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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1959
Page
5
In Marion North Carolina three officers and bootlegger Rex Biggerstaff exchanged fire outside the McDowell County Sheriff Frank Glenn’s office. Glenn was wounded in the arm and Biggerstaff in the face and legs. they were treated and hospitalized.
The House approved a prison education and vocational program bill after debate and sent it to the Senate. Amendments bar the Department of Public Instruction from funding or promoting the program, and require a cooperative role only. Rep. Roger Kiser criticized the bill while Rep. Wayland Spruill urged passage, calling it a gleam of humanity for these boys. The measure aims to improve inmate education and work training.
Governor Hodges doubts the interim report on income tax collections will meaningfully revise revenue estimates. He says dependable data will come after May 1 and a three to four million dollar variance on April 15 returns would be inconclusive. He notes legislators expect later returns to aid estimates and discusses potential constitutional session changes. He cites Article IV handling and court reform proposals from Bell and Bryant commissions as influential. Apportioning legislative seats may spark more controversy next.
Jim Bennett and his wife are a nine car couple in Irwin Ohio. Eight are old Ford Model A vehicles built between 1929 and 1931 and a 1925 Model T touring car. They also own a modern car for daily use.
A Cumberland County grand jury considers charges against Samuel Vinson and L S Bullard for aiding two jailbreak fugitives Charles Bradford and Johnny Odom. Vinson's brother Woodrow, a former jailer, appears in related federal complaints alongside other inmates and a Hungarian pair. Bradford was killed. Odom was captured after three days on the run.
A Black Mountain couple faced suspended 30 month sentences after being found guilty of defrauding WIST Charlotte in a tune naming contest. Judge Wilson Warlick ordered the sentences, and the government said the merchan dise prizes remain with the Rice family. Station officials indicated they may not seek recovery, noting the station might avoid legal action.
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