville
Superior Court
Central Prison
Charles Atwood
Susie Sharp
Criminal Court
Atwood
New York City
Here
New York
Lawrence Corbett
Ay Poveg
Lottie Belle
Negro
Corbett
Robinson
J Sharp
L. G. Key
Clyde Upholstery Co
High Point
Delores Kearns
William P. Mosteller
Harvey Ray Kech
Odell Gibson
Junior Tysinger
Edward R. Ruddell
Southern Pines
Ruddell
Kearns
Ruby Mae Evans
Roy Hedrick Jr
James Belvin Johnson
Douglas Derman Benfield
Cumaee D. Hunt
Stocks Edge Higher as Air Force Production Hints Lift Boeing
New York stocks rose fractionally early trading amid aircraft sector activity after the Air Force signaled expanded defense production, led by Boeing. Major gains showed in Boeing and North American while autos and steel also firmed. total volume around 280000 shares in the first hour.
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New York
Air Force
Boeing
Pacific Western Oil
American India Oil Co
Pacific Western
North American
Bendix Aviation
Lockheed
Bethlehem Steel
U. S. Steel
Republic Steel
General Motors
Commission Sworn In To Review Government Efficiency
A seven Republican five Democrat commission is sworn in to study government activity efficiency, with a May 31 1955 final report deadline. Sen McClellan urges include draft legislation or executive orders to present with findings. Members include Hoover Brownell Fleming Brown Hollister Mitchell and Kennedy.
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Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Commission
View One
Hoover
Gen
Brownell
Arthur S. Fleming
Defense Mobilization
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Sen. Ferguson
Michigan
Solomon Hollister
School of Civil Engineering
Cornell University
Sidney A. Mitchell
New York
Sen. McClellan
Rep
Holifield
California
Robert G. Storey
Dallas
Southern Methodist University Law School
James A. Farley
Joseph P. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Trouble At Home Warns About Child Safety
Mansfield Ohio report recalls National Safety Council advice that children under four face higher injury risk at home. Kuhli notes accidents can cause serious harm, urging extra precautions for households with young kids.
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Mansfield
Ohio
Igs Regal
Sien Kunst
National Safety Council
Junior
Kuhli
Allen County Deploys Mounted Special Deputies
Sheriff Cotterman forms a nine man troop of mounted special deputies to guard events in western Ohio. The volunteers wear black hats and Sam Browne belts, with deputies providing their own firearms, keeping county costs at zero.
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Lima
Ohio
Clay T. Cotterman
Allen County
Cotterman
Massena Fire Chief Fined for Parking by a Fire Plug
Massena New York Fire Chief Charles Smith was fined five dollars for parking in front of a fire plug. The citation notes the offense occurred while his car blocked access to the hydrant. The penalty was set at the maximum fine.
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Massena
N. Y
Charles Smith
Private Trade Will Handle Foreign Aid
Washington plans to use private trade channels to send up to 250 million dollars worth of goods abroad under foreign programs. Congress set a 100 to 250 million dollar range, with payments in local currencies used to advance aid objectives. Grain shipments, especially wheat, would begin, bought on open markets and financed via private exporters rather than direct government sales.
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Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Foreign Nations Administration
FDA
Schwingfest Highlight Of Ohio Swiss Festival
In Sugar Creek Ohio cheesemakers will attend Ohio Swiss Festival featuring a schwingfest where contestants wear reinforced canvas shorts and leather seams and attempt to pin opponents by swinging them by the shorts.
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Sugar Creek
Ohio
Perfect Attendance Honors Wynne Ross at Pleasant Garden Church
Wynne Ross has not missed a Sunday School class at Pleasant Garden Methodist Church for 1,352 Sundays and received recognition for his 26th perfect attendance year. The streak began in 1927 when he was a 12 year old Boy Scout after a teacher promised equipment if he attended weekly. The article also notes foreign duty pay for enlisted soldiers ranges from $8 to $122.50 monthly.
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Greensboro
Wynne Ross
Pleasant Garden Methodist Church
Ross
Durham trio to face trial on prostitution charges
Three defendants charged with violating Mann et al and Reaves Jr., an interior decorator from Danville, for bringing four girls from Danville to Durham to engage in prostitution. Mrs Lula Seymour, 39, is charged with conspiracy. Arrests dated Sept 4. Grant Purcell, 24, of Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in Chicago last week in the same case.
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Durham
Carpenter
Thomas F. Reaves Jr
Danville
Ham
Lula Seymour
James Seymour
FBI
Grant Purcell
Pennsylvania
Chicago
Duke Power official names executrix in will filing
C Marshall Seuideak of Duke Power named widow Bertha L. Marshall executrix and sole main beneficiary in his will filed for probate. The dated June 10 1948 document gives no estimate of the estate's worth.
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Arlotte
PE. C. Marshall Seuideak
Duke Power
Bertha L. Marshall
Yestery
Judge Refuses To Dismiss Murder Case
Mrs. John L. Crocker, 30, seeks dismissal of murder charges for shooting her husband in August 1952. Judge Burgwyn denies acquittal and the trial proceeds with jury selection from a 127 member venire. Special venue ordered due to widespread publicity in Wilson County.
