Reynolds Case Comes Up Today
In Miami attorneys confer in circuit court over a seven figure division of tobacco magnate Richard J. Reynolds fortune for his second wife Mari anne O'Brien Reynolds and child custody. The hearing follows a prior large settlement with his first wife Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds and cites allegations of indiscretions and neglect amid a high profile divorce.
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Miami
Richard J. Reynolds
Marshall C. Wiseheart
Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds
Reynolds
Paris
Porfirio Rubirosa
Rubirosa
Doris Duke
Danielle Darrieux
Ralphael Trujillo
Stilwell Named Regiment Commander in Korea
Col. Joseph W. Stillwell Jr., son of the famed World War II general, was appointed commander of the 23rd Regiment of the U S Second Division in Seoul Korea. The 40 year old West Point graduate from Columbus Georgia and Falls Church Virginia has 23 years in the Army.
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Seoul
Korea
Joseph W. Stillwell Jr
Joe Stillwell
China- Burma-India
U. S
Columbus, Ga
Falls Church, Va
West Point
Steadiness Lifts Carolinas Border Belt Tobacco Markets
Steadiness was the keynote on flue cured markets in the Border Belt with buyers reporting steady demand and prices near a dollar per hundred. Volume remained light as Tuesday sales totaled 3 12 percent and prices slipped to 54 5 per hundred on average, with South Carolina and North Carolina totals and grades listed.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Border Belt
U. S
N. C
Agriculure
Winston Reverses on Beer License Local Control Plan
In Raleigh the State ABC Chairman Robert W. Winston backed tougher enforcement of current laws over a local veto on beer licenses. He cited a provision allowing city or county objections to weigh with the ABC Board. The shift follows the Pepelis case in Greensboro where a permit was revoked after local refusal and a court sequence ending with license revocation.
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Raleigh
ABC
Robert W. Winston
Winston
State
ABC Board
Miltiadis Pepels
N. C
Greensboro
Pepelis
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Supreme Court
Two Await Grand Jury Action
Two men await a grand jury decision in the slaying of Darlington attorney J. A. Watts Jr. A former Olanta police chief testified that Lamar Herring admitted killing Watts and that Herring hired to bump off a fellow. Tom Rich, a used car dealer, said Herring fired the fatal shot and Rich helped by driving the car. Watts was found dead in his parked car with a single .45 caliber bullet wound.
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Hartsville
D. C
Darlington
J. A
Watts
Byrd
Herring
Tom Rich
Lumberton
N. C
Rich
Dovesville
Darlington County
Common-Law Husband Questioned in River Grove Killing
Police questioned Jerry DeLaurentis 39 and a girlfriend after the body of 29 year old G DeLaurentis was found in a River Grove ditch. The victim, with narcotics addiction, shoplifting and prostitution history, was discovered early this week with her knees tied by her skirt strip and her arms pinned by her blouse.
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Chicago
Jerry DeLaurentis
G DeLaurentis
River Grove
Saucers Defy Gravity in Star Laboratory Photo
The Star reports on saucer shaped devices demonstrating rapid acceleration and hovering while using a vacuum bell to balance low air pressure against static electricity to emit light. Photo by Star staff photographer. AP Wire photo.
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Starstaff
William Erbe
Army
Fort Belvoir
Washington, D. C
Washington Evening Star
Kipling’s East and West Revisited in ANZUS Talks
The piece argues Kipling’s line about East and West persists as the U S seeks a Pacific strategy. It notes the ANZUS ministers meeting in Honolulu, the 1951 San Francisco treaty with Australia and New Zealand, and that no full regional defense system or common command exists, leaving the U S still in the middle.
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United Press Foreign
Rudyard Kipling
East
United States
Toether
Australia
New Zealand
Honolulu
San Francisco
Japan
Pacific
Dean Acheson
NATO
Europe
Matthew B. Ridgway
West
U. S
Downward Trend on Georgia Marts
In Valdosta Georgia and across Georgia Florida flue-cured tobacco markets the downward trend continued for a second straight day. The U S Department of Agriculture reported about half the grades fell one to four dollars per hundred with lower quality offerings down one to two dollars. Tuesday’s average moved to 51 37 per hundred the lowest since the season’s third day and 66 cents below Monday. The Stabilization Corp moved 158064 pounds Tuesday under the federal loan program and since opening 4 6 percent of offerings have gone to loan. Total Georgia sales Aug 5 reached 92668956 pounds at 51 83 per hundred with Florida sales at 13967138 pounds and 53 72 average.
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Valdosta
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Stabilization Corp
Georgia
Florida
Greek Freighters Collide In Channel
Two Greek freighters collided in the English Channel last night prompting aid from two British tugs including the Turmoil. The Turmoil previously helped the Flying Enterprise before its sinking. Initial radio reports said both 7,176 ton vessels the Petros Nomikos and the Stavros Coumantaros sought lifeboats, but Dutch radio later said they no longer needed assistance.
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London
English Channel
Nearl
Flying Enterprise
Scheveningen
Petros Nomikos
Stavros Coumantaros
Marines Halt Boitnott Exploits After Wounding
Marine Sgt. John E. Boitnott famed for Korea sharpshooting is halted after a Communist hand grenade wounded him on July 26. His wife says he broke an arm but is aboard a hospital ship. he and Pfc. Henry Friday used as decoy aided by one-shot kills. Boitnott, 11 years in service from Dawson Springs Kentucky, has two sons and a mother in Chicago.
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Comfort
N. C
John E. Boitnott
Korea
Boitnott
Defense Department
Bonnett
Marine Corps
Pfc
Henry A. Friday
Nikoosa
Wis
Wildcats
Kentucky Hills
Friday
Bonnott
Dawson Springs
Marine Top Brass
Boitnett
Mike
John Jr
Ada Walker
Chicago
New North Carolina Highway Patrol Commander Sworn In
Raleigh reports Capt. W. B. Lentz 47 of Greensboro was sworn in as the fourth patrol commander since 1949 in a ceremony with Motor Vehicles Commissioner L. R. Fisher. Fisher elevated Lentz from Troop C to colonel, moving Col. James R. Smith to major with executive officer duties shared with Major D. T. Lambert. The appointment shifts leadership as the patrol expands its ranks and budget.
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Raleigh
W. B. Lentz
Greensboro
L. R. Fisher
Fisher
Lentz
Troop C
James R. Smith
Smith
D. T. Lambert
Patrol
Lambert S
C. R
Tony’ Tolar
Scott
H. J. ‘Doggie’ Hatcher
Tolar
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Hugh
Cleveland
Watertown
N. Y
Los Angeles
Calif
Stilwell
CAL
Barkley
Alberta
English Streets
South Carolina
North Carolina
Rae
Kipling
Marine
Morton
Morton Edad
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