Jail End Of Hundley's Flight Convict Surrenders Meekly In N. C.
Convict fugitive Robert Hundley surrendered meekly to North Carolina officers near Gastonia after a two day spree that included abducting two people and escaping from Camp 15 in Virginia. Pittsylvania County officials demanded a statewide inquiry into the camp and stricter security measures. Hundley, 23, was arrested with two hostages in Lexington area and jailed in Gastonia on federal unlawful flight charges. Sixteen convicts had escaped from the same camp in the weeks prior, prompting warnings and investigations.
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Robert Hundley
N.C
Gastonia
Pittsylvania County
Concord Methodist Church
Pittsylvania
Henry
Winn
Commonwealth
Joseph M. Whitehead
D. E. Edwards
State
Virginia State
Whitehead
Hundley
Camp 15
Virginia
North Carolina
Bobby J. Clement
Lexington
Clements
Gaston County
Elton Murphy
U.S
Paul Armstrong
Sherby
Sherrif Winn
Stricter Control Promised By State Prison Official
About 125 residents met at Concord Methodist Church near Chatham to press for stronger security after Robert Hundley escaped from Camp 15 twice in two weeks. D P Edwards urged higher pay to attract guards and cited long hours. officials pledged corrections and warned escapes fall under state jurisdiction.
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Concord Methodist Church
Chatham
D. P. Edwards
Robert Hundley
Edwards
Camp 15
Hundley
Handley
Melvin Giles
Robert Ward
Temple Named To Council On Education In Virginia
Governor Godwin appoints City Manager T Edward Temple to the State Council of Higher Education For Virginia to replace Howard Gilmer Jr whose term expired July 1 He serves with nine member board including Joseph Blackburn Herbert Goodman John Richmond Paul Sanders Edward Simpkins Jr William Trapnell J Hoge Tyler and Woodrow Wilkinson ex officio The Council conducts cost studies and oversees state higher education institutions through 1964
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Edward Temple
Godwin
State Council of Higher Education For
Virginia
Temple
Howard €. Gilmer, Jr
Pulaski
Joseph E. Blackburn
Richmond
Herbert H. Goodman
McLean
John D. Richmond
Martinsville
Paul D. Sanders
Edward P. Simpkins, Jr
Mechanicsville
William WH. Trapnell
Sabot
J. Hoge Tyler
Ill
Norfolk
Woodrow W. Wilkerson
State Council
Prince B. Woodward
Two Are Killed Three Injured In Car Collision
A two-car crash near Hickory North Carolina left two dead and three injured. Victims were Esther Eskridge Burgess of Valdese and Homer Buchanan of Minneapolis. The Buchanans car carried Pernell and Mrs. Ethel Burgess, with others injured. Investigators said one car was in the wrong lane on U S 64 70.
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Hickory
N.C
Esther Eskridge Burgess
Valdese
Homer Buchanan
Minneapolis
Avery County
Pernell Carpenter
Rt. I. Newland
Buchanan
Ethel Bert Burgess
Virginia convict Hundley described as nervous during NC abduction
In Lexington North Carolina Virginia convict Robert Hundley abducted a young couple while fleeing arrest. Mrs Helen Sigman recounted his nervous behavior and threats to kill if anyone moved or spoke, as they escorted him toward South Carolina before deputies captured him in Gaston County.
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Clement
Handley
Lexington
N.C
Virginia
Robert Hundley
North Carolina
Helen Sigman
Smithfield
Hundley
Salisbury
Bobby Clement
Charlotte
South Carolina
Sigmon
Interstate 15
Clements
Gaston County
Chatham
Moniday
Elton Murphy
City water use hits record weekly high
Last week city water consumption reached 4,842 million gallons, an all time record. The plant ran 20 lines daily to meet demand as engineers plan expansion to 15 million gallons daily. The average last week was 7.5 million gallons daily during the week.
Third Body In Boating Mishap Found
The third drowning victim from a motor boat accident on the Anacostia River is identified as Carolyn A. Eaton, 19, of Arlington Virginia. Two other students from St Pauls Polytechnic Institute, Mattie D. James, 20, Winter Park Florida, and Valeria A. Johnston, 19, Roanoke Virginia, had been recovered earlier.
