Expressway Project Planned for Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem officials and the State Highway Commission moved an $8 million East-West expressway plan into the planning stage. Surveys for rights of way will start as part of a regional system from one end to Asheville with about 151.3 million dollars available to begin work, though ground may not be prepared for a year amid material shortages. The commission also approved bids totaling $5,058,509 for roads in 29 counties and set Feb 26 for the next Raleigh meeting with a March session in Wilmington.
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Winston-Salem
Asheville
Rte Highway Commission
M Lenoir
Raleigh
Wilmington
Fire Spreads Across First Floor of Ken Home
A fire tore through the first floor of a Ken home as occupants fled. Young Herbert escorted his grandfather Emil Bressem to safety. Fire crews contained the blaze with no serious injuries reported.
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Ken Home
Herbert
Emil Bressem
Weekend TV Schedule Fragment
Fragmentary TV grid lists February weekend slots with shows such as The Hollywood Circus The Candy Carnival Mr Wizard and Howdy Doody along with news and signoff periods. Several times and program names appear incomplete or cut off leaving uncertainties about exact listings.
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Ogee Freee Irma
Hollywood Circus
Smuilin
Mr. Wizard
Colgate-Army
Fayetteville Firms Cited By OPS in Price Rules Case
Three Fayetteville firms face a federal show cause hearing before Judge Gilliam for alleged OPS violations. They allegedly failed to maintain records for exam, file price statements, and post ceiling prices. Dickinson Buick Co yielded to a consent agreement and turned over records after initial refusal.
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Raleigh
Seaville
Office of Price Stabilization
Gilliam
OPS Bu
Albert V. Richardson
Sinclair Service
B. Fay Ridenow
the Ridenhourn
Ernest B. Collins
Collins Radio Service
Dickinson Buick Company
Fayetteville
OPS
James F. Latham
Masked Gunmen Loot Wealthy Couple in Brooklyn
New York police search for three masked gunmen who held up a wealthy couple in their Brooklyn apartment last night. They escaped with jewelry furs and cash totaling about $700 after luring the pair inside and ransacking the rooms.
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New York
Iatamea
Pekemen
Aeen
Gah Ace
Brooklyn
Britain’s high earners fall to fewer in tax list
London officials report a shrinking elite with incomes of 16 000 pounds or more after tax for the year. Only 80 or so members remain, down from 86 a year earlier as deductions squeeze the ranks of Britain’s big earners.
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London
Britain
Plan to Start Universal Military Training Soon
Washington lawmakers advance a plan to launch a real universal military training program within months. House Armed Services Chairman Carl Vinson pushes a proposal requiring 15 000 inductions monthly at start to build a strong reserve and replace active duty as the force grows.
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Washington
House
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Armed Services Committee
Lewis B. Helter
Vinson
Congress
Truman
Ins
Retired Farmer Plans $15000 Mock Funeral
Burlington Colorado reports Jim Gernhardt plans a mock funeral on June 8 to mark his $15000 fortune and avoid burial. He has received about 900 letters with varied responses including marriage proposals and jokes about a wedding casket.
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Burlington
Colo
Jim Gernhardt
Farmer
Norwegian Explorer Leads First Antarctic Footstep in 1895
Carstens Egeberg Borvhegre ivink and his Norwegian party claimed the continent as the first to set foot on Antarctica in 1895.
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Carstens Egeberg Borvhegreivink
Antarctic
Term Bastard is Opposed LONDON Committee Recommends Legal Reforms
A London committee of judges and physicians urged sweeping changes in attitudes toward illegitimate children. They propose dropping the term bastard for a neutral label, creating a new family name, and revising laws on maintenance and custody. The report also calls for placing illegitimate children in homes, redefining single motherhood, and informing children of their birth status before adolescence.
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London
Ecasetiiclionens
State Senate Approves Byrnes School System Amendment
Senate votes to begin constitutional amendment on Byrnes proposal to remove public school system requirement from state constitution. Move aims to secure two thirds support for amendment.
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Byrnes
This Is FBI and Rich Diamond Schedule Teaser
A fragmented schedule notes times 8 00 and 8 15 for Rich Diamond and 6 30 8 45 for This Is FBI with no school today and a Space Patrol reference.
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Elmer Davis
FBI
Space Patrol
John T. Flynn
Joseph C. Marseh
Sten
Nick's
Women Drivers Stir Civil Rights Question in Wisconsin Incident
In Madison Wisconsin fifty women drivers discuss civil rights when a traffic collision linked to a claim of gender bias is reviewed. McGibbon admits fault after a crash with Mrs Sokoloski whose car suffered $37.50 damage. The case raises debate over traffic safety and equal treatment on streets regardless of sex or race.
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Madison
Wis
George Forster Steenes
William H
Os Arenas
Wisconsin
McGibbon
Mirco Roy Proctor
E.loski
MecGibbon
Mrs. Sokoloski
Mi la Questen
Rabbit Race Drives Knoxville Drive Members
Junior Chamber of Commerce officials launch a membership drive with each member matched to recruit as many new members as the rabbit has offspring, using a playful contest to boost engagement in Knoxville Tennessee.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Chamber of Commerce
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