Revival notes across several North Carolina churches
Preparation for a spring revival series runs March 23 to April 6 led by Rev Woodrow Robbins at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church with evangelist Rev William Ward Ayer from New York to conduct the series Additional events include Youth Week at Bales Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Jamestown February 10 to 16 with Rev John Williams of Greensboro overseeing revival services February 12 to 16 and singing led by A H Brewer Lynwood area pastors speak at Gospel Tabernacle Asheboro and a music minister hire announced for First Baptist Lexington Roy E Holder named Minister of Music and Education effective March 1 with prior roles at nearby churches plus a Providence Wesleyan revival and Loyalty Day at Springfield Friends Meeting.
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Woodrow Robbins
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
William Ward Ayer
New York
J. T. McRae
Southern Baptist
Gaza
Palestine
Bales Memorial Wesleyan Methodist Church
Jamestown
John Williams
Greensboro
A. H. Brewer
E. M. Gardner
Roy E. Holder
High Point
First Baptist Church
Lexington
Holder
College Avenue Baptist Church
Lenoir
McGill Street
Concord
Harold Rickman
Broadview Wesleyan Methodist Church
Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church
Johnson Named Boss of ARPA to Develop Space Weapons
Secretary of Defense appoints Roy W. Johnson to head the Advanced Research Projects Agency and directs ARPA to develop space weapons. Johnson, 52, from General Electric, will start April 1 and may work with the Air Force for future spaceship crews. ARPA aims to coordinate defense space research and can contract with services or external firms, with Congress funding of 10 million dollars for startup and 340 million requested for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
New
Advanced Research Projects Agency
Air Force
ARPA
Roy W. Johnson
General Electric Co
Aeanbewadandaw
Inese
Pentagon Space Agency
Johnson
General Electric
Stamford
New York
Defense Department
McElroy
Congress
Army
Youth Attacks Judge in Oakland Courtroom
Superior Court Judge Ralph E. Hoyt rejected probation for a 16 year old boy after warning someone might get hurt. The 190 pound youth then leaped on the judge, knocking him down. Court reporter Lorrayne Jarrell was knocked to her knees and bruised. a bailiff freed the judge. The boy, guilty of robbery, was ordered sent to the California Youth Authority.
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Oakland
Calif
Superior Court
Ralph E. Hoyt
Lorrayne Jarrell
California Youth Authority
Richmond Man Admits Five Slayings in 1956 Killing Spree
Jeremiah Mc Cray 25, an itinerant Negro, confessed to five murders from 1956, stating he killed all white victims while robbing them. State police verify details with Ohio Georgia and Alabama authorities as officers head to Richmond to question him. McCray and Rush Reager 20 are jailed in Caroline County for the Griffin death and linked crimes.
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Richmond
Jeremiah McCray
McCray
Ohio
Georgia
Alabama
Orland Hays
Fayette County
Sarah DeWitt
Washington
Jeannette M. Griffin
Ladysmith
Snead
Atlas ICBM Flight Ends in Explosion Over Atlantic
A two million dollar Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile exploded after about four minutes of flight off Cape Canaveral. Despite the failure, the Air Force said the flight produced essential data for future ICBM development and safety procedures. A National Airlines flight captain witnessed the launch and directed passengers’ attention to the plume as the rocket vanished.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Missile Test Center
Atlas
South Atlantic
National Airlines
Carl Greenwood
New York
Miami
Greenwood
Klan Leader Cole Faces Trial After Rally Plans
Ku Klux Klan leader James Cole posted 1000 bond in Lumberton N C and plans a rally near Burlington weather permitting. He and James Garland Martin will be tried for inciting riot. A large armed Lumbee crowd dispersed a prior gathering amid tensions with Indians. Cole warned of another meeting but noted uncertainty over exact site.
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Lumberton
James Cole
Burlington
Marion
S.C
Columbia
D.C
Thurman Wagoner
Cole
Dallas
Tex
James Garland Martin
Reidsville Tobacco
Martin
KKK
Robeson County
Birthday Concert Honors Composer Ely With New Symphony
Ex Chuck Wagon cook turned composer John Bur goyne Ely, nearly 88, will see his seventh symphony performed today by the Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra in a free county park concert. Ely’s life spans oil camps, world travel, UCLA study, and a prolific output of opera, sonatas, and songs.
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Los Angeles
John Burgoyne
Ely
Jack Benny
UCLA
Los Angeles Junior Symphony Orchestra
Eisenhower hints Stassen may leave disarmament post
The New York Times reports President Eisenhower told Harold E. Stassen his disarmament adviser that his talents may be more useful outside the executive branch. Stassen said he may seek the Pennsylvania governorship, with a decision due before March 17 filing deadline.
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New York
New York Times
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Washington
Felix Belair Jr
Stassen
Pennsylvania
Florida cattle crisis as cold weather devastates livestock
In Miami Florida endures its worst winter with low temperatures rain killing cattle citrus groves and winter vegetables. J O Pearce Jr president of the Florida Cattlemen's Assn predicts about 275000 cattle may die in five weeks due to feed shortages and severe weather.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
The
Florida Cattlemen's Assn
J. O. Pearce Jr
Pearce
Sunday Enterprise Preview: School, Work, and History Notes
The Sunday Enterprise outlines a feature on High Point Senior High School’s science and math courses, enrollment, and student attitudes. It also previews a profile of Jewel Osborne at the local employment office and a historical piece on Walkers Mill in Randolph County tied to General Cornwallis.
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Mr. Holder
R. R. Holder
High Point
High Point College
Valoree Ward
D. O. Ward
Sunday Enterprise
Jane Kerr
Jewel Osborne
Mi.l.walker’s
Randolph County
George Washington
Lord Cornwallis
Ed Lane
The
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