Board Begins Site Selection For Presbyterian College
The 17 eastern North Carolina communities seek to host a new four year co‑educational college formed by merging Peace Junior College Maxton Presbyterian Junior College Red Springs Flora Macdonald College. Wilmington offered 1.1 million dollars 5 site choices a seashore recreation area and an educational television channel. The board expects a site decision by March 6.
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Raleigh
Consolidated Presbyterian College
North Carolina
Wilmington
Hodges
Snow Hill
Red Springs
Roxboro
Peace Junior College
Presbyterian Junior College
Maxton
Flora Macdonald College
George Ashford
Flora Macdonald
Ashford
Ashboro
Youngsters Rescued After Muddy Ditch Incident
Louisville firefighters responded to a call to rescue two 6 year old boys who became stuck in mud while returning from school near a rain ditch. The youths attempted to cross the ditch and fell in. Fire crews pulled them to safety without injury.
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Louisville
Ky. P
Millar and Haywood Named in Ceremony
Robert D. Millar is identified as master and Woodroe F. Haywood as secretary in the event details.
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Robert D. Millar
Woodroe
F. Haywood
Race Death Suit Thrown Out Of Court
A $230000 suit by Rebecca M. Blevins over her husband William H. Blevins death in a stock car race at Dixieland Speedway Raleigh Sept 19 1953 was dismissed in Cumberland Superior Court Judge Clawson L Williams granting a nonsuit The ruling cited that Blevins could have left his stalled car and that he knew his car was not in good repair NASCAR France J W Co Dixieland Speedway were among the defendants with an earlier ruling narrowing the action to Dixieland only
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Fayetteville
N. C
Rebecca M. Blevins
William H. Blevins
Dixieland Speedway
Raleigh
Clawson L. Williams
Cumberland Superior Court
Blevins
State Supreme Court
Williams
Jesse Midkiff
Burlington
Midkiff
The
National Assn
Nascar
William France
J & W Co., Inc
Chestnut
Dixieland Speedway, Inc
Dixieland
Brief story by Isola first grader about pet calf
In Isola Mississippi a first grader writes a concise tale recorded by teacher Mrs. E E Tinning. The child describes a calf as his pet with a simple action line stating He butts.
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Isola
E. E. Tinning
Ervin Pushes Two-Price Cotton Plan With Protections
Sen. Sam Ervin Jr. argues a two-price system for cotton can solve the surplus by lowering export prices to close the 4 to 8 cent gap with cheaper foreign cotton. He warns any plan must include protection for U.S. mills and curb foreign imports to sustain domestic consumption.
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New York
Sam Ervin, Jr
D-Nc
Ervin
Assn. of Cotton Textile Merchants
U.S
America
United States
Population boom in South America at three percent rise
The Population Reference Bureau calls the growth rate in several South American countries a near explosion, with increases of three percent or more annually.
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Population Reference Bureau
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Security Patrol Service, Inc
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Ivory
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