Western Piedmont groups plan route battle for highway
Western Piedmont counties from Winston-Salem High Point and Greensboro organize opposition to the federal route for the Ohio to Charlotte super highway. They press for an eastern path vs the U S Bureau plan and prepare arguments for a Monday hearing before the State Highway Commission in Winston Salem.
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Statesville
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Piedmont Counties
State Highway Commission
Winston- Salem
North
Caroa
Winston-Salem
High Point
Greensboro
U.S. Bureau of Public Roads
Salisbury
Charlotte
Piedmont
C. E. Fraley
Iredell
West Piedmont Highway Group
Alleghany
Burke
Caldwell
Catawba
Gaston
McDowell
Waoe
Wilkes Counties
Sea Charlotte
C. V. Heded
Buncome
Are
Isley Commission
Mecklenburg
Western Piedmont
Prisoners Released On Parole In North Carolina
Thirteen prisoners were released on parole and four others had sentences reduced by Gov. Hodges and the State Paroles Board. Reductions included John Henry Gaston from Guilford County from 40 to 39 years, Harrell from Northampton from about 14 to 13 years, a Moore County woman from 24 to 16 years, and a Wayne County man from 6 to 5 years. Time served completed for one case.
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Raleigh
Hodges
State Paroles Board
John Henry Gaston
Rogegroes
Gaston
Guilford County
Harrell
Northampton
Moore
Buncombe
Wayne
Eorlier
Telephone Wrangle Is Settled
The North Carolina State Utilities Commission and the State Rural Electrification Authority announced a settlement over rural telephone cooperative service boundaries. Utilities Chairman Stanley Winborne and REA Chairman Gwyn B. Price outlined an agreement reached after a conference. The REA will notify the commission before final approval of new telephone formations to confirm fringe area service plans.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
State Rural Electrification Authority
Utilities
Stanley Winborne
REA
Gwyn B. Price
Commission
Coop
Hodges
Clayton Man Jailed In Rape Case
Joseph H. Strickland, 30, of Clayton, is jailed in Johnston County on rape and armed robbery charges. He allegedly forced a 20 year old Betsy Pulley and her male companion to disrobe on a dirt road near Clayton in a chilly rain. He also robbed Roy Cook of $8 after the incident.
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Smithfield
N.C
Joseph H. Strickland
Clayton
Johnston County
J. T. Smith
Strickland
Betsy Pulley
Rt. 1
Smith
Roy Cook
Rt. 2
Early Start In Driver Training Seen
North Carolina schools may enroll students by late spring in driver training funded by a $1 fee on 1958 license tags. Dr. Charles F. Carroll said rules approved by the State Board of Education aim to begin courses in summer to provide work for teachers and occupy students. Courses require 30 hours classroom and 6 hours behind the wheel with eligibility starting at age 14½ and permits or licenses for practice driving.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Charles F. Carroll
Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Regul
State Department
Aid Sought In Eastern North Carolina Phone Rate Fight
A group led by Clinton Mayor Robert I Powell asked North Carolina Attorney General George B Patton to aid eastern cities in contesting Carolina Telephone and Telegraph Co Tarboro rate hikes totaling about 1 5 million dollars annually The protestors retained Samuel Behrends Jr to argue the case at a Utilities Commission hearing The company enacted the increase Nov 25 and posted a 750 000 bond for refunds A hearing will follow a commission audit of the last year funding the anti rate effort has raised 15 000 from four counties and 56 towns served by the firm
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co
Tarboro
Robert I. Powell
Clinton
George B. Patton
Samuel Behrends Jr
Albemarle
Utilities Commission
Snestape Fe Salen
Annal
Powell
Grace Kelly wedding stamp sellout reported
New York report based on WQXR broadcast from the New York Times radio service says the Grace Kelly wedding stamps are sold out. The Elmont Stamp Co offers the stamps and a Monaco Olympic set among other pieces.
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New York
E.N
WQXR
New York Times
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Elmont Stamp Co
Paris
Jronces
Accused Bombers Seek Klan Aid For Defense Funds
Two of five men charged in the November dynamiting of Dr and Mrs James H Sanders home in Gaffney say the Ku Klux Klan will aid their defense. A Klan rally is planned January 11 at Lone some Pine Rodeo Grounds Blacksburg to raise funds for lawyers. The event owner Thomas Moss Jr says rent depends on turnout. Circuit Solicitor J Allen Lambirth will seek indictments in March. preliminary hearings set by March 7 atua.
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Gaffney
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Blacksburg
James H. Sanders
Luther E. Boyette
Cherokee County
Robert P. Martin Jr
Klan
Boyette
Martin
Lonesome Pine Rodeo Grounds
Thomas Moss Jr
Moss
Julian Wright
South Carolina
I. B. Kendrick
John D. Painter
James R. McCullough
Cleatus Sparks
Mechanic Dies Under Car in Alameda Garage
Raymond Peutz a 40 year old auto mechanic crawled under a car to repair a muffler. Police say he was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from the running motor with garage doors open.
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Alameda
Calif
Raymond Peutz
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