Dulles Learns of Explorer Satellite Launch Remarkable News
Secretary of State Dulles, returning from the Middle East, learned the Explorer satellite had launched last night. He praised the achievement as restoring prestige and said the United States can accomplish much when it puts its mind to it.
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Dulles
Middle East
Sas Ge
Russia
Eisenhower
Augusta
Ankara
Pact
United States
Middle Eastern
Hermuda
U.S
Christian Herter
Herter
Snow Storm Sweeps East With Up To Ten Inches
The storm spread snow across the East, dumping up to 10 inches in places and creating icy highways. Snow belts stretched from eastern Tennessee to Virginia and Maryland, with 2 to 6 inches in much of the mid-Atlantic. Winds gusted to 60 mph in places as the cold front moved in.
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Associated Press
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
Highland County
Rappahannock
Maryland
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Atlantic City
Newark
Washington, D.C
New York City
Atlantic Coast
Wilmington
N.C
Florida
Savannah
Collins Urges Southern Self-Progress Over Duress
Florida Governor Leroy Collins told about 600 Tar Heel Democrats at a Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh that the South must solve its racial discrimination issues by its own effort and time. He urged ending coercive federal orders and bayonets, while promising local, state driven programs tailored to conditions and needs.
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Raleigh
Leroy Collins
Florida
South
Collins
Congress
SF Eee
Agen
Hodges
Wetzel Names Page as Defender for Sanford Murder Trial
Wetzel selects Rockingham attorney John Thomas Page Jr. as defense for the Sanford murder trial of highway patrolman J T Brown. Page previously represented Wetzel in the Richmond County Reece case, where Wetzel was found guilty of first degree murder but spared the death penalty after a mercy recommendation. The March trial date is slated as Solicitor Hook s vows pursuit of the death penalty. Reece and Brown were killed after stopping a speeding motorist on November 5.
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Rockingham
N.C
Frank Edward Wetzel
John Thomas Page Jr
Wetzel
C. W. Hall
Lee County
Sanford
Page
J. T. Brown Wetzel
New York State
Richmond
Wister Lee Reece
FBI
Reece
Brown
W. Jack Hooks
Kenly
Ellerbe
Richmond County
Woman charged in hit and run on Ward and Prospect
Meadow Street resident Thelma Gene Lamb was arrested on several charges after a collision on Ward Street and Prospect. The 1947 car she drove collided with a 1955 Saunders vehicle causing about 70 dollars in damage. A hearing was set for February 14 and Lamb was released on a 700 dollar appearance bond.
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Meadow Street
Thelma Gene Lamb
Thomasville Man Held In Shooting
Thomasville police report Herman Hairston age 53 was shot multiple times at the home of Edward Pope 315 Church St after an argument in which Hairston allegedly drew a knife Pope 47 is held on assault with intent to kill Hairston transported to High Point Memorial Hospital
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Thomasville
Harmon Hairston
Edward Pope
Church St
Hairston
Pope
High Point Memorial Hospital
Warm spell eyed for East and Lakes with milder swing
Weather forecast targets the East and Lakes region with warmer temperatures for the Ohio Valley and portions of the southwest. Elsewhere conditions are expected to be milder as the system moves through.
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East and Lakes
Ohio Valley
Southwest
Mississippi Valley
Lakes
Ohio
Tennessee
Pacific
UNC student confesses to string of campus arsons
Richard Thomas Satterwhite 21 of McCain admitted setting 10 fires and attempting two more on the UNC campus since Jan 8. The fires included Swain Hall’s second floor housing the WUNC-TV studios. He was held without bond on arson charges after a court hearing.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
W. D. Blake
Richard Thomas Satterwhite
McCain
Bake
Satterwhite
Carolina Inn
Hill Hall
Young Satterwhite
Stewart
Orange County
Blake
McPherson
Swain Hall
Tennessee Governor Criticizes Northern Hypocrisy on Race
Gov. Frank Clement of Tennessee urged an end to accusing finger pointing between North and South on race relations. He spoke in Charlotte to the Junior Chamber of Commerce, saying all regions should wash their dirty laundry together and live in peace. He commented on Gov. Luther Hodges of North Carolina and noted his own six-year gubernatorial record.
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Charlotte
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Brooklyn
N.Y
Robert Wagner
New York
Clement
North
Luther Hodges
North Carolina
Hodges
C. A. Lewis Rites Today
Funeral services for Claud Allen Lewis 71 will be held today at 3 30 PM in First Baptist Church conducted by Dr J E Rawlinson. Entombment at Guilford Memorial Park Mausoleum. Lewis of 118 Taylor Street died Saturday morning in High Point Memorial Hospital after years of declining health and short illness. Honorary pallbearers include city officials and church members.
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Claud Allen Lewis
First Baptist Church
J. E. Rawlinson
Guilford Memorial Park
Sechrest Funeral Home
Mr. Lewis
Taylor St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Jesse James On Side Of Law
Louisville report notes two namesakes cast for class officers at Southern Police Institute Charles Evans Hughes Wilmington Delaware and Jesse James Burlington North Carolina elected as president and vice president of the class both figures share no relation to the famous namesakes.
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Louisville
Jesse James
Charles Evans Hughes
Southern Police Institute
Wilmington
Del
Burlington
Ni C
Reynolds Gardens Donated to Wake Forest College
Reynolds Gardens valued at about 600000 given to Wake Forest College by the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation and Charles H. Babcock. Wake Forest President Harold Tribble announced the gift including 40000 cash and 3000 shares of new RJ Reynolds stock. Funds support working capital, improvements, and botany research while income funds operations. The gardens near the college were developed from 1913 and redesigned in 1917 and are intended to enhance education and public service, with a reversion clause if burdens arise.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Reynolds Gardens
Wake Forest College
Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Charles H. Babcock
Wake Forest
Harold W. Tribble
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Reynolda
College
R. J. Reynolds
Louis L. Miller
New York City
Thomas W. Sears
Philadel
Tribble
Accident Box Score Summary For Year To Date
Accident statistics show 774 persons injured and property loss totaling 24162.00 dollars. The year to date figures list 2,812.00 dollars in property loss and multiple entries for persons killed or injured across accidents.
Selection of Scales Jury Slated for Second Trial
Greensboro Feb 1 Nearly 85 jurors from Guilford Alamance Randolph Rockingham counties report for duty to select a 12 member jury and alternates for Junius Irving Scales second trial presided by Judge Albert V Bryan. Scales was convicted in the first trial and granted a new trial after FBI file access was challenged.
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Greensboro
Junius Irving Scales
Communist Party
Middle District Court
Albert V. Bryan
Alexandria
Guilford
Alamance
Cashwell
Randolph
Rockingham
Bryan
Edwin M. Stanley
Scales
Virginia
Johnson J. Hayes
Wilkesboro
Hayes
Stanley
U. S. Fourth Circuit
Supreme Court
Justice Department
FBI
North Carolina
Carolinas
University of North Carolina
New York City
Gladys
Barbara
Carrboro
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Francis Lb. Monahan
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Vantage Press
W. List St
Nationwide
H. C. Johnson
High Point
H. J. York
T. Maner
Asheboro
L. D. Ruland, JR
Heboro
Ationwide Mutual Insurance Company
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Obie
Co. A. Spivey Randleman
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