Edens to retire as Duke University president after 11 years
Dr. Hollis Edens, 59, announces retirement as Duke University president after 11 years. He cites a 76 million dollar, 10 year development program and says a younger leader should guide the university through the full term. He will remain until a successor is chosen, with a March 23 resignation date planned.
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Durham
N.C
Hollis Edens
Duke University
Methodist Liberal Arts School
Edens
Board of Trustees
Trinity College
James B. Duke
Duke
General Education Board
Rockefeller Foundation
Belive
Cuba Apology Aims to Ease U S Cuba Strain Over Raid
U S apologizes for a Thursday bombing raid on Cuba by a Florida based private plane. Castro accuses U S planes of sugar field attacks. State Department regrets lapse and promises steps to stop such flights. Flight took off near Miami. Victims named as Robert Ellis Frost and Robert Kelly. Castro may ease anti U S rhetoric and welcomes U S team to assist crash probe.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Washington
Castro
Miami
U. S
Police Chase Involving 28 Cars Ends With Arrest
In Houston, Carl Pickering, 22, led a chase at 110 mph with 28 police cars in pursuit. He was jailed on 6400 bond after a crash that left his 1959 sedan hitting a tree, a utility pole, and a truck. officers issued 32 traffic tickets and fired six warning shots.
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Houston
Tex
Carl Pickering
Pickering
Ward Street Church Plans February to March Canvass
Ward Street Methodist Church launches an Every Member Canvass from February 24 through March led by Rev Rollin Gibbs of the Conference Board of Missions. The campaign emphasizes Christian stewardship over building debt, with sermons by Rev M L Oliver and guidance from Watchtower School staff.
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Ward Street Methodist Church
Rollin Gibbs
Conference Board of Missions
M. L. Oliver
Special Week Planned by High Point Jehovah’s Witnesses
The High Point congregation announces a special week of activity for the semi annual visit of Mr. D R Killian circuit supervisor of North Carolina. Killian and his wife travel as representatives of the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society and have served in supervisory roles for over ten years. Both are graduates.
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Watchtower Bible School
Gilead
Upstate
New York
Kingdom Hall
High Point
Killian
Jehovah’s Witnesses
D. R. Killian
North Crolina
Men of High Point church to hold monthly supper meeting
The Men of the Church of the First Presbyterian Church of High Point will meet Monday at 6 30 for their regular monthly supper. Ladies Night will be observed. The speaker will be Dr Bernard Boyd head of the Department of Religion at UNC.
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Church of the First Presbyterian Church of
High Point
Bernard Boyd
Department of Religion
UNC
Homes for the Aging Day in North Carolina Baptists
The calendar notes Homes for the Aging Day. NC Baptists run three homes: Headquarters Building and Rest Haven in Winston-Salem, and the Baptist Home at Albemarle. Capacity totals 119 residents with expansion ongoing.
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Baptist State Convention
North Carolina Baptists
Resthaven
Winston-Salem
Baptist Home
Albemarle
Ghost Bomber diary reveals desert ordeal after Naples raid
Diary of Lt. Robert F. Toner, copilot of the USAAF Liberator Lady Be Good, describes eight days in the Libyan desert after bailing out on April 4 1943 during a Naples raid. Recovery of five crew members’ remains on Friday followed the diary’s release by Air Force officials.
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Wiesbaden
Germany
Air Force
Robert F. Toner
North Attleboro
Mass
Naples
Italy
John
John S. Woravka
Cleveland
Ohio
Brown Reprieve for Chessman Triggers Capitol Storm
Gov. Edmund G. Brown grants a 60 day reprieve for Daryl Chessman. Sacramento lawmakers protest a March special session tied to the budget to reconsider abolishing the death penalty. Washington critics warn of Latin American reactions. Chessman calls it the hardest decision of Brown’s career.
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San Francisco
Edmund G. Brown
Caryl Chessman
Sacramento
Washington
D.C
State Department
Latin America
Eisenhower
Chessman
Brown
California
Asst
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Uruguay
Brazil
Nia
Clair Engle
Thomas H. Kuchel
Daryl Chessman
Girl Killed On Delta School Bus In Ohio
Thirty children watched in horror Friday as 12 year old Karen Smith was stabbed to death on a Delta school bus by a 13 year old boy. The suspect, Douglas Konrath, was held for questioning after being cornered at gunpoint. Authorities said the motive is unknown and no charges have been filed.
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Homer H. Hyde
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Hyde
Col. W. L. Helmantoler
Headquarters
Air Training Command
Randolph Field
Texas
Wauseon, Ohio
Karen Smith
Rt. 2
Delta
Douglas Konrath
Fulton County
Loren Yoder
Oe “Ve
Enzil Mizer
Konrath
Yoder
Lester
Jim) Trigg
Toy
Sunday Enterprise features tomorrow
The Enterprise runs a photo report from High Point Memorial Hospital ER by Dal Bayles showing a sick baby a woman hurt in an accident and labor pains. Also reports on Night Class at High Point College and a Then and Now piece on Iwo Jima comparing past battle with present day.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Enterprise
Dal Bayles
U.S
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
The
Enterprise Tomorrow
Snow Chokes Off Western New York
Wind driven snow shut down a large western New York region as a winter storm battered the area for a second time this week. The system left 16 deaths across five states and created 10 foot drifts with 50 mph winds, knocking out power and phone lines and closing major highways from Syracuse to Williamsville and near Pittsburgh to Carlisle.
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Albany
N.Y
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
Buffalo
Robert Hammer
Auburn
New York Thruway
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Thruway
Syracuse
Williamsville
Pittsburgh
Carlisle
Notorious Jailbreaker On Loose In Caen France
Mickey Canut, a 26 year old thief known as France’s most famous jailbreaker, escaped Caen Prison with an accomplice. It followed prior breaks in Cherbourg Bordeaux Marseille Avignon and Toulouse. He reportedly made a 25 foot rope and used a key to free fellow inmate Christian Santier before climbing the wall.
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Caen
France
Mickey
Toulouse
Cherbourg
Bordeaux
Christian Santier
Reprieve by California Gov. Brown shocks five Congressmen
Daryl Chessman 38, on death row since 1948 for Los Angeles crimes, received a 60 day reprieve less than 10 hours before execution. Five lawmakers condemned the action tied to a State Department telegram about possible protests during President Eisenhower’s South American tour.
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Daryl Chessman
George Davis
San Quentin Prison
Chessman
Edmund Brown
Los Angeles
House
Edmund G. Brown
California
Brown
State Department
Eisenhower
Uruguay
Brazil
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Asst
Roy R. Rubottom
August E. Johansen
Rmich
Rubottom
U.S. State Department
Gov. Brown
France
le Parisien
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Dr. Hollis Edens
By Faye Marks
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Gates
Army
Navy
Pentagon
Defense
Thomas S. Gates Jr
C. Sharp
Lackland
Hell
Sam
Moore
Lamotte
San Quentin
Europe
Sen
Gordon Allot
R-Cole
Sunday Enterprise
High Point College
Congress
Engle
D-Calif
Rcalif
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