Ex Convicts Go On Trial In Slaying
Three ex convict defendants face trial in State Circuit Court for the murder of highway patrolman Harry Boyd Ray near Summerton. Levon Tilson Otis Britt and Douglas Westbury are charged with murder and robbery connected to a $1,681 motel robbery. Proceedings address venue changes and separation of trials as solicitor Wolfe opposes delays or splitting the case.
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Orangeburg
Harry Boyd Ray
Summerton
Ray
Santee
Levon Tilson
Otis Britt
Savannah
Douglas Weatbury
Dorchester County
Westby
Britt
Tilson
James H. Rahal
Arson Fears Rise Over John son Co Fires
John son Cotton Co faces arson fears after fires hit Fayetteville warehouse Smithfield furniture store and Dunn farm implement shop. Nathan Johnson Sr. received a threatening call and guards were placed at 19 NC SC sites. A $500 reward is offered for arsonist capture though damage totals are still being assessed.
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Johnson Cotton Co
Fayetteville
Smithfield
Dunn
Nathan Johnson Sr
Louisburg
Johnson
North Carolina
South Carolina
Nathan Johnson Jr
Television Schedule Fragment For Monday Evening
A partial TV grid shows programs including News Weather Devotions and various daytime segments. Listings mention For Love or Money Arthur Godfrey and Jimmy Dean among others with timesAround schedules and ad hoc program names.
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Arthur Godfrey
Jimmy Dean
History oo 10.00 Dough Be Mt Hunt
History artifact entry notes a 10.00 dough amount linked to a Mt Hunt event. Readable text is fragmentary with no clear date or organization. Further context is needed to identify people, place, or the event behind the note.
Dr Malone From Queens Lane Pair No Ones
Channel 9 news item reports a Queens Lane pair with no one in the sequence. The brief segment provides a terse update from WSOC TV Charlotte regarding local happenings.
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Wsoc-Tv
Charlotte
Dr. Malone
Asew
Soviets Pursue Space Flight Beyond Solar System Hints
Soviet officials and scientists discuss space ship potential to escape Earth's gravity and travel beyond the solar system. Boris Kukarkin suggests higher speeds could reach interstellar distances, while Hermann Oberth questions moon bypass errors and calls rival advances two to three months ahead.
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Moscow
Boris Kukarkin
Soviet Astronomical Council
Milky Way
Kukarkin
Russia
Nuernberg
Germany
Hermann Oberth
U. S
United States
London
H. 8. W. Massey
Mikoyan Prepares US Cities Tour Amid Berlin Tensions
Mikoyan plans a 10 day tour to American cities as West Berlin defies Khrushchev’s ultimatum. He may speak at the Economics Club in New York January 14 and the National Press Club January 19. He cautions “I am on holiday and I am a free man.” The Hungarian group plans a picket for a dinner hosted by Eric Johnston.
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Mikoyan
Khrushchev
West Berlin
Russia
East Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Philadelphia
Chicago
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Economics Club
New York City
National Press Club
Washington
Mikoyan Surprises Reds With Schedule
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Washington for a two week visit. He walks the streets with his son Serge, drawing reporters and Tass correspondents, while the embassy crowd adjusts to his spontaneous pace and brief appearances. The pace and secrecy mark a restless start to the trip.
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Russia
Anastas Mikoyan
Washington
Anastas
Mikoyan
United States
Mik ‘Oyan
Cor
Tass
Mikhail Menshikov
Serge
Five Youths Bound Over For Trial In Car Theft Case
Five youths were bound over to Superior Court after a joint hearing in Munici pal Court. John Wesley Wright 18 Oakwood Court faced 2000 bond on auto theft and three forgery counts. Albert Small 17 S Main Street bond 1000 auto theft. Harding Sonny Grissom 16 E Commerce Street bond 1000 auto theft. Charles Hardy 17 Pomona bond 500 each forgery. Frank Burns 21 Welborn Street bond 500 on one forgery. Evidence connected the car theft to the forgery charges. The stolen auto belonged to Eddie Brown Route 2 Hartwell and was driven toward Florida before abandonment in Monroe. Salisbury police linked three boys to pawn attempt. Forgery charges arose from pre Christmas cashing of three checks signed James B. Wilson.
