Development and bridges mark Nag’s Head area trip
A Raleigh party reports on ongoing resort development from Currituck Sound to Nag’s Head with new hotels and zoning needs. Bridges at Currituck Sound and Roanoke Sound show repair gaps and safety concerns, while water levels rise along US 17 causing road knockouts. Surf fishing draws attention as Bill Sharpe notes learning curves in coastal publicity.
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Currituck Sound Bridge
Roanoky Island
Kitty Hawk
Kill Devil Hills
Nag’s Head
Coney Island
Nag's Head
State Highway Commission
Roanoke Sound
Chowan River
Edenton
Albemarle
Allicator River
Croatan Sound
North Carolina
Manteo
Raleigh
Mann’s Harbor
Williamston
Hertford
Hatteras
Bill Sharpe
Currituck Bridge
Rocky Mount swimmer completes 14 mile swim to Carolina Beach
William Daniels, 24, of Rocky Mount swam 14 miles from Wrightsville Beach to Carolina Beach in eight and a half hours on Saturday. He said after finishing that he would like to swim the English Channel.
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Carolina Beach
William Daniels
Rocky Mount
Wrightsville Beach
Atlantic Ocean
English Channel
General Smith Declares Reds Halted by U S Strength
In Williamsburg Virginia Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith former Ambassador to Russia said Communist expansion in Europe has been halted by America growing military power. He cited reorganized Armed Forces and new training programs for National Guard and organized reserve as producing trained citizen soldiers at a ceremony opening a restored 18th century powder magazine and guardhouse.
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Williamsburg
Europe
America
Russia
Walter Bedell Smith
First Army
National Guard
Virginia
Premier Zapotocky Tours Bratislava Amid Religious Festival
Premier Zapotocky visited Bratislava to show government interest in peace during Slovakia’s religious tensions. He urged peace and calm while affirming continued socialist policy. The state newspaper Place said Beran would not be arrested and remained in police supervision.
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Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Zapotocky
Bratislava
Slovakia
Place
Beran
Prague
Coal stockpile dominates talks in wage dispute near Bluefield
July negotiations hinge on coal reserves as Northern and Western operators and U S Steel meet with Lewis at White Sulphur Springs while Southern operators discuss contracts at Bluefield. Reducing the stockpile would strengthen Lewis position. the UMW Journal notes a 20 week timeline to drop from current levels to five million tons.
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Lewis
Robertson
Northern and
Western
U. S. Steel Corp
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Southern
Bluefield
Fery
UMW
Governor’s office relocation at the capitol
The governor’s desk was moved from the southwest corner office to a smaller adjoining space. The former large office became a combined waiting room and staff office while the governor’s previous space now serves as waiting and working space for aides.
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Capitol
White-Robed Figures At Cross Burnin In Small Town
A man robs a trunk and dons a hooded robe to join white robed figures in a cross burnin. His wife resists as their son, Otie, asks about the event while the mother weeps in a dim home. Sparklers are bought for Independence Day as tension and fear rise.
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Page One
Floyd
Otie
Papa
Sparkler Ignites Sewer Gas Causes Big Fourth of July Blast
Oakland on July 4 saw twelve year old Jackie Backs trom produce a loud bang when a sparkler ignited sewer gas in front of his home. The blast hurled a manhole cover skyward and scorched his face and arms.
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Oakland
Calif
Jackie Backstrom
Weather Outlook North Carolina Shifts to Heat and Storms
Partly cloudy and hot conditions with notable temperature changes today tonight and Tuesday A scattered thunderstorm is possible this afternoon and evening and again Tuesday afternoon mainly in the west and south. Temperatures rise and fall across cities including Charlotte Raleigh and Charleston as official records log rain and temperatures from July 4th into July 5th.
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Reane Tearman
Sina
North Carolina
Charlotte
Bieeau
Sae & Im
Asher Ile
Angeles
Atlenta
Oo Meridian
Ughieta
Miami
Iingham
Boston
Charleston
Mt. Mitchell
Charlotte SS
Chicago
New York
Columbia
Orleans
Denver Ba
Raleigh Ss
Detroit
Antonin
Fransritie
Ss Freie SA
Galveston
LTA Sparta Dore
Wich Pownt
Jackenilie
Tampa
Mweenington
FBI Prepares To Extradite 2 Tar Heels
FBI agents prepared to extradite Shelton Gainey and Lander Gantt both held on 25000 bond in Williamsport Pennsylvania for the kidnapping and murder of taxi driver Robert D. Oliver. Oliver's body with three bullet holes was found after he vanished a week earlier. The suspects, from Myrtle Beach South Carolina and Gastonia North Carolina, will face Federal charges under the Lindbergh kidnapping law in Florence South Carolina where murder could carry the death penalty.
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Williamsport
FBI
Robert D. Oliver
Myrtle Beach
S. C
Shelton Gainey
Lander Gantt
Gastonia
N. C
Oliver
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Joseph C. Mulroy
Charlotte
Florence
Air Force Shows Off with B 36 Bomber Flyover in Chicago
Thousands watched a U S Air Force display featuring a six plane B 36 bomber squadron in Chicago symbolizing the air power highlight. In Japan General Douglas MacArthur warned that communism undermines freedom, accusing it of stealth infiltration and coercion to seize power.
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Air Force
Chicago
Japan
Douglas A. MacArthur
Time Zone Advised for Local Stations and Schedule Changes
Eastern Local Time guidance notes subtract one hour for central, two hours for mountain. Stations may adjust relay times to fit local schedules, and last minute program changes are not included.
Defense Puts Spotlight on Scott in Murder Verdict Appeal
Judge Kuyk may set aside the verdict as Scott faces sentencing Wednesday for the Dana Marie murder. The defense portrays Scott as a choir singer and Fagle Scout with a clean life except for the church tragedy, claiming a mental blackout and denying a sex motive while Dana Marie reportedly mocked Jimmy Ebb, a local high school athlete and hero.
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Dirk A. Kuyk
Scott
Virginia
Supreme Court of Appeals
Dana Marie
Jimmy Ebb
Evening radio schedule July 4 highlights
A detailed July 4 broadcast lineup lists CBS NBC and MBE programs from 6:00 PM to midnight. Shows include news, sports, musicals, drama, talk, and concerts with titles such as Supper Club, Echoes from Tropico, Lone Ranger, Peter Salem, Kate Smith Show, Murder by Experts, Radio City Playhouse, and Dancing Continued.
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Nbe
Cbs Network
Abe West
Cbe
Cbs
Mbs
Abe Basic
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbe
Abde
Abe
Tropico
Ebe
Gabriel Heatter
Cbs Sports
Mede
Gordon Macow
Howard Barlow
Cbse
Bila May
Peter Salem
Hendry Taylor
Voorhees
Abe Joan Davis
Ebs
Kate Smith
Paul Lavalle
Npbe
Abe Burrow
Cbs News
Abe American Forum
Radio City Playhouse
Dhs
West
Drowning of James Barnes at Rose Hill reserves parade scene
Report notes a large military parade with 16 000 marchers including Australian troops and British sailors while Russian representatives watched from the stands. James Octave Barnes 19 drowned in a pond near Rose Hill yesterday afternoon.
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Rose Hill
James Octave Barnes
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