Eight Convicts Recaptured After Weekend Breaks
The Associated Press reports six escapees from a Wake Forest break were recaptured in separate arrests near Raleigh Burlington and Spring Hope. Two Nash County escapees Betts and Brewer were also caught with Betts found hiding in a farm house cabinet near Angier and Brewer in Salisbury. One convict Johnny H Norman remained at large with a Dec 2 Nash County breakout.
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Wake Forest Frry
Nash County
Johnny H. Norman
Reidsville
Ralph Lee Betts
Apex
Clinton Vernon
Angier
Betts
Nash
Billy Worth Brewer
Lumberton
Salisbury
Wake Forest
Joseph E. Maples
Washington, D.C
David Lewis Campbell
Winston - Salem
Raleigh
Alamance County
Robert King
Greensboro
John B. Vester
Butner
Burlington
James Ray Brinkley
Henderson
Glenn R. Reece
Clayton
Retired Bank Officer Stockton Dies At 68
Richard Gordon Stockton 68 longtime Wachovia executive and civic leader died at his Winston-Salem home after a long illness. He joined Wachovia in 1922 and served as chairman of the Executive Committee from 1956 to 1958. He leaves a widow Hortense Haughton Jones two daughters two brothers and two sisters. Funeral plans are incomplete.
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Winston - Salem
Richard Gordon Stockton
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
Stockton
Wachovia
Methodist Children's Home
Hortense Haughton Jones
Willard T. Hill
Highland Park
Ill
Cecil Rhodes
New Orleans
Norman V. Stockton
Ralph M. Stockton
Winston-Salem
Stratton Coyner
Linville K. Martin
Lumber Firm Damaged In Large Jackson Fire
A grease fire under a shed at W P Morris Lumber Co in Jackson NC grew into a major blaze causing 150000 to 175000 dollars in damage. Firefighters from five nearby towns aided crews. the mill will be rebuilt and insurance covers the loss.
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Jackson
N.C
W. P. Morris Lumber Co
C. L. Bryant
Northampton County
C. W. Bass
Weekend Violence in North Carolina Claims Seventeen Lives
Over the weekend at least 17 people died in North Carolina from violence and high speed accidents. Wilmington workers Floyd Harrell 22 Ed Brown 40 and Joseph Washington 54 died while cleaning a fuel barge fuel sludge flush preceded a Coast Guard check. Greensboro man John Billy Hawks 31 was killed in a gun duel with patrolman R A Stone during an arrest for traffic violations. Highway crashes caused most deaths including Dock Grant 91 of LaGrange a pedestrian struck by a car on wet pavement near LaGrange. Other fatalities occurred near Siler City Barnardsville Greenville Charlotte Oakhurst Currituck and Duplin counties involving multiple victims and injuries.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Wilmington
Greensboro
Coast Guard
Floyd P. Harrell
Ed Brown
Joseph Washington
John Billy Hawks
R. A. Stone
Dock Grant
Rt. 1
LaGrange
Highway Patrol
Grant
John Junior Smith
McManus
Charlotte
Oakhurst
Robert Glenn Dodd
Barnardsville
Buncombe County
Currituck County
James Grover Parkerson
Knotts Island
Virginia Line
Duplin County
Randolph Branch
Tommy D. Mcliver
Mount Olive
Hazel Gore
Kenansville
U.S. 17
Fatal Crashes and Fires Claim Multiple Lives Across North Carolina
A 21 year old Winston-Salem woman Martha Beard died when her car skidded on ice struck a bridge and overturned on N C 150 near Kernersville. In Burlington a house fire and a linked crash killed C William Marlett and Mrs Joanne Chappell. Police rescued Marlett after a fire was spotted, then a collision with Chappell’s car occurred. both died in hospital. Police officers were injured in the ensuing crash. Earlier J W Sykes, 69, of Graham perished in a rooming house fire after kicking over an oil stove, trapping him inside.
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Winston - Salem
Martha Joan Beard
N.C. 150
Kernersville
Burlington
C. William Marlett
Joanne Syke Chappell
J. P
Marlett
Chappell
Duke Hospital
Boswell
Sykes
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Ernest Gatlin
Greenville
U. S. 1264
Robert W. McManus
Emo
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American Finance
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Directoire
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Harllee
Bury
International Silver CO
Main Street
Home Center
Lady Hamilton
Koso
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