Vast Timberlands Ravaged By Fire
A sprawling Associated Press report describes extensive timberland fires from Maine to Georgia driven by high winds. It details destroyed firehouses, widespread acreage burned, multiple fatalities, and dozens of fires across several states including Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Pennsylvania with mentions of specific locations and figures.
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Maine
Georgia
Athens
Homer Carroll
Laurinburg
N.C
Lonnie Brock
Virginia
Asst
Ed Rodger
Shenandoah National Park
Tri-County
Fairfield
North Carolina
Bertie
Louisburg
South Carolina
Kershaw County
Pennsylvania
Venango County
Celebrity receives letters and dirt requests from fans
Catherine Devine, a presidential relative, faces fan requests for dirt samples. White House avoids involvement citing policy on leaves and walls. Fans reply with consolation calls and soil samples from several countries, showing broad public interest.
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Catherine O’connor
Ann Arbor
Mich
States
Catherine
Caroline
Kathy Devine
Cathy Devine
John Devine
O'Connor
White House
Pamela Turnure
TVA to replace old Hales Bar Dam on Tennessee River
TVA plans to replace the leaky Hales Bar Dam west of Chattanooga with a new dam and navigation lock. seepage has persisted for decades due to underground limestone layers, undermining the structure and causing downstream bubbling. The project aims to better hold water and improve navigation.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Federal Agency
Hales Bar
Tennessee River
Chattanooga
Reed Elliott
Build. Co
FungusLinked Food Contamination Targeted As Cancer Suspect
Dr Michael B Shimkin reports at an American Cancer Society seminar that certain fungi mold spores in foods such as peanuts and corn may trigger liver cancer in rats. He notes aflatoxin from moldy peanuts and corn shows strong carcinogenic potential, raising concern over foods and antibiotics containing fungal byproducts.
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Associated Press
LA Jolla
Calif
Michael B. Shimkin
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda
American Cancer Society
Science Writers
Shimkin
England
Africa
Bus Crash Kills One and Injures 32 Near Wilmington
A chartered Trailways bus carrying Edwards Military Institute marching band and drill team crashed after Turkey Creek Bridge on NC 133. One youth died and 32 were injured. the driver reportedly lost control, the bus left the road and smashed into woods. Authorities identified the deceased youth after kin notification.
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Burgaw
N. C
Edwards Military Institute
Wilmington
Three Die In Greensboro Car Crash Into Truck
In GreensBoro North Carolina a car rear ended a parked truck on U S 29 70 near the city line killing Herman Leroy Tew 48 Ruth I Crumby and William O Doss. Crumby’s husband George Crumby is hospitalized in critical condition. Truck driver James R MacSorley of Viola Delaware was uninjured.
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Greensboro
N.C
Herman Leroy Tew
Ruth Inez Crumby
William Obert Doss
V. 0
Griffin
James R. MacSorley
Viola
Del
MacSorley
Florida
U.S
Man Buried Sitting Up in Glass-Front Coffin
Beaufort South Carolina AP report: Drew Washington Stackhouse 58 died last Friday in Conway and was buried today in Beaufort in a four by three foot glass-front coffin that kept him seated. The coffin, built by Burlington Coffin Co, was Stackhouse’s last wish repeated before his death from a heart attack. He had worked 15 years for Latimer Funeral Home and died while en route to a hospital in a funeral home limousine.
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Beaufort
S. C
Andrew Washington Stackhouse
Funeral Home
Inside Comics Editorial Bridge Television Classified Weather
Inside the weekly paper the comics and editorial pages mix with bridge and television news while classified listings and weather forecasts fill the remainder. The edition highlights humor strips and opinion pieces alongside TV reports and local ads.
Rain Promises Relief From North Carolina Forest Fires
Rain likely to ease the critical fire situation in North Carolina with 24 to 30 hours of wet weather expected. Officials say one inch of rain needed to render woodlands safe, while fires remain active near Fairfield Hyde County and elsewhere. Fire crews deploy water bombers, planes, tractors, and 100 firefighters as trout season waits on governor’s proclamation.
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ASSOC
North Carolina
Weather Bureau
C. H. Corpening
Asheville
P. W. Tillman
Fairfield
Hyde County
Tillman
Washington
Tyrrell
Dave Roten
E. W. Looney
Elizabeth City
Bertie
Windsor County
Sanford
Would-Be Invaders Sought
Cuban exiles near clash with U S and British forces seeking to clear the Keys and Bahamas of guerrillas tied to Fidel Castro. British marines scoured Williams Cay for caches while Coast Guard units tracked possible small-boat departures as the Violynn III returned to Miami after a Bahamas patrol.
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Violynn III
Miami
Dinner Key Marina
U. S. Coast Guard
Florida
Bahamas
U. S
Cuba
Fla
U.S
Keys
Fidel Castro
Lonely Williams Cay
Nassau
Seventh Coast Guard District
Violgnn
Nassau - To- Miami
Coast Guard
Violynn
Jerry Buchanan
Jim
Pompano Beach
Sun_ Sentinel
Evelion Duque
Firing range unveiled by High Point Police
High Point police displayed a first class firing range built over months inviting the Mayor and City Council to view the project. The feature appears in Sundays Enterprise with a continued report on the range and related city developments.
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High Point
Davidson County Civil Defense Organization
Russia
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Rusk in hot water over aid blast in Congress
Secretary of State Dean Rusk faces criticism as his blunt attack on foreign aid cuts stirs opposition from both supporters and critics. Lawmakers including Rep. Otto Passman accuse him of inviting more funding fights while Gen. Lucius Clay's panel pushes for tighter controls. A cautious aide questions whether Rusk authored the wording.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Otto Passman
D-La
Congress
Passman
Lucius Clay
Democratic Committee
Capitol Hill
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Commission
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