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Superior Court
Byron Haworth
John Wesley Wright
Oakwood Court
Albert Small
S. Main Street
Harding
Sonny” Grissom
E. Commerce Street
Charles Hardy
Pomona
Frank Burns
Welborn Street
Eddie Brown
Route 2
Hartwell
South Carolina
Wright
Grissom
Small
Florida
High Point
Monroe
Salisbury
Burns
Hardy
James B. Wilson
Uptown
Flim Flam Foiled In Thomasville
Two sleight of hand artists tried a quick money scam on merchants in Thomasville this weekend but were stopped by alert shopkeepers. They used the classic hand trick at Deaton's Grocery and Boston Store and were described by witnesses. Police could not locate them, but merchants alerted the association for further attempts.
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Thomasville
Deaton
National Highway
Arnie Deaton
W. Main Street
Wade Kenerley
Kenerley
Contributions By Methodists Increase in Southeast
ATLANTA AP Bishop Arthur J. Moore reports 1958 gifts by Southeastern Methodists rose to 125,644,715 with 1,399 new pastoral charges added across nine states and Cuba. Membership climbed to 2,638,071 as benevolence totaling 19,901,000 supported missions and home and foreign efforts.
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Atlanta
Methodists of the
Southeast
Arthur J. Moore
Southeastern Jurisdictional Council
Cuba
Assault Charges Filed in Greenville Rape Case
In Greenville South Carolina a 20 year old man, Charles Edward Brooks, is charged with raping two white women twice each during a pistol threat in an alley. Officers arrested Brooks minutes after the report. One woman fled with a 22 caliber pistol left behind. The other attempted to escape but was threatened.
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Greenville, &.C
Charles Edard Brooks
Brahmaputra shifts flood fertile Assam land
In Calcutta, officials note the Brahmaputra’s shifting course is swallowing mineral rich territory in Assam. About 10 square joutes flood annually, submerging farmland and altering local livelihoods.
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Calcutta
India
Assam
Two Mules Crash Into Loaded Bus Near Sumter
Two mules raced onto a highway and collided with a Trailways bus carrying about 40 passengers fifteen miles north of Sumter South Carolina. The animals were killed and two passengers injured including 14 year old Douglas Murray with a broken foot and four toes and 32 year old Youssiff Assi who remained overnight for observation. The bus driver Yates Morrison reported both injured riders sat in a front seat.
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Sumter
S.C
Trailways
Here
Youssiff Assi
Lebanon
Georgetown
Douglas Murray
Columbia
Yates Lee Morrison
Rutherfordton
N.C
Young Murray
Assi
Governor Hodges Plans East North Carolina Trips
Governor Hodges will stay at the Capitol for the first days of 1959 then make two official visits into eastern North Carolina on Thursday with Col. Henry Rowland. He will attend groundbreaking for North Carolina Natural Gas Corp. pipeline along the Kinston to Goldsboro corridor. He holds a weekly news conference at 4 p.m. Thursday and closes the week with a Research Triangle luncheon in Raleigh Friday.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Capitol
North Carolina
Henry Rowland
Wilmington
North Carolina Natural Gas Corp
Kinston
Goldsboro
Do People Know What Polls Are All About
Los Angeles Mirror News columnist Paul Coates polled 150 people by telephone asking if the Mann Act helps or hurts labor causes and if it should be repealed. He found 38 percent favor repeal while only 12 percent realized the question was rigged.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Mirror News
Paul Coates
Coates
Tots Drink Furniture Polish in Greensboro
In Greensboro two infants drank furniture polish during the weekend. D Pardue, 14 months, is in critical condition at Moses Cone Hospital with double pneumonia. Michael Vaughn, 20 months, is improving after ingesting polish and is in satisfactory condition.
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Greensboro
Moses Cone
Taland D. Pardue
R. G. Pardue
Michael Vaughn
Bill Joe Vaughn
Early informal play and first intercollegiate game dates
Informal football existed by 1840 with the first formal U S intercollegiate match in 1869 establishing the sport’s collegiate earliest history.
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U. S S
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