Evangelistic Campaign Set for Allen Jay Church
The Allen Jay Baptist Church announces a mid summer evangelistic campaign starting Sunday July 14 and running through Sunday July 21 with services nightly at 7 30. Rev W T Furr of Hillcrest Baptist Dallas will be visiting evangelist and the singing will be directed by J N McFadden Second Baptist Lancaster. Services broadcast each weekday morning and the public is invited.
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Allen Jay Baptist Church
W. T. Furr
Hillcrest Baptist Church of Dallas
Texas
Mr. Farr
Calvary Baptist Church of
Shelby
N. C
Dallas
J. N. McFadden
Second Baptist Church of
Lancaster
S. C
Fourth Circuit Rules Virginia Pupil Placement Act Unconstitutional
The US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held Virginia's pupil placement act unconstitutional in a brief unsigned per curiam decision. The ruling, announced by Chief Justice John J. Parker, was based on the act's application to closing schools and withdrawing state funds for desegregation breaches, with arguments about administrative remedies and upcoming cases.
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Richmond
4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Virginia
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Asheville
N.C
Hoffman
Virginia General Assembly
Southeast Christians to join Billy Graham crusade trip to New York
About 700 Southeast residents including locals will travel to New York City July 18 to 22 for the Billy Graham Crusade final meeting. Christian Tours sponsors the trip with departures from High Point at 9 15 p m Thursday on a Southern Railway train arriving Friday morning. Cost is 51 dollars covering rail fare two nights at the New Yorker Hotel red cap porter and subway service a Saturday breakfast with the evangelist and team a yacht cruise around Manhattan and waterfront transportation. Return starts Sunday evening and ends Monday morning in High Point.
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New York City
Christian Tours
High Point
Southern Railway
New York
New Yorker
Manhattan Island
Bank robbery at Apex nets 32691 in cash
Two gunmen robbed the Durham Bank and Trust Co. Apex branch of 32691 yesterday. A stolen 1954 Pontiac found hours later three miles south of Apex. Police search for the robbers, believed aided by a confederate, as bank staff and customers remained locked in the vault during the heist.
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Apex
N. C
Durham Bank & Trust Co
Init
M. G. Bobbitt
Durham
WTIK
Weation
Gera
Economy Talk Revived in House Budget Showdown
Washington Democrats accused a presidential order of restraining federal spending and vowed tighter curbs. Rep. Cannon said the Appropriations Committee would not approve more money than Eisenhower plans, aiming to prevent impounding funds and counter administration duplicity. The dispute touched foreign aid and tax-cut credit aims as Brunage reportedly sought 1958 spending at 1957 levels.
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Washington
House
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Cannon
Percival M. Brundage
Atomic Energy Commission
Materialism Criticized by Pope Pius in Encyclical
Vatican City reveals Pope Pius XH condemns materialism of both East and West in an encyclical dated July 2. The document praises the upcoming jubilee for Bernadette Soubiroux, the 14 year old French girl who saw the Virgin at Lourdes. The Lourdes grotto is highlighted as a major shrine and pilgrims will visit starting February 11, 1958 for a year-long pilgrimage.
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Vatican City V
Pius XH
Bernadette Soubiroux
Lourdes
Senate in unusual Saturday session over civil rights bill
The Senate debated stripping the Eisenhower civil rights bill of its core voting provisions amid hopes for enforcement, while a Friday vote and anticipated compromises shaped the day. In North Carolina, Miss North Carolina preliminaries neared final with several favorites, including Sandra Jo McHone of Tri City, among contenders.
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Washington
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Eisenhower
High Point Beauty Contests Hit Zipper Mishap
High Point contestant Miss Betsy Ross Davis faced a wardrobe mishap as her gown zipper ripped before the evening dress event. She receded in the contest but remained undaunted, preparing to rejoin the proceedings after the setback.
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High Point
Betsy Ross Davis
Beauty pageant winners claim titles across divisions
The report lists several contestants and winners in multiple divisions from last night’s event. Elaine from Durham and Sandra Jo, a 58 with a 95 22 36 figure, highlight the talent and bathing suit divisions, with Jimi McDaniel, Miss Kinston, also winning her class. The night included a parade and featured Marian Ann McKnight, Miss America, and Joan Melton, Miss North Carolina, in the lineup.
