Weekend toll in North Carolina violent deaths
Water and traffic were the major killers with seven drownings and four traffic deaths. Victims include Margie F Bryson of Sylva who drowned after veering into the Tucasegee River, and Clarence Hewitt who drowned in the Cape Fear River near Wilmington.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Margie F Bryson
Sylva
Dillsboro
Tuckasegee
Kure Beach
Clarence Hewitt
Cape Fear
Wilmington
Raleigh
Larry Eugene Roger
Rt. 8
Winston-Salem
Moonshining Seen as Major Criminal Enterprise
A U S Treasury official cites a 1956 survey showing 26 000 illicit stills seized since 1950 and an estimated 76 million gallons of moonshine yearly. He notes interstate mobs, Apalachin ties, and new enforcement tech as authorities push to curb the trade and tax loss.
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U. S. Tariff Commission
United States
Bailey
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Bangkok Editors Are Jailed After Office Attack
Bangkok editors San Ga Kittipan and an associate were jailed on charges of inciting rebellion after thugs wrecked their Is-Sera newspaper office last week. Kittipan defended the paper as anti communist and anti corruption and said they were arrested for using strong language.
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Bangkok
San Ga Kittipan
Is- Sera
Blocked showing of interracial film at wetumpka drive in
Cars blocked the Dixie drive-in gates in Wetumpka to stop display of Island in the Sun a romance between a Negro man and a white woman. About 75 cars gathered, some spectators, power lines cut, shots fired, and patrons allowed to leave as owners fled with deputies warning against further showings.
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Man Davis
Rt. 3
Williamston
Washnoton
Richard Oatsoe
Bae
Butters
Bladenboro
Goldsboro
Eugene Cox
Robert Cox
Rt. 1
Wetumpka
Ala
Montgomery
Dixie Drive-In
Max Singleton
Singleton
South
Joan Fontaine
Harry Belafonte
Lester Holley
Richard Boone
Foster Heads For Florida On Freedom Bid
James Fulton Foster, once sentenced to die for a killing later confessed by Charles Rothschild, heads to Daytona Beach with his wife and seven children for a week’s vacation. A Jefferson Georgia hearing granted a new trial and allowed Foster to sign a $500 bond, with an August retry anticipated and hope for final release.
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Atlanta
James Fulton Foster
Florida
South Carolina
Foster
Daytona Beach
Jefferson
Charles
Rocky) Rothschild
Charles Drake
Rothschild
Rabies Control Petition Leads to Dog Bite in Asheboro
Mrs. Earl Barden visited a home in Asheboro North Carolina and secured a signature on a rabies control and dog warden petition. As she left the residence the family dog bit her on the leg.
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Thomasville
Sammy Dail
Goldsboro
Howard William Dugger
Elk Park
L. E. Shealy
Charlotte
Reidsville
Kay Collins
Rt. 4
Louisburg
Thur
Asheboro
N. C
Earl Barden
North Carolina Coastal Development Plan Adopted
Two groups, the Highway Association and the Southeastern North Carolina Beach Association, met in Wilmington to approve a seven point program for coastal development. The plan calls for controlling navigable waterways, an all seashore highway from Virginia to South Carolina, stabilization of Outer Banks and shorelines, mosquito control, coast promotion publication, free services to agencies, and local financing and responsibility.
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Wilmington
N.C
North Carolina
James Vivian Whitfield
Wallace
Deleshore Highway
North Carolina Beach
Compions
Virginia
South Carolina
Domestic letter mail totals per year
Domestic letter mail totals 50 384000000 letters per year in the letters per head per year.
Grand Jury To Get Newton Case In Oxford
The case of Hardin Newton charged with assault with intent to kill a woman friend was to go before Levier County grand jury today. Newton, 38, risked trial this afternoon or tomorrow if a true bill is returned. The Oxford worker allegedly struck Myrtle Setzer with a hammer and was later found in a 20 foot well after the attack.
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Oxford
N.C
Hardin Newton
Levier County
W. H. Murdock
Newton
Oxford Street
Myrtle Setzer
Unclear airline travel totals in the United States
A reported annual figure of 20.5 billion airline usage in the United States is cited alongside an implied personal distance of 122 miles per American. The data references a population of about 1672 million and interprets overall air travel in terms of per person miles.
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United States
FALSE TEETH POWDER PROMISES FIRM HOLD
A new powder named PASTEETH is advertised to keep upper or lower plates from sliding slipping or rocking. The product claims tighter grip and no sour taste. The ad emphasizes improved stability for dentures with simple sprinkling on plates.
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