Strange Fight Puzzles Officers
In Lawrenceville Georgia a smoking car fight on a train and a body beside tracks prompt GBI and Gwinnett sheriff investigations. Tom Maxwell a 20 year old from Quincy Florida was the suspected victim in a case linked to a Davidson College departure. Harry J Hughes 49 of Birmingham Alabama is held as a material witness after claims he fought Maxwell with a broom handle following a cigarette stand confrontation. Autopsy results due in about a week will guide the coroner’s inquest.
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Tom Maxwell
Quincy
Fla
Atlanta
Davidson College
N.C
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Gwinnett County Sheriff's Office
Herman Jones
State Crime Laboratory
GBI
Louis Hightower
Harry J. Hughes
Birmingham
Ala
Hughes
Crawford Pittard
Hightower
Southern Railway
Maxwell
Duluth
Sewanee
Davidson
Charlotte
Gainesville
Dog disrupts minstrel rehearsal at Anadarko high school
In Anadarko Oklahoma a classroom scene saw a civic club preparing a minstrel rehearsal interrupted by a dog that refused to leave the room. The animal eventually fled as the rehearsal began drawing light local attention.
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Anadarko, Okla
Bell-Ans
Eyeaay
Posta
Orangebere
Defense Mettle Shines In Jacoby On Bridge Pose
In a three spade contract West opens heart king and shifts to clubs. East wins with the ace and chooses clubs back, then South cashes trumps and diamonds. A smart continuation by East leads to a squeeze and West’s ruff refusal seal declarer’s three extra losses.
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West
King of Hearts
East
South
Declarer
Two Winchester sisters share grandmothers in Virginia tale
Kathy and Lee Wolff of Winchester reveal they share both a grandmother named Wolff and a grandmother named Bare, a curiosity drawing local attention. The piece notes the unlikely family overlap and the small town interest it inspires.
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Winchester
Kathy
Lee Wolff
Wolff
Bare
North Carolina Weekend of Violent Deaths Counted by AP
The weekend left at least 13 dead in North Carolina from gunfire stabbings and crashes. Lillie Mae Lyon, 21, allegedly shot her husband after a dancing dispute and surrendered the pistol in a paper bag.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Lillie Mae Lyon
Bahama
Frank
Jennis M. Mangrum
Durham County
Life Insurance Ad Offers $1000 Policy by Mail
A damaged ad promises a $1000 life insurance policy for final expenses through Old American Co. and Kansas City. It requests recipients mail name and birth year to a dispatch address in Missouri with no obligation.
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Kansas City
Old American —— Co
West 9Th
Dept
Missouri
Pheasant Jury Commissioner Betsy the dog saves day
In Lockport New York AP report, jury commissioner Benjamin L Donner missed a pheasant during a hunt. His dog Betsy chased the fleeing bird, captured it, and returned it to Donner, illustrating canine aid in field sport.
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Lockport
N. Y
Benjamin L. Donner
Donner
Betsy
Proposals Call for Abolishing Civilian Absentee Ballot
The State Board of Elections urges eliminating the civilian absentee ballot and moving voting to Tuesday. It also recommends state aid to local governments for purchasing voting machines, arguing the investment is wise. The board says the civilian absentee vote has caused trouble since 1939 and favors repeal to curb corruption.
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Raleigh
State Board of Elections
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