Elizabeth City Daily Advance Sold to New Jersey Firm
Edwin Moss Williams sold the Elizabeth City Daily Advance to Dear Publication and Radio Corp of New Jersey. Williams will head North American representation for the Economist Intelligence Unit. J Albert Dear becomes president with David Reid Dear as treasurer. Haney remains editor and Ton as business manager.
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Elizabeth City
N. Cc
Edwin Moss Williams
Daily Advance
Dear Publication and Radio Corp
New Jersey
Williams
Economist Intelligence Unit
London Economist
Howard M. Jones
Hertford
Sanford
Economist
J. Albert Dear
David Reid Dear
Fred L. Haney
Fred B.ton
Was
Herbert Peele
Lewd Magazine Stories Draw Fire at Piedmont Toastmasters
Porter Hauser told Piedmont Toastmasters Club to examine today’s magazines as degrading to youth. He cited suggestive feature article titles from mainstream magazines and contrasted them with backroom pulp while showcasing current periodicals. Toastmasters Lake G. White led talks on Hardwood Flooring and Rubber and Reservoir topics with Jack Harrington and William White presenting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter Hauser
Piedmont Toastmasters Club
Hauser
Lake G. White
Jack Harrington
William White
Kenneth Poindexter
P. W. Kirkman Jr
Honeymoon bridge lessons by Jacoby and Sheinwold
Two players split a 26 card set into two hands each and discard during a moving discard phase. Players memorize discards to infer opponents hand while reshuffling through their own 13 cards before bidding begins. The article notes balance of skill and luck and cautions against overconfidence in discards.
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Oswald Jacoby
Alfred Sheinwold
NEA
Railway Eyewear Charity Drive Elevates Cats Along Rights of Way
British railways report over a million dollars raised in 1953 by eyetables on cats beside tracks, a charitable event tied to rail rights of way.
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British Railways
Carney Murder Trial Delayed to March in Florence
Raymond Carney, an escaped North Carolina convict accused of beheading Pamplico High student Miss Clair Cain and killing her escort H. B. Allen, will face trial in March after a defense motion for continuance. Judge Steve C. Griffith denied a hospital mental evaluation order but appointed three lawyers to defend him amid a Florence County Bar rally for aid.
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Florence
D.C
Raymond Carney
North Carolina
Steve C. Griffith
State Hospital
Columbia
Carney
Eee
Ime
Rogers Kirven
Florence County Bar Assa
FE. N. Zeigler Jr
Claude C. McDonald
Hubert Yarborough
George Keels
Waldo Hyman
Reuben Long
Tarboro
N. C
Try Clair Cain
Pamplico
H. B. Allen
Latta
Pee Dee
SapEnree Dee
Johnsonville
Carolinas
County to survey Monthey Ave health center site
Logan F Porter, Guilford County Commissioner, says the Medical Care Commission will likely approve the Monthey Ave site chosen by the county board for a new health center. A 50 acre tract across from High Point College was approved with a $3500 option on the land and a total purchase of $36750. the option expires Jan 19. The site may require as little as one acre for commission financing and public funding commitments total about $35,000 over ten years. Mayor George Covi lauded the selection as in the best interests of residents and the college.
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Logan F. Porter
Guilford County
High Point
Medical Care Commission
Porter
Greensboro
Monty
Monthey Ave
High Point College
J. A. Dalton
State Medical Assistance Agency
Monthieu
George Covi
County Board
Mrs Burke Dies In New York Hospital
Lucille Rice Burke dies in a New York City hospital this morning. She is daughter of Mrs Dorothy Rice of High Point. Funeral arrangements pending upon arrival of the evening. The Spiritual Five gospel singers of Siler City to give Baptist program at 7. The Rev C N Evans pastor. The Alpha Art Club meets Thursday at 8 with travel talk by Coke Cecil at 121 Underhill.
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Burke
Lucille Rice Burke
New York City
Dorothy Rice
High Point
Siler City
Leonard St
Woodbury St
C. N. Evans
American Legion Auxiliary
Mary Elliott
Underhill Ave
Alpha Art
Alpha Art Club
J. C. Morgan
Underhill
Coke Cecil
Haiti
Wilkes
Lester Wilkes
Sharon
S. C
Margie B. Thomas
First Baptist Church
M Ann Ingram
Hay St
The
Cape
High Point man held on charge of armed theft
Donald S. Gold of High Point is held on suspicion of armed robbery after a traffic arrest led to booking on the robbery charge. Briley said Gold was connected to the robbery of Jack Stier, a Rocky Point filling station operator, who lost 100 dollars Monday night to two armed men.
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High Point
Burgaw, N
State Highway Patrol
Donald S. Gold
J.S. Briley
Gold
Briley
Jack Stier
Rocky Point
Stocks Hold Steady Ahead of Eisenhower State of the Union
New York stocks showed only modest movement with many leaders unchanged as traders paused before President Eisenhower’s State of the Union address. Steel shares lagged while motors and railroads were mixed. notable gainers included Consolidated Edison and Sinclair Oil, with Bethlehem Steel and American Can among the decliners.
