Horse Thieves At It Again In Philadelphia
Russell Landstrom describes a staged 19th century mock vigilante event by the Union Society for the Detection of Horse Thieves in Montgomery County. Notables including Rear Adm John E Wood, Judge Adrian Bonnelly, and pitcher Jack Meyer participate in the costume chase and mock hanging ritual that ends with a pardon at Thanksgiving.
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Philadelphia
Russell Landstrom
Horse Thieves
Union Society For
Montgomery County
Oak Lane
John E. Wood
Adrian Bonnelly
Kack Meyer
New Home For Aged Proposed In North Carolina
The North Carolina Baptist Homes for the Aging board may consider a fourth home for the aged at Hamilton in Martin County after a 14 acre site and $50 000 were promised. Eastern delegates led by Dr Douglas Branch planned to push the proposal at today’s meeting as five new trustees were installed and a tour of Reynolds Park Road facility was arranged. Other Baptist homes include Resthaven in Winston-Salem and Albemarle.
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Winston-Salem
Board of Trustees of
North Carolina Baptist Homes For the Aging, Inc
Douglas Branch
Rocky Mount
Hamilton
Martin County
Baptist State Convention
Board of Trustees
James M. Hayes
Archie Gray Allen
Charles Burchette Jr
Kernersville
W. M. Mathews
Pile Mountain
L. T. Hamrick
Shelby
Otis Hedrick
Greensboro
Reynolds Park Road
Resthaven
Albemarle
Durham Named Chairman of Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Rep. Carl T. Durham of North Carolina is elected chair for his second tenure, with Sen. Anderson D New Mexico as vice chair. The committee marked its 10th anniversary and plans a secret briefing by the Atomic Energy Commission, followed by public hearings starting February 18 on peaceful atomic power and nuclear electricity development.
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Washington
Carl T. Durham
D-Nc
Senate
House Committee On Atomic Energy
Congress
Sen
Anderson D-Nm
Durham
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Anderson
Atomic Energy Commission
Secedae
Governor Hodges Poised to Fill Key State Panels
Raleigh reports Hodges ready to appoint three new members to the State Utilities Commission as terms for Westcott McMahan and Wathington expire February 1. Administrative aide Paul Johnston notes 14 appointments await action and 11 more will open by March 31, with several vacancies carried from 1956 across A&T College trustees, Rural Rehabilitation directors, Marine Fisheries, and Recreation Commission.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Gov. Hodges
Harry Westcott
Edward McMahan
Sam O. Wathington
Paul Johnston
Johnston
A&t College
Greensboro
North Carolina Rural Rehabilitation Corp
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Committee
North Carolina Recreation Commission
State Board of Nurse Registration and Nursing Educatn
State Board of Refrigeration
Legislative opening shows steady start for New Mexico House
Santa Fe report notes Rep Matias Chacon, Democratic floor leader, struggles to adjust to the new session as the legislature convenes. Speaker Donald Hallam and Chacon, both lawyers, acknowledge it will take a few days to settle in.
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Santa FE
N. M
Matias Chacon
State House of Representatives
Donald Hallam
Chacon
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