New Bern Gardens Gift Delivers 18th Century English Design
North Carolina received a 300000 gift of 10 gardens and five garden buildings in Tryon Palace grounds New Bern. Governor Sanford accepted the gift as Mrs. J A Kellenberger led the ceremony honoring Maude Moore Latham whose gifts funded the first state capitol restoration. The garden features brick walls paths statues and a memorial tablet in Portland stone alongside 18th century plantings and fruiting trees.
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Terry
New
Terry Sanford
Maude Moore Latham
Tryon Palace
John A. Kellenberger
Greensboro
Kellenberger
Bern Gardens
Latham
Gov. Sanford
New Bern
N.C
North Carolina
Trent River
J. A. Kellenberger
England
Beauty Queen Seeks Divorce From Second Husband
Mary Leona Gage Covacevich once Miss U S A for a day sues her second husband Nicholas Covacevich. The Las Vegas wedding in 1958 followed her 1957 Miss U S A title that was stripped after it was revealed she was married.
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Los Angeles
Mary Leona Gage Covacevich
Maryland
U.S.A
Nicholas Covacene
Covacevich
Long Beach
Air Force
Gene Ennis
She
Mare
Las Vegas
Kefauver Seeks Deep Look Into Price Fix Conspiracies
Senator Kefauver announced a Senate Antitrust and Monopoly subcommittee inquiry into price fixing by 29 electrical manufacturers. He will question officials from Westinghouse, Ingersoll Rand, Carrier, and General Electric to see if conspiracies extended higher up in corporate hierarchies and whether antitrust laws need strengthening.
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Washington
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Ingersoll Rand Co
Carrier Corp
General Electric Co
Electrical Firms Defend Identical Meters Bid Prices
In Cleveland 11 bidders for watt hour meters submitted nearly identical bids under 62 401 dollars. Spokesmen from Westinghouse Sangamo and Duncan say prices followed published lists, while city officials delay award pending explanations from five firms. General Electric and Allen Electric also bid. Allen supplies Sangamo meters.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland
Ralph S. Locher
Cleveland Laws
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sangamo Electric Co
Duncan Electric Co., Inc
J. E. Bixler
Duncan
Lafayette
Ind
Springfield
James H.patton
Sangamo
General Electric Co
Allen Electric Co
Allen
General Electric
Missing Tar Heel Man Believed Heading West
Authorities say Cameron Stallings of Pilot, North Carolina disappeared a week ago and is believed en route to Denver. A Friday call from Oklahoma City claimed he had been kidnaped, which investigators dispute. Stallings used a false name, talked to an insurer about a job, and left his car wallet behind with a $1,500 reward offered for information.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
North Carolina
Denver
Cameron Stallings
Pilot
C. C. Miller
Stallings
Miller
Ing Stallings
John Star
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New Bern Gardens
New Bern Garden I Club
General Assembly
Luther Hodges
North Main Street Baptist Church
Neil J. Armstrong
W. E. Armstrong
ALL Services
Walter Jacobs
Chayeler
AVICE
Facilties
Opiguf
Horace G. Ilderton
Chrysler Motors Corporation
DODGE
Family Weekly
Penney
Pete
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