Miss America Stuns 75,000 at Thomasville Yule Parade
The Thomasville Yule Parade drew an estimated 75,000 spectators as Miss America Marilyn Elaine Van Derbur led a day of events. The procession featured bands, floats, antique cars, theater acts, and a post-parade antique car show and costume contest.
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Thomasville
Wint Capel Enterprise
the Armory
Miss America
Buick
U. S
Paul Kitchin
Marilyn Elaine van Derbur
Elaine Herndon
Ida Rose Mtad
Civic Center
House of Lance
Libby Seafoods
Linda Harvell Jr
Laurinburg
Hudson-Belk
al Boyles
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Doak Finch
Chester
S. C
New Foam Rubber Firm Slated Here
Earl N. Phillips to lead Phillips Foscue Corp a new North Carolina foam rubber plant to serve the furniture industry with polyether foam. Construction to start on a five acre West Green Street site with Coltrane and Graham building a 100 by 250 foot initial unit. The company aims for 5 million pounds annual capacity and plans future manufacturing sub sites.
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Bee
Earl N. Phillips
James E. Foscue
Phillips-Fescue Corp
Phillips
West Green Street
Highland Road
Coltrane and Graham
North Carolina
DuPont
High Point
Phillips-Do-Inc
Foscue
National Springs Corp
Johnson Hinge Co
Jamestown Mills Inc
Cold Front Drives Down Temps Across Piedmont
A cold front swept into the Piedmont yesterday with strong winds and a temperature drop. Gusts reached 38 mph at Friendship station as the warm front retreated, leaving forecast for fair but chilly conditions through tomorrow with a high near 38 and a low around 20 degrees.
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Piedmont
Mercury
Friendship
The Sweet Smell Of Collard Greens Heist
Walter Page reported a theft of collards from his patch on Elizabeth Street. Earnest Shelton, 44, allegedly admitted taking about $15 worth of greens. he was released on $100 bond and to face Municipal Court on December 4.
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Walter Page
Daniel Boone
Page
Elizabeth Street
Earnest Shelton
Shelton
Eisenhower Watches Army Navy Game From Gettysburg Home
President Eisenhower marked progress in stroke recovery as he watched the Army Navy football game on television at his Gettysburg estate. Doctors said he had another good night's sleep and continued to improve while spending a quiet day reading and resting. Hagerty noted the president felt in a "very good" mood as he kept to his routine and rooted for Army.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Army-Navy
Armed Forces
Army
Howard M. Snyder
White House
James C. Hagerty
Navy
Hagerty
West Point
Schooner Yankee Girl Struggles Off North Carolina Coast
The 66 foot auxiliary schooner Yankee Girl en route from New York to Nassau issued a Mayday 95 miles south of Morehead City at 8 37 a m after losing sails in high winds. seven aboard as Coast Guard cutter Chilula raced to the scene with rough seas expected and the ship had earlier run aground twice during the inland waterway trip.
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Norfolk
New York
Nassau
Morehead City
N.C
Coast Guard
Fifth Coast Guard District
Hampton Roads
North Landing River
Terrorists Kill Seven In Java
Seven people including children and guards were killed when a grenade attack struck a Jakarta area elementary school. President Sukarno appealed for calm and urged intensified national security after the incident, amid ongoing turmoil on the island.
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Java
Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Megawati
Tjikin Public School
Ontario Feels Earthquake Shakes Windsor and Cornwall
Tremors rattled western Windsor outskirts and Cornwall around 1 a.m. with walls and furniture shaking but no injuries. Ottawa observatory seismographs logged a slight quake at 1:27 a.m. centered about 75 miles from Ottawa, with Cornwall about 50 miles southeast of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Windsor
Cornwall
Dominion Observatory
Churchill Celebrates 83rd Birthday at Chartwell Home
Sir Winston Churchill marked his 83rd birthday at Chartwell with grandchildren present and wartime comrade Montgomery in attendance. He greeted well wishers outside in frost and received a flood of telegrams and letters from around the world. Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd praised him in a radio address while noting Eisenhower’s recovery as a generous gift.
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Winston Churchill
Lord Montgomery
Churchill
Coun
Westerham
England
Bir
Chartwell
Kent
Selwyn Lloyd
Sir Winston
Eisenhower
Field Marshal
Viscount Montgomery
Jenner Retirement Shocks Indiana Republicans
Senator William E. Jenner announces he will not seek re election in 195? and plans to practice law in Indianapolis with Jack C. Brown. Republican State Chairman Robert Matthews said Jenner was unavailable for comment at his Bedford home. The move sparks talk Gov. Handley may run for the Senate seat.
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Indianapolis
William E. Jenner
Ind
Indiana
Jenner
Robert W. Matthews
Matthews
Bedford
Eisenhower
Harold W. Handley
Senate
Jack C. Brown
U.S
Missile Ring Planned to Defend Nation Against Jet Bombers
Air Force moves to acquire land for the first Bomarc launch site as part of a nationwide defensive chain. Officials foresee about 15 sites to cover long-range threats, with the Nike system serving as a closer-in defense and broader radar warning upgrades tackling overtaking ballistic missiles.
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Washington
Air Force
Defense Department
Air Defense
Army
Atlantic
Pacific
Boeing Airplane Co
Nike
Fiery glow spotted in California sparks Sputnik drift tale
Cambridge reports a Soviet Sputnik rocket likely fell toward the South Pacific after a rapid altitude loss. Smithsonian officials cite radar data from Jodrell Bank showing the rocket speeding toward a fiery plunge, with observers in California witnessing a bright sky object near Venus and the Moon.
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Cambridge
Mass
South Pacific
South America
Fred L. Whipple
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Whipple
Los Altos
Calif
Roy N. Griffin
Venus
John S. Rinehart
The
Smithsonian
California
Pacific Ocean
Argentina
South Atlantic
Indian Ocean
United States
Jodrell Bank
England
Warren family welcomes first grandchild in Beverly Hills
Chief Justice Earl Warren's youngest daughter Nina Warren Brien gave birth to a 8 pound 3 ounce son in Beverly Hills. Nina known as Honeybear, aged 24, is married to Dr. Stuart Brien a Beverly Hills obstetrician. Dr Brien did not deliver the baby.
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Los Angeles
Earl
Warren
Nina
Honeybear
Stuart Brien
Beverly Hills
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