Umstead Delays C D and Board Appointments
Gov. Umstead defers naming a new C D and board while noting current members remain in place. The 1953 law set terms to expire June 30 1953 with July 1 1953 as appointment day but Attorney General McMullan calls the change directory not mandatory. Old board names include Miles J. Smith Walter Damtoft and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ioogeeoy
Yester
Atty
Harry McMullan
Umstead
C&d
Miles J. Smith
Salisbury
Walter J. Damtoft
Canton
Charles&. Allen
Durham
William B. Austin
Jefferson
Aubrey Cavenaugh
Warsaw
Staley A. Cook
Burlington
Ford Davis
Zebulon
C. Sylvester Green
Chapel Hill
Charles H. Jenkins
Ahoskie
Fred P. Latham
Belhaven
Roland McClamroch
Hugh Morton
Wilmington
J. C. Murdock
Troutman
Buxton White
Elizabeth Ay and
S. W. Enloe Jr
Spruce Ine
Soldier Sought After Cab Driver Slain Near Ft. Bragg
Authorities hunted an unidentified soldier after the fatal shooting of taxi driver Charles Walter Pettit 26 of Spring Lake and the wounding of another soldier near the Ft. Bragg area. Pettit's abandoned cab with a 45 caliber slug was found near a chapel at Reserve Officer Training location. FBI and Army CID joined local agencies as investigations continued.
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FT. Bragg
N. C
Charles Walter Pettit
Spring Lake
Texas Lake
Licormation
Pettit
Reserve Officer Training Co
Lake
FBI
Army
Heers
Hearls
Orngere
Cnagrel
He & Pettit
Walter Pettit
Woman Keeps Two Bulbs Burning For Seventeen Years
In Buffalo New York Ida Gieser reports two light bulbs have burned continuously for 17 years prompting curiosity about their longevity. Local interest centers on appliance wear and reliability.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Ida Gieser
Typhoon Threat Grows As Kyushu Faces Flood Trial
Typhoon Kit roared toward Formosa and the China mainland while a monsoon front lingers in Kyushu. Japan totals show 509 dead 1,104 injured 693 missing with over 1.1 million homeless as floods and storms devastate the island. General Clark commends American mercy teams aiding flood victims.
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Tokyo
Philippines
Kyushu
U. S. Air Force
Pacific Ocean
Lauzon
Formosa
China
Japan
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Two Tar Heel Truckers Killed in Maryland Crash
In Edgewood Maryland two North Carolina truckers Morris V. Tew 23 of Wallistenburg and William J. Oliver 18 of Cidade died when a big tractor trailer struck a guard rail and the U S 40 bridge abutment causing a plunge of about 15 feet into the Bush River. State troopers said Tew appeared to have fallen asleep at the wheel.
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Edgewood
North Carolina
U. S
Baltimore
Cal
Bush River
Lane
Morris V. Tew
Wallistenburg
N. C
William J. Oliver
Cidade
Girls State Selects Governor at Tar Heel Event
Miss Cornelius wins the governorship at the seventh annual Tar Heel Girls State as 300 students vote at Woman’s College Greensboro. Barbara Massey defeats Alice Smith for lieutenant governor and Jody Doughton wins secretary of state. Other elected officials include Janie Proctor chief justice and Nancy Harris associate justice amid tight races.
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Greensboro
Cornelius
Miss Davis
Margot Reen
Durham
Janie Proctor
Pinetops
Nancy Harris
Cherryville
Miss Proctor
Nora Albright
Lexington
Federalist Party
Margot
Woman's College
Barbara Massey
Alice Smith
Raleigh
Jody Doughton
North Wilkesboro
Peggy Beck
Mooresville
Betsy Villas
Charlotte
Judith Dockery
Rutherfordton
Gail Hawn
Belmont
Janet Dawson
Belhaven
Jessie Alexander
Waynesville
Ethel Avera
Littleton
Adeliah Crouch
Newton
Jean Love
Salisbury
Ney Whitener
Huntersville
High Soviets Recall to East Berlin unrest and martial law
East Germany faces anti Communist discontent as workers to join new troops in Russian style uniforms. Martial law eases but not lifted along with civilian restoration in provinces. Border area remains tense with traffic and minor shootings reported near Stresemann Strasse.
