Ada Pigg Dies in Jamestown Area
Ada Watson Pigg 60 of Rt 1 Jamestown died at City Memorial Hospital Thomasville after eight days illness. She was born in Chesterfield County DC and lived in High Point 19 years. Survived by daughter Edith Nobles, sister Annie Jackson, four grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 3 pm Four Square Church Welch Drive conducted by Rev. Curtis Cauble. Burial Carolina Biblical Gardens. Body at Orrell's Liberty Road Chapel. Family visited tonight 7 to 9. Grace M Heath dies at 72 in Rt 3 Randleman. James Ray Chatham, 68, Kernersville, killed in one car wreck on NC 266 near here. Burial arrangements pending.
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Ada Watson Pigg
Rt. 1
Jamestown
City Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
She
Chesterfield County
D.C
Carey and
Sally Caulder
High Point
Sanitary Cafe
Four Square Church
Pete
Edith) Nobles
Annie V. Jackson
Johnson Street
Welch Drive
Curtis Cauble
Carolina Biblical Gardens
Orrell
Liberty Road
Orrell’s
Walter Heath Ashebord
Grace M. Heath
Walter M. Heath
Randleman
Stokes County
Bethany Methodist Church
Ridge-McDowell Funeral
Randolph Memorial Park
James Chatman
Kernersville
James Ray Chatham
James Ray
Nancy Chatham
Rt. 2
N. C
Here
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
High Price Set At Leaf Markets
A record weekly average price was set on the South Carolina and Border North Carolina flue cured tobacco markets this week. Sales averaged 74.98 dollars per hundred pounds, 98 cents above last week’s record. A total of 40,107,711 pounds were sold, with seasonal totals around 72.59 per hundred pounds and 136,574,200 pounds sold. Last year at this time the average was nearly four dollars lower and total sales roughly ten million pounds higher.
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Associated Press
South Carolina
North Carolina
Federal State Market News Service
SCLC elects Abernathy president amid push on poverty and unions
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference reelected Rev. Ralph David Abernathy as president and signaled a militant year ahead focusing on poverty racism and opposition to war. The Charleston convention also eyed expanding involvement in building trades unions and draft resistance within a broader antiwar push.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph David Abernathy
Chicago
SCLC
Abernathy
Eee L
Martin Luther King Jr
Memphis
King
Jess Jackson
Jackson
Dr. King
Department of Peace
Baldhead Island fund drive aims to preserve wilderness
A High Point architect with thinning hair started a campaign to raise money to buy Baldhead Island off North Carolina seized for wilderness. He gave $5 to Gov. Scott and urged others to contribute, but the governor's office says contributions will be returned absent a designated fund. A Charlotte businessman owns the island and seeks resort development, while conservation groups push for wilderness preservation.
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Raleigh
Baldhead Island
North Carolina
Robert W. Conner
High Point
Bob Scott
Conner
Governor’s Office
Charlotte
Southport
Three Die In 1-40 Collision West Of Greensboro
Three persons died in a head on crash on 1-40 just west of Greensboro at 6 15 p m Friday. Ernest W Braxton 41 of Burlington Claude Allen of Graham and Mrs Ruby Shaver of Greensboro died from injuries at Moses H Cone Memorial Hospital. Seven people were injured and all taken to Cone Hospital including Ricky Shaver 17 and William Trollinger of Graham Paul S Staley of Winston Salem and Jesse Bowman of Dobson. The driver of the Shaver car was the son and other vehicle driver was unnamed. The trooper continued to investigate as both cars were declared total losses.
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Piedmont
Winston- Salem
N.C
ALPA
Asd
Washington
Asst
William Usery
Walter Rollins
Richmond
Newark
Atlanta
Winston-Salem
Rollins
Greensboro
Moses H. Cone
Greensboro Hospital
Ricky Shaver
William J. Trollinger
Graham
Paul S. Staley
Jesse 5. Bowman
Dobson
Hundley
Irish groups picket British consulates in Boston and New York
Irish-Americans organized protests outside British consulates in Boston and New York over Northern Ireland fighting. The Boston group, Committee for Justice in Northern Ireland, claimed 1,000 members and planned a nationwide boycott of British products if troops remain. New York protesters planned a silent overnight vigil at the United Nations and also considered a boycott.
