Marriage Mystery After Woman Found Dead in Barn Loft
Beaufort North Carolina authorities investigated the death of 40 year old Agatha Bailey widow of a Morehead City restaurant operator found in a barn loft living area. Edgar Willis 45 a divorced man in the hay loft jumped from the doorway a chain around his neck broke the rafter and he fell suffering injuries. Autopsy to determine cause of death pending.
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N.C
Bobby Bell
Agatha Bailey
Morehead City
Edgar Willis
Bell
Willis
Straits
Mrs. Ballou
David Munden
Sit-Ins Provoke Unrest Across Virginia Tennessee and Georgia
The Associated Press reports renewed Negro sit-in protests in three states. In Lynchburg Virginia eight were arrested at Patterson Drug Store while three others were served. In Chattanooga Tennessee three youths staged a brief sit‑in with no arrests. In Atlanta four demonstrators forced a counter closure and three of about eighty jailed demonstrators posted bond after weekend stays.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
Patterson Drug Store
Patterson's
Virginia
Chattanooga
Tenn
Atlanta
Primitive Artist Elmo Howard Opens First One Man Show
Elmo Howard a 33 year old machinist with six children from Spartanburg makes his first plane trip to Boston for a one man show at the CAC Gallery after neighbors funded the journey. He draws religious scenes and daily life and hopes to paint professionally with art supplies provided by Dr. Luther McDermott of Winthrop College. A Boston woman purchased some paintings.
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Spartanburg
Elmo Howard
Boston
Howard
Landrum
Luther McDermott
Winthrop College
Rock Hill
CAC
Creative Art Center
Prices Seen High for 1961 North Carolina Tobacco
Tobacco marketing official predicts 1961 NC crop will fetch prices near the 1960 record though total poundage may drop. State figures show 1960 average 61.20 per hundred pounds, 834 million pounds on 458000 acres, totaling 510 million dollars. Burley yields were strong with 65.25 per hundred for 15.7 million pounds.
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North Carolina
W. P. Hedrick
State Department of Agriculture
Federal plans tailhook experiments on KC135 jet
Safety officials announced a test program to evaluate tailhook use on heavy jet aircraft to reduce accidents. The FAA awarded a $61,000 contract to All American Engineering of Wilmington Delaware to design install and test a tailhook on a KC135 tanker, the military version of the Boeing 707.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
All American Engineering Co
Wilmington
Del
Legislative Action Is Predicted In 1961 Session
Raleigh AP reports House Speaker Joseph Hunt predicts General Assembly approval of reapportionment with a substantial majority, reenactment of the auto financial responsibility law with minor changes, and passage of a court reform bill. Hunt spoke to the Lions Club in Charlotte as lawmakers began the week.
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Raleigh
Joseph Hunt
General Assembly
Hunt
Lions Club
Charlotte
House
Hoyle T. Efird
Gaston County
Max Childers
Childers
Superior Court
Education Support Expected
Gov. Terry Sanford told a Rocky Mount audience that North Carolinians are willing to pay for quality education despite cost. He linked education to economic growth and industrial development and urged support for a $106 million school improvement program, noting new taxes may be needed.
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Rocky Mount, N. C
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
General Assembly
Sanford
North Carolina Citizens Committee For Better Schools
Rocky Mount Pta
Rocky Mount Junior Chamber of Commerce
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