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Wilson
Faison Thompson
Goldsboro
Superior Court
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Igwyn
Martin County
Burgwyn
Mornineen
Run Martin
M. W. Holloman
Edgecombe County
George M. Fountain
Wilson County
Kidnapers First Move in Bobby Greenlease Case
A nun at a chapel recalls Mrs Greenlease guiding Bobby toward a Ford after a drive from a drugstore parking lot. The boy, 38 to 40 inches tall and 53 pounds, has brown hair and eyes with a missing front tooth. The kidnapper was described as 5 feet 4 inches, about 135 pounds, in a dark skirt and white blouse with reddish hair. The taxi driver Walter Creech reported the scene and the boy’s questions about dogs and a parrot.
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Bobby
Creech
Kansas
Eisenhower expected to nominate Warren for Supreme Court
Washington sources say President Eisenhower will name Gov. Earl Warren of California as chief justice at a news conference tomorrow. Brownell pressed Warren after a Sacramento meeting while Vinson’s death left the court awaiting a successor with a fall term about to begin.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
United States
Warren
Sacramento
Calif
Oes
Herbert Brownell Jr
Brownell
Fred M. Vinson
Vinson
Supreme Court
White House
Labor
McCarthy Weds Jean Kerr in Stately Cathedral Ceremony
The wedding of McCarthy and Jean Kerr surprised friends as family and officials kept strict guest access inside the cathedral. The bride’s mother Mrs. Kerr watched from the front, with Wilbur A. Johnson escorting the bride. A police detail patrolled outside as admirers sent donations from Texas to fund a $5,000 black Cadillac for the couple’s Wisconsin honeymoon.
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McCarthy
William P. Kerr
Wilbur A. Johnson
Fanwood J .N
William
Chicago
Howard
Texas
Wisconsin
New Sort of Fish Comes From Mississippi
A Mississippi stream scare ends in a light note when a biologist tests the water after a report of pollution. Finding the stream clean, he questions the caller who confessed he baited a minnow on a line to see if the fish would die, implying pollution.
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Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Game and Fish Commission
Weather Report Notes Local Temperatures and Sun Times
Tonight's low 58, tomorrow's high 93. Today's high 90, last night's low 52. Sunset 6 07 pm, sunrise 6 14 am.
Weather Bureau records 24 hour temps and rainfall
Official Weather Bureau data lists temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending 7 30 a m across multiple cities including Asheville Atlanta Boston Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit High Point Jacksonville Little Rock Memphis Mobile Mt. Mitchell New Orleans New York Saint Antonio San Francisco Washington and others with high and low readings alongside rainfall amounts.
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Weather Bureau
Lower
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Mats Cmash Checteeeee Orc
San Antonio
San Francisco
Washington
ACC Confers On Bowl Tieup
Durham Duke University athletic director Eddie Cameron said the ACC has a three member committee discussing a possible one year bowl tie up with the Big Seven and Orange Bowl for a Miami January 1 game. The ACC favors a one year match this year and longer terms later but no agreement has been reached.
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Eddie Cameron
Duke University
Miami
Fla
Cameron
ACC
Pole Given Okay to Live In America
Jan Hajdukiewicz, a Polish interpreter and runaway member of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in Korea, received permission to live in the United States. He had sought asylum at the U S Air Force Base Kangnung and was flown to Okinawa awaiting entry documents. He plans to depart on the first available commercial flight after tentative bookings, after fleeing Communist inspectors during a port tour.
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Tokyo
United States
Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission
Korea
Jan. Hajdukiewicz
Okinawa
Hajdukiewicz
U. S. Air Force Base
Kangnung
South Korea
North Korea
Adams County Rabies Case Tells of Fatal Coond Biting
A 14 year old boy in Adams County Indiana died of rabies after being bitten by a wild raccoon. The incident prompted health officers to warn farmers in the area.
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Decatur, Ind
Adams County
Ile Coon
Bevan Scores Victory At Labor Party Conference
Aneurin Bevan and five followers captured six of seven seats on the 27 member National Executive Committee at the Labour Party's 52nd annual conference in Margate. Bevan polled a record 1 142 000 votes and maintained dominance over constituency sections, though Bevanites do not hold a working majority on the NEC. James Griffiths was the sole non Bevanite to win a seat, defeating Harold Davies.
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Margate
England
Aneurin Bevan
United States
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
Bevan
James Griffiths
Griffiths
Harold Davies
Labor
Bevanites
Reds Propose Conference Talks on Germany and Austria
The Reds propose talks on Germany as a key to a world settlement while urging simultaneous consideration of Austria. Russia seeks a broadened Big Four meeting to address global problems, insisting on Red China’s attendance, a demand Western powers reject. The U N debate mirrors Western insistence on tied treaties and parallel conferences. The United States remains cool, doubting extra talks will yield different results.
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Germany
Austria
Russia
Soviet Union
United Nations
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
Churchill
United States
U. S. State Department
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