Pair of Virginia Men Tied to Local Theft and Robbery
Police indicate two Virginia men may be linked to a Danville theft and a company robbery. Corum, who paid a $15 fine, was arrested at a bus station and returned after further evidence. Welbourne said Sandridge admitted taking part in a $60 robbery of Blackwell's Service Station in Gaffney and implicated Corum. Both allegedly drove a car stolen from B and H Motor Co in Danville and abandoned it near Oteen. Sandridge was charged with carrying a concealed weapon after a drunkenness arrest.
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Asheville
Virginia
Danville
Clarence Concerne
Corum
Welbourne
Sandridge
Blackwell
Gaffney
B. and H. Motor Co
Oteen
Here
Terry
Wetzel
FBI
Chattanooga
Tenn
Highway Patrol
A. W Welch
Greensboro
California
North
Corona
May Be Cottonseed Shortage
Raleigh reports a probable shortage of planting cottonseed as germination tests show many lots fall below the 60 percent standard. W. H. Darst of the State Agriculture Department notes only 49 percent exceeded the minimum, with 22 percent above 87 percent. He urges growers to test their saved seed.
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Raleigh
W. H. Darst
State Department of Agriculture
Darst
Murphy Man Waives Assault Preliminary Hearing
A 33-year-old man, Andy Martin of Cherokee County, waived preliminary hearing on charges of assault with intent to commit rape and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after a Thanksgiving Day attack on a 52-year-old woman. Bond set at 7000 dollars for superior court. The woman said she was attacked in a kitchen, knocked unconscious, and dragged 180 feet into the yard where her son found her.
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Murphy
N.C. W
Andy Martin
Tomoda
Cherokee County
Small Fire Ant Infestation Found in North Carolina
A small infestation of imported fire ant was found in Brunswick County North Carolina. Cc. H. Brannon of the Entomology Division said it likely arrived on nursery stock from the Mobile area and believes North Carolina will not join a federal quarantine plan.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Cc. H. Brannon
State Department of Agriculture
Bolivia
Brunswick County
Mobile
Brannon
Two Killed In Auto Accident Near Elkin
State patrol reports two men killed in a late night crash on N C 268 four miles west of Elkin. One victim identified as Bobby A Triplett died at Winston-Salem hospital. the other victim, named Prevette, died at the scene.
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Bobby A.triplett
Prevette
Triplett
Winston-Salem
Three Young Italian Noblemen Sentenced in Rome Narcotics Trial
In Rome a sensational narcotics trial ends with three young nobles jailed. Prince Giuseppe Pignatelli and Duke Augusto Orsonia in absentia receive sentences totaling two years plus months. Marquis Emmanuele de Seta gets two years three months. All had been detained since 1956. others were fined or jailed or acquitted.
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Rome
Giuseppe Pignatelli
Mexico City
Italy
Augusto Orsonia
Spain
Emmanuele de Seta
Torlonia
Via Veneto
Wetzel to Map Defense in Slayings Case in North Carolina
Rockingham attorney John Thomas Page Jr. was appointed to defend Frank Edward Wetzel who faces murder charges in the deaths of Patrolman Wister Lee Reece near Ellerbe and Patrolman J. T. Brown near Sanford. Wetzel, held without bond, is slated for trial in January. FBI fingerprints tied him to the Chattanooga car linked to the shootings.
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Rockingham
N.C
Frank Edward Wetzel
John Thomas Page Jr
Superior Court
W. A. Leland McKeithan
Wetzel
Page
Central Prison
Raleigh
New York
J. T. Brown
Sanford
Reece
M. G. Boyette
Robert Terry Jr
Terry
Bakersfield
Calif
Manpower Official Cites Students for Science Workforce
A manpower specialist says the nation can train scientists and technicians to meet the Soviet challenge. He cites about 200000 able students who fail to go on to college each year. John Hillard, assistant director of manpower for the Office of Defense Mobilization, comments from Dallas.
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Dallas
John Hillard
Hilliard
Office of Defense Mobilization
Girl Band Leader Ina Hutton Settles Divorce
In Los Angeles Ina Ray Hutton a famed girl band leader and her former husband Randy Brooks musician resolved divorce actions. Brooks received temporary $35 weekly support after strokes and will move out of the Northridge home Brooks recognizes the Nevada divorce and the California cross suit is dropped Hutton will pay $13 500 from property sale to Brooks and end cross action.
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Los Angeles
Ina Ray Hutton
Randy Brooks
Nevada
Brooks
Northridge
Miss Hutton
California
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John Pappadakis
San Francisco
Joseph Pappadakis
Kansas
Gi City
Asheboro
Ellerbe
Boyette
Diamonds & G
Lesters Jewelry
U. & Royal Tires
U. S. Royal Safety
U. S
Wagner Tire Service
Thurston Street
N. Main
Patsy
Patsy Stoker
Hunter Coal and Oil CO
Hamilton
America
Lester’s Jewelry
West Broad Street
American Motors
High Point, N. C
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