Fort Worth Mobster Sid Foley Found Dead
Sid Foley an underworld figure and ally of slain gangsters was found dead in a garbage pit near Lake Worth. Authorities note a beaten head, no bullet wounds, and suspect gangland motives tied to gambling control in Fort Worth.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Sid Foley
Underworld
Lake Worth
Justice of the Peace
Carl Elston
Foley
Leroy
Tracy) Eggleston
Watauga
Cecil Green
Charles Frank Cates
Eggleston
Mystery of 3-year-old recalls only first name after plane crash
In New York a 3-year-old boy rescued from a Northeast airliner crash recalls only his first name Gregory. He lies in a Lincoln Hospital ward with bandages while his mother burns in Bellevue Hospital. Gregory’s uncle from Malden identified him as his nephew.
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New York
Lincoln Hospital
Bronx
Gregory Chopelas
Gregory
Robert van Orden
Malden
Mass
Stavros
Miami
Fla
Soldier wins USO trip to Dallas by being a fort Hood milestone
Specialist 3.C. Robert L. De Vries of Grand Rapids Michigan won a Dallas weekend USO visit by becoming the millionth man to pass through the Ft. Hood USO Center at Killeen Texas Army cooperation helped his trip. He debated asking his fiancée Miss Janice Servius of Grand Rapids before a radio call on KLEN.
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Dallas
Uncle Sam
Robert L. DeVries
Grand Rapids
Mich
DeVries
Ft. Hood
Killeen
Tex
Janice Servius
Sammy Lillibridge
C. Donald Hrdlicka
St. Louis
Missing Whisky Closes Doors of ABC Store
NEWTON North Carolina February 2 a Catawba County ABC store was ordered closed today until the disappearance of 221 bottles of whisky is solved. Donald E Shuford of Hickory chairman of the county ABC board said the whiskey valued at 400 dollars apparently was taken over a period of weeks from store No 1. The four employees were taken to Raleigh where they voluntarily submitted to a lie detector test. Closed cases of whisky were cut open and several bottles removed. The store may reopen Monday.
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Newton
N.C
Catawba County
ABC
Donald E. Shuford
Hickory
County Abc Board
Shuford
Raleigh
Defense Fund Planned by Segregationists Rallying in Montgomery
A pro segregation mass meeting in Montgomery announced a $60,000 defense fund for those arrested in connection with recent incidents and bus denials. Jack Brock led the effort inviting 100,000 whites to contribute, pledging funds for defendants facing warrants tied to racial unrest and signaling readiness to aid white respondents against Black leaders.
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Montgomery
Ala
Jack Brock
American Federation of Labor
Segation
Kyle Livingston Jr
Hutchinson Street Baptist Church
Recorder's Court
Brock
Alabama Labor News
Alabama
Martin Luther King
Montgomery Advertiser-Journal
J. W. Smith
M. T. Tew
Blood Donor Appeal Fails to Save Child in Rocky Mount
Sarita Ann Boswell, 8, died after a 42 hour heart operation at Duke Hospital. Surgeons cited extensive heart damage. Donor drive had sought 14 pints ORH negative blood. Funeral at Johnston Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Chestnut officiating. Burial Pineview Cemetery. Survived by mother and stepfather Albert E. Taylor and two sisters.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
Sarita Ann Boswell
Duke Hospital
Johnston Funeral Home
Henry Chestnutt
Bethlehem Presbyterian Church
Pineview Cemetery
Albert E. Taylor
Rt. 4
Mary Alice Boswell
Jennie Alberta Taylor
Continuance Ordered In Church Spat In Marshall NC
Five men charged with assault or disturbing public worship after a Jan 26 fight at Old Bull Creek Baptist Church had their hearing moved to March 2 at 10 am by Justice of the Peace Hubert Davis. Warrants issued by church leaders named Merrill Arrowood Payne Metcalf Buckner. case stems from doctrinal dispute.
