Jury loses member in dynamite conspiracy case
Henderson NC AP The dynamite conspiracy jury reduced from three to two as Franklinton storekeeper Otho Medlin was excused with both sides consenting amid a challenge. The case involves eight union men accused of plotting to destroy cotton mill property linked to the Textile Workers Union of America. Eight defendants face up to 45 years each on three counts including dynamiting mill installations. Jury selection exhausted Franklin County residents. Judge Mallard called 60 more locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Raymond Mallard
Franklin County
Harriet Henderson
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd Payton
Carolinas
Lawrence Gore
Payton
Charles Auslander
Spray
N.C
Calvin Ray Pegram
Robert Edward Abbott
Warren Walker
Malcolm Jarrell
Johnny Martin
Medlin
George McCoy Hicks
Dunn Township
Eugene Dement
Gold Mine Township
Eisenhower Addresses Berlin Cuba Minimum Wage Nixon Visit
President says Western Allies must have rights in Berlin and that Russia must respect them. He refutes Castro dictatorship charges while warning inflation risk in raising the minimum wage. He hopes Nixon will receive Moscow visiting privileges similar to Kozlov’s U.S. tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Caribbean
James P. Mitchell
Nixon
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
Russia
Frol 'R. Kozlov
U.S
Moscow
Nixson
Kozlov
New Assault Trial Witnesses Heard
In Wake Superior Court Ralph Lee Betts stands accused as a 36 year old ex convict charged with raping an 11 year old girl last June 22. The girl picked Betts from a lineup and testified that a white man forcefully abducted her at gunpoint and driven her to a crossroads near her rural home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh (Ap
Lester V. Chalmers
Ralph Lee Betts
Wake Superior Court
Betts
Chalmers
Rain improves Tar Heel crops as rains end drought
Rainfall last week boosted North Carolina crops especially corn and tobacco relieving June drought conditions. Rain amounts ranged from a trace in mountains to heavy in coastal counties with tobacco harvest under way in the coastal plain though only a small portion has been picked. Boll weevil infestation appears higher than last year and the rains may encourage spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State
Coastal Plain
Comnbene
NLRB examiner urges new union election at Threads Inc
In Gastonia North Carolina an NLRB examiner recommends a new representation election at Threads Inc The Textile Workers Union of America lost a November 13 1958 election by 262 to 228 and charged company interference The examiner Eugene F Frey of the NLRB in Washington DC urged a cease and desist order against harassment of union activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
N.C
NLRB
Threads Inc
Textile Workers Union of America
Eugene F. Frey
National Labor Relations Board
Washington, D.C
Road Hearing Set in Statesville August 3
The State Highway Commission will hold the 30th public road hearing in Statesville on August 3. Local officials and Piedmont residents may present highway requests or problems. those wishing to appear should contact public relations officer Sam Beard for an appointment.
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Statesville
N.C
State Highway Commission
Piedmont Area
Commission
Sam Beard
Hodges Plans Brief Return From Russia Then To Puerto Rico
Gov. Hodges arrives in Raleigh July 31 from a Russia visit and leaves July 32 for the National Governors Conference in San Juan Puerto Rico. He returns to Raleigh August 6 after the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Hodges
Russia
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Harlem Tension Rises After Harlem Incident
Harlem tension reported after a two hour City Hall meeting between officials and leaders. Police say a 21 year old woman of Italian and Puerto Rican descent resisted arrest, a car hit a fence, a bystander tussled with an officer and a ricochet wounded two officers. A crowd of about 500 gathered outside the precinct during rumors of police beating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Harlem
City Hall
Stephen P.kennedy
Carmela Caviglione
Wedding scenes dropped from Moscow exhibition show
New York AP reports two wedding scenes depicting interracial marriage were removed from a fashion show for the American exhibition in Moscow. More than 40 editors attended the dress rehearsal and protested saying the scenes did not reflect the American way of life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moscow
Truth About Red Infiltration in Cuban Regime
Havana reports center on Communist infiltration fears in Castro's Cuba. Maj Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz accuses Castro of leading a Red dictatorship while Castro and officials deny major Communist role. Che Guevara and Raul Castro are cited as potential links amid reform plans and agrarian policy debates.
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Havana
Cuba
Senate
Washington
Fidel Castro
Castro
Pedro Luis Diaz Sanz
Fulgencio Batista
Diaz Sanz
Senate Committee
Ae Iea
Maj
Ernesto
Che) Guevara
Guevara
Middle
Far East
Raul
Diaz Lanz
Communist Party
Spartanburg Blue Laws Backed In County Referendum
Spartan County voters approved Sunday blue laws in an advisory referendum despite theater operators planning Sunday showings. County results showed 5,110 for amendment permitting Sunday activities against 6,890, and 4,360 for repeal of the Sunday work law against 7,445 against. Police said they would arrest violators, though theaters planned continued Sunday screenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. B. Brockman
Columbia
Charleston
Union official questioned over injunction in Asheville trial
A truck driver testified in U S District Court that a Teamsters Union official told him the injunction issued by Judge Wilson Warlick was invalid and the judge had no right to issue it. The case targets Hugh Rutledge and union actions against Overnite Transportation Co. and involved remarks that the restraining order does not mean a thing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
U.S. District Court
Teamsters
Wilson Warlick
Hugh Rutledge
Warlick
Hanna
Rutledge
U.S
Fred M. Dover
Silver Fleet Motor Express Co
Peterson's Ointment Relief for Itching Piles Sought
Millions of sufferers in recent years found relief from itching and smarting of piles using Peterson's Ointment. A user reports relief and better sleep after use. Available in 55c and 85c at all druggists with money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Tennis Club Head Quits Over Membership Race Policy
In New York the West Side Tennis Club governors accepted the resignation of the club president after he told Dr. Ralph J. Bunche and his son they were not eligible for membership because they are Negroes. The club said membership would be considered without regard to race creed or color. Bunche, UN under secretary for special political affairs and Nobel laureate, had said he was barred from applying for his son’s membership and that the president claimed the club did not admit Negroes or Jews. Bunche’s announcement sparked protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Side Tennis Club
Ralph J. Bunche
Ralph Jr
Bunche
United Nations
Forest Hills
Queens
Wilfred Burglund
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Berlin
Germany
Christian A. Herter
Herter
Air Force
Pedro Luis Diaz Lenz
Diaz
Pleasant Grove Church
New Union Election
Seneta
Rise
Manhattan
Hulan E. Jack
Midwest
Isenhour
Ray Wheatley
West Green Street
High Point, N. C
Spartanburg
Bloom
Tennis Club
Head
Moore
Benjamin Moore
Bloom Furniture CO
North Wrenn ST
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