Yule Holiday Traffic Toll Rises Above 660 Deaths
Delayed reports from Christmas weekend crashes push national toll past 663 deaths, with 629 fatalities during peak travel and new state tallies showing Illinois and Michigan among the affected. The figure surpasses the prior record by 54 deaths, and officials warn the total may climb.
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Brazil Will Seek Foreign Capital
Brazil's President elect Juscelino Kubitschek will tour the United States and Europe next week to secure foreign capital for Brazil's economy. He plans talks with President Eisenhower and U.S. officials, then visits France Italy West Germany and Portugal to boost trade and build a base for Brazilian industry during his five year term.
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Europe
Juscelino Kubitschek
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Tain
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Kubitschek
Eae
First Woman Governor Nellie Ross Made Wyoming Leader
Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to govern a U.S. state, succeeding her husband William Bradford Ross as governor of Wyoming, marking a milestone in political history.
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Union
William Bradford Ross
Wyoming
Mississippi bitterness. Green cites racial tension
Congresswoman Edith Green reports rising hatred and bigotry in Mississippi after a visit with a House committee. She highlights incidents involving racial slurs and unequal treatment, drawing contrasts with Puerto Rico and warning of a crisis in the South.
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D-Ore
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Ackson
University of Virginia
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DeLaine Extradition Abandoned In South Carolina
Gov Timmerman said extraditing former Lake City minister J A DeLaine would not serve the states interests He accused the NAACP of raising funds to oppose the extradition DeLaine fled last October after a confrontation near his Lake City home and has faced battery with intent charges while on parole in New York
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J. A. DeLaine
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Reuben Long
Conway
South Carolina
DeLaine
New York
National Assay For the Advancement of Colored People
Mirror of your mind
A psychologist discusses how unrequited love can cause emotional immaturity and depressive reactions. The piece notes that strong, disproportionate responses may lead to dangerous actions, urging readers to recognize personal prejudices. Dated 1955 King Features Syndicate Inc.
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Should all young people attend college
The text argues that every sincerely interested young person should have a college education opportunity but warns that pursuit is sometimes driven by peer pressure or avoidance of adulthood responsibilities. College can harm learning if misused and waste teaching hours better spent on motivated students.
Duplin ASC Officials Lose Reinstatement Appeals
Appeals by Harvey D. Arnold Rose Hill and Coy Hall Beulaville to regain ASC positions in Duplin County were denied. An investigation found no fraud or personal gain, but concluded the two were too liberal with new grower tobacco allotments. The next ASC election is in October.
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Duplin County
ASC
State Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Harvey D. Arnold
Rose Hill
Duplin
Coy Hall
Beulaville
Horace D. Godfrey
Arnold
Hall
Godfrey
Cathedral of St John the Divine Crafted as World’s Largest Gothic
When finished the cathedral of St John the Divine in New York City will be the largest Gothic structure of its kind and, in cubic size, second only to St Peter's in Rome.
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New York City
St. Peter's
Rome
Foremost Dairies and NC Milk Board Reach Settlement
Foremost Dairies of Charlotte will pay milk producers an extra 20 000 for production from April 1 to Oct 31 after a settlement with the State Milk Commission. Court actions in Mecklenburg Superior Court were withdrawn and Foremost agrees to follow commission rules. The commission denied an increase for Class I milk producers and set a base for Yadkin Valley with Maola Ice Cream Co. of New Bern for 1956, while bases with White Milk & Ice Cream Co. of Wilmington and Southern Dairies of Wilson end tomorrow. Continued efforts to meet Tar Heel demand for Grade A milk were noted.
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State Milk Commission
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Ucer
Yadkin Vy
Maola Lce Cream Co
New Bern
Yadkin Valley
White Milk & Ice Cream Co
Wilmington
Southern Dairies
Wilson
North Carolina
Thornton Autopsy Requested
A private physician called for an autopsy on Lawrence Thornton who died December 9 in a Wake County jail cell after a drunkenness charge. Dr. Duncan Owen of Fayetteville examined the body and found bruising and a possible wrist fracture, suggesting internal bleeding and shock as the inquest was not held. Thornton, former Rex Hospital and Cape Fear Valley Hospital administrator, reportedly had asked for medical help before his death.
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Thompson
South Carolina OKs Coker 139 tobacco for next season
SC will recommend planting Coker 139 tobacco while dropping Dixie Bright 101 and 244 from the seed list. The North Carolina Experiment Station will not recommend the high yielding Coker variety. The SC committee approved six leaf varieties including Golden Harvest 402 Golden Cure Golden Wilt Hicks and Coker 139 led by Dr. W R Paden of Clemson.
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South Carolina
News and Observer
North Carolina
Clemson College Agronomist
Paden
Pedigreed Seed Co
Hartsville
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