Orphans Reunited Near Morganton After Family Tragedy
Eight of the Bentley siblings will reunite Monday for a 70 mile caravan to an orphanage and foster homes in Kannapolis. Miss Andrea Triplett and Rev J T Turnage will collect the children from six foster placements and bring them together for the first time since November. Terry Wayne, 1 month, stays behind for now but will join when he is two. The parents Abner Bentley and his wife were killed in a crash near Morganton Oct 7 leaving 11 siblings. Christmas had been good thanks to donations, and the children will keep their bond as they move to new homes.
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Lenoir
N.C
Bentley
Andrea Triplett
J. T. Turnage
Miss Triplett
Terry Wayne Bentley
Church of God
Kannapolis
Terry Wayne
Abner Avery Bentley
Morganton
Abner Jr
A. C
Bonnie
Jerry
Darlene
A. B
H. T
Danny Gene
Former State Representative Everett Dies At 77
Benjamin B. Everett 77 a four term Halifax County state representative died of a heart attack in a Scotland Neck hospital after a Friday attack at his Palmyra home He died Saturday morning He served on the Halifax County commission and held various state posts including Prison Board and UNC trustees His wife was a former Democratic national committeewoman and party vice chair.
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Scotland Neck
N.C
Benjamin B. Everett
Halifax County
Everett
Palmyra
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Prison Board
Angus W. McLean
Max Gardner
State College Trustees
Consolidated University of North Carolina
North Carolina Crop Improvement Association
Duke Civil War Library Ranked Third in Nation
Duke University library earns third place nationwide for representative Civil War collections. The Flowers Collection foregrounds Union material alongside Southern sources, with Duke listing over 1 000 works in Dornbusch volume one and over 80 percent of serials and related parts cataloged.
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Durham
N. C
Duke University
Duke
C. E. Dornbusch
Library of Congress
New York Public Library
Cossacks Seek Refuge in Turkey in 1855 Beard Ban
In 1855 many Cossacks fled Russia to Turkey after Tsar Nicholas I banned beards, prompting exiles to seek asylum across the border. The move reflects controversial religious and cultural enforcement by the imperial regime.
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Turkey
Nicholas I
Russia
Europe in Deep Freeze Shuts Down European Life
The Thames froze near Windsor as Europe faced its coldest spell in 15 years. Bitter winds, heavy snowfall, and widespread closures halted travel and events from Britain to Italy. Two elderly Britons died shoveling snow. many regions reported blizzards, frozen canals, and record low temperatures.
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London
Thames
Windsor Castle
Britain
Europe
Bournemouth
Sweden
France
Paris
Italy
Sicily
Palermo
Rome
Barcelona
Spain
Mediterranean
Heaviest Satellite Planned
The space agency outlines a 4000 pound satellite to test micrometeorite impact with a 2000 square foot surface that could unfold in space. NASA aims for low earth orbit launches on Saturn rockets with two craft planned and a year or longer orbital life.
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Washington
Space Agency
Moon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Saturn
Fat Loss From Diet-Proofs Fat is Lost as Lean Muscle
University researchers measured natural radioactive potassium in 51 volunteers on a 900 calorie diet for eight weeks. Lean body weight stayed constant while fat pounds dropped 12 to 36, proving weight loss was from fat. The method uses a scintillation counter to count body gamma rays.
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Nature
Purdue
Bionucleonics Laboratories
John E.christian
Wayne V. Kessler
Land
L. W. Combs
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Fire damages Express office in Gastonia station
Fire swept through the Railway Express office at the Southern Railway station in Gastonia North Carolina. Firemen halted the blaze before the main part of the station. doors were locked and axes were used to enter. Inhalators were worn due to heavy smoke. damage estimate not available.
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Gastonia
N.C
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