Guil-Rand Fights Two Car Fires
Archdale Guil-Rand firefighters responded twice in 25 minutes to car fires. A 1959 auto owned by L. D. Cox on Uwharrie Road burned with doors locked, total loss. A 1962 two door owned by F. R. Jones on Laura Avenue, Archdale, suffered 200 dollars in damage. Firemen also were sent to 108 White Ave for a chimney spark incident.
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L. D. Cox
Rt. 5
High Point
Hill Street
Highway 311
F. R. Jones
Laura Avenue
Archdale
Clyde Wilkerson
White Ave
Mona Lisa Heads Back To New York
Mona Lisa completes a 27 day Washington tour and heads to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York where it will be shown from February 7 to March 4. The exhibit drew 518 535 visitors, a record for the National Gallery of Art, surpassing a year’s normal attendance.
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Washington
Mona Lisa
New York
Secret Service
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Leonardo da Vinci
New
Natonal Gallery of Art
Mona
Paris
Louvre
Jet pilots begin simulated 20 day space flight at Brooks AFB
Four Air Force jet pilots will sit in a tank like cabin at Brooks AFB on Tuesday to begin a simulated 20 day space mission. Captains Richard Furman Merle Hahn Bernard Lukasik and Paule Lavoie will spend the period in the cabin to test a trip to the moon and back.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
Brooks Air Force Base
Richard Furman
Philadelphia
Merle Hahn
Preston
Minn
Bernard F. Lukasik
Dickson
Paule E. Lavoie
Fall River
Mass
Bodies Stolen in Weekend Beagle Case and Rundown of Incidents
Sheriff's deputies investigated the disappearance of two beagle bodies after a weekend shooting. A car stolen in High Point was found abandoned on Pleasant Grove Road. Three men were charged with violating prohibition and one with malicious damage after incidents on local streets. A child incident on Randolph Street caused minor concern.
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E. Main Street
Ethel Horn
Church Street
Redfearn
Wade Otis Crofts
Cloverdale Street
High Point
Earl Johnson
Dillon Street
Nelson Myers
College Street
Randolph Street
Jack Grainger
J. M. Grainger
E. Guilford Street
Foy Lanier
Hickory Man Cleared Of Charges
William Joseph Addison of Hickory North Carolina was acquitted in Florida on embezzlement charges. A Jacksonville bank teller allegedly pocketed a $250 deposit. Addison testified he made errors but did not steal. the A U S District Court jury reached its verdict after a brief deliberation.
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Jacksonville, Fla
William Joseph Addison
Hickory
N.C
Florida National Bank of
Jacksonville
Jacksonville Bank
Bodies of Blind Men Found on Railroad Tracks
Two blind men, James Tackett 39 from Spirit Lake Iowa and Rueben Poppen about 50 from Beresford, were found dead on railroad tracks northwest of Beresford. Authorities cited exposure as a possible cause. Tackett had been staying with a sister. a family en route to church found his body. Poppen’s body lay about a half mile away near his guide dog.
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Beresford
S.D
James Tackett
Spirit Lake
Iowa
Rueben Poppen
Tackett
Poppen
Large Whisky Still Dismantled In Halifax County Raid
In South Boston Virginia ABC agents along with federal ATTU and Halifax officers blew up a hay barn still using 79 dynamite sticks. The operation near Turbeville halted a large illicit whisky production. Arrested were Larry Gene Moore 20 West Hillsboro NC and Linwood Harris 19 Rougemont NC on manufacturing charges each bond set at $2000.
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Boston
Turbeville
Here
Halifax County
Larry Gene Moore
West Hillsboro
N. C
Linwood Harris
Rougemont
E. M. Lewis
Gretna
ABC
ATTU
Lewis
Bridge Ice Flips Two Vehicles
On an ice coated Leonard's Creek bridge westbound traffic stalled as a tractor-trailer and a station wagon collided and toppled. The tractor-trailer driver George A. Adkins of Hialeah Florida suffered a minor cut. Station wagon driver Frank Rose of Platico New York and passenger James Greer avoided injuries.
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Lexington
Highway Patrol
George A. Adkins
Hialeah
Fla
Frank Rose
Platico
N.Y
Leonard’s Creek
Adenauer Says De Gaulle Favors U S Cooperation
West German Chancellor Adenauer says President de Gaulle backs cooperation with the United States. He urges calm to restore Western unity and foresees future U S France agreement on Polaris. He notes France's block on UK in the Common Market may not be permanent.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de ‘Gaulle
United States
Europe
Adenauer
U.S. News & World Report
Bonn
Kurt Lachmann
Western Alliance
de Gaulle
France
Kennedy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Defenders Plan Caswell County Private School Meeting
Bernard Dixon reports Caswell County hosts a meeting of the local chapter of the Defenders of States Rights to explore a private school system. The group recently discussed segregation amid sixteen Black children entering previously all white schools in Caswell.
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Yanceyville
N.C
Bernard Dixon
Caswell County
The
North Carolina Defenders of States Rights
Allison James
Winston-Salem
Lon F. Backman
Richmond
Virginia Education Fund, Inc
Virginia
N. W. Jefferies
Burlington Textile
Group backs Lake for governor in 1964 race
A meeting of the State Defenders shows support for Dr. I Beverly Lake as a gubernatorial candidate in 1964 while endorsing the rector and other actions.
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State Defenders
Dr. I. Beverly Lake
TVA Seeks 25000 Palnuts For Locks And Bolts
TVA announced it wants to buy 25000 palnuts a glorified lock washer for bolts. A TVA spokesman asked for a definition and researchers failed to help until a utilities firm identified palnuts as such hardware components.
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Knoxville
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Thomasville
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Vine ST
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Crosley Aluminum
Peachtree
Office Equipment CO
S. Main ST
N. Main St
New York City
Alaska
Caswell
TVA
Maxum M
Bingham Thomasville
W. Lee St
Greensboro, N.C
WO Jalousie Co
Aaron As
Naonan
swéDch
Reece City
R.F.D
Jack
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