Brief State Items Former Policemen Face Trial
Former Clinton policemen Zack Landis and Arthur Harmon face trial on bribe charges connected with liquor sales. District Solicitor Walter Britt notes indictments include six other persons. several defendants named as conspirators and bribers. All defendants are Negroes. two officers were dismissed after arrest.
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Clinton, N.C
Clinton
Zack Landis
Arthur Harmon
Walter Britt
Mage Faison Miller
Rufus
Mitchell
Henry L. Mitchell
King Boykin
Albert Avery
Lace Edwards Harvey
Leads Sought in Dyn bombing of Andrews Home
Officers from Randolph and Guilford Counties pursue leads in the dynamiting of Arnold Andrews home in Pleasant Garden. Andrews says co workers threatened him for refusing to join a strike at All Sheer Hosiery Mills and has sworn out warrants. A $1,000 reward was offered by Liberty area citizens for information leading to arrest and conviction.
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Asheboro
N.C
Randolph
Guilford
Arnold Andrews
Pleasant Garden
Andrews
Liberty Area
Andrews Ome
Five Face Trial For Robbery In Statesville Case
Five charged with a knife robbery of barber D. Christopher in Statesville. Suspects include Robert Shoemaker 23 of New Town Ohio Estel Gross 25 of Troutman Lewis R Beard 25 of Statesville Delores G Butler 18 of New Richmond Ohio and Shirley M Bath 22 of Felicity Ohio. Case docketed for trial in Iredell Superior Court.
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Statesville
N.C
D. Christopher
Gusnabes Christopher
Robert Shoemaker
Newtown
Ohio
Estel Gross
Four To Get Narcotic Hearing In Rutherford County
Four persons arrested near Lake Lure in Rutherford County for narcotics charges were to have a hearing today in Recorder's Court. Sheriff Vance Wilkins said the January arrests broke up a narcotics ring and that the four were nabbed in a house in Imney Rocktown. An automobile and narcotics were seized. The arrested are Edgar Skipper, 32, of Bessemer City. Faye A., of Charlotte. Fred Nelson Jr., 29, of Gastonia. and James Gibson, 30, of Texas.
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Lake Lure
N.C
Here
Rutherford County Recorder's Court
Vance Wilkins
Imney Rocktown
Wilkins
Edgar Skipper
Bessemer ‘City
Faye A
Charlotte
Fred Nelson Jr
Gastonia
James Gibson
Texas
Ferry Approval Sought To Link Cape Fear River Ports
H F Moore and Wallace Kennedy of High Point petitioned the Utilities Commission for a certificate of convenience and necessity to operate a ferry across the Cape Fear River from near Southport to the eastern end of U S 421 in New Hanover County. The service would connect highway 421 with N C 130 downriver from Wilmington and carry passengers automobiles and trucks.
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Raleigh
The
Utilities Commission
Cape Fear River
Southport
H. F. Moore
Wallace Kennedy
High Point
Commission
New Hanover County
Wilmington
Pless Declines 11th District Congress Run
Marion judge J Will Pless Jr. says an experienced judge is more valuable than an untried registrar and will not enter the 11th Congressional race. The field now features Ralph Gardner Hugh Wells and Basil Whitner after Rep Woodrow Jones retires.
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Marion
N.C
J. Will Pless Jr
Pless
Woodrow W. Jones
Rutherford County
Ralph Gardner
Hugh Wells
Shelby
Basil Whitner
Gastonia
Durham Hairdressers and Cosmetologists Convention Closes
Delegates at the 22nd annual Durham convention of North Carolina hairdressers and cosmetologists will elect officers on opening day and complete sessions after the traditional banquet tonight. More than 450 delegates registered for the event.
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Durham
North Carolina
Yestervill
Burley Leaf Growers Fight Acreage Cut
Representatives of burley tobacco areas urged a House Agriculture subcommittee to cancel the 15 percent acreage reduction for 1956. They argue the 1955 crop estimate was too high and production fell to about 470 to 475 million pounds, making the cut unnecessary. Senator Clements joins calls to cancel if crop sizes prove lower.
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Washington
Burley
House
Agriculture
Rep. Abbitt
Dva
Benson
Rep
Watts
D-Ky
Agriculture Department
Burley Area
Sen
Clements
Congress
Reforms by Elizabeth Fray at Newgate in 1817
The Britannica notes that before Fray’s reforms in 1817, Newgate and many prisons housed men and women together. This practice was common worldwide, reflecting late medieval punitive norms.
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Elizabeth Fray
Newgate
Britannica
Mansure Lets Go From General Services Post
Edmund F. Mansure resigns as general services chief amid congressional and administration probes of his conduct. Franklin G. Floete to serve as acting administrator pending nomination. The White House notes Mansure’s “personal obligations” to leave and cites $400 million in prior savings and improvements.
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Washington
Edmund F. Mansure
General Services
Mansure
White House
Eisenhower
Franklin G. Floete
Floete
Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Cuba
House
Mittee
GSA
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Brooks
Errol Flynn and family reunite in California
The actor Errol Flynn, wife Patrice Wymore, and their 2-year-old daughter Amella arrived in California after flying in from Europe. Flynn plans a month in the U S to discuss film and TV work before returning to London for the Errol Flynn Theater series, saying they miss Hollywood and friends.
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Los Angeles
Errol Flynns
California
Patrice Wymore
Amella
Flynn
Europe
London
Errol Flynn
Majorca
Hollywood
Doans Pills Offer Fast Relief For Nighttime Aches
Doan s Pills provide quick relief from nagging backache headaches and muscular pains often disrupting sleep. The ad claims soothing bladder irritation a mild diuretic effect and improved kidney output aiding restful nights and lasting relief.
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Doan
Howey
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