Law Creating New Lower Court Setup N C Assembly Major Achievement
North Carolina legislators hailed the 1965 General Assembly for creating a uniform district court system to replace inferior courts. Six districts start in 1966, with others by 1971. Leaders cited court reform as a top achievement, alongside highway and education bills and the $300 million road bond plan. References to agricultural funding and a two year medical school at East Carolina appeared among listed accomplishments.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
David Britt
Robeson County
Assembly
House
Pat Taylor Jr
Anson
Bob Scott
Senate
Taylor
Scott
Jennings King
Scotland
Hector McGenehy Jr
Cumberland
Mark Bennett
Yancey
J. E. Holshouser Jr
Watauga
Glent Pickard
Alamance
Arthur Williamson
Columbus
Odell Williamson
Brunswick
Hugh Johnson
Duplin
Ralph Scott
J. J. Harrington Jr
Bertie
Fred Mills
Carson Gregory
Harnett
East Carolina
Fred Royster
Vance
Wong Burglaries Continue On Commerce Street
Detectives link recent safe break ins at a Commerce Street site and Hajoca Corp to a likely same group. A total of $881 in cash was stolen from two safes with little evidence left behind, Captain Towler saying the same culprits may be responsible for earlier burglaries.
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Commerce St
Hajoca Corp
Davis Linen
Piney Forest Rd
Wong
Towler
VALC To Meet In Richmond
The full Virginia Advisory Legislative Council VALC will meet here Thursday to continue its study of formulas for allocating state road funds to urban areas. The group examines leasing street maintenance payments by mileage and whether municipalities should receive payments for rural thoroughfares. A VALC committee on public defender and bail bonds also meets, with another panel exploring a central criminal records file in Virginia. A special commission will meet Friday to resolve the boundary dispute between Carroll and Grayson Counties in Virginia and Allegheny and Surry Counties in North Carolina at Raleigh.
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Richmond
Virginia Advisory Legislative Council
VALC
Virginia
Carroll
Grayson
Allegheny
Surry
North Carolina
Attorney General's Office
Raleigh
N.C
Man dies after helicopter blade strikes passenger
Newport News Virginia police report 22 year old Fletcher A Manning of 4745 Hermitage Road Virginia Beach was killed when he stepped into a whirling helicopter blade after a ceremony couple, just married, hired Copters Inc of Norfolk to ferry them to Patrick Henry Airport. The blade was still moving though the motor was off.
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Newport News
Fletcher A. Manning
Hermitage Rd
Virginia Beach
Manning
Copters Inc
Norfolk
Moyer Rd
Patrick Henry
Assault On Wife Charged To Man
Floyd Donald Ray of 315 Henry Street was charged yesterday with felonious assault on his wife Ruth. Police said a bottle of sun lotion was used in the assault.
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Floyd Donald Ray
Henry St
Ruth
Hampton officer beaten with own blackjack after arrest
Hampton police fought to subdue Albert Dawkins 33 of Newport News after he struck Patrolman I D Spruill with a blackjack in his patrol car. Auxiliary Sgt J Darden wrestled Dawkins gun free and held him at bay until backup arrived. The woman who interfered was charged with felonious assault and another woman with resisting arrest. Spruill received hospital treatment and was released.
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Hampton
L. H. Nicholson
Civil Defense Auxiliary
I. D. Spruill
Nicholson
Spruill
Albert Dawkins
Newport News
Dawkins
L. M. Tatum
Darden
Averett To Build, Renovate For Fall
Averett plans new construction and renovations for fall, expanding space to 6282 square feet of new construction and 6190 rings and other groups of rooms. Offices will be moved to main build floor, becoming part of a new dormitory complex with improved access and a reshaped campus entrance. Preparations began yesterday for construction crews arriving tomorrow as land work and shrubbery adjustments prepare the site.
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Lain View Ave
Antici
Con
Americans Hit Summer Camping Boom Across the Nation
A widespread 1940s style camping wave draws 41 million Americans to public and commercial campgrounds from coast to coast. The National Park Service lists 561 campgrounds, with tents evolving to pop ups and mobile homes. Campers praise thrift and simplicity while modern amenities expand the outdoor experience. In London, the Bishop of Chelmsford warns clergy to baptize infants or resign, stressing the Church of England upholds infant baptism amid conflicts on conscience and faith.
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United States
National Park Service
Virgin Islands
Alaska
Mount Mckinley
Jand
Mate
London
Chelmsford
Cclergy
Church of England
John G. Tiarks
Iho
Bond plan eyed to fund arterial highways in Virginia
Virginia lawmakers discussed a $200 million highway bond issue to accelerate arterial highway construction and avoid full pay as you go financing. The plan would favor urban and arterial projects while leaving other primary routes to progress at current rates.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Bram
Levin
Jose
Douglas B. Fugate
Fugate
Baldwin
Robert F. Baldwin
Bernard Levin
General Assembly
Highway Department
Collision injures bystander and driver charged
Trooper Layne reported a 1952 model auto was wrecked when it struck a guard rail and stop sign at Memorial Drive. Young Yeoman faces reckless driving charges after the crash, with an estimated speed of 60 to 70 mph. Peggy Gill Snead suffered a bruised left shoulder when her vehicle collided with Mary Johnson Clark’s car at Park Avenue Memorial Drive. Damage to both cars was about 325 dollars. Earlier, 12-year-old Philip White sustained abrasions and a bruised leg after riding his bicycle into Leslie Raymond Collins’s passing car at Craghead and Wilson streets.
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Layne
Yeoman
Memorial Drive
Peggy Gill Snead
Camden St
W. L. Buettner
Park Ave
J. Mary Johnson Clark
Westover Drive
Philip White
Craghead St
Craghead and
Wilson Streets
Leslie Raymond Collins
Gatewood Ave
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Danville Memorial Gardens
Martinsville Road
Stewart Thompson
Lewis Blank
North Main and
Keen Sts
Cavenn
Funeral Home
Main ST
Man
Averett
Caswell
Yanceyville
Caswell County
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Stabilization Corporation
Danville
G. E
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