Mother and Son Die in Roxbury Shooting Rivalry Over Affections
In a 2 a.m. Roxbury apartment gun battle three gunmen and three officers fought. Toby Wagner 21 and her 2 year old son Mark died as Rocco Balliro 28 and associates were pursued. Balliro surrendered in Everett. Ciocco 33 and another man were captured nearby. Police linked Balliro and Ciocco to the killings. Wagner had sought protection after Balliro threatened him over Mrs. Wagner. Local authorities moved to trap the brothers amid a citywide manhunt.
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Boston
Toby Zimmerman Wagner
Mark
Roxbury
Wagner
Ciocco
Balliro
Everett
Rocco Balliro
Bristol County House of Correction
Rocco Bal
Dorchester
Brighton
Edmund L. McNamara
Balliro Brothers
Hans Reppenning
West Berlin
Reppenning
Strangler
State lawmakers face 1961 issues in next biennium
The legislature will prioritize higher education and public schools, consider repealing the 3 percent food tax though likely futile, and move to redistrict Senate seats after the federal census. A uniform lower court costs schedule, auto liability amendments, and 61.6 million bond postures loom. With a projected $100 million year-end surplus, state institutions may gain needed services.
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Blue
Associated Press
Senate
Rep
Leeds
Funeral services held for Mrs Eula Augusta Stone of Green Street
Mrs Eula Augusta Stone died Thursday in Baptist Hospital Winston Salem at 510 E Fairfield Rd The funeral was conducted Saturday at 3 pm at Green Street Baptist Church with Dr E W Price officiating Pallbearers were Grady Culler Ed Winfrey Paul Lance Joe Harper J H Steele and Ben Turnage Burial followed in Floral Garden Park Cemetery A second funeral was at 3 pm for Clyde Hazel Pop Bass at Sechrest Chapel with Rev Douglas Corricer and Dr W Kenneth Goodson presiding Burial also in Floral Garden Park Cemetery Bass age 69 of 512 Rockspring Rd died Friday morning at High Point Memorial Hospital Honorary pallbearers were High Point Lions Club members Active pallbearers listed
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Eula Augusta ‘Stone
Green Street Baptist Church
E. W. Price
Grady Culler
Ed Winfrey
Paul Lance
Joe Harper
J. H. Steele
Ben Turnage
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Stone
J. R. Stone
E. Fairfield Rd
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Clyde Hazel
Pop
Bass
Sechrest Chapel
Douglas Corricer
First Methodist Church
W. Kenneth Goodson
Centenary Methodist Church
Win- Winston-Salem
High Point Lions Club
Lawrence Hayes
D. A. Ritchie
Thomasville
Shirley Tysinger
Francis Alman
Asheboro
Pete Schulthseiss
Bob Richard
Mrs. Ida Mendenhall dies at 84 in High Point
Ida Alfred Mendenhall 84 widow of Edward Emerson Mendenhall died at Maryfield Convalescent Home. A Randolph County native and Greensboro descendant of Gen Nathaniel Greene she lived in Randleman High Point and Greensboro. Funeral at High Point Friends Meeting Monday with burial in Greenhill Cemetery Greensboro.
Thomasville Man Dies at 80 Rites Set
Joseph Gurney Millikan 80, of Rt 2 Thomasville, died Saturday at City Memorial Hospital after a long illness. Born March 3, 1882 in Randolph County, he was a retired Jewel Cotton Mills employee and Baptist. Surviving include three daughters, several stepchildren, brothers, and grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at Mt Zion Pilgrim Holiness Church conducted by Rev. J. B. Stutts and Rev. Kenneth Mille.
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Thomasville
Joseph Gurney Millikan
Rt.2
City Memorial Hospital
Mr. Millikan
Randolph County
Jewel Cotton Mills
Nannie Everhart
Minnie Lee Shoaf
High Point
Catherine Smith
Paulsboro
N.J
Julia Ann Cris
Camden
Lula Winslow
Ida Manuel Childress
Martha Hill
Dora Kennedy
Falls Church
Emory
Warren Millikan
Randleman
T. C. Millkan
Sophia
Fletcher
Ernest Millikan
Reid Warner
Ruby Childress
Rt. 2
Carwell Everhart
Rt. 1
Lexington
Willie Childress
Rt 2
Tommy
Wesley
Moyer Childress
Mt. Zion Pilgrim
R. B. Johnson Dies At Home In Huntersville
Ralph Baxter Johnson aged 58 died suddenly at his Huntersville home after a lingering illness. Born February 8, 1904, in Cabarrus County, he was a machinist at Terrell Machine Co. in Charlotte for 19 years. Survived by wife Flossie Dewese Johnson, daughter Ida Jane Johnson, two sons Brooks and Oliver, siblings and two grandchildren. Funeral at Ramah Presbyterian Church at 3:30 p.m. with Rev. Dwight Barker officiating. burial in church cemetery.
