Convicts on Tank Dwindle at Western Penitentiary
Eight convicts remained on the water tower at Western State Penitentiary as hunger and heat persisted. Richard Williams and Lawrence Stevenson descended while Robert Payne continued a protest led by parole violators. The tank was drained for contamination and the prison runs on city water.
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Pittsburgh
Richard FE. Williams
Western State Penitentiary
Lawrence Stevenson
Stevenson
Williams
Robert Payne
Payne
James Maroney
When The Red Dream Goes Wrong
North Carolina dramatist Paul Green returned from a month in the Soviet Union and Greece with a critical view of communism as too materialistic and repressive. He found flaws in the system while noting warm receptions and official missteps, and his outdoor drama The Lost Colony marks its 25th year opening at Manteo.
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Paul Green
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Soviet Union
Greece
Manteo
Green
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Leningrad
Moscow
Athens
Two Men Injured In Two Automobiles Accidents
High Point suffered multiple crashes with two men injured as a driver fled after a 1300 Park Street collision. Gilbert Collins faced felonious hit and run charges. other accidents on Green Drive Hamilton Street and Tipton Street caused heavy damage with no injuries.
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Gilbert Preston Collins
Collins
Kernersville Road
Ray Jones
Clara Cox
Jones
Alma P. Neaver
S. Elm Street
Minnie Ruth Owens
Rt. 3
Lost Colony Opens Silver Anniversary Season at Water side Theater
The Lost Colony by Paul Green opens its silver anniversary season Sunday at Water side Theater in Manteo NC on the Outer Banks. North Carolina natives Gordon Clark and Marialene Midgett Thomas play leads Eleanor Dare and John Borden. Secretary Luther Hodges will speak at the opening. Virginia Dare, the first English child born in the New World, is central to the drama.
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Associated Press
Paul Green
Manteo
North Carolina
Outer Banks
Horn
Boone
Lost Colony
John Borden
Gordon Clark
Fayetteville
Asheboro
Eleanor Dare
Marialene Midgett Thomas
Elizabeth City
Roanoke Island
Secretary of Commerce
Luther Hodges
New World
Virginia Dare
Mistrial Possibility In Road Sign Case
In Raleigh a mistrial request looms as attorney Jesse Jones 65 from Kinston lies critically ill after a cerebral hemorrhage in Wake County court. Brewe r and four others face influence peddling charges in highway department sign procurement. Malcolm Seawell represents Brewer. Judge Raymond Mallard would decide.
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Raleigh
Jesse Jones
Kinston
Wake Superior
iKidd Brewer
Highway Department
Malcolm Seawell
Brewer
Jones
Raymond Mallard
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