Pink dogwoods likely hybrids grafted onto white stock
Q and A column explains pink dogwoods arise from grafting pink wood onto white roots. isolated pink seedlings possible but rarely persist due to cross pollination and color tendencies. Also notes Johnson Street widening tied to Thoroughfare Plan with need to widen from E Lexington to State Street under engineer Max Palmer. annexation talk in Cedarwood remains unconfirmed by Jamestown officials with no council plans disclosed.
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C.M.F. A
Fred Yoder
Johnson Street
Johnson
Tanyard Road
E. Lexington
Max Palmer
State Street
Jamestown
Cedarwood
Charlie Turner
Ben Stafford
Greensboro
Tornado Toll Surges Across Illinois In Friday Catastrophe
The Associated Press reports three violent tornadoes cut a path through northern Illinois and Michigan Friday killing 24 in Oak Lawn and 20 in Belvidere with one each in Chicago Stone Park and Hillsdale County. 1,500 injured. Oak Lawn worst hit with a demolished roller rink and a crowded supermarket reduced to rubble.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Oak Lawn
Chicago
Belvidere
Ill
Stone Park
Cage
Hillsdale County
Mich
Homers
Illinois
Belvidere High School
Joseph I. Woods
Cook County
Banks Robberies Hit North Carolina Banks
Banks in Fayetteville Leaksville and Charlotte were robbed Friday afternoon. The total take was 13000 dollars with 7000 recovered. Arrests were made at Fayetteville and Charlotte. George Dennis Myers, 27, an escapee from a federal prison for a 1963 NC bank robbery, was charged with robbing Fayetteville’s Bragg Boulevard Southern National Bank. Officers recovered the 6000 dollars taken from the bank.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville
Leaksville
Charlotte
George Dennis Myers
North Carolina
Bragg Boulevard
Southern National Bank
Seeking Negro Cosmetology School Information in the Area
Inquiries request a list of accredited schools for Negro students from the N C State Board of Cosmetology Art Raleigh with details on entrance requirements and fees. Advise consulting local hairdressers for recommendations and noting possible area options.
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N. C
Coordination of benefits under employer and Blue Cross plans
A reader asks if employer group health coverage and a personal Blue Cross policy can pay a single claim. The response notes many policies have coordination of benefits clauses and advises checking both insurers. If Blue Cross is the Hospital Care Plan, it will pay regardless of other coverages, while Hospital Savings requires verification of exact benefits.
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Blue Cross
S.C. A
R. G. Kearns
Why county lunch menus differ from city plans
The county system does not publish a central weekly menu. Each county school plans and purchases separately, so no uniform menu exists. Contact the school dietary staff to obtain the specific meals for each day.
Revolutionary War Echoes in North Carolina Near Guilford Courthouse
The piece notes no Civil War battles in High Point but recounts Cornwallis chasing Greene leading to the Guilford Courthouse clash on March 15, 1781 with Greene retreating. It mentions Stoneman’s Civil War raid burning towns and a Confederate hospital use in High Point with about 5,000 soldiers treated at Barbee House, 50 deaths, and burials at fence corners later moved to Oakwood Cemetery.
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High Point
M. B. A. Cornwallis
Greene
N. C
Guilford Courthouse
Stoneman
Jamestown
Lee
Barbee House
South Main
Oakwood Cemetery
Curfew Lifted as Greek Frontiers Reopen Under Coup Rule
Greece's new military rulers relaxed control by reopening frontiers and lifting Athens curfew until early Sunday. Foreign airliners reached Rome with 97 passengers, two Danish planes landed in Athens, and a British airline resumed service. Civil rights remain suspended amid limited news, while some politicians were released. Tanks and troops maintain watch as communications and media stay constrained.
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Rome
Greece
Athens
Athens Radio
Cee
Hurriyet
Voice
U.N. Delegates Doubt Issues Will Be Settled
United Nations delegates doubt two key issues will be resolved at the special session on South-West Africa and U.N. peacekeeping finances. The 122 nation assembly, opening under President Pazhwak, aims to end South Africa's League mandate and place the territory under U.N. control while debating Security Council authority over peacekeeping funding.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Sorceleais
South-West Africa
U.N
South Africa
League of Nations
Security Council
United States
General Assembly
Assembly
Abdul Rahman Pazhwak
Hea
Riea
United Nations
Surveyor 3 Probes Moon Soil For First Time
Pasadena AP reports Surveyor 3 gouged a foot long trench on the moon near the lander revealing cohesive soil like wet sand. The operation was televised to Jet Propulsion Laboratory as engineers monitored a two inch deep furrow and a rectangular scoop hole.
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Pasadena
Calif
Surveyor 3
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Earth
Moon
Marines Tangle With Red Forces In Northern Saigon Front
US Marines claim 46 enemy killed in rugged Tam Ky coastal area as air strikes and artillery aided the fight. Air campaigns scored 118 missions over North Vietnam while B52s hit supply areas near Chau Doc. Task Force Oregon formed in the 1st Corps to address rising northern pressure.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Tam Ky
U.S
North Vietnam
Chau Doe
1St Corps
Oregon
196Th Light Infantry
25Th Infantry Division
Chu Lai
da Nang
William B. Rosson
1St Cavalry
Brown bagging law may spur NC map and guide industry
Raleigh AP reports North Carolina may license brown bagging to allow limited drinking in some restaurants. The idea could create a market for guides and maps showing dry vs wet counties, BBDS status, and restaurant brown bagging permits, with potential slogan and warning systems for transport.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
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