Welcome Bank Robber Eludes Area Manhunt
Federal state and county officers swept a three county area in an all out search for a tall dark complexioned armed robber who fled with about 5000 dollars from the Lexington State Bank in Dothan. He is believed to have two accomplices. The man entered at 9 a.m. and left with the money after threatening manager Dothan D. Reese with a chrome automatic pistol while a briefcase was filled and locked. Reese described the robber’s appearance and clothing and noted the bank’s customers were present as he fled the scene.
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Bonnie Moore
Lexington State Bank
Dothan D. Reese
Martha Leonard
David Craven
Reece
Rex Smith
Confident Note Spurs Opening Of Furniture Mart
Robert Marks reports that a confident note from city officials accelerates the planned opening of a new furniture mart amid favorable economic signals and anticipated customer demand in the downtown district.
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Furniture Mart
Southern Furniture Market opens with cautious optimism
The winter Southern Furniture and Rug Market starts with guarded confidence as High Point manufacturers expect fair first quarter business. Leo Heer of the Southern Furniture Exhibition Building cites Chicago trends showing retailers placing solid orders for upholstered goods and predicts recovery from recent jitters. The Chicago market indicates possible strong demand for Southeastern buyers, with Heer noting the Southeastern retailer's steadier sentiment. He attributes the upcoming market cycle to a gradual rebound from the October downturn.
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Enterprise Sunday
Southern
High Point
Chicago
Leo Heer
Heer
Midwest
Reprieve Granted Second Rabbit Hunt Postponed by Rain
Harmony American Legion postpones its second rabbit hunt of the season due to rain. Officials doubt time to reschedule before the February 10 barbecue. The post has 90 dressed rabbits in freezers and needs about 200 more, with hunts using sticks and stones and dogs driving rabbits.
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Harmony
N.C
Harmony American Legion Pot
Post
Kenneth Wooten
Legionnaires
Wooten
Legion
National Humane Society
James M. Yandell
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Lost Chord Concert Silenced Piano Stuns London Audience
Hungarian pianist Tomas Blod presented a dolce piano recital at Wigmore Hall with a silent instrument after his own piano was misplaced by British Railways. The audience of 63 to 92 heard only coughs and echoes absent as Blod performed amid language gaps and improvised backing by a cello and oboe that did not sound. Budgets of two shillings sixpence and the absence of free tickets capped the event.
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London
Wigmore Hall
Old Hall
Tomas Bloch
Venice
Italy
British Railways
Folkestone
Blod
Salvador Dali
Blodh
Capital Prepares For Inauguration
Washington braces for John F. Kennedy as the 35th president with bunting, security, and public events. The week features inaugural ceremonies and celebrity gala events to aid fundraising against a about 3 million dollar deficit.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Capitol
Palm Beach
Fla
Lyndon B. Johnson
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Johnsons
National Symphony Orchestra
George Washington
Frank
Sinatra
National Guard Armory
Collision Kills Seven Teens in Minnesota Crash
A speeding car skidded out of control and collided with another on a Roseville suburb highway, killing seven teenagers, four students from St. Paul high schools. Witness Nor man Lepp described a wild loss of control and a single explosive impact. Only Guy Marshall survived after about 22 hours in a St. Paul hospital.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Norman Lepp
Calgary
Alta
Theiver
Roseville
Thomas Irish
Larry W. Dexter
Ronald Crawford
Michael Olsem
Michael T. Swifka
University of Minnesota
Guy Marshall
Cynthia P. Comstock
Marshall
Kharlamov Visits Havana Amid Castro Anniversary
Soviet ambassador says Mikhail Kharlamov arrived in Havana only to help celebrate Fidel Castro's revolution anniversary. Rumors of a Khrushchev prelude denied as Kharlamov came late due to illness after celebrations ended January 2.
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Havana
Mikhail Kharlamov
Foreign Ministry
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Kharlamov
Sergei M. Kudryavtsev
General Mills Plans Poultry Feed Mill in Monroe North Carolina
General Mills will build a modern poultry feed mill in Monroe North Carolina as part of expanding services to the poultry industry around Charlotte. V P G M E E Woolley says the mill will feature automatic blending and handle the rising volume in the region. The project aims for completion by late summer.
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Monroe
N.C
General Mills
E. E. Woolley
Larro
Woolley
Charlotte
Fox Leads Fox Hounds to Fatal Electric Line
A wily fox lured a pack of British fox hounds into an electrified railway line during a Kentish hunt Saturday. Nineteen dogs were electrocuted and several others fled in terror through a nearby tunnel before the fox escaped.
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Kearnsey
England
College President Stahr III Named Army Secretary
Elvis J. Stahr Jr., president of West Virginia University, was named secretary of the Army by President-elect Kennedy. The announcement, made during Kennedy and Johnson’s Palm Beach lunch, completes the incoming defense leadership.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia University
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Soviet Union
Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Pierre Salinger
Pacific
Salinger
University readmission sparks tense law and order push
Federal state and local officials prepare for two readmitted University of Georgia students amid rock throwing and campus protests. Police warn violators will be prosecuted as the Clarke County grand jury and FBI investigate. A get tough policy threatens suspensions and expulsions for rioting students and chapter advisers.
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Athens
Grand Jury
Marshal Pollock
Pollock
Joseph A. Williams
Williams
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Dothan Reece
Gunman
David Cox
By Robert Marks
Mozart
Bach
Fox
Stahr III
Army
George Docking
Kansas
Export-Import Bank
Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Robert J. Burkhardt Jr
Titusville
N.J
Burkhardt
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Democratic State Central Committee
National Voters Registration Committee
Eisenhower
Douglas Dillon
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