Konawa to Lead Girard Prosecution in Maebashi Trial
Yoshiro Konawa a 35 year old fencer noted as Japan's brightest young prosecutor will lead the case against Specialist 3 C William S Girard in a Maebashi district court trial over the shooting of Mrs Naka Sakai on a US firing range Kaname Watanabe the chief prosecutor guides the prosecution and will not appear in court The trial follows Konawa earlier work as associate prosecutor in the Maebashi pinball riot case involving four American soldiers who received suspended sentences The inferences suggest a strong stance on Japan US status of forces issues and a sharp remark by Konawa about the rioters and officers involved
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Fred Saito Maebashi
Japan
William S. Girard
Yoshiro Konawa
Justice Ministry
Konawa
Kaname Watanabe
Watanabe
United States
Girard
Naka Sakai
Old Fort School Hearings Slated By Associated Press
The McDowell County Board of Education plans hearings in Marion for the first of 42 Negro children whose parents seek transfer to the white Fort school. Supt. Melvin Taylor says four families’ hearings start tonight with more through Saturday as Greensboro and Charlotte boards weigh similar desegregation requests amid ongoing reassignment appeals and districting factors.
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Associated Press
McDowell County Board of Education
Marion
Fort
Melvin Taylor
Greensboro
Fred E. Evans Jr
North Carolina
Gwendolyn Yvonne Bailey
Evans
Charlotte
Kelly Alexander
NAACP
Alexander
Alexanders
Fac
Tarheel Electric Membership Meeting Opens With Morse Speech
The Tarheel Electric Membership Assn mid year gathering in Raleigh opened with Sen. Wayne Morse scheduled to address about 250 directors and managers of North Carolina electric cooperatives on National Resources and Rural Electrification. Morse will speak at a picnic at William B Umstead State Park as the sessions run through Thursday. Association president Cutlar L. Ballance called the proposals the most important in the 21 year history of the program.
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Raleigh
Tarheel Electric Membership Assn
Wayne Morse
Dore
Sen. Morse
North Carolina
William B
St. Pauls
House membership cut after 1840 census reapportionment
The U.S. House of Representatives reduced from 242 to 232 seats following the 1840 census. This reapportionment reflects shifts in state populations and representation allocations, altering the balance of seats among states.
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U. S
House of Representatives
Lofty Lighthouse Tops Hawaii Island Peak
The United States Coast Guard maintains the highest lighthouse on Lehua Island in the Hawaiian Islands. It stands 707 feet above sea level, marking a notable maritime beacon at the region.
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United States Coast Guard
Lehua
Hawaiian Islands
Beaufort To Select Solicitor
Beaufort County commissioners meet in a special session to choose a Recorders Court solicitor to replace J. D. Grimes Jr who faces a murder charge. Grimes resigns as Beaufort Aurora and Belhaven solicitors and a preliminary hearing is postponed while mystery surrounds the tobacco barn shooting of Haywood Paul.
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Washington, N.C
Beaufort County Commissioners
Recorders Court
J. D. Grimes Jr
Allen D. Swindell
Pantego
Board of County Commissioners
Grimes
Beaufort County Recorders Court
Aurora
Belhaven Recorders
Bryan Grimes
Don’t Scratch That Itch In Just Fifteen Minutes
Local ad for a topical itch relief product promises rapid help from a drug store. Mentions easy soap format HME and claims to kill germs on skin and aid conditions like eczema ringworm insect bites and surface itching. Cecil’s Drag Store guarantees availability locally.
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Cecil
Confidential and Whisper trials limit celebrity witnesses
Defense plans to call up to 150 celebrities as witnesses are ruled out by Judge Herbert V. Walker who allows testimony only on magazine stories already read in evidence. The trial includes Maureen O Hara and other stars with ongoing defamation suits and new testimony on the theater incident. A separate note recalls a 1954 URI program offering free tuition to adults 70 and older.
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Jack Lefler
Los Angeles
Herbert V. Walker
Walker
Arthur J. Crowley
Crowley
James Craig
Maureen O'Hara
Hollywood
Miss O'Hara
Europe
Daniel Ross
New York
O'Hara
Dorothy Dandridge
Marjorie Meade
Craig
Las Vegas
New
Mylee Andreason
Mark Stevens
Miss Dandridge
Alan Dale
John Carroll
Frank Sinatra
Eddie Fisher
Anita Ekberg
Anthony Steele
Billy Daniels
Jayne Mansfield
Mickey Hargitay
United States
Grand Jury
Grauman
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