Former Sheriff Beaten To Death In North Carolina
Violence claimed at least 14 lives in the state over the weekend. Edward Hamlett, 68, ex sheriff of Vance County, was beaten to death at a Wise home near Norlina. Hamlett's brother in law Otha Salmon, 43, was arrested and held without bond. Two boaters drowned near Goldsboro, Harold Casey 30 and Charles L. Thomas Jr. 18. Three dozen traffic fatalities included James McLaughlin 22 Carthage, Billy McDaniel 19 Connelly Springs, Roland Hord 35 Mangum, George Crumpton 44 Greensboro, Arlie Allen 18 Winston Salem, James Gwyn 31 Concord, Fannie Cooper 56 Bertie County, Debra Benton 7 Charlotte, Bertha Poteat 56 Shelby, John Sinclair 26 Clinton, and John Hatcher 16 Faison.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Edward Hamlett
Henderson
Vance
Wise
Norlina
Hamlett
Otha Salmon
Warren County
Neuse
Goldsboro
Harold Casey
Charles L. Thomas Jr
Orlando
Fla
Casey
James Junior McLaughlin
Rt. 2
Carthage
Billy Joe McDaniel
Connelly Springs
Roland Hord
Richmond County
Mangum
George Edward Crumpton
Greensboro
Arlie C. Allen
Winston-Salem
James Eugene Gwyn
Concord
Fannie Cooper
Bertie County
Debra Benton
Charlotte
Bertha Ann Poteat
Shelby
John Charles Sinclair Jr
Clinton
John William Hatcher
Faison
Tragedy at Florida lake claims 18 churchgoers lives
Jerome Maples, 11, survivor recalls the drowning of 17 children and their Sun day school superintendent Joseph Bouie at Lake Tarquin near Quincy. The Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church picnic drew about 45 Negro attendees. Bouie died after a 74 hp boat overturned as rescuers and bystanders tried to help.
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Quincy, Fla
Joseph Bouie
Bouie
Lake Tarquin
St. John
Tallahassee
Blessed Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Eastern Air Lines Plans Sept. 13 Full Service Return
Eastern Air Lines moves to resume full service by September 13 while facing pressure from unions. Flight engineers strike over cockpit staffing persists as airline pledges a streamlined schedule and negotiates with the Flight Engineers International Association and pilots.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Transport Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Eastern
Malcolm MacIntyre
MacIntyre
Flight Engineers International Association
EAL
Three Die in Lynches River Tragedy in South Carolina
In Florence County near Carter's Landing three people drown after stepping from a sandbar into deep water. Elliot Coward 35 attempted to save his daughter Mary Ellen 14 and Kathleen Matthews 30 both of Scranton. Coward drowned and his wife Hazel Coward was treated for shock. Mary Ellen would have entered seventh grade at J C Lynch School.
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Effingham
S. C
Lynches
Here
Florence County
Elliot Coward
Scranton
Kathleen Matthews
Mary Ellen Coward
Matthews
Carter’s Landing
Highway 301
Coward
Hazel Coward
Bruce Hospital
Florence
Warcraft Corp
Mary Ellen
J. C. Lynch School
CAP Search For Plane Called Off
Civil Air Patrol canceled a search for a plane believed missing on a Raleigh to Chattanooga flight after learning the aircraft never took off. CAP crews had searched from Raleigh to the Yadkin River and west along the route before the mix up was clarified.
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Raleigh
Civil Air Patrol
Raleigh-Durham
Chattanooga
Tenn
CAP
Kuehl
Raleigh Municipal
Yadkin River
Federal Education Plan Advocated at AFT Convention
Dr Harold C Hunt urged a federal commission to map a long range education policy to guide the nations future role. He noted 2 billion yearly in education spending across 300 programs and proposed a lay and professional panel to plan for 2000 enrollment growth and a doubled population. The AFT session opened with Hunt as principal speaker amid 750 delegates.
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Felix B. Wold
Detroit
Harold C. Hunt
Harvard University
Eliot
American Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Dr. Hunt
Teachers Union
Kennedy
America
Hunt
Chicago
Kansas City
U.S
Federation
AFT
Approxi
Bomb explodes near Franco residence in Spain
A small plastic bomb exploded near Ayete Palace, the summer home of General Francisco Franco in San Sebastian. The blast damaged a nearby villa’s windows and authorities found an unexploded device in the same area.
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San Sebastian
Spain
Ayete Palace
Francisco Franco
Lawmaker Warns of Soviet Space Attack Threat
Senator How ard W. Cannon warns the United States is defenseless against orbital assaults from Soviet space vehicles. He asserts civilian space policy delays military capabilities to intercept or destroy hostile satellites and questions the lack of a national program for space defense.
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Washington
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
United States
Soviet Union
Cannon
Senate
Air Force Reserve
Delicate Roque Fort Cheese Nibble With Cream Cheese
A light pre dinner bite features Roque Fort cheese mashed with cream cheese and chili and served with seedless grapes. Small knives are offered so guests spread the cheese on the fruit. A brunch hint suggests adding cut bacon.
Australian beauty chooses welfare work over Miss International
Tania Verstak, 21, winner of Miss International, declines film offers and touring as queen to return to Australia and pursue a career aiding refugees from communism. She plans studies in English Chinese psychology and return to Long Beach next year to crown a successor. Her prize money will fund her father's Sydney insulation business.
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Long Beach
Calif
Tania Verstak
Australia
Sydney
Tania
Lovely
Tientsin
China
Miss Verstak
Oscar Meinhardt
Sydney University
Switzerland
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