Culture Week Climax and Awards Highlight North Carolina History
The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association announced awards at its annual meeting. W. Connor received for his article on A Southern Democratic Simmons v Bailey in 1930. Winners include Branch & Trust Co Raleigh for a history series and a pictorial book on a Raleigh skyscraper site.
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Maven
Awanarete
Teeleleigh
Promi W. Connor
Richard L. Watson
The
University Today
Simmons Vs. Bailey
North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
Society American Association
North Line
Branch & Trust Co
Raleigh
North Carolina
Confederate Centennial Commission
Frank L. Horton
Winston- Salem
Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts
Earl Weatherly
Greensboro
Greensboro Historical Museum
Charles A. Cannon
Fred W. Morrison
Washington, N. C
Roanoke Island
Alfred B. Engstrom
Hillsborough
John Costlow
Beaufort
Beaufort Restoration
North Carolina Society For the Preservation of Antiquities
Horace P. Robinson
Littleton
Castro says Cubans ready to fight U S in Viet Nam
Castro predicts Cubans would enlist to oppose United States forces in Viet Nam and claims volunteers would come from around the world. He also asserts Che Guevara is alive and well, offering no new details on the disappearance of the former minister of industries.
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United States
Viet Nam
Castro
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Childs Faces Death Penalty After Conviction
ASHEVILLE AP Attorneys for Albert Bobby Childs prepare to appeal his conviction and death sentence for rape and first degree burglary. Judge Harry A. be sentenced him to die in the gas chamber at Raleigh Central Prison after a jury did not recommend mercy. The 34 year old handyman was convicted of entering Mrs. Carrie Waller's Asheville home and assaulting the 70 year old widow. The verdict brought no visible emotion from the defendant, but he and his wife wept as the judge imposed the sentence, Buncombe County's first death penalty in about 25 years. The last execution in the state occurred October 27, 1961.
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Asheville
Albert Bobby
Harry A
Seville Negro
Raleigh
Central Prison
Childs
Carrie Waller
Martin
Buncombe County
Theodore Boykin
Duplin County
Burglars Take Empty Safe From Franklin Oil Co
Police report thieves removed an empty safe from Franklin Oil Co in Cleveland Tennessee. A notice on the safe read this safe is not lndigt please an feo indicating the sign may have been vandalized or unreadable.
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Cleveland, Tenn
Franklin Oil &Co
Lndigt
Three Eligible For Postmaster in Beaufort
The Civil Service Commission declares Robert P. Humphrey L Jarvis Herring and Cleatus O Merrill as eligible for the Beaufort postmaster position with a yearly salary of seven thousand four hundred forty nine dollars.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Robert P. Humphrey
L. Jarvis Herring
Cleatus O. Merrill
Beaufort
Tobacco Sold From Loan Stocks In North Carolina
RALEIGH AP The Flue Cured Tobacco Stabilization Co reports 36.7 million pounds of tobacco sold from loan stocks in 1964 with 137 million pounds sold so far this year L. T. Weeks says November sales were the largest since February 1963 About 70 percent stayed in the domestic market and 30 percent went to export The Stabilization Corporation runs the price support program for flue cured tobacco Stocks total 822 million pounds of old crop tobacco and receipts from the 1965 crop through Nov 30 add 71 million pounds to a total inventory of about 893 million pounds
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Raleigh
Tobacco Tire Stabilization Co
L. T. Weeks
Stabilization Corporation
Commodity Credit Corp
Weeks
Underwater Tablet Marks Cook Memorial Site
An underwater tablet marks the spot where Captain James Cook was killed by islanders in Hawaii. The memorial lies beneath the surface, positioned at a depth accessible to divers near the historic site.
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James Cook
Hawaii
Blind veteran helper Adelia Hoyt turns 100 in Iowa heritage
Margaret Kernodle profiles Adelia Hoyt, a pioneer for blind veterans from World War I, who at age 100 remains noted for guiding braille literacy, founding transcription chapters nationwide, and directing Library of Congress services for the blind.
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Margaret Kernodle Washington
Adelia M
Library of Congress
Miss Hoyt
Cedar Falls
Washington
Hoyt J
Georgetown
Italian Officials Acquitted In Vaiont Hydroelectric Case
Three high officials of hydroelectric companies were acquitted over the Vaiont dam disaster. The case centered on alleged improper authorization of the power system operations from November 1962 to the disaster date. A parliamentary commission said it could not fix specific blame.
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Belluno
Italy
Bam
Cooley Plan To District Rejected In North Carolina
AP dispatch reports Harold Cooley says his plan for North Carolina eight Democratic congressmen to redraw districts was rejected by fellow Democrats. Cooley offered to fund expert help but says colleagues chose to look after their own interests. Governor Dan Moore had encouraged the plan. The state faces a federal court ordered redraw by January.
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Washington
Harold Cooley
D-N.c
North Carolina
Cooley
Dan Moore
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