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Washington
Anacostia River
Carolyn A. Eaton
J Arlington
Mattie D. James
Winter Park
Fla
Valeria A. Johnson
Roanoke
St. Paul's Polytechnic Institute
Lawrenceville
H. E. Alexander
Hyattsville
Moore Brothers
Miss Fikes
Gretna Council Plans New Fire House
The Gretna Town Council directed contractor Ad Blair to prepare blueprints for a new fire station 40 by 70 feet with three truck stalls and a meeting room. A lot near the town office was considered. Blair to draw preliminary sketches. The council also reviewed a sanitary recommendation to treat turbid town water with sodium phosphate for seven months and awaited cost details for a rental feeder. A petition for a water line to reach corporate limits was referred to a committee after skeptical notes on feasibility.
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Gretna
Ad Blair
Blair
Council
Norman Phillips
State Department of Health
Chest X Rays Offered Free For Three Days
A mass chest x ray survey for Danville area residents will start today and continue through Friday. Free x rays for all persons 18 and over will be offered by the Piedmont Tuberculosis And Respiratory Disease Association and the local Health Department. The mobile truck will be at Norman Shopping Center today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ballou Shopping Center on Thursday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and the K Mart location also from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Danville Area
Piedmont Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Local Health Department
Norman
Ballou Shopping Center
K-Mart
State Investigators Join Danville Link Case Probe
Investigators from the state police will assist in the dynamiting case involving Commonwealth Attorney Eugene Link. One or two state troopers plan to arrive in Danville today while two local detective teams follow leads in North Carolina and Western Virginia. FBI involvement appears limited, with two agents having left shortly after arrival. local agents continue federal inquiries and lab cooperation remains strong. Link’s home at 125 East Thomas Street was damaged by 16 sticks of dynamite a week ago, injuring no one.
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Eugene Link
Eugene McCain
McCain
Danville
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
J. E. Towler
City Hall
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Link
FBI
Melvin Yancey
Eugene A. Fox
Towler
East Thomas Street
Grand Jury Returns Seventy Five True Bills in July Term
The July term of Corporation Court opened with Judges Aiken and Craig. A single not true bill was returned against Earl Robert Benson for altering a 10 day license tag. The docket totals 281 cases including 19 felonies carried over, with two murder cases against Albert Collins and Daniel Simon. New indictments include Womack brothers on numerous burglary counts and other charges such as larceny, burglary tools, perjury, and kidnapping. Trials begin Monday July 11. several misdemeanor defendants face arraignment.
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Corporation Court
A. M. Aiken
Stuart Craig
Earl Robert Benson
Albert Nathaniel Collins
Daniel Alfred Simon
James Lee Womack
John Henry Womack
Hape
T. F. Tucker
Alica
Terry Bennett
Eugene Corbett Cartee
Carter Vinson Hendrix
Silas Harvey Hooker
Calvin Lee Jones
Earl
Wayne Shepherd
Charelotte Thomas Thaxton
Cecil Viers
Jerry Lee Powell
Robert Watkins
Craig
Council
Aiken
T. Ryland Dodson
Tucker
Foe's Matches Wort Work For Rep Smith
CAMP A P HILL AP Rep Howard W Smith struggled three times to light a match while addressing National Guardsmen. An aide rushed up as a book of matches supporting his Democratic primary opponent Del George C Rawlings Jr of Fredericksburg was visible. Smith finally got a match to light but complained they wouldn’t fight or stay lit, or light his cigar.
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A. P. Hill
Howard W. Smith
Rawlings
Fredericksburg
Smith
N C State Receives 102395 NSF Grant for Campus Expansion
North Carolina State University announced a National Science Foundation grant of 102 395 dollars to expand research facilities in the Electrical Engineering Department. The funds will fund renovations totaling 19 188 square feet for new research laboratories lecture rooms and offices.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State University
National Science Foundation
Department of Electrical Engineering
Robertson Endorsed By Harrison In Virginia Primary
Former Gov. Harrison issues a qualified endorsement for Sen. A Willis Robertson in the Democratic primary as opposition by AFL-CIO leaders and militant Negro groups targets incumbents. Spong and Byrd Jr. are set to face Armistead Boothe in the July 12 election.
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Richmond
Harrison
Willis Robertson
Virginia
Robertson
Afl-Cio
William B. Spong
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Armistead L. Boothe
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N. C
Council On Education
Gretna Council
Rep. Smith
Robertson Is Endorsed
By Harrison
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