Negro shot by deputy in Danbury woods during suspect stop
Greensboro men Floyd Walden Jr. and Level Penn captured after wheel theft. James Brown Jr. killed when deputy Thurmond Lawson said Brown advanced as if armed. Other suspects linked to Mt Airy car theft. Also Bedford Lee Weikle, 24, Navy boatswain’s mate, drowns near Coinjock while on a Portsmouth group outing. Coroner ruled accidental drowning.
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Danbury
James Brown Jr
Greensboro
Thurmond G. Lawson
Brown
Floyd Willie Walden Jr
Level Penn
Harvey Johnson
Stokes County
Harold Clapp
Annetta Owens
Mt. Airy
Bedford Lee Weikle
Union
W. Va
Here
Weikle
Portsmouth
Naval Hospital
J. Bryan Smith
Roxboro kidnapping case faces hearing as suspect linked
In Roxboro a 21 year old man Lindsey D Allen is charged with kidnapping and attempting to rape a 1 year old girl. He was arrested after a Saturday night incident where a child was grabbed and fled through a lumber yard into a junk yard. Police evacuated and rescued the child unharmed. Allen was undergoing psychiatric treatment according to relatives. In Fayetteville thousands sign petitions seeking a public vote to strip Cumberland County Sheriff of law enforcement authority. A legislator may introduce a bill for an election if enough signatures are gathered.
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Roxboro
Person
Lindsey D. Allen
Page Brooks
Brooks
Allen
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Leary A. Carroll
Cumberland Recorder's Court
Carroll
L. Guy
Raleigh
Moderates Lose Ground In French Local Elections
In a French election, moderates won 21 percent of the vote, down from six years ago. The Rally of the Republic Left led by Edgar Faure recorded 16.1 percent, increasing from 13.03 previously. The interior ministry gave no seat tallies and noted cabinet members like Antoine Pinay were reelected. Regional councils’ influence remains limited to their regions.
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Rally of the Republic Left
Edgar Faure
Radical Socialist Party
Ministry of Interior
Faure
Antoine Pinay
Clontz Testimony Shapes Defense in Carolina Case
In Federal District Court Clontz identified several associates including Gladys Meyer Scales, a Duke graduate student, and UNC Wilmington student William McGirt as possible conspirators. Defense counsel pressed the list while the government claims Scales headed a regional Communist party. The trial enters its second week with references to an undercover FBI agent and security concerns surrounding former UNC instructors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vorced
Gladys Meyer Scales
Laurent Jantz
Clontz
Duke
Richard T. Koral
William A. McGirt
University of North Carolina
Wilmington
Billi Robertson
Robinson
Hans Friestadt
Friestadt
David Rein
Scales
Communist Party
Carolinas
Tennessee
Federal District Court
Clontz Scales
FBI
Chaneama
Univerort
Strike settlement chances rise as arbitration debated
AFL nonoperating unions push for full submission of all proposals to the arbitrator while the company seeks limited action to the Presidents emergency board. Governors gather in Nashville to discuss possible strike action amid a spate of cable cuttings and rail disruptions across the South.
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AFL
Leighty
Southern Governors
Frank Clement
Nashville
Tenn
Lawrence Wetherby
Kentucky
Southern Governors Conference
L&n
Irvine
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
Tennesee
Atlanta
Hunter Talks In Course On Photos
Ernest B. Hunter executive editor says photographers must have an indefinable something and that pictures alone will not do a job Newspapers should push reporters to be concise and engaging as readers have little time. The Southern Short Course panel discussed using photos to compete with TV with Sam Ragan Miles Wolff B S Griffith R K T Larson and others. George Thomas of the Lynchburg News was named Mr Southern Press Photographer for winning two first prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N.C
Ernest B. Hunter
Ceetaccerame
Hunter
Sam Ragan
Raleigh News and Observer
Miles Wolff
Greensboro Daily News
B. S. Griffith
The
Charlotte News
R. K. T. Larson
Norfolk Virginian Pilot
Wolff
Griffith
Larson
Joe Costa
King Features Syndicate
J. Howard Knapp
New York Daily News
George Thomas
Lynchburg News and
Daily Advance
Southern Press
Truman Defends Record as Republicans Blast Policy Moves
In a heated exchange, Truman accused the Eisenhower administration of politicalizing national security and foreign policy. Republicans charged misstatements and faulted the 7th Fleet’s role regarding Chiang Kai-shek and Formosa while Stevenson urged Democrats to champion social progress civil liberty and peace in a three point program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
U. S
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Chiang
Formosa Strait
China
Judd
R-Minn
Rep
Keating
RNY
GOP
New Deal Peashooters
Sen. Bridges
Tisan
Stevenson
Indianapolis
Sen
Knowland
Williamson Seeks High Point Second Ward Seat
Harry R. Williamson of 1203 Johnson Street announces his candidacy for the High Point City Council from the Second Ward in the Democratic primary next Tuesday. He notes 42 years in High Point, 37 with Pittsburgh Plate Glass as credit manager, church involvement, Kiwanis honorary member, and 25 years as treasurer of Uwharrie Council Boy Scouts. He pledges dedication to city betterment and economic improvement.
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Harry R. Williamson
Johnson Street
High Point
Mr. Williamson
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Kiwanis Club
Uwharrie Council
Boy Gantite
Amarian
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Philadelphia
Herbert Jenkins
Montgomery
Ala
Southern Bell
Lumberton
Carolina Power & Light Co
Ryu
CROSS
TAR Heel Paving CO
Roland Cecil
H. F. Moore
Reed Construction CO
General Contractors
Thomasville
INE
Serunian and Sons, Inc
Mann
Eckerd
H. G. Ilderton, Inc
Dodge Plymouth
Dodge Truck
S. Main St
Democrats
Rayburn
Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howell
H. BR. Williamson
H., R. Williamson
Numa F. Reid Lodge
M. F. Clay
L. T. Friedman
Monarch
Monarch Sewing Center
Dept
S. Greene
Singer
Intel
Benda
South Wrenn
Novelty Sales CO
Reg
U.S. Pat
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