Jealous suitor holds woman at gunpoint long day in mill
In Wake Forest North Carolina Graham Timberlake a 31 year old textile worker released his girlfriend Jessie Elizabeth Davis 30 after more than 24 hours of captivity at the Royal Cotton Mill. Officials brought Timberlake to Dix Hill State Hospital after he surrendered and Davis left unharmed.
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Wake Forest
N.C
Graham Timberlake
Jessie Elizabeth Davis
Timberlake
Raleigh
Iss Davis
North Carolina
C. T. Wilkinson
George W. Corbin Jr
Rollsville
Dix Hill State Hospital
Royal Cotton Mill
Miss Davis
Petronia
Japan Faces Tariffs Fight Over Textile Exports
Testimony to the Tariff Commission from S Culbertson of the American Japanese Cotton Textile Assn warns Japan must export to live and avoid Communist ties. He argues fair trade expands markets for American cotton textiles while Japan remains import dependent and seeks foreign markets for growth.
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Tariff Commission
Japan
S. Culbertson
American Japanese Cotton Textile Assn
Japanese Chamber of Commerce
Asia
Commission
Culbertson
Bes
Ted
Farnsworth Fibre to Build High Point Plant and Hire 530
The Farnsworth Fibre Corporation plans a 45 000 square foot plant on Ward Street part of the Highland Cotton Mill property in High Point. The Carolina Farnsworth Corp will manufacture sisal pads, import raw sisal from Mexico and the Caribbean, and staff about 530 workers with a 600 000 annual payroll. The facility aims to open by June 1 with Marsden State as local sales reps and Dislagzio praising Southeast markets.
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Farnsworth Fibre Corporation
Boston
Ward St
Highland
Dominick
Boston Red Sox
Ed Mendenhall
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Carolina Far
Marsden State Inc
English St
High Point
Rayburn Says Slash Too Drastic
Rayburn denounces the Republican administration's armed forces cuts as too drastic and urges defense increases. He spoke at a Greenville banquet, stressing that stronger defenses matter more than balancing the budget and endorsing higher taxes to deter international threats.
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Sam Rayburn
Greenville
Texas Democrat
Balancin
Proposed Changes Outlined by State Judicial Council
The State Judicial Council asks the 1955 Legislature to add regular Superior Court judges, amend arrest without warrants laws, and change how vacant judicial offices are filled. The annual report, presented to Gov. Hodges, names Wallace Winborne as chairman and notes broad representation from the attorney general's office and legal profession. It proposes increasing regular Superior Court judges from 21, with Wake, Durham, Forsyth, and Buncombe districts as one-county districts with one judge each and other districts organized to provide adequate court coverage.
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Raleigh
State Judicial Council
Hodges
Wallace Winborne
Attorney General's Office
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Wake
Durham
Forsyth
Buncombe
Anticough Romilar Promises Nonhabit Forming Relief
Nutley New Jersey reports from Deain wireh sone Gutene signals indicate Romilar as a first specific non habit forming cough suppressant. The drug, tested on 775 patients in 2 trials, is said to act on cough centers in the brain without depressant effects of narcotics.
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Agean Balapay
Western Europe Armies May Shrink, U S Officials Warn
Washington reports top American diplomats fear Western European governments may follow the United States in reducing armed forces. Officials say NATO defenses rely on nuclear power and mobile units, not large standing armies, and that reductions could provoke public pressure for stronger defense in Europe.
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Washington
United States
Dulles
Oreela
Europe
Gressor
Orient
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defense
State Department
Paris
U. S
Scales Freed After Mother Posts Bond
Scales walked out of Forsyth County jail after his mother posted a 35000 bond for release. He plans to return to Carrboro as he awaits a February 14 trial in Greensboro on a Smith Act violation. A preferred location for release was not disclosed.
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Winston-Salem
Scales
Forsyth Countil
Memphis
Tenn
Carolinas
Tennessee
A. M. Scales
Greensboro
U.S. Clerk of Court
The
Sentinel
Carrboro
U.S
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Probe Indicates No Air Force Men Gave Spy Data
In Wiesbaden Germany Air Force Europe headquarters said an exhaustive investigation shows none of its personnel supplied classified information to Margarethe Schmidt. The Berlin court sentenced Schmidt to five years for spying for the Russians after prosecutors linked a U S military officer to the case.
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Air Force
Wiesbadesn
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Rmgar Margarethe Schmidt
Miss Schmidt
High Commission
Thomas Landan
Everett
Mass
U. S
United States
Schmidt
U.S
November living costs report mixed inflation and discounts
The government said the consumer price index rose slightly in November by one tenth of a percent while new car discounts kept living costs lower for vehicles. Food prices edged down and overall purchasing power hit record levels for factory workers, with pay at $60.45 and a rise from a year earlier.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
SINA
Second Degree Murder Verdict in Sheppard Trial
Dr. Samuel Sheppard was convicted of second degree murder in a nationwide sensational case. A jury sentenced him to life in prison after five days of deliberation, with the state seeking the death penalty. He plans to appeal as his birthday nears and remains adamant about his innocence.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Sam
Sheppard
Marilyn
Lake Erie
Marilyn Sheppard
Susan
California
Hayes
James C. Bird
Jack N. Hansen
Richard N. Sheppard
Two Ships Feared Lost Amid North Sea Hurricane
Two ships with 39 aboard were feared lost as hurricanes lashed the North Sea and English Channel. Dikes buckled in the Netherlands and West Germany with breaks at Texel and Pernis and near Wilhelmshaven. Evacuations began as storms threaten further damage and more vessels report trouble.
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London
North Sea
English Channel
Netherlands
West Germany
Texel
Pernis
Rotterdam
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Zeeland
Terschelling
Petra
British
Air Ministry
Britain
Kampstele
Glen
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