Blowing Rock Resort Hotel Sold to Chapman Couple
Mayview Manor in Blowing Rock N C changes hands to Milton M Chapman and wife of Miami Beach Fla The sale sets no price Emory C McCall says Chapman formerly operated the hotel He also runs the Ocean Forest Hotel Myrtle Beach the Miami Biltmore Roney Plaza and Shelborne in Miami Beach Broyhill left the property to Wake Forest Mars Hill Oxford Orphanage First Baptist Church of Lenoir Lower Creek Church and Little Rock Baptist Church trustees include Dr Harold W Tribble and Dr Hoyt Blackwell
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Blowing Rock
N. C
Mayview Manor
Milton M. Chapman
Miami Beach
Fla
T. H. Broyhill
Lenoir Furniture
Emory C. McCall
Chapman
State Gets Powerful Transmitter in North Carolina
Rep. Herbert C. Bonner announced eastern North Carolina will host one of the world’s most powerful VOA transmitter installations to beam signals behind the Iron Curtain. Two sites require about 5,200 acres, with construction to start after land acquisition.
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Washington, N.C
Voice of America
North Carolina
Herbert C. Bonner
DNC
VOA
Greene
Bonner
U.S. Information Service
George V. Allen
Tar Heel
Seaboard
Pactolus
Shelmerdine
North Carolina Pulp Co
Carolina Power & Light Co
Turn& Power Co
New York
Marine Dies When Chute Fails To Open
A young Marine on weekend pass from Camp Lejeune died after leaping from a rented plane near Hendersonville North Carolina Saturday afternoon Investigating officers said the man jumped during practice jumps and was the first to leap pending arrival of Marine authorities from Camp Lejeune Massachusetts.
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Hendersonville
N.C
Camp Lejeune
Here
Camp
Four Main Street Storefronts Collapse in Salisbury
Main Street in Salisbury sees the fronts of four 75 year old stores collapse. Two people are hurt including a man struck on the head by brick. another sustains a minor hand injury. Rubble covers 120 feet as metal coping and bricks drop. Investigators probe cause, streets closed, insurance covers most damages.
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Salisbury
N.C
Main Street
Robert
B. B. Phillips
H. O. Freese
Zimmerman Clothing
Reliable Pawn Shop
Baxter Smith's Optometrists
Carrolina Camera Co
Phillips
W. F.snyder
Bootlegger Voices Support for Prohibition Repeal Vote
Oklahoma bootleggers anticipate the April 7 special election on repealing the liquor ban. Old Joe and other anonymous operators say repeal could sustain business, with some opposing figures likely to resist but not publicly naming themselves. They describe tighter enforcement and tougher conditions, and note high prices and cautious sales as the crackdown continues.
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Jim Monroe
Oklahoma City
Okla
Joe
Jose
Oklahoma
Red China grows Russian influence and strained ties with U S
A 1959 AP report notes China’s rapid Russianization through heavy Soviet industrial aid. It cites widespread Russian influence in factories, education, language, and culture with Chinese workers operating plants while Russian engineers stay behind the scenes.
Indian scholar warns of Chinese propaganda and anti US stance
Dr Sripati Chandrasekhar, 40, director of India’s Institute for Population Studies, reflects on Communist China’s anti United States campaign during his six month study tour. He notes media, schools, and campuses de Americanize and promote hostility to the US, urging India to press for peaceful forms of resolving Formosa and regional tensions.
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Sripati Chandrasekhar
Associated Press
China
Soviet Union
United States
Indus
Madras
India
Institute For Population Studies
Chandrasekhar
New York University
University of Pennsylvania
Theniversity of Missouri
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization
Paris
Ann Downes
Scarsdale
N.Y
America
Tsing Hua University
Union Medical
Union Medical College
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
Formosa
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
U.N
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hong Kong
Kowlon
New Territories
Portugal
Macao
Britain
Jordan
Middle East
Asia
United Nations Trust
Lord Attlee
Peiping
Kowloon
Southeast Asia
Washington volunteer fireman and the 18th century engine
The piece portrays George Washington as an active Alexandria volunteer fireman. It notes his honorary membership in 1774, purchase of an engine in 1775, and ongoing involvement after his presidency. It recounts his urging fire dept reforms in New York 1783 and a dramatic scene where he inspired townsfolk to assist a burning engine.
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Alexandria
Philadelphia
Continental Congress
Friendship Fire Company of
Washington
New York
George Clinton
Mount Vernon
Friendship Company
George Washington
Lakes region to see Sunday snow flurries and widespread rain
Weather forecast notes snow flurries in the Lakes region on Sunday with broader precipitation from California to the Rockies and into the southern Plains and lower Mississippi Valley. Most precipitation will be rain. temperatures will be colder in the Lakes region and New England, warmer elsewhere in the eastern states.
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Lakes Region
U.S
California
Rockies
Southern Plains
Mississippi Valley
New England
Great Satellite Scare Hits London
British viewers during a Friday night ITA program feared a satellite over London and a PM evacuation, triggering Parliament talk and widespread calls to action. Apologies followed as ITA sought to quell the panic echoing Orson Welles era fright.
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London
Orson Welles
United States
BBC
Scotland Yard
Labor Party
Commercial
Independent Television Authority
ITA
Bter
Eisenhower Sends Best Wishes to Egypt and Syria
President Eisenhower sent best wishes to the people of Egypt and Syria on the first anniversary of their merger into the United Arab Republic. The message was addressed to UAR President Gamal Abdel Nasser.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Egypt
Syria
United Arab Republic
U.ar
Gamal Abdel 'Nasser
Panamanian capital quiets after municipal uprising ends
Armed troops moved into Panama City to crush a four day revolt by rebels who seized City Hall and formed a rival council. The government cut radio access, and President Ernesto de la Guardia Jr announced plans to name a new mayor and treasurer while rebels vowed to push for recognition.
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Panama
Ernesto de la Guardia Jr
Cathedral Plaza
City Hall
Junta
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