Fire Destroys Air-Ground School At Southern Pines
The Highland Pines Hotel housing the Air-Ground School was wiped out by a fire in Southern Pines North Carolina. About 20 servicemen were in the 110 room three story hotel with 40 officers and 80 enlisted staff. No injuries beyond minor cuts to firefighters. The cause is undetermined and the Air Force planned to move the school to Keesler AFB Mississippi next April.
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Southern Pines
N. C
Highland Pines
Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
W. Jenkins
Gen. Jenkins
The
Stitzer Corp
Atlantic City
N.J
Young Father Dies After Wife And Son Rescued
Vernon Leon True 25 died in a second floor apartment fire in Decatur Illinois caused by a basement gas explosion. His wife Judith 20 and their six week old son Kevin were rescued by bystanders after escaping with help from Millikin University football players who caught them as they jumped to safety.
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Decatur
Til
Vernon Leon True
Charre
True
Judith
Kevin Leon
Kevin
Vernon
Millikin University
Tar Heel Boy Rides a Inaugural Parade
Fifteen year old Tommy Lackey of Asheville N C rides in President Eisenhower second inaugural parade at the invitation of the President He gave the pony to the President who gave it to his grandson David Tommy chose a palomino for the parade and would ride only if roads were not icy North Carolina officials and soldiers join the celebration North Carolina led in number of participants with 41 men from Ft Bragg and two Citadel leaders in the South Carolina section
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Washington
Tommy Lackey
Asheville
N.C
Eisenhower
Tommy
David
Gettysburg
White House
Luther Hodges
Rufus G. Herring
Roseboro
Douglas T
Ross Williamson
Tabor City
Frank Hutton
Greensboro
E.S. Peels Jr
Williamson
W. C. Cannon
Ayden
Cutlar Moore
Lumberton
Edwin C. Spock
Goldsboro
Charlotte
William Smith Jr
Madison, N.C
Tobacco planting advice given in Greenville NC broadcast
Greenville NC farmers hear extension tobac co specialist R R Bennett urge risk taking this year by planting some nonresistant flue cured varieties. He notes price shifts and demand changes affecting eastern North Carolina growers amid a TV panel discussion on Sta tion WNCT TV with L B Ficklen of E B Ficklen Tobacco Co.
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Greenville
N.C. PA
R. R. Bennett
North Carolina State College
North Carolina
Wnct-Tv. L. 8
Ficklen
E. B. Ficklen Tobacco Co
Mislabeling Of Tobacco Seeds Seen As Dangerous Threat
W H Darst of the State Agriculture Department warns mislabeling tobacco seed threatens Tar Heel growers. A committee seeks to tighten labeling laws as the USDA price support penalty affects seed supplies. Farmers risk seeing penalized varieties or unknown seed origins flood North Carolina.
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Raleigh
W. H. Darst
State Agriculture Department
Darst
State Board of Agriculture
T. J. Mann
North Carolina Experiment Station
John C. Rice
North Carolina
North Carolina Crop Improvement Assn
Board of Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Met Life Education Estate Builder Offers Flexible Future Planning
Metropolitan Life Insurance introduces the Education Estate Builder a plan that converts Educational Funds into life insurance and allows early paid up coverage with no medical proof. It promises funding for children’s education or a growing life insurance estate, tailored by the policyholder’s situation.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Constipated? The Colonam Laxative Claim
An ad-style explainer touts a thrifty colon causing dryness and blockage and promotes Cotonam as a bulk laxative that remoistens and stretches the bowel to induce a normal urge. It claims safety for pregnant women, superior to older laxatives, and prices the 60 tablet package at 98 cents.
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Crtcach
N Air Lines
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Miami
Atlanta
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New York
Dick Culler
Abdquar
Albert C. Killian
Buffalo
Sam
Tar Heel Boy
By Margaret Kernodle
John D. Larkins Jr
Trenton
Wright
High Point
Cour
Metropolitan
Pete” Schultheiss
Brantley Hucks
Valetone Quality
N. Main
Politan Life Insurance Company
Madison AvenUe
High Point Office
John Czarnecki
West Green Street
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