Drag Strip Debate Prompts Local Drag Racing Talk
Thomasville readers react to drag racing ideas with calls for a supervised facility. R L Shuford backs a town drag strip to keep racers off main streets while Clyde Hewitt and Ruth Ellen Perry push safety and enforcement themes. A High Point visit and anecdote about private plane appeals conclude with a wry note on risk.
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R. L. Shuford
Collections Department
Thomasville
Shuford
Aroa
Clyde Hewitt
Automobile Association To America
Hewitt
High Point
Elizabeth City
Ruth Ellen Perry
Elizabeth Runglass
Maple Airstrip
Currituck County
Glen Cove
Omasville
Missionaries Trained To Pilot Own Planes
Moody Bible Institute runs a ten year old program training missionaries to fly airplanes for service in undeveloped regions of the Americas, Alaska, and Canada. About 50 pilots have completed the four year course. the institute owns the Moody Worlddate Campus Airport and trains men to overhaul aircraft and assist in emergencies.
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Oopdale
Les Nees
Petre
South
Central America
Alaska
Canada
Paulinson
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Moody-Woerldate
Young Thorn
Sky
Mr. Robinson
New York State
Amazon
Road
Moody Boat Board of Trustees
Whitt
Moody Bible Institute
Bell Addresses Kiwanis Club on Industrial Counseling
Rev. Roger C. Bell told Kiwanis members that less than half of High Point’s working places are church affiliated and urged management to provide pastoral counseling. He outlined counseling as an impartial mediator for labor and management, noting common issues like foreman employee conflicts, drinking, and marital troubles. Charles Mendenhall introduced the speaker with visitors Paul M. Martin and Dr. William D. Donald in attendance.
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High Point
Roger C. Bell
Kiwanis Club
Bell
Charles Mendenhall
Paul M. Martin
R. G. Cul ‘Sr
Wiliam D. Donald
Taylor M. Simpson
4 H Club Medalist Carl Fields Jr on Farm Life
11 year old 4 H member Carl E Fields Jr runs his family farm on Hichoes 62 near Deep River leasing 20 acres to add to 50. He has earned county Health King twice, grand champion tobacco crops and bumper small grain ribbons, and pursues a purple ribbon steer prize while balancing school and church league softball.
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Forrest Catls
Carl E. Fields
Carl
Hichoes 62
Deep River
Baers
Bob
Alleney
Carl E. Polds
Mary Ellen
Snow Lumber Company
McKeon Trial Highlights Marine Corps Spotlight
Sgt. Matthew C. McKeon faces court martial on manslaughter and related counts for a march that left six recruits dead near Parris Island. Prosecutor Maj. Charles K. Sevier leads the case as defense teams from the Marine Corps and two civilian lawyers defend the ex drill instructor. Commandant Gen. Randolf Pate says the nation watches the Corps’ accountability in this fatal disciplinary act.
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Parris Island
S.C
Matthew C. McKeon
U. S. Marine Corps
McKeon
Charles K. Sevier
Marines
A. W. Vallantin
John de Barr
J. C. Collins
Randold Pate
Marine Corps
Navy
Charles Thomas
Pate
Marine drill instructor facing charges in recruit tragedy
The article outlines four charges against McKeen under the Uniform Code of Military Justice including possession of a General Order, oppression of recruits, manslaughter, and drinking in a recruit's presence. It notes a shift in Marine Corps training toward refinement and the abandonment of the practice known as thumping.
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Marine Corps
McKeen
Island Leaders Rally to Keep Daitos Under U S Control
Leaders of the Daitos Islands in the Ryukyus urge retention by the United States, opposing a Japanese request for immediate return. They cite economic benefits from a sugar boom and fear loss of land if returned to Japan, with Dai Ichi Sugar Co. backing the move.
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Daitos Islands
Ryukyus
Acific
Japan
James E. Moore
U.S
Ryukyu Islands
Moore
Vonna F. Burger
Dallas Islands
Okinawa
Dai Ichi Sugar Co
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Tor Alston
Tom
Nativeton
Sonny
Carl Fields, Jr
Guilford County Health King
Sgt. McKeon
Formica
Office Equipment CO
N. Main ST
Greensboro
Gulf Service
North Main St
Gulf
G.I
Ntantic Savings and Loan Association
W. Washington ST
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