Life Term Meted Out To Youth
Shelby NC AP A ninth grade Negro student was sentenced to life imprisonment after an all white jury convicted him of raping 22 year old Mrs Tommy Edmondson a white housewife. Jury of 10 men and 5 women recommended mercy for B B Wilson Jr. Wilson appealed after denials of motions to set aside verdict claiming due process rights violation and possible jury influence by officers in the courtroom.
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Shelby
N.C
Tommy Edmondson
B. B. Wilson Jr
Wilson
Fayetteville NAACP Calls Off Anti Segregation Protests
NAACP leaders suspend demonstrations in Fayetteville after securing guarantees that grievances will be heard. A biracial committee and City Council agreed to halt protests while ensuring ongoing negotiations and progress reports. The group listed 20 de segregated restaurants 9 motels and hotels and reported hiring on merit at downtown stores effective Sept. 2.
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Fayetteville
N.C
NAACP
Thurmond J. Smith
Wilbur Clark
Biracia Committee
Biracial Committee
Expert Leaves Nuclear Force Topic For Rome Meeting
Admiral Claude V. Ricketts, US Navy deputy chief of naval operations, will visit Rome for three days of talks on a multilateral NATO nuclear force using Polaris missiles. Italy shows renewed interest, with talks in Washington to follow, as West Germany backs the plan and the United States seeks a third major nation to join.
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Washington
Navy
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rome
Adm
Claude V. Ricketts
Ihief
Naval Operations
Britain
Ricketts
United States
North Atlantic
Alliance
State Department
Ical
West Germany
Italy
Rickarts
London
Royal Navy
NATO
Harold Macmillan
Belgium
Holland
Greece
Turkey
Lone Bandit With Dimples Robs Again
In Wilmington a well dressed gunman with a deep chin dimple robbed the Lake Village Management Office of the Wilmington Housing Authority, taking between 500 and 1000 dollars after forcing a female employee and a customer into a restroom. Police tie him to two supermarkets and a finance company office robbery, noting the suspect speaks with a Yankee accent.
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Wilmington
N.C
Lake Village
Wilmington Housing Authority
Ann Powers Smith
Housing Authority
Cow Births Three Calves in One Litter at NY Farm
A holstein friesian cow on Howard Crosby’s Hinsdale farm in southwestern New York produced three calves weighing 53 61 and 62 pounds. A veterinarian says triple births are about 1 in 87 000 with three surviving heifers roughly 1 in 499 600. all three calves are female.
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Clean
N.Y
Howard Crosby
Hinsdale
New York
Virginia Woman Dies, 3 Hurt In NC Wreck
A Virginia woman, Mrs. Amy Brooks Rodger, 48, was killed when two-car crash on state route 87 two miles north of Leaksville sent three others to hospital. Alvin Smith of Lynchburg, Va., drove the other car. he and his wife were only slightly injured while Rodger's husband Lewis, 52, sustained multiple injuries and was admitted to Moorehead Memorial Hospital.
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Leaksville
N.C
Virginia
Here
Amy Brooks Rodger
Rt. 4
Martinsville
Alvin Smith
Lynchburg
Rodger
Lewis
Moorehead Memorial Hospital
Smith
Boxer Bello Found Dead After Narcotics Overdose
New York AP report states welterweight Billy Bello, once seen as a rising star, was found dead on a Bronx stair landing after an apparent narcotics overdose. He had recently topped Madison Square Garden bill and lost a split decision to Gaspar Ortega. Police noted needle marks on Bello's left forearm and said he lay on the fifth floor landing for about five hours before discovery.
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New York
Billy Bello
Madison Square Garden
Gaspar J Ortega
Bello
Sanford Hails Plan To Fight Mental Illness
Gov. Terry Sanford of North Carolina praised a long range plan to combat mental illness in 16 southern states. The plan by the Southern Regional Education Board Commission on Mental Illness aims to test and guide state mental health programs from Delaware to Texas, with findings to be reported at the Southern Governors Conference in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Commission On
Southern Regional Education Card
SREB
Byanford
Sanford
Mental Illness Commission
Southern Governors Conference
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
IREB
South
Delaware
Texas
More Action On Power Sale Set
An attorney for Duke Power Co said the company will again pursue approval of its proposed purchase of Nantahala Power & Light Co.'s distribution system after the state Supreme Court ordered further study by the Utilities Commission. Nantahala serves six North Carolina counties and faces criticism from locals who say it avoids obligations while serving its parent company ALCOA.
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Charlotte
N.c.ap
Duke Power Co
Nantanala Power & Light Co
Carl Horn Jr
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
The
Utilities Commission
Nantahala
Henry J.truett
Bryson City
TVA Power
Truett
John Archer
Jackson
Madilton
Graham
Cherokee
Clay
Swain
the Aluminum Corp. of America
Vn Tennessee
Altcoa
Tennessee
Four-Star Gen Adams to lead Swift Strike from Spartanburg
SPARTANBURG S C AP Forty two years after arriving for military training a Heflin Alabama youth returns to South Carolina as commander in chief of the United States Strike Command Four Star Army Gen Paul D Adams arrives at Strike Command headquarters in Spartanburg to oversee Swift Strike TL a vast mobilization involving about 100000 troops across six million acres of the western Carolinas His daily routine includes closed door planning with maps and direct lines to Washington and Strike Command bases worldwide while maintaining readiness for rapid deployment and global Cold War crises over the past year he traveled the globe including the Red China India border with the Harriman Commission ensuring the command stays prepared for any emergency.
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Spartanburg
S.C
Heflin
Ala
Jackson
Columbia
South Carolina
United States Strike Command
Army Air Force Command
Paul D
Adams
Strike Command
Carolinas
Ft. Jackson
U.S
Lebanon
Middle East
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Strike Command Headquarters
Gen. Adams
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Lttle
Red
China
India
W.verell Harriman
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