Barbershop Singers Plot Tack on Business at SPEBQSA Meet
Asheville hosts the SPEBQSA mid winter convention with about 1000 delegates from the United States and Canada. Delegates spend most time in business meetings while the spotlight falls on the all star singing program Saturday night headlined by the Lads of Enchantment from Albuquerque. The quartet, 1957 international champions, continue performing after attaining championship status.
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Spebqsa
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
United Come
Canada
Jotey
Lads of Enchantment
Albuquerque
N.M
Race Staged On Logs On Rainy Eel River
Two men on logs staged a race on the rain swollen south fork of the Eel River near Eureka California watched by hundreds along Highway 101. No winner was declared and deputies arrested Eugene C. Smith 18 and Clifford J. Bates 26 for disturbing the peace. river deemed unsafe for boats.
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Eureka
Calif
Eel River
Highway 101
Eugene C. Smith
Clifford J. Bates
Secret Bow and Arrow Study Proposes Dart Guns
A House subcommittee memo reveals a hidden study proposing three bow and arrow type dart guns nicknamed Little Joe Big Joe and Joe Louis The largest could hurl a half pound metal dart The work began during World War II under Dr Paul E Klopsteg now National Science Foundation official The secrecy level shifted from restricted to confidential and may be kept hidden as postnuclear weapons stock.
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Washington
Little Joe
Big Joe
Joe Louis
House
Government Information Subcommittee
Moss
D-Calif
Defense McElroy
Wallace R. Beede
Dulles
Paul E. Klopsteg
National Science Foundation
New Method Tranquilizes Animals
Dr. Frank A. Hayes describes a new tranquilizing method using nicotine pellets fired from a 50 caliber CO2 rifle to inject muscle tissue and calm wild beasts. The technique aims to aid rabies control and was demonstrated before about 200 Tar Heel veterinarians.
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Frank A. Hayes
University of Georgia
School of Veterinary Medicine
Hayes
81 Year Old Prisoner Granted Commutation
RALEIGH Gov Luther Hodges commuted the sentence of 81 year old Ben Johnson of New Jersey for second degree murder to time already served. Johnson escaped a Wake County prison camp in 1928 after 12 years of a 20 25 year term and has since led an exemplary life in Newark. Hodges cited extreme age poor health and family ties in New Jersey and noted parole eligibility rules while approving the commutation and promising no return to North Carolina.
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New Jersey
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Ben Johnson
Johnson
Charlie Johnson
Wake County
Newark
Hodges
North Carolina Board of Paroles
New
Wood frog rapid color change observed
A wood frog can switch color from dark green to light tan within an hour, illustrating rapid camouflage adaptation in the wild.
Dr. Hubert Poteat Dies at 71. Wake Forest Scholar Laid to Rest
Dr. Hubert M. Poteat 71 educator author and Latin scholar died after a stroke. Funeral at 3 p.m. at First Baptist Church Wake Forest with burial in Wake Forest Cemetery. A Wake Forest College faculty member 44 years he led in classics and was famed for Cicero and Pliny expertise.
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N.C
Hubert M. Poteat
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Poteat
Wake Forest College
Winston-La
Cicero
Pliny
Old Thunder
William Louis Poteat
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Insurance Firm's Compromise Accepted
LOS ANGELES The Manufacturers Life Insurance Co paid 40000 on a 90000 policy for the late Humphrey Bogart. Superior Court approved the compromise. Bank officer C O MacNeill testified the actor may have been unaware of his cancer and could not inform the insurer. Bogart died January 14 1957.
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Los Angeles
Humphrey Bogart
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co
C. O. MacNeill
First National Bank Trust
Bogart
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