Jury Trials Varied In State Courts
A North Carolina study shows higher conviction rates and stiffer penalties in jury trials for certain offenses, plus a jury deposit in inferior courts. It notes many traffic cases waive appearance, and courts sometimes impose imprisonment despite written waivers.
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North Carolina Bar Assay
Administration of Justice
Institute of Government
J. Spencer Bell
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Thasnan
General County
Cherokee County
Mecklenburg Publisher Horace Broyles Jr Dies at 47
Horace Clinton Broyles Jr., 47, publisher of the Mecklenburg Gazette, died Saturday in a Mooresville hospital. Funeral services are set for Sunday at Davidson Methodist Church. A Nashville native, he previously worked as a type setter for the Charlotte Observer and for several major papers. Survivors include his wife Mabel, his father Horace C. Broyles Sr., and two daughters.
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N.C
Horace Clinton Broyles Jr
Mecklenburg Gazette
Mooresville
Davidson Methodist Church
Jerry D. Murray
Nashville, Tenn
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Horace C. Broyles
Mary Cooksey Broyles
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Washinton Post and
Times Herald
Nashville Tennessean
Chattanooga Times
Spartanburg Journal
Mabel G. Broyles
De Gaulle Wins African Support For Constitution
AP dispatch from Algiers notes Charles de Gaulle's 15,000 mile swing across Africa rallying support for his proposed constitution. Local leaders in Brazzaville Cotonou Dakar Madagascar and other regions signal desire for independence with economic ties to France. Home referendum in September remains distinct, while Algeria’s status remains unclear.
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Charles de Gaulle
Africa
France
de Gaule
Tananakv
Brazzaville
Conakry
Dakar
Madagascar
Equatorial Africa
West Africa
de Caulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
Dakara
Central and
Sleeping Sickness Spreading Across Korea Japan and US Forces
AP report notes 73 new cases of sleeping sickness in an Asian epidemic. South Korea reports 65 male and female servicemen infected with 12 fatalities. three American servicemen hospitalized and one airman died. In Japan three U.S. Air Force children affected, including Myra Davidson in serious condition. Authorities warn the outbreak could reach 5,000 people before subsiding in September.
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Korea
David Fulton
Jackson
Miss
Japan
U.S. Air Force
Spe
Myra Davidson
Bradley Davidson
Concord
N.C
U.S. Navy
South Korea
Ministry of Health and Social Affairs
Health Office
Welfare Ministry
Average Low Tobacco Prices Fall Across Carolinas Markets
Weekly averages for flue cured tobacco in the Carolinas drift to new season lows. Poorer quality on market floors and weaker demand lower Belt prices, with some grades down $5 to $11 while better grades hold. Labor Day closures shift auction restart dates across belts.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Federal
Laate Market News Service
South Carolina
North Carolina
Union Cross Air Unit Reassigned as Part of 35th Air Division
The 810th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron at Union Cross near High Point is reassigned to the 35th Air Division, which plans to expand from 12 to 20 squadrons and add a third Fighter Interceptor Squadron. New boundaries will cover North Carolina, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, parts of Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia, with Dobbins AFB Georgia hosting the division.
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Union Cross
High Point
35Th Air Division
Cherry Point
Ft. Fisher
Lake City
Tenn
Guthrie
W. Va
Joelson
Flintstone
Dobbins Air Force Base
Marietta
North Carolina
Indiana
Tennessee
Kentucky
Ohio
Virginia
West Virginia
35Th
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
Florida
Louisiana
Piedmont Airlines pilots fail to reach settlement
Talks between Piedmont Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association ended in Winston-Salem without agreement. Negotiations resumed August 19 after a May failure, with 121 pilots having voted to strike if talks fail, though no strike date was set.
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Winston-Salem
Piedmont Airlines
Warren Lane
Federal Mediation Service
Piedmont
Air Line
Byrd Warns Virginia on Integration Violence
Senator Byrd spoke at an apple orchard picnic in Berryville Virginia vowing not to abandon Virginia’s stance against race mixing in public schools while warning that any violence during the next month’s integration crisis would weaken the cause He blamed the Supreme Court and the NAACP for enforcing desegregation and urged lawful means to defend Virginia’s position. In Oakland California Al Mikalow salvaged over 600 liquor bottles from the Showboat bulk after a dive and destruction order citing estuary contamination by state authorities.
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Bord
D-Va
Virginia
Byrd
Oakland
Calif
al Mikalow
Mikalow
State Alcoholic Beverage Control Department
NAACP
Supreme Court
High Court
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Congress
Legisate
France reveals gaseous diffusion for uranium enrichment
At the Atoms for Peace Conference in Geneva France publicly described a uranium enrichment method using gaseous diffusion and porous tubes to separate U-238 from U-235. French official Jean-Jacques Libert explained repeated passes raise U-235 content before converting the gas back to metal.
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France
United States
Britain
Russia
Jean-Jacques Libert
French Atomic Energy Commission
Libert
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