Thirty Arrested in Ban the Bomb Protest at U S Air Base
Demonstrators linked to Lord Bertrand Russell’s Committee of 100 failed to enter the U S Air Force base at Wethersfield England as police and military cordons held back the crowd. About thirty were arrested after a sit down in rain sodden conditions.
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U. S. Air Force
U. S
Wethersfield
Braintree
NATO
Royal Air Force
3Rd
Ruislin
Brize Norton
Oxfordshire
Oxford University
Royal Air Vice Wit U. Lhe
Air Force
Manchester
York
Cardiff
Bristol
Terry Chandler
Mike Randle
Lord Bertrand Russell
Chandler
Two Kinston Negroes Sentenced To Death
Two Kinston men Jesse James Arnold and George Dixon were found guilty of first degree murder in the robbery of a white storekeeper that netted $3. They received the death penalty with automatic appeal to the State Supreme Court. The jury deliberated about an hour and 15 minutes before verdict. Arnold cried as the sentence was delivered.
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Kinston
N.C
Central Prison
Superior Court
W. H. S. Burgwyn
Jesse James Arnold
George Dixon
State Supreme Court
George T. McArthur
Arnold
Burgwyn
Postmaster General Warns About Mail Order Scams
Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield warns during the Christmas season that unscrupulous mail order operators exploit Americans. He urges vigilance and consumer caution against fraudulent practices that prey on holiday shoppers.
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Arthur E. Summerfield
Fire at North Wilkesboro rooming house claims two lives
Two men died in a Saturday early blaze at a North Wilkesboro rooming house. Coroner M W Green Jr identified victims as Ralph Freeland, owner, and James T Miller. Bodies found in two downstairs rooms. a second floor family escaped unharmed. Initial reports of two other men concluded false. Fire contained after arrival of firefighters.
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North Wilkesboro
M. W. Green Jr
Ralph Freeland
James T. Miller
Freeland
Bank Clerk Who Became Rich Dies
Nashville AP reports Justin Potter, 63, rose from a $45-a-month bank clerk to a major Southern financier and conservative figure. He led Virginia- Carolina Chemical Corp and Cherokee Insurance, owned Kentucky coal acres, built Nashville Coal Co, and held Farm and Ranch Magazine stake. He died of cancer after directing interests from hospital. Services at First Presbyterian Church Monday.
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Nashville, Tenn
Justin Potter
South
Virginia- Carolina Chemical Corp
Cherokee Insurance Co
Kentucky
Potter
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Sens
Estes Kefauver
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Nashville Coal Co
Cyrus Eaton
Virginia- Carolina Corp
United Mine Workers
Farm and Ranch Magazine
Farm Monthly
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
Pluto's Frigid Surface Freezes Air at Discovery
The planet Pluto, identified in 1930, remains so cold that even air would freeze on its surface. Scientists note extreme temperatures and the dwarf planet's distant location from the Sun.
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Pluto
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Marvella
Vera
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