Law Enforcement Officers At Odds In Burnsville
Burnsville’s lone officer John Ollis accuses Sheriff Hall of worsening law and order after Ollis left Hall’s deputy post. Ollis cites countywide tension, a drunkenness arrest incident, injuries, and crowds. Sheriff Hall says the feud began after he shut down gambling spots and a nude show, angering Hilliard and Ollis.
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Burnsville
N.C
John Ollis
Terry Hall
Depuy
Hall
Ollis
Robert Hilliard
Fire Department
Swedish Girl Has Good Chance for Recovery
Brigitta Ahlberg a 23 year old Swedish exchange student remains in Greensboro after a Aug 5 accident when she ran into an airplane propeller. Doctors report high prospects for recovery though infection is a major risk. Ahlberg lost an arm and suffered chest and facial cuts. funds are being raised by the Western North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Church to assist with medical bills. Ernest Ahlberg father flew from Stockholm to be with his daughter as doctors monitor infection and continue care.
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Greensboro
Brigitta Ahlberg
Ahlberg
Western North Carolina
Miss Ahlberg
Ernest Ahlberg
Stockholm
Brigitta
Downswing In Tobacco Prices Noted In Georgia Florida Belt
The first general price downswing this season on the Georgia Florida flue cured belt was reported by the U S Department of Agriculture. Most grades fell $1 to $3 per hundred pounds with a few up about $1. Quality remained steady into the third week of the summer crop sale. Last week’s gross sales reached $7 327 668 pounds, lifting the season total to 93 086 577 pounds.
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Valdosta
U.S. Department of Agriculture
North Carolina
Border Belt
Marie Dionne Marries On Honeymoon In Secret Ceremony
Marie Dionne the third of Canada’s quintuplets wed Florent Houle a 33 year old court clerk in a secret ceremony to avoid a spectacle. The couple’s plans were delayed by media attention and Catholic church officials provided no detail about the wedding. Dionne’s sister Yvonne is a nurse and Emilie died in 1954.
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Montreal
Marie Dionne
Florent Houle
Cecile
Yvonne
Emilie
Sacred Hearts of Notre Dame Romania
Marie
George Rouse
Florent
North Carolina Board to Rule on Poultry Mash Fiber Content
Feed manufacturers urged the State Board of Agriculture to raise the fiber limit for poultry mash from 8 percent after public hearing noting pullets may thrive on higher fiber. The board also faced requests from meat packers and tenderizer makers to permit tenderizing NC processed meats amid interstate commerce rules.
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Raleigh
State Board of Agriculture
North Carolina Feed Manufacturers Assn
Agriculture Board
North Carolina
Heart and Cancer Deaths Rise in North Carolina Half 1958
The State Board of Health reported 18 716 deaths in the first six months of 1958, up from 17 433 in 1957. Births were 53 716, about 1 000 fewer than the prior year. Heart disease remained the leading killer with 6 725 deaths, cancer 2 170, while motor vehicle fatalities declined to 482 from 511.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
North Carolina Civil Defense Director Receives Air Force Honor
Wilson J. Broadwell of Selma, Johnston County director of civil defense, was awarded an Air Force exceptional service prize in Raleigh. Gov. Hodges and Col. Edward A. Doss attended the ceremony, which praised his work establishing a Ground Observer Coins Unit as part of civil defense. Broadwell is the first North Carolinian to win the award.
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Raleigh
Air Force
Wilson J
Jiggs) Broadwell
Selma
Johnston County
Broadwell
Hodges
Edward A. Doss
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Bridge collapse settlement ends Cherokee case in Asheville
In Asheville federal court the government settled lawsuits over the Cherokee swinging bridge disaster at Oconaluftee River. Three years after the collapse two died and 39 were injured. total damage claims reached 1.382 million dollars. Government signs off on 16 actions with payment to settle.
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Asheville
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Oconaluftee
U.S
Dog Bit Boy After Tranquilizer Pill Forgotten
Billy Young encountered a barking dog while riding past a Idaho Falls residence. The dog bit his ankle. the owner Mrs. Howard Harper said the dog normally takes a tranquilizer daily to steady its nerves, but the pill had been forgotten.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Billy Young
Howard Harper
Road Problems To Be Discussed In Yanceyville
Officials and civic leaders from Alamance Caswell Orange Guilford and Rockingham counties meet with state highway engineers August 20 at Caswell County courthouse from 1 30 to 4 30 p m. Seventh Division Engineer T A Burton and staff represent the Highway Commission.
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N.C
State Highway Commission
Coun
Alamance
Caswell
Orange
Guilford
Rockingham
Caswell County
Highway Commission
T. A. Burton
Mill To Cease Operations At Hendersonville Plant
The Green River Mills plant at Tuxedo will stop operations due to serious financial losses. The mill, built in 1907, employs about 260 workers and produces combed cotton yarns.
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Hendersonville, N.C
Green River Mills
Tuxedo
Showers Lift North Carolina Tobacco and Corn Prospects
AP reports July rainfall boosted North Carolina flue-cured tobacco to a forecast of 723.4 million pounds and corn to 78.776 million bushels, with peach output cut to 1.3 million bushels. Burley tobacco totals run about 19 million pounds. peaches are hurt by excessive rain.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Seven Negroes to attend Gillespie Park school in Greensboro
Seven Negro pupils will attend Gillespie Park Elementary in Greensboro this fall, two more than last year, following board approval of their applications. The board rejected 11 other Negro applicants to enter all-white schools amid a tense meeting.
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Greensboro
N.C
Gillespie Park
Sion
Ku Klux
Warren and Halifax Boards Confront Indian Reassignment Issue
Warren and Halifax counties education boards will meet jointly to decide on funding for a private school as Haliwas seek reassignment of children to an Indian school. The hearing drew about 350 residents, with attorney J Ed Knott arguing Indian ancestry.
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Warrenton
N.C
Warren
Halifax
Warren Board
Warren County
J. Ed Knott
Roanoke Rapids
South Dakota
Ray Elk
Halifax Counties
J. Henry Overman
Halifax Board
J. R. Peeler
Overman
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