Thom asville Drive Boosted by Chair Co Offer
Thom asville leaders say a challenge offer from Thom asville Chair Co will add 25 cents for every dollar donated by others to the field house fund drive. The goal is $40,900 with work to start once $40,000 is raised, as Jaycees expand 33 two man teams.
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Thomasville
Field House
Thomasville Chair Co
Hubert Leonard
Ken Huffman
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Jaycee
Community Foundation
Memorial Park
Suspect’s Alibi Fails In Dudley Murder Case
Detective notes Jack Barridan claims sailing on the sea the afternoon of Charley Dudley’s murder. He recounts drifting after wind died, signaling for help, boarding a freighter Loretta, returning by 5 30 pm, and learning Loretta sank from boiler explosion next night. Details alter the timeline and raise doubt about his whereabouts.
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Charley Dudley
Jack Barridan
Dudley
Rarridan
Loretta
Barridan
Jack Rafridan
Thomasville Men Master Flying Radio Controlled Planes
Alfred Myers and Bob Yates, a heating contractor and a machinist, have toiled for years to perfect radio controlled model aircraft. They operate a ground transmitter and a box to control rudder and speed, achieving takeoffs, maneuvers, and precise landings without touching the planes. Their NC group, the radio control league, includes nearly a hundred enthusiasts, meets monthly across the state, and holds an invitational meet each year.
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Thomasville
Alfred Myers
Bob Yates
Myers
Yates
High Point
van Holt Machine Shop
Beaf
North Carolina
Thomasville High Point
Virginia
Ling
Motorist Caught On Rail Tracks In San Diego
Harold Buddy Locate, 22, backed into a bumper to bumper jam at Laurel Street crossing on Santa Fe Line. A diesel locomotive struck his car, pushing it into a ditch. he suffered a possible skull fracture, a broken arm and multiple cuts.
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San Diego
Calif
Harold Buddy Locate
Locate
Laurel Street
Santa Fe
Convair
Ryan Aircraft
Ryan
H. M. Steward
Defense and Agriculture Departments Restore Spending Authority
President Eisenhower signed bills restoring full funding for the Defense and Agriculture departments for the year starting July 1. The Defense Department receives 33,759,850,000 dollars while the Agriculture Department and Farm Credit Administration are allotted 3,666,543,757 dollars after temporary authority expired due to Senate civil rights debates.
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Washington
Defense and Agriculture Departments
Eisenhower
Senate
Defense Department
Agriculture Department
Farm Credit Administration
Boy Finds Rare Clover Hoard in School Yard
During recess in St. Catharines Ontario 11 year old Paul Mooradian discovered a dozen clovers in the yard including one six leaf variety six five leaved and nine four leaf clovers marking a remarkable plant find for a student.
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ST. Catharines, Ont
Paul Mooradian
Birthright novel stirs Thomasville readers
Demand for Lettie Hamlett Rogers last work rises in libraries and shops as locals spot Thomasville residents in the story. The book centers on a Southern town amid school desegregation debate, with author notes claiming fictional places and names.
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Lettie Hamlett Rogers
Thomasville
Bert Wellens
English Visitor Rescued After Major Fire In Tillsonburg
Mrs. Marian Harris, a visitor from England, was trapped under a dryer in the Vogue Beauty Shop when smoke swept through the block. Two hours later the blaze had burned much of the area and Harris was missing until found by police. She said she escaped through the smoke to another shop, not realizing the fire was so severe.
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Tillsonburg
Ont
Marian Harris
England
Vogue
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