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East Germany
Telegraf
East Berlin
Grotewohl
Red Oe
Stresemann Strasse
U.S
Dedication Ends for Amer Your Thread Plant in Sevier
The dedication ceremonies for the American Thread Company's new multi million dollar finishing plant near Sevier concluded with an all day open house for employees families and the public. Percival C Howe Jr president said the event welcomed workers and the community. Lt Gov Lutheres delivered the formal ceremony address yesterday highlighting one of the world's most modern thread and yarn finishing plants located eight miles north of here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
American Thread Company
Sevier
Percival C. Howe Jr
Lutheres
Here
North Carolina NEA Elects New Director For Three-Year Term
Ear C. Funderback of Elizabeth City starts a three year term as North Carolina director of the NEA after nomination at the convention. C. H. Abernathy of Lenoir is nominated for NEA vice president as part of the 1520,000 member association. Eleven vice presidents will be chosen from sixteen nominees.
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NEA
Miami Beach
Fila
Ear C. Funderback
Elizabeth City
N. C
North Carolina
National Education Association
C. H. Abernathy
Lenoir
North Carolina Education Association
Building Permits for Two Homes on Quaker Lane
M. R. Smith and Sons receive permits for two five room residences on Quaker Lane. The first is estimated at 11500 dollars and the second at 10500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Smith and Sons
Quaker Lane
Theather
Press Group Will Hear UP Bureau Head at North Carolina Meet
United Press vice president Lyle C. Wilson will address the North Carolina Press Association annual dinner in New Bern on July 9. Daughter of the American Revolution leader Gertrude M. Carraway and Rep Graham A. Barden will also speak amid a three day program featuring a Cherry Point Air Station visit and a memorial for NCBA leaders, with several group meetings and a posthumous past president’s pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Graham A. Barden
D-Nc
Cherry Point Marine Air Station
New Bern
Cherry Point
2Nd Marine Air Wing
D. A. Rawley
High Point
J. D. Fitz
Morganton
J.m.harper Jr
Southport
William C. Lassiter
Beatrice Cobb
Holt McPherson
UNC Journalism Foundation
W. Randall Harris
Asheville
Ncpa
Mrs Mesta Tours Soviet Factory Areas
Mrs Perle Mesta former U S minister to Luxembourg returned from a four day tour of Soviet industrial zones in Ukraine the first Americans to visit since before the war. She praised the rebuilt River Donetsk steel plant Kharkov tractor works and the Zaporozhye steel plant noting they were well run and cooperative. Also seen were David Klein and Mrs Klein the U S embassy consular officer and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Perle Mesta
Ukraine
U S
Luxembourg
Zaporozhye
Russia
Kharkov
Body of 18-year-old girl found in Henderson well
In Henderson North Carolina the body of an 18 year old Black girl, Mary Lee Thomas, was found in an abandoned well. Police arrested two Black men, Sammy Townes and John D Ellis, for questioning they were believed to have been with the girl the night she disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
N.C
Mary Lee Thomas
Sammy Townes
John D. Ellis
Like Father Like Son Arrest On Pocketing Charge
A man named Clark, 64, was arrested Tuesday by Detective Lt. Stephen J. Martin for pocketing. Martin is the son of the late Detective Lt. Stephen J. Martin Sr., who arrested Clark on the same charge June 10, 1927. Clark has a criminal record dating from 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen J. Martin
Stephen J. Martin Sr
Clark
Merchants advise shopping ahead for Fourth of July closings
Thompson Greenwood executive secretary of the North Carolina Merchants Association urged Tar Heel housewives to shop tomorrow or Friday. He said stores statewide will close Saturday or Monday for Independence Day, with big cities closing Saturday and smaller towns Monday.
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Raleigh
Thompson Greenwood
North Carolina Merchants Association
Greenwood
New President Named for Rural Mail Carriers Association
Finley K. Rogers of Clarkton elected and installed as president at the Rural Mail Carriers Association annual meeting. John M. Dunn of Efland elected vice president Clyde Winebarger secretary treasurer James W. Reid Whitakers chaplain Roy Lyerly Banner Elk executive board member. Mrs M L Penninger Rockwell named president of the Auxiliary.
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Greensboro
Finley K. Rogers
Clarkton
Rural Mail Carriers Association
Rogers
John M.dunn
Efland
Clyde Winebarger
James W. Reid
Whitakers
Roy Lyerly
Banner Elk
M. L. Penninger
Rockwell
Women's ‘Auxiliary
NEA attacks book burning and purges at convention
At the NEA 91st annual convention in Miami Beach Florida delegates debated two resolutions condemning book burnings and purges as a lack of confidence in Americans. The body urged protection of reading and writing freedom and opposed legislative investigations of educators. It also urged Washington to restore a 426000 education budget cut and nominated three candidates for NEA president including David H. Stewart Rex H. Turner and William A. Early.
