One Man Arrested In Slaying Of Girl
Laurinburg North Carolina police report a 32 year old Laurel Hill man was arrested at his home in connection with the slaying of 19 year old Ida May Treadaway. Her stabbed nude body was found in Roberdell Lake near Rockingham last night. A county sheriff says a knife was driven into her back five times and she was beaten. Kenny Watson identified the suspect as one of three men seen with the victim. Two material witnesses, Bernice Quick Chandler and Kenny Watson, tell of three strangers leaving a roadhouse with Mrs Treadaway Friday afternoon.
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Laurinburg
N.C
Laurel Hill
Here
Ida May Treadaway
Roberdell Lake
Rockingham
George Smith
James Lee McDonald
Smith
Kenny Watson
McDonald
Richmond County Sheriff's Office
Jim McKinnon
Tom Adams
Court Martial Convicts Commander of Destroyer
Cmdr. Richard B. Varley Jr. was convicted by an eight officer court martial of negligently hazarding the destroyer Eaton during a May 6 collision with the battleship Wisconsin off the Virginia Capes. Sentenced to the loss of 150 unrestricted numbers in the Navy Register, the verdict ends six days of testimony on speed, course, and command decisions.
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Norfolk
Richard B. Varley Jr
Eaton
Varley
Wisconsin
Virginia Capes
Navy Register
Cmdr
Robert W. Wells
Terrell Connor
J.g
Peter ‘van Shoeffel
Connor
Col- Schoeffel
Wells
Shhoeffel
Var
Prisoners Rescued After Attempted Escape From Governors Island
Two Army prisoners identified as Pvts. Robert Ellis and William Shaw escaped a Governors Island work detail by swimming a quarter mile to the Battery Manhattan. They had been confined in the island stockade since last month for AWOL and were awaiting transfers to Ft. Devens and Ft. Bragg. A tug rescued them when they surfaced near the buoy and they were returned to military authorities.
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New Eae
Governors Island
Pont Buoy
Upper
New Yeay
Robert Ellis
William Shaw
Island Stockade
Ellis
Ft. Devens
Shaw
Ft. Bragg
Army
Battery
Manhattan
Answers to four quiz items reveal historical and naval facts
The list states Hendricks won in 1884 after a 1876 defeat. It claims about 1 million dollars per day in a unspecified context. It asserts communist nations combined exceed that total. It notes four as a quantity and links the U S Canberra to the Australian flagship sunk at Save Island in 1942, detailing naval naming origins.
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T. A. Hendricks
Canberra
Save Island
Tobacco Market Strength Follows Georgia Florida Sale Highs
Tobacco men in Valdosta report continued strength after Monday's general advance, with top quality leaf reaching a season high of 64 dollars per hundred pounds. Waycross posted a day average of 55.28 dollars, highest of the season, while the weekly average stood at 49.10 on 53,280,869 pounds moved. Farms’ season total sales total 38,251,202 dollars versus last year’s 44,104,499 on 89,725,131 pounds. Government loan participation declines from 11 to 6–8 percent.
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Valdosta
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Waycross
University of Michigan students show stronger religious interest
Ann Arbor report finds 85 percent of students profess a religious preference and 4000 to 5000 attend at least one religious service weekly. Dewitt C. Baldwin, university coordinator of religious affairs, notes greater religious engagement than prior generations.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Dewitt C. Baldwin
Kefauver Seeks Influence Amid Democratic Convention Buzz
In Chicago Kefauver renounces the 1956 nomination yet hints at a 1960 or 1964 bid. His Kefauver headquarters stay alive with 20 rooms reserved for visitors as backers drift toward Stevenson, though Averell Harriman and aides keep options open for a Kefauver vice presidential run.
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Chicago
Estes
Kefauver
Tennessee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Unscheduled Stop Indianapolis Crew Rescues Man From Canal
A small freight train halted on the Indianapolis Belt Railroad when Ora Sutton and crew pulled an elderly man from the water company canal after he slipped into the water while walking along the bank.
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Indianapolis
Ora Sutton
Water Company
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