Two Killed As Bridge Collapses
A foot bridge at the Cherokee Indian Reservation near Cher okee North Carolina collapsed dumping more than 50 people into the Oconaluftee River. Two women died en route or in hospital and 40 were injured with 18 hospitalized. Witnesses say youths jumping on the bridge caused the failure.
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N.C
Oconaluftee River
Sylva
Bryson City
Henry T. Haile Jr
Daisy
Tenn
Lawrence Rainwater
Atlanta
Osley Bird Saunooke
Saunooke
Mercury Reaches Tops For Year
The Friendship weather forecast predicts the hottest daytime temperatures of the year this afternoon and tomorrow with highs around 95 degrees and overnight lows near 66 to 70. A few scattered afternoon thundershowers offer the only relief from the first major heat wave of the summer.
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Friendship
North Carolina Fourth of July Weekend Sees 19 Deaths
The Associated Press reports at least 19 people died during the long Independence Day weekend in North Carolina. Highway patrol recorded nine deaths and 112 injuries across 74 accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Monday midnight. Victims include motorists, drownings, a bridge collapse in Cherokee, and several crashes in Pitt County, Onslow, Nash, and other counties with multiple fatalities including teenagers and a soldier.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
State Highway Patrol
Cherokee
Oconaluftee River
Henry T. Haile Jr
Daisy, Tenn
Lawrence Rainwater
Atlanta, Ga
Theft of Truck Charged Marks Quiet Weekend
The article reports an auto larceny charge against Edward Odell Vanhoy 28 of 608 E. Green St tied to a small truck belonging to C. H. Branch. He remains in custody after bonds total 450 with counts of assault and drunkenness. Trial set for July 11. Other suspects include Robert McGraw 32 charged with home intrusion and assault with a shovel plus trespass and reckless driving bonds 500 hearing July 8. Beverly Gillespie 16 faces assault on a minor child with trial July 7. Wiley Hugh Collins 47 charged for a Thursday accident. Gary K. Richardson 41 charged with drunk driving bond 500 for July 11.
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E. Green St
Edward Odell Vanhoy
C. H. Branch
Charles Lesler
Roy St
Robert McGraw
Redding St
Beverly Gillespie
Reed St
Leroy Owens Jr
Wiley
Hugh Collins
N. Main St
Collins
E. Farris Ave
Gary K. Richardson
Seagrove
Prayer for a new birth of freedom and divine guidance
A religious prayer invoking Our Fathers' God as author of liberty. The author, W. Emory Hartman of Columbus, Ohio, minister at Bexley Methodist Church, asks God to guide a nation toward a new birth of freedom and a glorious destiny under God.
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Christ
W. Emory Hartman
Columbus
Ohio
Bexley Methodist Church
Guilford County Sanatorium Receives Full Accreditation
Jamestown Guilford County Sanatorium gains full accreditation as a hospital for tuberculosis treatment from the Joint Commission after an April 27 evaluation by Dr Peter D Ward. The commission, representing major medical bodies, marks the 10th year of continuous accreditation for the facility.
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Jamestown
Guilford County
Joint Commission On Accreditation
Peter D. Ward
Com
American College of Physicians
American College of Surgeons
American Hospital Association
American Medical Association
Canadian Medical Association
Mongrel is Promoted in Trona School Report Card
Frisky a 3 year old mongrel receives a report card with three A grades and promotion to the ninth grade. Bruce Anderson says Frisky had perfect attendance at Trona Unified School with A in physical education pedology and chonology on the year.
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Trona
Calif
Frisky
Bruce Anderson
Trona Unified School
City Endures Fourth of July Weekend With Flawless Traffic Record
Highway patrol reports no traffic deaths in High Point Guilford or Troop C area since Friday noon as crowds return home. Three accidents and two injuries in High Point two in the county and 15 injuries in Troop C through Sunday amid jaycee safety efforts and roadblocks.
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State Highway Patrol
Piedmont
High Point
W. S. McKinney
Highway Patrol
Jaycees
The
Troop C
Lake Pool Draws Crowds During Holiday Weekend
City Lake Park pool attracts an estimated 1,500 visitors this afternoon with 992 on Saturday and 1,322 on Sunday as Greensboro opens its own pool reducing crowds from last Fourth of July. Recreation officials also host bicycle riding exhibitions at Armstrong Park with races trophies and relay events.
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City Lake Park
Bob Ousley
Dly
Ousley
Greensboro
Armstrong Park
Detectives Probe Weekend Theft From Briggs Ave Apartment
City detectives investigated a weekend theft from a Briggs Ave apartment, about $20 in silverware and dishes taken. Owner B. W. Crawford reported the loss after returning home, with plainclothes officers naming a man and his wife who moved out of another unit in the same building as chief suspects.
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Briggs Ave
B. W. Crawford
Checkers Tournament Lights Up Thomasville Holiday Weekend
Thomasville crowds attend the N C Checkers Association event at the city pool as heat tops 90 degrees. Ed Scheidt defends his state title while police report minor incidents and several drunken driving and assault charges with July court dates.
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Thomasville
N. C. Checkers Association
Thomasville Park
Sheriff's Department
Ed Scheidt
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Bath House
Etna Flare Sparks Nighttime Fire Show in Sicily
Volcano experts monitor Mount Etna as eruptions erupt from the northeast crater. Flames rise 300 feet, explosions ring from Catania to Taormina while ash and smoke hinder scientists. Activity began three days ago with rumbling and lava jets.
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Sicily
Mt. Etna
Catania
Taormina
Etna
Europe
Ohio State Law Dean To Speak at Chapel Hill Luncheon
Professor Frank R. Strong dean of Ohio State University College of Law will address preprofessional education at the Faculty Club luncheon in the Carolina Inn at 1 00 p m Tuesday July 5.
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Chapel Hill
Frank R. Strong
College of Law
Ohio State University
Carolina Inn
Buddy Myers Installed As Pilot Lions President
Thomasville A B Buddy Myers becomes president of the Pilot Lions Club after installation at the Steak House on Lexington Road presided by retiring president Lacy Ragan. Harold Harrison installed officers. Dunning reported on Lions Convention highlights in Atlantic City.
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A. B
Buddy) Myers
Pilot Lions Club
Steak House
Lexington Rd
Lacy Ragan
Harold Harrison
A. H. Dunning
Atlantic City
Richard Sink
Walter Sledge
Larmarr Miller
John H. Davis
Cleveland Alexander
Clyde Holder
Paul Burton
Kei Wilson
Lion Tamer
Claude Eddinger
al Miller
Henry Walters
Foy Sink
John H. Brinkley Jr
C. A. Russell Sr
Leo Sink
Who Rides With Wyatt in Tombstone Saloon
Johnny, a green ranch kid from Crockett County, comes to San Angelo and soon loses money at Emmett Slattery's Hairy Dog Saloon. A fast gunfight erupts as a big man upends the try at poker and the Cherokee reference signals a tense power shift in a rough town.
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Schieffelin
Grand Central
Watervale
Goose Flats
Tombstone
Hairy Dog Loan
Crockett County
Rio Pecos
Val Verde County
Missouri
Green County
San Angelo
Pecos
Langtry
Emmett Slattery
Stranger Guns for Namesake Earp Reveals Truth at Lone House
In a tense Western scene, a tall blond stranger declares his identity as Earp and disarms a hostile houseman with a swift pistol move. Johnny, impressed yet wary, grasps the weight of the name as rumors spread from San Angelo to Fort Worth.
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Pete
Bill Shakespeare
Quick Enous
Ian
San Angelo
Pecos River
Angelo
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