Weekend conflict claims 20 dead in North Carolina notices
The Associated Press reports a weekend surge of death notices across North Carolina from knifings, drownings, and accidents. Names include Annie Rutherford Connelly 40 Debro Thomas 38 John Connelly 45 Kenneth Thomas 44 and Nannie Crouch 53. Several other Black residents face charges in related incidents. Deaths also linked to arsenic poisoning and highway crashes across multiple counties.
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Goldsboro
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Washington
Clinton Edwards
Sanford and
Howard Clark Jr
Stoneville
New Yorkers Split Over Verrazano Bridge Name
In New York a naming dispute erupts as officials consider naming the Bay Bridge linking Brooklyn and Staten Island after Giovanni da Verrazzano. Staten Island residents oppose honoring the Italian explorer, labeling him a pirate, while Brooklyn remains silent.
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Irish Easter Rebellion Began With German Landing of Casement
The Irish Easter uprising of 1916 started after a German submarine landed Sir Roger Casement on the Irish coast, marking the opening move of the rebellion led by Casement and Irish nationalists.
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North and South Carolina and Virginia Weather Outlook
Regional forecast highlights fair to warm all day with moderate temperatures across North and South Carolina and Virginia. North Carolina expects highs in the 80s and varied mountain to coastal low temperatures, South Carolina sees upper 70s to 80s with mostly sunny skies, and Virginia remains sunny and dry with highs around 75 to 80 and cool nights. Georgia shows hot conditions with scattered thunderstorms in the southwest.
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Man Goes To Florida Hoax Resolved In N C
Beaufort North Carolina AP report says Janice Warren claimed to move Greene to Raleigh and Tampa by bus but later admitted a hoax. No action planned. Greene's wife had sworn out a warrant for abandonment and non support in Robertsonville.
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Sailors of HMS Victorious Donate Blood in Boston
The crew of HMS Victorious gave blood at New England Medical Center in Boston before returning home after joint exercises with the U S Navy. Richard McCullough from Newcastle displayed 14 donation cards, Harry Barber from Sheffield showed 10, and Johnannee from Birmingham showed 8, each noting repeated port donations.
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Malta
Sunset and Sunrise Times Provided
The note lists sunset at 7 23 p m and sunrise at 5 29 a m for today and tomorrow. It repeats a placeholder text fragment HUA vee arghott.
Chapel Hill Board to rule on school transfer
The Chapel Hill School Board was expected to act on an application by the parents of 11 year old Stanley Vickers to transfer him from Northside Elementary, an all Negro school, to Carrboro Elementary, the all white school about a mile closer. If approved it would mark the first break in Chapel Hill's segregated system.
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Critical magazine hints at Mao flaws in China
AP report notes a New China article criticizing Communist policy failures while avoiding direct naming of Mao Tze-tung. Despite wording, the term wei ta implies Mao. The piece suggests tension over the big forward production drive and commune system, yet Mao remains in command as party chairman.
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Campaign Of Slander Is Charged
In San Jose Costa Rica former Nicaraguan ambassador Herdocia says he quit after being labeled insane by the Nicaraguan government and alleges a global slander campaign. He claims support from Enrique Lacayo Farfan and opposition groups. the Nicaraguan ambassador declined further comment.
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Primatene Now Sold Without Prescription for Asthma
The asthma formula doctors prescribe most for private patients is now available over the counter as Primatene. Tests show it stops attacks in minutes and provides hours of relief from spasms without injections. The three medicines in full strength relieve bronchial congestion and nervous tension. Available at drugstores for 98 cents with money back guarantee.
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N. Y
Whitehall Pharmece
Longtime Democrat Congresswoman Mary Norton Dies at 84
Mary T. Norton the first woman Democrat in Congress died at 84 from a heart attack in Greenwich Hospital. A Jersey City political figure backed by Frank Hague she served 26 years in Congress. Norton chaired the House District of Columbia Committee and later the Labor Committee and advised on woman power under Truman.
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Mary T. Norton
Greenwich Hospital
House Committee On
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House Labor Committee
Nebraska Floods Reach Ashland Camp Evacuations Considered
Flood waters from weekend rains move toward Ashland Nebraska with unofficial 12 inch totals upstream. Army Ducks stand by to evacuate about 300 Woodcraft campers at Camp Ashland along the Platte River. Widespread damage feared in Schuyler, Wahoo, Memphis and Omaha basements flooded and roads disrupted near Offutt AFB.
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Kidnaping Hearing Scheduled for Two Suspects
A hearing was scheduled in Mooresville for two boys charged with armed robbery and kidnaping of a one legged gunsmith on July 11. John L. Amburn Jr. and Tracy Lewis Southwick surrendered in Harrisburg and were returned to Iredell County jail. Another suspect, Neil Randall Millard, surrendered in Saluda and is undergoing 30 days observation at a Raleigh mental hospital.
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John L. Amburn Jr
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Neil Randall Millard
Saluda
S.C
State Mental Hospital
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King Henry VI Founding of Eton College in 1440
The article notes that King Henry VI established Eton College in England in the year 1440. It highlights the historic founding as a royal endowment shaping education.
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Henry VI
Eton College
England
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