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Jeter Metcalf
Carlos Buckner
James C. Buchanan Jr
Vance Edwards
Buckner
Clifford Waldroup
Three Day Meet Ends with James Named NC AIA President
The North Carolina chapter of the American Institute of Architects elected William R. James Jr. of Winston-Salem as president to succeed F. Carter Williams of Raleigh. The 225 attendees marked the AIA’s 100th anniversary as officers and awards were given to several architects for projects in Raleigh, Charlotte and Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
American Institute of Archi
William R. James Jr
F. Carter Williams
Raleigh
Robert L.leigh
Arthur C. Jenkins Jr
Fayetteville
Atlantic Beach
Charlotte
Williams
George Matsumoto
Hill Library
North Carolina State College
Matsumoto
Wayne Koontz
Odell
Charlotte Public Library
G. Milton Small
James Webb
William Henley Dietrick
Sherwood ~ Bates
News and Observer- Raleigh Times
Six Students Freed by Hungary Reds
Six students including Miss Cripps and Basil Lord were freed by Hungarian authorities after being detained during a trip from Yugoslavia to Hungary. They denied confessing guilt, said they were arrested when their car broke down, and described harsh conditions in Budapest jails.
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Paris
Roos
Basel
Switzerland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Budapest
Basil Lord
Roraback
Furtseva Heads Moscow Citiizens Awarded for Housing Output
Moscow February ceremony honors Ekaterina Furtseva and 2,259 Russians who exceeded the 1956 apartment house and public service construction quotas. Furtseva, secretary of the Moscow Communist Party Committee, received the Order of Lenin.
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Moscow
Ekaterina Furtseva
Furtseva
Moscow Communist Party Committee
Lenin
Jet pilot dies in hangar crash at Hanscom Field
Air Force captain Gordon E. Degroat 31 of Nutting Lake was killed when his F286 jet crashed into an unoccupied hangar during a landing at Hanscom Field Bedford Mass Feb 2 He was returning from a routine mission from Bunker Hill Air Base Indiana He left behind spouse Jeanne two daughters Valerie age 3 and Jacqueline 18 months parents Mr and Mrs Everett Degroat of Hawley Pa
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Mass
Air Force
Hanscom Field
Gordon E. Degroat
Nutting Lake
Everett Degroat
Hawley
Degroat
Bunker Hill Air Base
Indiana
Jeanne
Valerie
Jacqueline
Three Infants Die In Lakewood Apartment Fire
Three infants burned to death in a second floor apartment above a chicken coop in Lakewood New Jersey today. Parents Ru fino Feliciano were downstairs and could not reach the children. Identified victims were Rachael 2 Jimmy 1 and Edgar 1 month. Fire officials said cause not immediately known. Firemen from Lakewood and Southard battled flames as building was leveled.
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Lakewood
N. J
Rufino Feliciano
Ondren
Rachael
Jimmy
Edgar
Feliciano
J&w
Muni Hammer
New York City
Southard
Navy Pilot Killed As Jet Crashes Near Camp Matthews
In San Diego on February 2 a Navy F7U Cutlass exploded in flight and crashed at Camp Matthews Marine rifle range. The pilot, attached to Attack Squadron 116 at Miramar, was killed. Witness William Rudolph described the aircraft performing barrel rolls before entering a steep glide and the pilot ejecting. parachute status unavailable.
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San Diego
Calif
Camp Matthews Marine Rifle Range
Here
Miramar Naval Air Station
William Rudolph
Blaze Claims Fourth Victim in Early Morning Fire
Leslie Carlton Faulkner, 45, died early today as the fourth victim of a house blaze that gutted his home. Wife Marie, 41, and Preston Cahoon and his wife Patricia Adcock Cahoon, both 46, perished. Adcock Cahoon remained in critical condition at a local hospital. The Cahoons, visiting from near Spring Hope, were guests of the Faulkner family.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
Leslie Carlton Faulkner
Patricia Cahoon Adcock
Faulkner
Marie
Preston Cahoon
Cahoons
Four Georgia escapees captured in Cincinnati station
Four youths who escaped from the Georgia Industrial Institute cracked guard S I Gilstrap s skull and fled northward stealing three cars. They were captured at Cincinnati Union Terminal as detectives named Carson Barrett 16 Joseph Lee White 18 Jerry Martin 17 and William D Vindra 18. Barrett injured Gilstrap and left the others in alleged dungeon cells before the getaway.