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New York
Eisenhower
Studebaker, Distillers
Consolidated Edison
Sinclair Oil
Bethlehem Steel
American Woolen
American Can
Southern Railway
Eeseee
Leghany Corpora
Allied Chemical & Dy
Sei
Allis Chalmers
American Car & Fdy
Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Atchison, Top & SP
Eastern Airlines
General Electric
General Foods
Sceseessees
General Motors
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Great Northern
Hudson Motor
Illinois Central Ete
Nickel Car
Li Liett & Myers
Lockheed Aircraft
New York Central
North American Avia
Northern Pacific
Ohio Oil Company
Pacific Gas
Phillips Petroleum
Pittsburgh Plus
Radio Corporation
Remington Rand Foren
Republic Steel
Standard Oil
N.J
Stevens, J.p.co
Studebaker Corp
Sylvania Elec Prod
Xas Com Teen
Tex Gulf Products
Texas Gulf
Union Carbide
Union Pacific Eee
United Fruit Eee
United Gas Imp
United States Rubber
Us, Smelting & Ref .Crescees
United States Steel Sd Cacecnas
Vick Chemical Thee
Virginia Care Chemical
Cherryville Man Dies in Crossing Collision
Cherryville 55 year old Vance Gilbert Gantt was fatally injured when his car was hit by a Seaboard Air Line freight train at a crossing. Conductor James Cashion attempted to warn him by blowing the whistle and pulling the warning cord, which broke attempting to stop the collision. This marked Gaston County’s second traffic fatality of the year. A separate note mentions an ancient Mediterranean wreck yielding wine aged over 2100 years found by a 1953 expedition.
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Cherryville
N. C. Wm
Vance Gilbert Gantt
Seaboard Air Line
James Cashion
Davidson
Gaston County
Mediterranean Sea
TVA Fate in 1954 Congress Debates Expansion and Sales
Washington observers weigh TVA future as Congress returns to session. Debate centers on funds for the Memphis steam plant and potential shifts allowing municipalities to buy power from private sources. Some propose ending the sole supplier clause and local resale controls. Cooper cautions fears are exaggerated.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Congress
Memis
Unds
Memphis
Rep
Dondero
R-Mich
House Public Works Committee
Eisenhower
Priest
Dterm
Tennessee Valley
Cooper
Senate
Reuther Case Solved Prompts New Leads in Detroit Shooting
Authorities say Perrone was in Detroit within 24 hours, with four suspects under arrest and four John Does named on warrants for criminal assault with intent to murder and conspiracy. O'Brien noted possible further involvement as Lombardo may be moved to Milan for trial.
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Vinced Perrone
Detroit
O'Brien
Lombardo
Milan
Mich
John Does
Reuther
Jacobs
a_ television
Windsor
Ont
Paul Slack
Renda
Grosse Pointe Shores
Michigan
Perrone
FBI
Victor
Walter
Baptist Group Debates Study Committee Role in BSU Program
A Baptist State Convention appointed a Baptist Study Committee in November to review personnel actions after Prof. Ferre was removed from BSU. Dr. Jones warns against extremes while Rev. Grouch supports candor. J. C. Herring raises race policy concerns on UNC Chapel Hill campus. Committee members include Ralph Herring, John Law, Boyce eoke, W G McGee, Gordon Maddrey, and H B Anderson.
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Griffith
Jones
Baptist Study Committee
Baptist State Convention
Ferre
BSU
Grouch
J. C. Herring
University of North Carolina
Cha Hill
Chapel Hill Baptist Church
Herring
Ralph Herring
Winane
John Law- Wilmington
Boyce Eoke Albemarle
W. G. McGee
Winston-Salem
Gordon Maddrey
Ahoskie
H. B. Anderson
Durham
Becomes Own Beneficiary In Longstanding Policy
SALT LAKE CITY a 96 year old man Sereno B Tuttle became the beneficiary of his life insurance policy he took out in 1884. Premiums ended in 1899 and Mutual Life Insurance Co of New York said he outlived the mortality tables. He named himself as beneficiary of the 1500 dollar policy when he took it out 69 years ago.
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Salt Lake City
Sereno B. Tuttle
Mutual Life Insurance Co
New York
Tuttle
Fourth Man Arrested In Theft of Money
The case centers on the disappearance of up to 95,000 in new twenty dollar bills from a Fall er County Virginia cabin. William Giles 27 and Landis Grant were among five suspects with connections to the theft. Secret Service officials unlocked a hidden stash of 32,000 more money and recovered funds. a fourth participant is suspected.
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William Giles
Landises
Faller
Iving Grant
Landis
Giles
Virginia
Grant
Treasury
Secret Service
A. F E. Baughman
Baughman
Maryla
Agig
Congress In Session Deliberates Defense Stockpile and Labor Changes
Congress debates preserving farm surpluses for a national defense stockpile amid friction among Democrats and Republicans over high level protections. A Taft Hartley labor-relations act revision proposal sparks complaints from business leaders and unions. President pushes a broader military buildup while lawmakers weigh treaty powers and potential Korea changes. Archaeologists in Pompeii report half the city unearthed after 205 years of digging, per the National Geographic Society.
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Congress
White House
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Korea
Dulles
Griswold
R-Neb
Europe
Asia
Russia
United States
GOP
Bricker
Ohio
Pompeii
The
National Geogre Society
Youth Repents After Robbery Surrender
Lincoln youths Rodger W. Brinton 20 and Edward J. Crable Jr. 19 pleaded guilty in Lancaster County District Court after Brinton forced Crable at gunpoint to drive to police headquarters to surrender for a $150 filling station robbery. They were taken into custody in front of police headquarters Sunday night.
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Lincoln
Neb
Aece
Rodger W. Brinton
Edward J. Crable Jr
Emerald
Lancaster County
Brinton
Crable
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Canasta
Lyndon Johnson
Tex
Walter F. George
Earle C. Clements
Johnson
Ouliam Clark
Germany
Clark
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Baptist Group
Tumble Dry Laundry Service
Pine ST
Speed Queen
Wrenn
Hutchens
Thatcher
Everett
College
Caldwell
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