Rescuers Find 34 Dead In Sicily Plane Wreck
A Viking airliner crashed on Sierra Del Biondo Peak near Burgio Sicily. rescuers found 34 corpses including 14 women and three children after a snowbound trek. no survivors. The chartered plane from Bovingdon to Nairobi carried British staff of a new airline. searchers battled a snowstorm for hours.
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Local Men to Speak At Lexington Meet
Denton February 18 report forms Davidson County unit of the Committee for Good Government to organize at First Methodist Church Lexington Tuesday night February 1 at 7 30. Rev E C Roach of Denton announces officers will be elected and a general strategy committee named. Walter Crissman of High Point to be principal speaker with W P Biggerstaff of Point assisting.
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First Methodist
Lexington
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Northline
Citizens Committee
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H Point
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Point
Southern Pines Eyes U N Recreation Center Possibility
Southern Pines explores potential as a U N recreation center after receiving a request for information on the town as a vacation spot for United Nations personnel. The city previously offered itself as a site for UN headquarters in 1946.
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U. N
United Nations
Former Resident of High Point Is Dead
Mrs. W. R. Kelly aged 84 died at a South Carolina nursing home Friday after a five year illness. She formerly lived in High Point with her son Richard Jr and is survived by her husband three sons Fant of Spencer George of Diana Fra Richard of Asheboro two daughters Mrs E D ins of Uo rbarry Penn and Mrs John Ammond of Norwalk Conn and 15 grandchildren
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South Carolina
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High Point
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Fant
Spencer
George
Diana
Richard
Asheboro
E. D.ins
Uorbarry Penn
John Ammond
Norwalk
Conn
Mackerel Lacks Air Bladder Uses Muscular Tactics
Unlike many fish the mackerel has no air bladder to aid buoyancy. It relies on strong spinal muscles to tuck its fins against its body and swim with little effort.
Science turning atoms into health tools from Oak Ridge
At Oak Ridge Tennessee scientists convert ordinary materials into radioactive isotopes that serve medical and research needs worldwide. The plant, once secret, now ships tens of thousands of millicurie doses used to treat cancer and aid science, though the materials remain potent and perilous.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
The
Atomic Commission
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge
Oak
Ghost on Hill draws crowds to Chapel Hill house
In Chapel Hill North Carolina last night hundreds gathered to glimpse a spectral figure described as The Ghost of Hill seated in Fay Baker's old rocking chair on Windy Hill. Baker died at 60 last September and his widow Laura still resides in the one room house as onlookers debate the apparition’s nature.
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Hill
Fay Baker
Laura
Baker
Windy Hill
Voegler Will Be Speaker At Local Meet
The High Point American Business Club cancels Basil Rathbone appearance due to circumstances. The program committee instead secured Robert Vogeler to speak on February 24 about 17 months imprisoned behind the Iron Curtain. Tickets for Rathbone will be honored for Vogeler.
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High Point American Business Club
Basil Rathbone
ABC
Robert Vogeler
Vogeler
Rathbone
NONEEADEE TAN Mass Trucker Rolls Onto Side With Onion Load
A truck overturned in Northampton sending 215 bags of onions tumbling. No serious injuries reported as investigators assessed the scene and cleared the roadway.
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Northampton
Bine I
Drive in ticket office opens for Boston fans
Boston reporters say a drive in ticket office has opened by Boston Sarr to serve football fans. The facility is described as the first of its kind in the east and aims to speed up ticket purchases ahead of games.
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