Pierre Mendes-France Named Man Of The Year According To AP p0||1 By SHERRY BOWEN AP Newsfeatures Writer When Pierre Mendes-France was confirmed June 18, he seemed just another in a long line of rapidly changing French premiers. When he said he would quit if there was no Indochina peace by July 20, it was predicted freely that his ten ure would be even shorter than some of his predecessors. He missed his peace deadline by a few hours, but no one seemed to mind. He went on to negotiate an agreement for rearmament of Germany, including a touchy plan to compromise on control of the Saar. He worked to make peace in the riotous French-controlled areas of North Africa and recently proposed that wine-drinking France turn to milk. But as the year drew to a close, he was still beating oil all efforts to unseat him. Although few inside France or out were willing to bet heavily on his continued success in solving his country's puzzling picblems, his accomplishments in six months earned him the vote as Man of the Year in a poll qf editors of Asso ciated Press member newspapers and radio stations. He won over such domestic figures as President Eisenhower and Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, in a vote which annually is designed to determine which individual has had the greatest im pact on world affairs that year. Eisenhower won the title in 1953 and 1952. Other winners in the past decade have included Gen. Douglas MacArthur, President Harry S. Truman, Gen. George C. Marshall, Judge Harold Medina and John L. Lewis. John Foster Dulles, U. S. sec retary of state was voted man of the year in foreign affairs for the second consecutive year. He also gained the vote of the editors in 1951 when he was working with the Democrats in foreign negotiations. It was a strenuous job. Dulles fought the cold war all year? often in the air. He commuted MEN OF THE YEAR PIERRE ME NOES ? FRANCE man of the year. JOHN FOSTER Dl'LLES. for- i eign affairs. BILLY GRAHAM, religion. ROBERT YOUNG, business. WALTER REl'TIIER. labor. DR. JONAS M. SALK, seienee. j Ernest Hemingway, literature. | ROGER BANNISTER, sports. GEORGE GOBEL. entertain i ment. I back and forth across the Atlantic, j flew to South America, to Manila. ! to Formosa in a series of tough ' negotiations. Included were the Berlin four-power conference; the Geneva meeting that settled the Indochina war, at least for a time; the treaty to arm Germany, and the Asian treaty, He was also ' involved in negotiations on the ' settlement of the Trieste dispute, the civil war in Guatemala and took part in the "agonizing reappraisal of the Western military situation. Ron of a preacher, Dulles has had close connection with Protes tant affairs all his life. For the mart of the year in reli gion, the editors picked Billy Gra ham, the evangelist who has elec trified both America and Europe with his powerful sermons. "America today is marked for doom unless the people come to Christ," he tells his audiences. His most spectacular program this year, was 12 weeks of successful revival meetings in England. He went on o visit other European countries including Sweden, Finland, Ger many and the Netherlands. Some'of the British were openly hostile when he arrived but huge crowds professing faith hammered most such critics into silence. For business and industry the editors overwhelmingly chose Itobcrt Young, the tough business man who watches birds, writes! poetry and this year gained con- J trol of the New York Central rail road. His campaign started the first of the year and ended in Vic* ] tory in June. It was not the first railroad of j which Young had won control. He gained millions by predicting the 1929 crash and selling short. Late , in the '30s he bought control of the j holding company for the C. & O. | and operated that coal carrying road for many years with spec- j tacular publicity for his methods. Walter Reuther, head of CIO, I is man of the year in labor. Three | programs kept the red-haired labor : man from a labor family in the j news during the year. Perhaps the most important was his effort to merge the CIO and ARH. He also kept up a running bat tle with the Republican adminis tration. Dispatches about the num ber of the unemployed and the fail ure of the government to do what Heuther thought it should do to 1 relieve distress made headlines again and again. Making less news, but also potentially impor tant was his concern with push button factories of the future and what they will do to labor. He approves such factories, but wants provision made to prevent distress when they are installed. Man of the year in science is Dr. Jonas E. Salk, creator of the polio vaccine which was