Indians and Whites Endure Peace in Robeson County
In Robeson County North Carolina tension flared when cross burnings sparked clashes between Indians Lumbee and Ku Klux Klan members near Maxton Pembroke and Lumberton A KKK rally led to an Indian counterattack with brief violence and swift police action The Lumbee community ties to Roanoke Island lore and Civil War history are noted along with a segregated four system county and Pembroke State College as a center of Indian life.
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Maxton, N.C
Tautasya
Iit
South Carolina
KKK
Pembroke
Roanoke
Walter Raleigh
Lumberton
Robeson County
Malcolm McLeod
Sheriff McLeod
Roanoke Island
England
Sir Walter Raleigh
Gov. White
North Carolina
Roanoke Colony
Henry Berry Lowry
Walter Clark
The
Smilings
Maxton
Rowland
Maxton-Pembroke
Pembroke State College
R. L. Purcell
Bond
Associated Press
James William Cole
Marion
N.C
Cole
No Takers at Vernon Downs Leave Winnings Unclaimed
Vernon Downs officials report $13,165.30 in winning tickets went unclaimed over the last season, reflecting a range of bettors who failed to pick up their winnings.
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Vernon
N.Y
Vernon Downs
Rail Station Sale of Vodka Banned
The Soviet government bans vodka sales at railroad station cafeterias to curb drunkenness. Only licensed railroad restaurants serving long distance travelers may sell hard liquor, following Moscow residents’ complaints of scandalous behavior by drunks at city stations.
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Moscow
Nimitz urges Japan to restore Tsushima shrine
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz writes in a Japanese magazine urging Japan to preserve the battleship Mikasa, Togo’s flagship in the 1905 Tsushima defeat, now rusting at Yokosuka after wartime desecration and use as a dance hall.
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Tokyo
U.S
Japan
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Heihachiro Togo
Russia
Tsushima Strait
Yoko
Christopherson Elected 1958 President Of Independent Trades
Willard A. Christopherson was elected 1958 president of the Independent Trades Association at the annual meeting. Other officers include Glenn Schade as vice president Cleo OD Zachmeyer as secretary and W Allen Bond as treasurer. New board members are Jack Duffy and Walter Huber. The association groups contractors in the building trades.
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Willard A. Christopherson
The
Independent Trades Association At
Glenn Schade
Cleo OD. Zachmeyer
W. Allen Bond
Christophersen
Jack Duffy
Walter Huber
Madeira Islands Sees Rain Mud Episode With Dusty Downpour
In Funchal Madeira Islands heavy showers stained clothing and coated cars in brown mud. Weather bureau cited a meteorological low southeast of Madeira as the cause as winds carried African dust into the rain.
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Funchal
Madeira Islands
Weather Bureau
Madeira
Foreign exchange students weigh American life
A group of former high school exchange students from Japan, Germany, Norway, Argentina, Pakistan, Italy and more reflect on U.S. life. They praise friendliness and coeducation but criticize American education focus, mass culture, and political naivety, citing specifics from Fordson High and Rochester paths.
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Raisaburo Watanabe
Tokyo
Japan
Watanabe
Associated Press
American Field Service
Roshini B. Rostomji
Karachi
Pakistan
United States
Gianluigi
John Marshall High
Rochester
Harry Davis
Italy
Milan
al Giorno
Dorothy Christie Injured Skiing At Bib Bromley
Dorothy Christie suffered two fractures in her left leg when she failed to slow for a slide stop at Bib Bromley. The maneuver used to control speed is known as a christie in ski slang.
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Manchester
Dorothy Christie
Bib Bromley
Christie
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New Orleans
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Pembroke State
Pembroke College
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Frankfurt
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Springfield
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University of Oslo
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China
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Massachusetts
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