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Cincinnati
Georgia Industrial Institute
Union Terminal
Ernest Taylor
Charles Berhausen
Carson Barrett
Columbus
Joseph Lee White
Atlanta
Savannah
Jerry Martin
Macon
William D. Vindra
San Francisco
Augusta
Alto
Institute
Walter Matthews
Barrett
Gilstrap
Georgia City
Taylor
Cornelia
Gaston
S. C
Knoxville
Duke Awards Nursing Scholarships for 1957-58
Duke University announces merit based nursing scholarships for 1957-58. Six awards include two 1000 dollar and two 600 dollar scholarships for North Carolina residents and one 1000 dollar and one 600 dollar for out of state students. Working scholarships are also available. Deadline February 15.
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Durham
Duke University School of Nursing
Ann M. Jacobansky
School of Nursing
North Carolina
Jacobansky
Duke
Dean Jacobansky
Hanes House
Duke University
Suspect Fails To Post Bond In Two Slayings
A suspect did not post bond in two slayings as medical reports support the confession being false. Patricia’s stomach was empty and Barbara’s held remnants of the same hot dog meal last eaten December 28 at home. No evidence of sexual assault found. a letter from the killer claiming to apologize was sent to the mother Loretta Grimes, dated February 29, 1997, and given to police for testing.
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Bedwell
Patricia
Barbara
Loretta Grimes
Library Spirit Mighty Strong In Onslow Co
Mrs Miles Hughey of Raleigh notes the Onslow County library sits beside an ABC store and shares a building with Alcoholics Anonymous upstairs. She compares it to California where noise from a neighboring saloon led to the library being evicted.
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Onslow Co
Raleigh
Onslow County
California
Miles Hughey
State Library Commission
Onslow
ABC
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hughey
French Soft Drink Sales Surge Five Years
Paris reports soft drink purchases in France more than doubled over five years, with the average French consumer spending on beverages comparable to their clothing or food budgets.
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Paris
France
Greensboro Man Leads Open Pair at Bridge Championship
Winston-Salem February report on the seventh annual Carolina Contract Bridge Championship with 170 players in the open pair event. Greensboro’s W. B. Woodson and Columbia’s Joe I. McCabe were frontrunners for top individual honors as the finals neared.
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Winston-Salem
Central Carolina Bridge Assn
W. B. Woodson
Greensboro
Joe I. McCabe
Columbia
S.C
Woodson
R. J. Lovill Jr
Mount Airy
W. H. Ellis
E. T. Howard
High Point
Kenneth G. Loomis
J. L. Allen
H. Frank Owens
Harold S. Hamrick
Kinston
Harold McDonald
Atlanta
Earl T. Jones
Raleigh
Lovell and Woodson
T. H. Stults
R. A. Thompson
Lynchburg
Wingate Junior College Proxy Re-Elected President
Dr. Budd E. Smith was re-elected Wingate Junior College president for two more years. Since 1953 he has expanded the student body to about 600 and overseen 474345 dollars in new buildings and equipment in the past year. A 250000 dollar gymnasium and swimming pool are planned for this year.
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Wingate
N.C
Budd E. Smith
Wingate Junior Colege
Smith
Oxford
Reynolds Couple Gave 24609 to Democrats Revealed
The Senate elections subcommittee released names of donors contributing 5000 or more in last November's campaign. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Reynolds of Winston-Salem North Carolina who gave 24609 to the Democratic party with 2990 in the name of wife Muriel.
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Washington
Senate Elections Subcommittee
R. J. Reynolds
Winston-Salem
N.C
Muriel
Episcopal Laymen Convene March 3 at St Peters Church
Charlotte February 2 The Episcopal Laymen's Association of the Diocese of North Carolina will hold its annual convention March 3 at St Peter's Episcopal Church in Charlotte. The event is expected to draw more than 300 delegates from 117 parishes.
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Charlotte
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Clarelotte
Episcopal Laymen's Assn
Diocese of
North Carolina
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