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Miami Beach
Fila
National Education Association
NEA
Readin
Ritin
Rithmetic
Skippy
Arthur R. Mead
Athens College
Athens
Ala
National Mission For the Defense of
Committee On
Oveta Culp Hobby
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Senate
David H. Stewart
Dormont
Rex H. Turner
Oakland
Calif
William A. Early
Savannah
Eisenhower Comments On Discontent Uprisings
President Eisenhower warned of revolts spreading in satellite nations, saying speeches by Adenauer highlighted tyranny’s repression and the value of freedom. He urged caution yet admiration for uprisings when people seek liberty. Educators and guests attended High Point College’s annual Lake event with about attendees.
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Adenauer
Eisenhower
High Point College
Lake
Prayer Meeting Shifts to Tomorrow at Trinity Baptist Church
The weekly prayer meeting at Trinity Baptist Church will be held tomorrow night at 7 45 p m instead of tonight. Rev Odell Brown pastor of Canton Methodist Church Canton Illinois will conduct the service.
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Trinity Baptist Church
O Aly
Odell Brown
Canton Methodist Church
Canton
Ill
Supreme Court seals death sentences for two in Myrtle Beach murder
The South Carolina Supreme Court, in a 3-2 ruling, refused a rehearing for Lander Ray Gantt and Kon H. Gainey and set July 24 for their execution. They were convicted in 1951 of murdering cab driver Robert D. Oliver in Horry County after abducting and transporting him from Myrtle Beach.
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Columbia
State Supreme Court
Myrtle Beach
Lander Ray Gantt
Kon H. Gainey
Horry County
Robert D. Oliver
Daniel
Princetown
W. Va
Gantt
Gainey
Rocktown
Oliver
Supreme Court
TV Hater Sent To Hospital After CBS Studio Incident
Richard Gaughan, 29, charged at a CBS studio yesterday with two knives and a water pitcher, stabbed a camera man and struck an actor before being chased off. He was sent for psychiatric observation as his lawyer described years of alleged persecution fantasies and home confinement.
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New York
Richard Gaughan
Gaughan
CBS
Benjamin Schmeir
Legal Aid Society
Nicholas Delagi
Schmeier
Foreman Finishes City Cleanup Behind Parliament
A Federal District Commission foreman, tired of delays, sent his crew to clean the street in front of the Parliament buildings. The result included a brazier a dead cat a squirrel tail revolver cartridges an empty cement sack and a pile of wastepaper from a truck.
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Ottawa
Ont
Federal District Commission
Squirrel
Queen Mother Elizabeth and Princess Margaret Arrive in Rhodesia
Queen Mother Elizabeth and Princess Margaret arrived in Salisbury Southern Rhodesia by four engined comet jet to begin a 16 day royal visit from Britain. The royal party travels to meet officials and observe local events during their southern Africa tour.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Britain
Merita Bread Vitamin Enriched Tender Blend Ad
An advertising snippet promotes Merita bread as vitamin enriched and tender blended. It touts finer nourishment and texture, claiming health benefits and superior taste as a premium bread choice for better eating.
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Cloverbrand News
Gary Davis
Consolidated Bus Lines
Main
Highland Mill
East Green
English
Emerywood - Madison
Monthen & W. Green
Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
Emma Lily
High Point Savings & Trust Co. Hood System
USC
Ty Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
UP Bureau
Mrs. Mesta
Ihe
S.C. Supreme Court
James B. Pruitt
T. H. Stokes
D. Gordon Baker
Dewey Oxner
C. A. Taylor
Horry
New York Central
Rock Island
Santa Fe
Seaboard Air Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
Dunhill International
Procter & Gamble
Texas Pacific Trust
American Car & F
Boeing Aircraft
Borden See
Briggs Mfg
Chesa Ake & Ohio
Colgate Pp P
Continental Can
T's
Union Carbide
Westinghouse Air Bke
Woolworth
Schmeir
Bellevue
Southern
Rhodesia
Boone Upholstery Co
English St
J. KR. Boone
PAL
Singer Sewing Center
North Main ST
Owr
Ted Race
Quinelas
The
Armed Services
U.S. i
Morehead City
Merita
A Atray
St Ft
South
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