tried on nearly half a million children this year. The first nationwide, mass test of its kind followed many months of work by the precise but brilliant scientist and his associates. Salk has been described as the "man who hurried slowly." He has a personal interest in polio tests? two healthy young sons. An old campaigner in the liter ary field, Ernest Hemingway, this year won the Nobel prize and with it the vote of the editors as man I of the year In literature. Two plane crashes in Africa last : January from which he emerged , injured, but alive, enhanced his value as a news-making figure. The editors were almost unani mous. Roger Bannister, first to run the mile under four minutes, is man of the year in sports. The English athlete recorded 3 minutes, 59 4 seconds May 6 in a special race at Oxford John Handy, an Austral ian., ran the" distance in 3.58 in Finland June ti, but Bannister beat Handy Aug 8 in the Empire games at Vancouver in 3.58.8. George Gobcl came up fast in (he entertainment world to win the editors' vote in that field. He has previously appeared on individual television stations and was guest star on the networks, but last sum mer his "Saturday Night Review" replaced the "Show of Shows" on NMC. His dead pan humor wen him almost instant favor among TV viewers. In January, 1949. a temperature of 27.9 was recorded in Hos Ange les, the lowest on record up to that time. SAitrs DEAR DEER CHEBOYGAN, Mich. fAP> ? ; John Pritchard, 35, of Dearborn ! recently bagged more than his | limit of deer in Michigan. And he isn't happy about it. Pritchard told State Police two deer ran into his car on a high way near Cheboygan. But state conservation officers took the deer carcasses and distributed the veni son to state institutions. All Pritchard had to sho wfor his feast was a bill for S300 for repairs to | his automobile. WummBF * > ERNEST HEMINGWAY WEI & , 's. _ JKI I WALTER REUTHER ROGER BANNISTER JOHN FOSTER DULLtS yjjfMM.m Mum BILLY GRAHAM nwwm? CEORCE COBEL 12221. mm DR.JONAS SALK ROBERT YOUNG | Many Holiday Event* u,1 In South Clyde &SI By MRS. KYLE LINDSEY Community Reporter The WSCS of Louisa Chapel had their meeting of the month with Mrs. Robert Lindsey. A Christmas program and an ex change of gifts featured the oc casion. The Home Demonstration Club held their Christmas party at the Community Center, and enjoyed an excellent program. Gifts were exchanged during the evening. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Justice were hosts to a dinner on Christmas. Those attending were: Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Lindsey and family; Mr. ad Mrs. Hugh Allen and children. Mrs. Sid Willard. Miss Laura Mae Justice, all of South Clyde; Mrs. Gordon Marvin and children of Buffalo, S. C.; Ray Willard of Kings Mountain; Mr. and Mrs. James Willard and son, of Spar tanburg. The Wesleyan Methodist church Christmas program was given by the adults of the church, before a large audience. Members of Louisa Chapel held their Christmas program and af terwards delivered fruit baskets to the shut-ins of the community. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Jackson enjoyed a reunion during the holidays. The entire family was together. Those from out-of-town included: Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Cur tis. Chattanooga: Mr. and Mrs. Harley Burress, Asheville; Donald Jackson and family, of Norfolk, and Paul Jackson, student of N.C. State College. Carl Mann is a patient in a hos pital in California, following in juries sustained in an accident. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Mann. Mrs. Will Rogers of Robbinsville was a visitor of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Rhinehart for the holidays. Bobby Lindsey of Flint, Mich., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Lindsey. He was accompanied back to Michigan by his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Russell Alello, of Louisiana were vi ? Jc-s Kowlt-r and ' ?'S of 1 the holiday s. ' r rt'Stlv*s Mrs. Thad Cathev has the e,cii;?g wteMy | seoei of drama,,c offering, feet,,>3 | b.g name stars of stoge, screen ond ? television. I I WHOIESAIER SMOKY MOl'XTAIN DISTRIBUTORS ASllEVn.LF.. N. r. TAX LISTING FOR THE YEAR 1955 IN THE VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS OF HAYWOOD COUNTY ALL COUNTY TAXES AND FARM REPORTS MUST BE LISTED IN JANUARY PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO DO SO IS REQUIRED BY LAW BOOKS WILL BE IN TOWNSHIPS AT HOMES OF LISTERS THROUGH JANUARY 31 Listers Will Be At The Places Listed Below Cataloochee Township Mack Caldwell's Store. Mack Caldwell. 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