Hearings On Water Proposals Draw Fire From Scott
U S Senator W Kerr Scott attacked a Hoover Commission water plan during a House subcommittee hearing in Raleigh. He called the recommendations absurd and warned the approach would nationalize only through local action, delaying development of water resources in North Carolina amid flood concerns and future action promises. Other witnesses listed included Senator Sam Irvin Jr and Representative Harold Cooley.
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Raleigh
U. S
W. Kerr Scott
Hoover Commission
Scott
House
New England
North Carolina
Hoover Group
U.S
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Harold D. Cooley
Subcommittee On Water Resources and Power
Second Term Possibility Voiced By Official
A Cabinet member told fund raisers there is no definite reason to doubt President Eisenhower running in 1956. Attendees heard Eisenhower alone will decide his candidacy, with optimism rising after his heart attack was described as the lightest kind.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Market Drifts Lower After Opening Rally
New York stocks opened with gains but soon turned lower as trading slowed and losses mounted. Kennecott Copper led with a $1 rise on 1,000 shares while Chrysler and Bethlehem Steel posted small gains. General Motors fell. By midmorning, U S Steel, Sears Roebuck, Du Pont, Union Carbide and others declined, though the market recovered some ground later in the session despite a lighter volume of 3.78 million shares.
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New York
Kennecott
Copper
Chrysler
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
U. S. Steel
Sears Roebuck
du Pont
Union Carbide
Standard Oil
Goodyear
Santa Fe
New York Stock Exchange
Eisenhower
Wall Street
Associated Press
West Warns Russia as Middle East Crisis Mounts
Washington signals a crisis potential in the Middle East as Dulles sends George Allen to Cairo to deter arms flow from Czechoslovakia. Allen also to Athens and Beirut to curb Cypriot tensions and urge Turkey and Greece toward stability.
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West
Russia
Middle East
Washington
United States
Dulles
George Allen
Middle Eastern
Cairo
Allen
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Czechoslovakia
Israel
V. M. Molotov
New York
Geneva
Egypt
U.S
Athens
Beirut
Lebanon
Turkey
Cyprus
Nasser
President Eisenhower Reports Good Night Comforts
Denver dispatch notes President Eisenhower slept nearly nine hours under oxygen at Fitzsimons Army Hospital from 9 p.m. to 6:15 a.m. Doctors Maj. Gen. Howard Snyder and Dr. Pollock say rest aids recovery from the heart attack. Optimism grows yet political bets shift on 1956 GOP ticket amid Washington talk of his possible reentry.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Howard M. Snyder
Ce E. Pollock
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Washington
GOP
Oliver P. Bolton
Ohio
Associated Press
Republican National Committee
Nixon
Janet Beats Steady Path Toward Mexico
Hurricane Janet moves toward the Mexican coast with winds estimated up to 150 mph. It threatens Veracruz to Tuxpan and brings heavy rains to western mountains while seas along the coast from Texas to Mexico stay rough. Reports of deaths rise in Yucatan Corozal and Guatemala as the Navy searches for a missing hurricane hunter plane.
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Associated Press
Janet
Mexican
Veracruz
Tuxpan
New Orleans
Ciudad Victoria
Port O'Connor
Tex
Gulf of Campeche
Yucatan
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Mexico
Corozal
British Honduras
Philip Pick
Arrow
Cotton Exports Reported Threaten New England Mills
Northern Textile Association reports July August Japanese exports to the United States exceeded New England mill production and calls for global import limits. Malcolm G Chance Jr warns of job losses and industry curtailment if tariffs and rates are not adjusted. Harvard's Harris notes railroads lose more from shipments to the South.
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Wentworth BY the Sea
N. H
Northern Textile Assn
Japan
United States
New England
Malcolm G. Chance Jr
Providence
R.I
Association
National Committee
Northern Textile Mills
Airtieht Saterogiaeon
Memphis
Southern Mills
National Assn. of
New England Textile Committee
Southwestern Freight Bureau
Southern
New England Mills
Harvard Economics
Seymour F. Harris
South
Chance
Soviet leaders wary as Eisenhower illness stalls dealings
A Western diplomat in Europe says Soviet leaders fear long term commitments while Eisenhower recovers and question Nixon. He notes Bulganin Khrushchev and Molotov trust Eisenhower, admire his peace aims, and worry about a power transition if he does not return to leadership.
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Eddy Gilmore
London
Eisler
Kremlin
Moscow
Eisenhower
United States
Richard Nixon
Europe
Bulganin
Khrushchev
Molotov
Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nikolai Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
V. M. Molotov
Geneva
Adenauer
Konrad Adenauer
Harry Truman
Roosevelt
Russia
Trade Observers See Coffee Prices Decline by Year End
Trade observers in Washington forecast a tumble in coffee prices before year end due to a world surplus and new harvests in November and December. They warn prices may break even before November if Brazil proceeds with a currency devaluation making Brazilian coffee cheaper in U S dollars.
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Washington
Brazil
U. S
Governor Hodges backs education plan and hurricane aid
Governor Hodges told reporters his voluntary school segregation program is working and may face legislative or popular vote if it fails. He said federal hurricane relief for farmers is being pursued and noted improved state per capita income. An SBI probe led to the arrest of two Highway Commission workers.
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SBI
Highway Commission
U.S. Department of Commerce
North Carolina
Hodges
Farmers Home Administration
U.S. Agriculture Department
Arthur Johnson
Greensboro Daily News
Wake County
YDC
Durham
Johnsen
Yes
Methodists Complete Balloting in North Carolina Convention
Western North Carolina Methodists convened in Charlotte to elect delegates to the eastern conference and the general assembly. A new North Wilkesboro District with 27 charges and 93 churches was approved, and a superintendent will be named Sunday. Bishop Harrell, retiring, received a 1955 automobile. his wife a mink cape.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Methodists
General Assembly
Costen J. Harrell
Harrell
North Wilkesboro
Alexander, Alleghany
Ashe
Avery
Wautauga
Wilkes
Gerald E. Knoff
Division of
Chrisstian Education
Nazi Council of Churches
Dpal
Ripsenhower
Yegeterday
Paul R. Ervin
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Saudi Arabia
Neva
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Henrich von Brentano
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