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Sandra Jo
Jimi McDaniel
Kinston
Jimi
Tri-City
Woman's College
Miss Herndon
Duke Ash
Marian Ann McKnight
Man[ping S.C
Joan Melton
Albemarle
Sunday Enterprise previews feature stories across sections
The Sunday Enterprise offers previews by staff writers on tomorrow’s paper. Jane Lucas interviews Glenn Cole the new North Carolina checker champion. Braxton Younts covers public library questions. Ed Lane profiles mink ranch life at High Rock Lake. A Family Weekly supplement discusses Jerry Seinfeld style comedians.
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Enterprise
Jane Lucas
Glenn Cole
North Carolina
High Point
Braxton Younts
W. F. Linthicum
High Rock Lake
Ed Lane
The
Sunday Enterprise
Family Weekly
Peer J. Oppenheimer
Jerry
Becks Indicted for Grand Larceny in Union Funds
Seattle King County Grand Jury indicted Teamster President Dave Beck and his son Dave Beck Jr. on grand larceny charges over union assets. Beck pleaded innocence at a press conference after posting bond and planning a national tour. jurors noted misappropriations including 1900 from a Cadillac sale and 4650 from two Cadillacs.
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Seattle
King County
Grand Jury
Dave Beck
Dave Beck Jr
Dave Junior
Beck
Junior
Union
Worst Rainstorm In Years Strikes Chicago And Suburbs
Floods from a six hour storm hit Chicago and nearby towns with 6.24 inches of rain causing three deaths and widespread damage. Basements flooded, power and communications cut, Midway airport halted, 1000 stranded passengers, refugees housed at a VFW hall. A child drowned, another man electrocuted, and a theater tent collapsed injuring 250 watching a performance.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
Swam Ciesce Mien
Veterans of Foreign Wars Hall
Coast Guard
Wheeling
William
Atella Toney
New Lenox
Joliet
Richard Campbell
Weather Bureau
Aver
OS Ee Cee
South Side
Leen
Operation Alert Mock Nuclear War Sheds Light on Civil Defense
Officials estimated 95,521,526 people lived in mock strike zones across the United States as 191 targets were declared “smashed” in Operation Alert 1957. The exercise tested civil defense and mobilization amid simulated enemy raids and city destruction.
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United States
U. S
North Pole
Santasmene
Toll of hurricane Audrey death toll at 502
In Lake Charles Louisiana the tally of dead and missing from Hurricane Audrey rose to 502. Sheriff Henry Reid reported 322 bodies recovered and 180 missing, counting only those bodies brought to his office or burial sites nearby.
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Lake Charles
Henry Reid
Cameron Parish
News Policy On China To Be Discussed
SAN FRANCISCO President Jenkins Lloyd Jones of the American Society of Newspaper Editors says an assistant secretary of state invited a society representative to discuss access for correspondents to Communist China. The State Department gave no clear stance on policy change. The move followed a unanimous declaration on press rights during military necessity.
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San Francisco
Jenkins Lloyd Jones
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Jones
Tulsa
Okla
Tribune
Society
State Department
Washington
China
Dave Beck
Kennedy
United States
Teamsters
Operation Alert H Bomb Leaves Greensboro in Ruins
Greensboro faced a hypothetical 20 kiloton nuclear strike in Operation Alert 1957. The test estimated 4 000 killed or injured and 3 000 buildings destroyed with evacution measures and fallout paths mapped toward Sanford and Fayetteville. Civil Defense officials described the simulated damage and the need to control fires and evacuate drivers.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Western Electric
Hiroshima
Japan
Civil Defense
Edward F.griffin
Alaska
Canada
James F. Frink
Greensboro-Guilford County
Sanford
Fayetteville
Frink
Griffin
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Pat Duggins
Harrison
Diocese of
Evangelistic Campaign
MR. Harrison
MR. Furr
Pope Pius
Burlington
Sandra Jo McHone
Tri- City
Knowland
Calif
Gore
D-Tenn
Javits
R-Ny
Elaine
the Sunday Enterprise
Becks
Suburbs
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