Escaped Tar Heels Held In Break-In
Two escaped North Carolina convicts were captured in GAFFNEY with charges of store breaking. Eddie Stratton and Donald Thompson were later linked to car thefts, safe cracking, and earlier prison escape, while other escapees remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaffney
D.C
North Carolina
Eddie Stratton
Gastonia
Stratton
Donald R. Thompson
Greensboro
Leslie Gautier
Burnice Rice
Burnsville
N.C
Knoxville
Tenn
Thompson
Abbeville
Madison County
N. C
Newberry
Cleveland County
Walter S. Price
Fisling
Public Hearings May Be Abandoned In Adams Probe
Washington AP A House Armed Services subcommittee may drop open hearings on Sherman Adams and an Army contract settlement. Chairman F Edward Hebert says transcripts may be released from closed sessions, with the probe continuing next week. The inquiry centers on alleged improper pressure for Raylaine Worsted Inc. of Manchester New Hampshire which received a 41284 rebate on a 16 year late delivery penalty. Raylaine, now defunct, was fined 49784 in 1941 for late cloth delivery to the Army due to wartime conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Armed Services Subcommittee
Sherman Adams
F. Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
Adams
Raylaine Worsted Inc
Manchester
N. H
Eisenhower
Raylaine
Army
Baby-Sitter Testifies on Suicide Shooting in Marion
In Marion North Carolina 15 year old Phyllis Rutherford testified Harold Bruce Minish 27 told her he would kill himself and asked if she would pull the trigger Minutes later Minish was fatally wounded at his home by a .22 caliber bullet to the temple A McDowell County Coroner's Jury ruled the wound self inflicted The testimony followed Mrs Minish leaving for work at Old Fort no motive was offered The Britannia liner carried a cow for passenger milk service between England and Boston in 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
N.C
Phyllis Rutherford
Harold Bruce Minish
Minish
Old Fort
Diversified Agriculture Promoted At North Carolina 4-H Week
Governor Hodges urged a varied farming economy before 1 200 delegates at North Carolina State College campus. He cited booming poultry and rising swine, forestry and dairy expansion as signs of diversification and prosperity. Six girls competed in the statewide 4-H public speaking contest with the winner to be named tonight. Delegates planned to elect 1958 council officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodges
State College
Evelyn Wilkins
Duplin County
Lucille Mays
Iredell
Verna Hall
Randolph
Barbara Millsaps
Graham
Nancy Crocker
Vance
Faye Morris
Washington
Navy Captain John Bulkeley Gravely Ill at Sea
Navy Captain John Bulkeley 47 a Medal of Honor winner known for torpedo boat exploits described in They Were Expendable was gravely ill at sea He suffered two internal hemorrhages and was moved from the fleet oiler Tolovana to the hospital ship Gen Hugh Gaffey and was to be landed at Midway Island
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
John Bulkeley
Navy
Bulkeley
Tolovana
Hugh Gaffey
Midway Island
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Tizzy
By Kate Osann
WEA Servne
Herbie
Britannia
England
Boston
S. Main ST
Patriotic Order Sons OF America
Washington Camp No
E. Commerce St
D. L. Webster
G. L. Wiseman
Sec
Raleigh
South
John Bulkeley Gravely III
Acadia Lodge
A.M
J. D. McCrery
John F. Wilson
Warner’s Transfer & Storage Co
Washington ST
Better Life Store
T.V
Rabbit Ears
Hamburger
Men’s Army
MT Ta
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