Local Drivers Face New Point System Rules
The new point system, effective June 20, assigns points for motor vehicle violations. Four points prompts a warning letter, seven may trigger a conference, and completing a driver improvement clinic can erase three points. Twelve points in two years risks a license suspension up to 60 days, with additional suspensions possible for higher point totals. The most serious offense is stopping school bus violations, worth five points. Other violations vary from two to four points.
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Motor Vehicles Department
Wesleyan Methodists Set Eightieth NC Conference Schedule
The North Carolina Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of America will convene at Colfax from July 21 to 26, 1959. Rev. B. H. Phaup, High Point, serves as president and ordination sermon preacher. Dr. H. K. Sheets of Marion, Indiana, will address the assembly as general superintendent nominee.
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North Carolina
Wesleyan Methodist Church of America
Colfax
B. H. Phaup
High Point
H. K. Sheets
Marion
Indiana
Virginia
C. Wesley Levin
Sheets
Increase In Polio Cases Seen
Washington AP report notes the National Foundation predicts a rise in paralytic polio cases this year surpassing any since the Salk vaccine era. Melvin A. Glas calls attention to continuing trends and potential public health impact.
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Washington
National Foundation
Melvin A. Glas
Kerns Linked With Teaching Post at Fair Grove
THOMASVILLE March 19 Charlie A Kerns former Mills Home superintendent who resigned June 30 after eight years will join Fair Grove faculty. Principal Tom Kerns said the veteran educator may teach seventh or eighth grade and emphasized his strong teaching background and Baptist ties. Kerns served 18 years at Mills Home including a decade as coach and athletic director and earlier roles at Furman University High Point High School and in the army.
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Thomasville
Charlie A. Kerns
Mills Home
Fair
Fair Grove
Tom Kerns
Kerns
Baptist Institution
Vernon Sparrow
Mills
Furman University
E. M. Holt High School
Alamance
High Point High School
NAACP Pledges Vote Drive to Boost Southern Negro Suffrage
At the 50th annual NAACP convention in New York delegates unanimously vote to increase funds for register and vote campaigns and push a broader Justice Department program to protect qualified citizens’ voting rights. The group also seeks end to discrimination in labor unions and schools and calls for FBI findings on the Mack Charles Parker lynching. The gathering ends Sunday with a rally at the polo grounds.
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New York
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
South
NAACP
Dept. of Justice
Polo Grounds
Boy Injured as 14 Year Old Squashes Cigarette Head
An 11 year old testified that a 14 year old companion lit a cigarette, and after finishing it, mashed out the cigarette against the boy’s head, leaving him upset by the act in Nogales Arizona.
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Nogales, Ariz
State Legion Commander Installed in Wilmington
William K. Rhodes Jr was installed as North Carolina Department American Legion commander on the Wilmington steps with Rep Alton Lennon and Rep Addison Hewlett in attendance. He urged stronger membership and action, noting the department rose to 21st in nationwide standings and aimed to gain 21 more places.
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Russia
America
William K. Rhodes Jr
North Carolina
Department of the American
Rhodes
Shelton Hutchinson
Charlotte
Legion Home
Legion
Alton A. Lennon
The
Legion Gathering
Addison Hewlett
House of Representatives
L. J. Phillips
Chapel Hill
Judge Advocate
Hazel Adams
Fred Hintze
Concord
Herbert Bailey
Tarboro
W.D. Starling
Jacksonville
George Smith
Liberty
Leslie
Brady
Newton
T. T. Turnley
Surprise Witness Testifies At Trial In Labor Case Details
A former Army paratrooper and demolition expert testifies as Aaron related police records and a tense meeting with Gore and Payton aides. The defense, led by Hugo Black Jr., questions Aaron while noting prior SBI expenses and alleged bugging of his Roanoke Rapids hotel room.
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Vee 3
Ray Pegram
el Aaron
Ceants
Warren Walker
Lawrence Gore
Payton
Aaron
Vance Hotel
Gore
Boyd Payton
Raymond Mallard
Charles Auslander
Malcom Jarrell
Calvin Ray Pegram
Robert Edward Abbott
Johnny Martin
National Guard
Hugo Black Jr
U. S. Supreme Court
Black
SBI
Roanoke Rapids
Raleigh
Malcolm Seawell
Seawell
Allen
Auslander
Dew
Fieldcrest Mills
Spray
TWUA
Harold McDaniels Find Snake in Garage Argument Ends
In Mangum Oklahoma Harold McDaniels found a snake in their garage and argued about its kind. The snake rattled, ending the dispute as witnesses laughed at the odd encounter.
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Mangum
Okla
Harold McDaniels
Governors praise Russia in exchange survey contrasts with US
The report quotes Governors Clyde of Utah Smylie of Idaho McNichols of Colorado Davis of North Dakota and others on Soviet life praising regimentation and stability while noting differences with American freedoms hunger housing and leadership. They describe Russians as rugged market competitors and commend friendly attitudes and rebuilding efforts.
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United States
George Clyde
Utah
Clyde
Robert F. Smylie
Idaho
Russia
S. L. R. McNichols
Colorado
America
John Davis
North Dakota
God Not Just an M D Philadelphia
A New York psychiatrist and former Lutheran pastor told a Philadelphia meeting that many treat God as a substitute for Blue Cross, saying when you need Him you call Him down and when finished you send Him back.
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Philadelphia
New York
God
de Paul A. Qualben
Rural Counties Hold Power In Assembly
AP Raleigh report analyzes North Carolina's General Assembly representation. Rural counties gain influence through uneven senatorial districts and one representative per county in the House, though splits rarely occur outside reapportionment debates. Senate lines remain unredistricted since 1950 census figures.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Senate
Wayne
House
Alleghany
Ashe
Watauga
Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Forsyth
Claude Currie
Durham
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