Five Day North Carolina Virginia Weather Forecast Update
The report covers North Carolina and Virginia with snow flurries in northern mountains this afternoon, rain mixed with snow in the extreme northeast, and temperatures 35 to 40 in mountains and 40s elsewhere. Partly cloudy in the mountains, colder tonight with lows 20 to 26 in the west and 25 to 30 southeast, and a warmer, sunnier Wednesday ahead.
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Carolinas
Tao Ae
Virginia
Coffee price quotes illuminate global disparities
A humor column notes per pound coffee prices in communist countries, from $4.78 in Soviet Russia to $45.45 in Poland, illustrating stark consumer gaps. It also touches on New England wedding fashion and holiday gift packaging trends, weaving light commentary with civic observations.
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Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
A. M. A. Journal
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Weather Forecast For Tonight And Tomorrow
The low tonight is forecast at 25 degrees and the high tomorrow night is 45. Yesterday's low reached 82. Sunset is at today at p.m. and sunrise is scheduled for tomorrow at a.m.
Professor of Biological Science Dies at 55
Dr Dwight L Hopkins a University of Illinois Navy Pier Branch professor of biological science died yesterday in Illinois Research Hospital from a circulatory ailment. A Duke and Mundelein College former, he earned a PhD from Johns Hopkins in 1926. Services will be in Manassas Virginia. Survived by wife Bernice a daughter Charlotte Nadine Retondo a son Milton and three grandchildren.
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Park Ridge
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Charlotte Nadine Retondo
Spokane
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Milton
Inquest Set In Head-On Collision
A coroner's jury will hear how truck driver Lester Teat Alford failed to see a car in dawn mist, causing a head-on collision that killed five Andrews men building timber roads for International Paper Co. The five victims were James Alton Glisson Henry Long Hubert Kirton Junior Casselman and Loris Casselman.
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Lester Teat Alford
Wendell
Fred H. Coleman
All Andrews
International Paper Co
James Alton Glisson
Henry Long
Hubert Kirton
Junior Casselman
Loris Casselman
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New Hanover County
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Thomas&. Mangum
Apex
Tar Heel Senators Draw Top Committee Posts
North Carolina Senators Ervin and Scott secured three committee assignments each. Ervin joins Armed Services and Interstate and Foreign Commerce, while Scott serves on Agriculture and Interior and Foreign Affairs. Both lawmakers emphasize the importance of committee work for state progress.
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Armed Services
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Beaty Tax Appeal to Be Reconsidered
The U S Circuit Court in Richmond was ordered by the Supreme Court to reconsider Keith M Beaty s income tax evasion case after his conviction and two year sentence plus 20000 fine The appeal questioned the use of government charts not presented at trial and cites Dec 6 net worth rulings prompting a broader reexamination.
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Charlotte
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Beaty
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Escapee Gardner Faces Trial In Alabama
Escapee William Earl Gardner, 24, charged with stealing a stable from Gulf refining Co and a government check from Standard Oil offices last week. Gardner, linked to a Mobile check cashing attempt, escaped Dec 27 with five others from a penitentiary through a heating tunnel. He had three-year sentence for house breaking larceny and receiving stolen goods.
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William Earl Gardner
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State Re Nt
Wilkins
Columbia
John Patrocholis
Mario Dellernia
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George C. Beam
Lincolnton
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Rock Hill Oil Company
Charlie Goodson
Hartsville
Jesse Bryson
Barnwell
Nathan Corn
Parkway Group to Protest Parkway Toll Plan in Roanoke
The Blue Ridge Parkway Assn. meets in Roanoke today to oppose a federal plan to charge motorists on the scenic route. North Carolina and Virginia lawmakers will meet in Washington tomorrow with National Park Service officials over a proposed one dollar per car 15 day permit starting May 1. President W. Douglas Kouns warns tolls would effectively fence off the North from the South and hurt both regions.
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Religion and Education United in Holy Wedlock Says Bishop
Methodist Bishop Costen J. Harrell told a Cincinnati gathering that religion and education are inseparably linked in America and must emphasize Christian values in schools. He cited 116 church related colleges with about 200000 students and urged unity within the church and education for world redemption.
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Compulsory Inspection Law Favored by Car Officials
Winston-Salem reports Commissioner Ed Scheidt stating the State Department of Motor Vehicles will seek a legislative return of compulsory vehicle inspections, a move viewed as a setback by critics who note the 1949 repeal. He urged safety gains, while speaking at the North Carolina Automotive Wholesalers convention where officers were elected.
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Ed Scheidt
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Scheidt
Islature
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FE. L. Brown
Hickory
R. E. Kirkland
Wilson
Jesse F. Jones Jr
Raleigh
Jones
Former Governor John Marshall Slaton Dies at 88
Former Georgia governor John Marshall Slaton died of a cerebral blood clot at age 88. His career began in 1896 in the state House, he later led the Senate, and he served as acting governor in 1911 and governor from 1913 to 1915. In 1915 his commutation of Leo Frank’s death sentence sparked a two day siege at the Capitol and mansion. Police and National Guardsmen ended the mob violence.
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John Marshall Slaton
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Mary Phagan
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