Proctor Dies. State Alcoholic Rehab Chief
S Kinion Proctor 44 longtime head of the states alcoholic rehabilitation program died at Duke Hospital Durham after a two week illness. He led the program since its 1949 founding and will be buried in Oxford where his father long served at Oxford Orphanage. Survivors include his wife two daughters his mother and a brother. he served in India with the Air Force in World War II.
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Winston-Salem
India
Air Force
Hospitals Board of Control
City Hospital
Highway bids open for 138.8 miles of state road work
Raleigh AP says bids on 23 highway projects totaling 138.8 miles will be opened August 26 by the State Highway Commission. Low bids will be reviewed August 29 in Raleigh. Projects include surfacing in Guilford Hoke Alamance Orange Davidson Montgomery and widening on U.S. 64 in Martin and Pitt counties.
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State Highway Commission
Guilford
I Hoke
Alamance
Orange
Davidson
Montgomery
U.S. 64
Martin
Pitt Counties
Williamston
Pitt County
Pitt
Martin Line
Edgecombe
North Carolina Tops Licensing System Rating
North Carolina earned the top award for driver licensing for the third straight year, edging California Minnesota and Connecticut. Ed Scheidt announced the state led in training supervision examination standards and recordkeeping as Eton R. Peele leads the Drivers' License Division of the Motor Vehicles Department.
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North Carolina
American Assn. of Motor Vehicles
Ed Scheidt
Association
National Safety Council
Scheidt
Eton R. Peele
Motor Vehicles Department
California
Minnesota
Connecticut
Millions for North Carolina Secondary Roads Unveiled
The State Highway Commission reports 12 052 456 92 spent to pave and stabilize 1500 miles of secondary roads in the last fiscal year ending June 30. Paving covered 729 48 miles and 771 26 miles were drained and stabilized. For the current session ending December 15 7658 853 66 is set aside for paving 817 75 miles and 616 80 miles of drainage and stabilization.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Son, i
School Officials Gather for North Carolina Conference
MARSHILL NC AP 175 school superintendents and officials attended a three day conference on school problems from city to state levels. Speakers included Dr. Charles F. Carroll state superintendent and Nile F. Hunt state coordinator of teacher education.
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N.C
Charles F. Carroll
Nile F. Hunt
Not Many Yankees In Lebanon
BEIRUT AP reports soldiers of the 2nd Battalion 2nd Marine Division, the first to land south of Beirut on July 15, say there are few Yankees among their ranks, with many from Georgia. On Khaldi Beach two 8 inch howitzers were loaded aboard an LST named Lebanese Lady and Beirut Baby. Lt. Burroughs, overseeing the load, expressed relief that operations progressed well.
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Jim D. Chrisawan
Asheville
N.C
Frank J. Geiger
Jacksonville
Fla
Charles E. O'Brien
Savannah
Khaldi Beach
International Airport
Franklin D. Burroughs
Charlotte
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More Pool Charges Brought In Greensboro Case
In Greensboro a group of Negroes asks the federal court for permission to add a charge accusing the city of maintaining segregation at Lindley Park pool. Attorneys claim collusion between the city and Greensboro Pool Corp in the sale for 85000 dollars.
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Lindley Park
Edwin M. Stanley
Greensboro Pool Corp
Sympathy Without Cash For Four Asheville Swindle Victims
Four Asheville men were bilked of 35 dollars each by a man calling himself Mr. Henderson claiming ties to Allied Mapping Co. He promised training in Raleigh with 75 dollars weekly pay and deposits for room and board. ESC turned the case to Asheville police and the State Bureau of Investigation. other offices were alerted.
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Employment Security Commission
Asheville
ESC
Henderson
Allied Mapping Co
FBI Prank Backfires as Man Admits False Kidnap Tale
Jasper Belcher 36 was jailed on $1000 bail after admitting he invented a Florida kidnapping story to State Patrol in Sparta. He said he traveled willingly with Bob Ripley Bales 34 of Fayetteville Ga, who was held on a liquor charge and questioned by FBI agents. Belcher had no fixed address and listed Blooming Rose West Virginia on a draft card.
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N.C
FBI
Jasper Belcher
Belche
State Highway Patrol
Sparta
Jacksonville
Fla
Bob Ripley Bales
Fayetteville
Belcher
Bales
U.S
L. F. Amburn
North Carolina
South Carolina
Bates
Virginia
Georgia
Blooming Rose
W. Va
Basel Handles Four Million Tons of Ship Cargo Annually
Basel Switzerland processes about 4 000 000 tons of ship cargo each year while lying 500 miles from the nearest sea.
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Basel
Switzerland
UN Debaters Dream World At The General Assembly
In New York the emergency General Assembly welcomes delegates from 81 nations to discuss the Middle East in a high tech hall. The space supports 810 delegates, 270 observers, 234 reporters, and 800 guests with multilingual翻译 and live TV coverage under the gaze of Dag Hammarskjold and Leslie Munro. Resolutions require two thirds majority and have no veto from the Security Council.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N. Emergency General Assembly
Middle East
U.N
Assembly
Leslie Mun‘roe
New Zealand
Dag Hammarskjold
Andrew Cordier
General Assembly
Security Council
Moonshine War Seizes 600 Illicit Stills in Poland
Poland's moonshine crackdown yields nearly 600 illicit stills seized in the first half of the year. Trybuna Ludu reports new stills are being set up daily to offset vodka price hikes aimed at curbing alcoholism.
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Warsaw
Poland
Trybuna Ludu
Pakistan Industrial Development Corp builds watercraft for export
The Pakistan Industrial Development Corp. reports its first foreign order a 270 ton barge for the West German Hansa Line. The firm is producing vessels for both export and domestic use.
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Karachi
Pakistan Industrial Development Corp
Hansa
Rin Tin Tin 1.39 Wins. tale of Koo Knows Beil
WSOC-TV Charlotte presents a 6:30 program listing noting Rin Tin Tin 1.39 airing with a win. The guide mentions a tale featuring Koo Knows Beil and a note about Jack Paar.
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Beil
Jack Paar
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