North Carolina primary could see unusually high turnout
Reports differ on likely vote totals for the May primary with estimates ranging from under 450000 to over 600000. Analysts cite past contests in governor and congressional races, rising public interest, and broader civic education as factors that may boost turnout beyond recent years.
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Lynn Nisbet
Kerr Scott
Charlie Johnson
Frank Graham
Willis Smith
Bob Reynolds
Olla Ray Boyd
Graham-Smith
Congress
General Assembly
Aace
Supreme Rt
Minor Change Considered By Methodists
Recommendations for changes in the organization of every Methodist church in the country were presented to the General Conference. Led by Bishop Costen J. Harrell, the commission urged an official local church board with four commissions evangelism missions education and finance and a quarterly conference as the basic controlling body and link to connectional Methodism.
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Steven V. David
San Francisco
Methodist General Conference
Costen J. Harrell
Charlotte
N. C
Wife I Loved Shot Eight Times in Nightclub Fight
Oklahoma City police freed Ernest William Fisher on a murder charge after he testified he faced his wife in the nightclub kitchen and shot her eight times during a gunfight sparked by her threats to kill him. He said she often hit him with a bottle and threw lemon juice in his eyes.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Ernest William Fisher
Catholic Jesuit Leaves Order to Become Communist
The Il Quotidiano reports Jesuit Father Alighiero Tondi has broken his vows to depart the order and convert to communism. Tondi, a 16 year member, disclosed his change in a pro Communist paper Dl Phese last Friday. He previously served as secretary to the head of the Institute of Superior Religious Culture at the Vatican's Gregorian University.
Crossword Clue Set for Inventors and Enduring Terms
A compact puzzle list with across and down clues covering a range of topics from inventors to anatomy and heraldry. Includes references to elements such as radium discoverer and revolver inventor, and terms like window parts and dawn goddess.
Becker’s right line for maximizing tricks in a squeeze
Oswald Jacoby explains a superior play by B. Jay Becker in a bridge hand from the Eastern Tournament. Becker starts with hearts, diamonds, and trumps in a sequence that forces the defense into losing cards, then ruffs diamonds in dummy to secure two extra tricks.
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Jay Becker
Declarer
West
Becker
East
Wife Broods While Chickens Heat Home in Cold Snap
Hastings Nebraska a farmer returned from town to find his wife in the brooder house with the chickens due to a forgotten fuel oil order and a sudden cold snap.
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Hastings
Neb
BC Headache Relief Promotes Fast Pain Ease
An ad touts BC as a fast acting relief for headaches neuralgic pains and minor aches. It claims the multi ingredient formula is more effective than single remedies and offers tablet and powder forms with various package sizes for quick relief.
Grandmother Master Sergeant of the WAF at Lackland AFB
Kathryn Hiller 53 the oldest enlisted WAF and sole grandmother in the blue Air Force uniform sits at the Lackland AFB supply desk preparing to drive 100 miles to fetch her two grandchildren Tracey and Brooks 4 and 2. She recalls joining in 1943 and notes she has only been on sick call twice in nine years. With a small town drugstore background her discipline and people skills earned her respect among WAF peers and officers as she sews for grandchildren and mentors younger airwomen. She earns 221 dollars a month plus meals and quarters and plans to work beyond the war end for security and purpose.
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Lackland Afb
Tex
Texas
Kathryn Hiller
WAF
Air Force
Tracey
Brooks
James
San Benito
Women’s Army Corps
Des Moines
Iowa
RVAF
Hiller
Illinois
Katy
Miss Truman jokes about single status at concert
In Duluth Minnesota 4000 people heard Mrs Truman joke about her unmarried status during a recital last night. The first lady’s quip came after Bret Truman referenced an old folk tune. She laughed and said she does not know who she will marry.
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High Point
N. C
Miss Truman
Duluth
Minn
Mary
Bret Truman
Queen Juliana Returns to Amsterdam After North America Visit
Queen Juliana of The Netherlands and Prince Bernhard completed a four week tour of the United States and Canada. They boarded a Royal Dutch KLM airliner at 7 p.m. EDT to return to Amsterdam. Juliana will celebrate her 43rd birthday Wednesday with her four daughters.
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Ottawa
Ont
Juliana of
The
Netherlands
Prince Bernhard
Amsterdam
United States
Canada
Juliana
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