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Associated Press
Boston
New York
Northern Ireland
Boston Irish
Committee For Justice In
United Nations
Newsman Joseph Duke Killed in North Carolina Auto Crash
Durham Sun city editor Joseph W. Duke aged 43 died when his car skidded on a rain slick curve near Bladenboro, colliding with a Lumberton man’s car. Duke, state Civitan chairman en route to Lake Waccamaw for Civitan officers meeting, joined Sun staff in 1950 and served as city editor. He was WWII Navy veteran, New Hanover native, a 1944 graduate of New Hanover High School.
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Purham
Joseph W. Duke
The
Durham Sun
Bladenboro
North Carolina
Lumberton
Civitan
Lake Waccamaw
Sun
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
San Francisco Bay Area
New Hanweck
New Hanover High School
Derry
Wilmington
Patrol Trooper Shot In Face Near Beaufort
Beaufort South Carolina AP patrol corporal Richard Woods was shot in the face while stopping to investigate an auto crash near Beaufort Marine Air Station. One man jailed, another sought in Charleston area about 50 miles away after forcing a Marine and wife to drive him. Woods treated locally then transferred to Charleston. Police found coins, shotgun, and revolvers missing from the Lawson home. pursuit used bloodhounds and helicopters.
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Beaufort
8. C
Highway Patrol
Richard
Woods
Beaufort Marine
Charleston
Lawson
Mining Firms Seek To Withdraw Water
Raleigh AP reports two firms Texas Gulf Sulphur Co and North Carolina Phosphate Co seek authority to withdraw about 59 million and 45 million gallons daily respectively while Weyerhaeuser uses roughly 66 million gallons per day. Board of Water and Air Resources schedules mid September review. Texas Gulf official notes possible economic impact and aims to keep firms in business as they consider changing mining methods along the North Carolina coast.
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Raleigh
Peek
Texas
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
North Carolina Phosphate Co
Weyer
Kaeuser Corp
Plym
Texas Gulf
North Carolina
North Carolina Coast
Celebration Set By Heidelberg Church Group
Thomasville Heidelberg United Church of Christ plans a Sunday worship at Blowing Rock assembly grounds. Members travel Saturday night with a noon meal at 12 30 in the dining hall. Rev G Harold Myers will lead worship. Thomasville service at 11 led by Dr Jacob Palmer. No church school that day.
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Thomasville
Heidelberg
Heidelberg United “Church of Christ
UCC Assembly
Blowing Rock
Little White
Assembly
G. Harold Myers
Jacob Palmer
Thomasville Woman Charged With Gambling Devices
Thomasville sheriff deputies arrested Jeannette Hutchins, 23, of Trexler Street, on charges of possession of gambling devices and violation of prohibition laws. Readily listed were punchboards, a tip board, lottery tickets, 19 pints of taxpaid liquor, and 77 cans of beer. Bond set at $600. Trial scheduled for Sept. 19.
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Thomasville
Trexler Street
Jeannette Hutchins
Television log highlights early evening schedule drift
Viewers are presented with a cluttered 6 to 12 PM lineup featuring Bill Anderson News Huntley Brinkley broadcasts and a mix of sports dramas comedies and films. Notable items include a Green Bay versus Chicago NFL pre season game and the classic Movie Prisoner of Zenda.
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Green Bay
Chicago
Johnny Cash
Capsule View Of Today's Evening Programs
Evening lineup highlights Jackie Gleason in a sunlit Spain caper with a black mail plot. Adam 12 features Malloy wooed by a young heiress and traffic tickets turning into invitations. Get Smart has Max and 99 facing a KAOS lab death trap. My Three Sons notes a misread marriage clue. Lawrence Welk offers a song mood. Ghost and Mrs Muir shows meddling with romance. Hogan's Heroes plans a hostage swap with a tricky captive. Birdman of Alcatraz stars Burt Lancaster in a crime biopic of Robert Stroud. Pro football previews Bears versus Packers in Milwaukee. Johnny Cash show includes guests. Shock Theater presents The Phantom of Crestwood. Movie fare includes Let's Be Happy and The Marrying Kind with romance and divorce tales.
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High Pointer
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Shaver
Farmbrook Drive
J. W. Handley
Trollinger
Cone
John H. Creech
Duke
Elbert Olen
South Pacific
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Beaufort, S. C
Charles
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Vienna
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KAOS
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Thelma Ritter
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Robert Stroud
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O. C. Jr
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Shock Theater
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Anita Louise
Crestwood
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Tony Martin
Vera Killen
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Peggy Cass
Judy Holliday
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