Senators Demand Destruction of Secret Jury Recordings
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee urged University of Chicago researchers to destroy secret recordings made of juries in a Wichita Kansas federal court. A 1953 project funded by a Ford Foundation grant faced critique over jury room intrusion and its impact on deliberations.
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Washington
Senate
Internal Security
University of Chicago
Wichita
Kan
Ford Foundation
Justice Department
Internal Revenue Service
Southeast Methodist Group Sets Growth Quotas at Conference
The Southeastern Jurisdiction of the Methodist Church in Lake Junaluska, N C, with over 2.5 million members, asks各regions to meet new minimum membership goals by 1960. Bishops warn failure would break a long growth trend, listing quota figures for Alabama Florida Holston Kentucky Louisville Mississippi North Alabama North Carolina North Georgia North Mississippi South Carolina South West Virginia and Tennessee Virginia.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Methodist Church
Methodist
Astern
College of Bishops
Southeastern Region
Alabama
Florida
Holston
East Tennessee
Virginia
Kentucky
Louisville
Mississippi
North Alabama
North Carolina
North Georgia
North Mississippi
South Carolina
Amelgia
Tennessee
Sone
Clark Pleads Innocent In Brushy Creek Slayings
Clark, 24, pleads innocent in Avery Superior Court to two counts of first degree murder in the shotgun killings of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lilly at their Brushy Creek farm. He told officers he shot the couple out of fear for his life.
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Newland
Obdbie Clark
Insets
Walter Lilly
Brushy Creek
Arey
Avery Superior Court
Latta Girl Named Watermelon Queen at Pageland Carnival
Sybil Gaddy a 19 year old Latta resident was named Watermelon Queen of the World at Pageland South Carolina for 1956 beating 40 contestants from the Carolinas. Runner up was Barbar Edwards a Furman student from Winston Salem North Carolina with Janice Suber of Holly Hill Miss Columbia third. About 35000 people attended the sixth annual Watermelon Carnival and parade.
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Pageland
S.C
Sybil Gaddy
Carolinas
Barbar Edwards
Winston-Salem
N.C
Janice Suber
Holly Hill
Columbia
North Carolina Readies Interstate Highway Plans under Federal Aid
Governor Hodges announced matching funds of 2.83 million dollars for the first year of expanded federal highway aid, with 90 percent federal and 10 percent state finance. He said total year funding will exceed 28 million and that the Highway Commission has drafted interstate project lists.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
Highway Commission
State Highway Commission
Bureau of Public Roads
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Chicago
Southeast Methodist Group
Cecil's Drug Re
Clark
George
Davis
Assoc
New England
Washington St
Kodak Film
IPANA
McKesson & Robbins
Deckle Edge
Aluminum
Tussy
Tangee
Gollon
Santa
Jantzen
Prince Albert
Vallee
Pepto
Bismos
Richard Huonut
Bedford Sales CO
N. Wrenn
High Point
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