Taxi Firm Owner Dies After Beating and Robbery
Oscar Pettie Gaster a 47 year old Sanford North Carolina taxi company owner who operated cabs for 20 years died this morning in Memorial Hospital Chapel Hill after being found beaten beside his cab. Police suspect robbery as motive as his billfold was missing. An SBI agent aided the investigation and one person was briefly detained.
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Sanford
N.C
Yester
Oscar Pettie Gaster
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Gaster
Joe Watson
SBI
Wilmington
Carolina Beach
Paul H. Schermerhorn
Meppl Beach Causeway
Mike McDonald
Carolyn Obster
Claude M. Randolph Jr
Schermerhorn
McDonald
Recorder's Court
Rasipay Hee Today Ture Satur eMp 12 30 Leave to Drew
The readable fragment notes a schedule item with a 12 30 time and a person named Drew. No further details are available.
Eastern Airlines reaches deal to resume jet service
Eastern Airlines dispatched 32 flights on New Year to resume service after a 38 day strike by machinists and engineers. A back to work pact with the Flight Engineers and Machinists unions adds a third pilot and a flight engineer for future jetliners. The plan calls for flight increases to about 80 tomorrow and 120 by Monday and Tuesday as normal service returns to all 124 cities.
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Miami
Fla
Eastern Air Lines
Eastern
The
Air Lines
Assn
Flight Engineers International Assn
International Assn. of
Fastern
Misami
Castro Seizes Cuba as Urrutia Named Provisional Leader
Castro pushes Urrutia to Havana with mass rally in Central Park as Cuba enters a near total paralysis under a nationwide strike. Santiago celebrates as Castro’s forces control all communications and the capital braces for Urrutia’s arrival.
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Central Palace
Fulgencio Batista
Urrutia
Castro
Havana
Central Park
Santiago
Oriente
AP Newsmen detained as Cuban rebels seize Havana offices
AP reporters were detained at gunpoint when rebels invaded the Post building in Havana. Clark described a scene of gunmen patrolling streets, barricades around water features, and a holiday mood contrasting with the tense disruption of the AP offices on the second floor. William Ryan, not present at the time, arrived shortly after the capture.
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Vana
Clark
Allen
William L. Ryan
Cuba
Hottorn
Post Building
Post
Jose Marti
Havana
Batista Says Lacked Manpower In Cuba War
Fulgencio Batista, in Ciudad Trujillo, argues his 37,000-strong army could not defeat Fidel Castro’s rebels, citing the need for 100 men per guerrilla and noting Castro’s early rural focus and superior armament. He recalls pardons given to revolutionaries and predicts political confusion ahead. He is accompanied by his second wife and three children. others reside as U.S. refugees.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Tito
Yugoslavia
Chinese Communiste
Batista
Tio
Mao Tze-tung
Chiang Kai-shek
Castro
United States
Castro Moves to Nationalize U.S. Utilities and Sugar Estates
The profile tracks Fidel Castro from exile in Mexico to Cuba in 1956, his guerrilla war against Batista, and the growth of his movement. It notes his non Communist stance, middle class support, family background, and personal habits as he built a rebel force with aid from sympathizers abroad.
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Batista
Castro
Colonia Biran
Boonville Men Camp for Low License Plate Sale
Leonard Matthews Robert Davis and Charlie Frank Hutchens camped outside the King Cotton Hotel in Greensboro early to await the annual low down license tag sale. Hutchens as Fall Creek volunteer fire chief received the lowest plate while Matthews and Davis held over twenty auto registration cards for others in Boonville.
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Greensboro
Big City
Boone Bue
Blue Ridge
Yadkin
Leonard Matthews
Robert Davis
Charlie Frank Hutchens
King Cotton Hotel
Boonville
Harold Murphy
Hutchens
Fall Creek
Matthews
Davis
Bank seeks branch in High Point North Main Street
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company of Winston-Salem filed for authority to open a branch at 1700 North Main Street High Point North Carolina A hearing is set before the State Banking Commission during its Regular Quarterly Meeting on Wednesday January 21 1959 at 11 00 am at 316 Motor Vehicles Building Raleigh North Carolina
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Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Winston-Salem
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
State Banking Commission
Commission
Motor Vehicles Building
Raleigh
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Theodore Roosevelt
Giengen
Brenz
Germany
High Point Recreation Center
COR, English & Ward
Leonard Berrier
Archdale Vfw
Fred Sherwood
Wfmy-Tv
Doug Cowards
Jackie Gleasonee
Philee
Spore
General Tires
Hughes Tire Service, Inc. & F
Hughes
North Main
Wsjs-Tv
Raipay
Jack
Qin
Remanen
WBTV
Charlotte
Mig Payot
Shy King
Miss Brooke
Doug Edwards
Arthur Smith
Death Valley
Jackie Gleases
RCA Victor
Dumont
Television Sales & Service
North Main ST
Wsls-Tv
Roanoke
State Trooper
Wsoc-Tv
Fridat
Rough Riders
Thin Mac
Jack Paar
Eastern Airlines
Carlos Prio Socarras
Prio
U.S
State Department
Washington
U. S
Key West
Mexico
Juan Fangio
Fangio
Berlen
Havana University
Mirtha Diazo Balart
Fidel
Ramon
Raul
Booneville Boys Trail
Rod Cameron
Hugh Marlowe
Jiffy Car Wash
Broad ST
Pointer
Eee Dymammion
Technicolor
Vikerwin Mathews
Kathryn Graet
Walt Disney
Mickey Mouse Cartoon
Midhwat St
FAR Horizons
Fred Macmurray
Mrialto
Cimarron Pass
Scott Brady
Bruce Bennett
Jim Davis
IND
Fraulein
ING
MGM
Glenn Ford
Taina
WMFR
Whpe Radio
Holsum
the Kings
Robert Greggs
Fred Stone
Ronald B
Jerry Patton
Jerry Haney
Elec
Guitar
Greensboro RD
the Naked and the Dead
WarnenScort
Technicol
Aldo Ray Robertson
Raymond Massey
Christine Carere
Tommy Sands
Mardi Grassi
Ben R. Roberts
Banks
and Atlantic
Mann Drug
N. Main ST
E. Howell
Wrenn ST. and
Mann NO
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