Construction Firm Head Succumbs
Lee Paschall, 80, president of Wise Contracting Co. Inc. and Richmond Hotels Inc., died at his home after a brief illness. He helped build the Pentagon and held civic roles including membership in the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development. Survived by widow Edith Turner, daughter Anna Lee Ball, two sisters, and a grandson. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Richmond, Va
Lee Paschall
Pentagon
Paschall
Wise Contracting Co. Inc
Richmond, Hotels Inc
Paschal
Virginia Department of Conservation and Development
Warren County
N.C
Graham
Warrenton
Roanoke River
Western Maryland Railroae
Virginian Railway
Roanoke
North Carolina
Wise Granite Construction Co
Richmond
Wise Contracting Co
Wise, N.C
Edith Turner
Cumberland, Md
Anna Lee Ball
Bronxville, N.Y
Louise. Hicks
Mary Perkinson
Wise
John Paschal Bell
Entr'acte and intermission origins in theater
The term entr acte traces to French roots from act-tune used during plays. It described a short musical interlude between acts allowing audiences to smoke or talk while the orchestra played softly.
False Teeth Get Comfort With FASTEERTH Powder
FASTEERTH is a pleasant alkaline powder that improves denture comfort by sprinkling on plates. It helps eating and talking with no gummy taste or smear and claims to eliminate denture odor. Obtain ASTEETH at drug counters.
Henderson To Get Big New Industry
Laurens Glass Works of Laurens South Carolina will build a glass container plant in Henderson North Carolina at a 72 acre site. The facility will start with 150 to 175 workers and grow to about 500 with a payroll over two million dollars annually. The plant will produce bottles for soft drinks foods and household chemicals and will include a decorating department for permanent multi colored labels. Construction starts immediately amid regional economic strain from cotton mill strikes and a tungsten mine closure.
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Ason
North Carolina
E. D. Easterby
Tung ,Sten
Henderson
Strikers reject mediator plan in New York newspaper dispute
In New York City 80 percent of the Newspaper Mail and Deliverers Union rejects a federal mediator's plan to rerun a $7 wage offer from publishers. The strike against nine major dailies continues as talks stall and no new sessions are scheduled. Sam Feldman leads the union, saying the strike goes on.
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NEW York
Mail and Deliverers Union
Sam Feldman
Publishers Assn
New York City
Wonder
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Finnegan
Asher ‘Schwartz
TV Schedule Listing for Wednesday Evening
A historical TV guide segment lists Real McCoys at 7 00 Wagon Train at 7 30 History at 9 00 Science at 9 30 Dough Re Mi at 10 00 and Treasure Aunt at 10 30 for a Wednesday broadcast lineup.
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Real McCoys
Wagon Train
Price Is Richt
Milton Berle
Charlotte Hearing Postponed in Murder for Hire Case
A hearing for Barbara Ann Massey, 22, of Greensboro, charged with hiring a detective to kill the wife of a former highway patrolman, was moved to December 29. Lawyers secured the postponement after the case was called twice before.
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Ruth
Charlotte
Miss Massey
College Trustees Pick Out Site Near Charlotte
Charlotte College trustees select a 248 acre site six miles north of Charlotte for a permanent campus at 186200 dollars and seek county commissioners approval Tuesday.
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Charlotte
Charlotte College
Here
Bridges and Eisenhower discuss Senate leadership bid
Bridges says an all out fight will be won by his side as votes exist. He trusts a compromise will give the insurgent group whip role and fair representation on key committees. Eisenhower will not side in the Dirksen leadership dispute. Dirksen asserts his candidacy and confidence to win.
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Bridges
Senate
Eisenhower
Dirksen
Gas Fumes Blamed In Twin Deaths
Coroner's jury rules carbon monoxide from an unknown source killed two Arkansas truck drivers in a Lancaster bunkhouse on December 7. John Parker and William Briner, both Hoskins Co. workers, died as another Hoskins driver Louis Lee Warden had died earlier in similar circumstances.
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Lancaster
Arkansas
John Parker
Little Rock
William Briner
Malvern
D. W. Hoskins Co
Louis Lee Warden
Warden
Hoskins Company
Rotarians Host Jamestown Football Team at Club Meeting
Jamestown Rotary Club met at Jamestown School eria with members of the Jam Midget Football Team as guests. The team is sponsored by the club. Rev William Price of St. Marys Episcopal Church delivered an inspirational Christmas message. The next meeting will feature the annual Christmas party with gifts to be distributed at the White Christmas event Saturday afternoon. Sam Wiley of High Point attended as a visiting Rotarian.
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Jamestown
Weather Easing In East After Unseasonable Cold
The Associated Press reports easing conditions across the eastern half of the nation with warmer air expected after a week of record lows and snowfall in December. Northerly winds gusting to 58 mph pushed arctic air into the Dakotas and Minnesota, with near zero readings in some spots and snow moving toward the Great Lakes and northern Atlantic regions.
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Florida
Gulf
Atlantic States
Dakotas
Minnesota
Great Lakes
North Atlantic
Plains
Hasty Lions Hold Party at Plantation Supper Club
About 75 members and guests attended the Hasty Lions Club Christmas party at the Plantation Supper Club in Greensboro. Master of ceremonies was Lion Willie Welborn of Fair Grove. Dist Gov Wayne Simpson and Mrs Simpson and Deputy Dist Gov Russell Marshall with Mrs Craven attended as special guests. Ladies received flowers and gifts from the club.
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Thomasville
Hasty Lions Club
Plantation
Greensboro
Lion Willie Welborn
Fair Grove
Wayne Simpson
China Grove
Russell Marshall
Hasty Club
Francis Craven
Wallburg
Tragedy Strikes North Carolina Tree Cutting Trip
Four children set out on a pond ice to cut Christmas trees. The ice broke while 12 feet from shore. Three children Wilbur Douglass 9 Joyce Douglass 11 and Billy Wester 10 died. James Earle Wester 9 survived and aided Joyce before help arrived.
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Olivia
N.C
James Earle Wester
Joyce Faye Douglass
Joyce
Wilbur
James
Billy
Melrose Factory Announces Vacation and Service Awards
Four hundred seventy eight Melrose employees will share a semi annual vacation pay bonus of 16726.31 to be paid Thursday. Payments occur twice yearly for six month periods with 2 percent for 12 months of service and 4 percent for five years or more of service. During the week ending Dec 19, ten to twenty employees receive service awards from five to 30 years as about 60 percent of staff have five or more years. The mill will close for Christmas week.
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Melrose
Temple Texas Hosts Southwest Rockwool Plant
The only rockwool manufacturing plant in the southwest operates in Temple Texas.
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Rockwool
Temple, Tex
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