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Huntersville
Ralph Baxter Johnson
Cabarrus County
Baxter
Ida Sloan Johnson
Terrell Machine Co
Charlotte
Flossie Dewese Johnson
Ida Jane Johnson
High Point
Brooks R. Johnson
Lancaster
S.C
Oliver Johnson
W. Irvin
Concord
Lawrence Johnson
Ramah Presbyterian Church
Dwight Barker
Obituary: J. R. Rhodes 86 Dies in High Point Hospital
J R Rhodes 86 of 709 Park St died at 7 45 p m yesterday in High Point Memorial Hospital after three years of declining health. Born July 26 1876 in Stokes County he was a retired farmer and Brentwood Baptist Church member. Survived by wife six daughters two sons 17 grandchildren 18 great grandchildren one brother and an adopted sister. Body at Sechrest Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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John Robert Rhodes
Park St
High Point Memorial Hospital
Mr. Rhodes
Stokes County
Powell
Letitia Shelton Rhodes
High Point
Brentwood
Lillian Manning
Lawsonville
Sechrest Funeral Home
E. C. Spillers Dies In Durham Rites Tomorrow
Earnest Cary Spillers 53 died at Veterans Hospital Durham Saturday morning at 6 30. He had been ill two weeks and was in hospital one day. Born Union County S C Sept 7 1909 he came to High Point two years ago from Frankfort Kentucky where he worked with Taylor Hayes Farm jin training race horses. Survived by wife Frances Vickers two sons Ray L Spillers Greensboro and Randolph Spillers York S C one sister Mrs Thomas Marion five grandchildren. Funeral services Monday 2 p m from Koonce Funeral Home by Rev A B Asbill. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. Body to remain at the funeral home until service. Family at home of Mrs Marion and at funeral home tonight 7 9 p m.
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Earnest Cary Spillers
Veterans Hospital
Durham
Mr. Spillers
Union County
S. C
John Herbert
Janie O’shields Spillers
High Point
Frankfort
Taylor Hayes Farm
Jin
U.S. Army
U. S. Air Corps
Frances Vickers
Ferrell
Ray L. Spillers
Greensboro
Randolph Spillers
York
Thomas Marion
Welborn St
Koonce Funeral Home
A. B. Asbill
Woodlawn Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Marion
Carl J. Morris of Asheboro Dies in Durham
Carl J. Morris of Rt 2 Asheboro died Friday in Veterans Hospital Durham after a long illness. He was a World War II veteran and a native of Rowan County. Survivors include his wife Mary Miller Morris, two brothers Ray and Clyde Morris, one daughter Irene Morris, one son Keith Morris, and his father Walter Morris. Funeral at 2 p.m. Sunday at Mountain View Methodist Church, burial in the ape cemetery. The body will be at Farlow Funeral Home until 30 minutes before the service.
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Asheboro
Carl J. Morris
Rt. 2
Veterans Hospital
Durham
Rowan County
Randolph County
Mary Miller Morris
Ray
Clyde Morris
Irene Morris
Keith Morris
Walter Morris
Mountain View
Americans Killed In Ankara Air Collision
A two plane crash near Ankara killed 79 people including five Americans. Among the dead were Caroline Hopp of Saint Paul and Paul Dragnich of Nashville, both 18, who had become engaged overseas. The disaster damaged Ulus Square and injured many on the ground as a fireball ignited wreckage.
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Ankara
Turkey
Times Square
Caroline Hopp
St. Paul, Minn
Paul
Charles W. Bartholomew
National Supply Division
Armco Steel Corp
Torrance
Calif
Don D. Wahl
Sylvania Co
Mountain View
Robert Harrison Pritchard
Richard
Schlumberger Overseas Oil Co
Ulus Square
Radio Ankara
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Clyde Bass
Mr. Bass
Rockspring Road
Ida Alfred Mendenhall
Edward Emerson Mendenhall
Maryfield
Mendenhall
Gray's Chapel
William Franklin
Martisha Greene Alfred
Nathaniel Greene
Guilford College
Lexington Grocery i Co
P. A. Mendenhall
High Point Friends Meeting
Women Christian Temperance Union
High Point Women's Club
YWCA
T. M. Lee
H. E. Johnson
W. C. Burton
Ashe
Greenhill
Sechrest Funeral
Blake Thompson
R. B. Johnson
J. R. Rhodes
Park Street
E. C. Spillers
Miss Hopp
Dragnich
Ralph H. Hopp
University of Minnesota
Alex N. Dragnich
U.S. State Department
Ankara University
Vanderbilt University
G.A.C. Finance
N. Main Street
North Carolina
Main St.college Village Shopping Center
Ant Ila
Hallmark
Muriel P
Magnesia
Burgess Transistor Batteries
Gillette Super
Marlox
Polident
Tampax
Eckerd
Eckerd’s
Eckerd‘s
Carey Ilderton
Horace G. Ilderton, Inc
S. Main St
P.O.E. Renault
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