Mass riot in Lexington ends in fatal shooting during interracial clash
Police booked seven black youths on investigation charges after a riot erupted near the Red Pig Restaurant. A 16 year old, Robert Hairston, was found with a zip gun and linked to Charles Poole who also faced investigation. Photographer Dick Swaim was wounded and Link, a Negro man, was killed. whites and Negroes clashed as cars and windows were damaged and a church sustained attacks. Authorities prepared riot incitement lists as night patrols continued.
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Robert Neal Hairston
Elk Street
Hairston
Charles Poole
Dixie Street
Poole
Sonny Calhoun
Railroad Street
Smith
NAACP
Raleigh
Greensboro
High Point
Thomasville
High Point Enterprise
Link
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Richardson
Lexington Memorial Hospital
High Point Memorial Hospital
Glen Payne
Lexington Police Department
Payne
Lexington
First Street
Stone Negro
Edith Covington
James Comer
Public Works Department
Racial Tensions Spark Night of Rioting and Unrest
Reports describe a night of clashes with rocks and bottles thrown between Negro and white crowds after a parade of 20 couples, amid city officials promising secret plans and a possible National Guard deployment. Fats Domino show canceled and observers note anticipated renewed unrest.
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National Guard
Fats Domino
Vehicle Inspection Bill Killed in North Carolina House
Raleigh AP The Sanford Administration faced defeat as the North Carolina House on Thursday killed the technical vehicle inspection bill by a 59 to 49 vote on third reading. Critics cited 1948 flaws and long lines at stations, while an amendment would have required multiple stations per city and county. The Senate enjoyed a light moment during its “love feast” session amid districting jokes and gifts to officials.
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Sam Whitehurst
Craven
Senate
Thomas White
Lenoir
State Press Association
Clarence Stone
Ralph Scott
Alamance
Stock Market Report A Mixed Busy Early Trading Session
New York AP reports a brisk turnover with motors active and mixed results. Ford Chrysler GM and American Motors show high activity while Chrysler and Coca-Cola details reflect profit taking and modest gains in others. Dow Jones at noon sits down 1.15 at 725.72 as tobacco and sugar shares slip.
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New York
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker
General Motors
Associated Press
Noop
American Tobacco
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard
Philip Morris
Reynolds Tobacco
American Stock Exchange
U.S
Bache & Co
Balt & O
Eae
Bendix Corp
Beth
Boeing Air Oe
Tel & Tel
Borden Co Chee
Gerb Prodee
Bur! Ind
Goodrich
Burroughs Corp
Eserves
Goodyear T&r
Caro P&l Greyhound Ce
Celanese Corp * +e
Gulf Oil Corp Eeeseee
Chain Belt
Paper
Champion P&f Es
Ches & Ohio
Kayser Roth
Liggett & Myerswees
Coca-Cola
Lockh Air
Eestawe
Columbia G&e
Lorillard P
Cornl Credit
Martin Marietta
McLean
Dow Chem
Natl Biscuit
Duke Pow
Nat Dairy Pd Am Can
Dupontden
Natl Distillers
NY Central 204S
Eastman Rod
North West
Firestone
Atch
T&sf
Ford Motor
Penney JC
Atl Coast Line
Gen Elec
Pennsy RR
Atl Refining
Pepsi Cola
Phillips Petr
Radio Corp
Rep
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Reynolds Tobeeeeee
Sears Roebuck
Sou Railway
Eeeneee
Sperry Corp
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Ceeseers
Calif
Std Oil NJ
Stevens JP
Texaco Inc
West Union
Westing el ‘Winn Dixie
Woolworth
Zenith Rad .Eeeee
Methodists Back Move to End Discrimination
At Lake Junaluska North Carolina the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference closed its five day meeting adopting a resolution to eliminate discrimination and inequality in American life. Delegates approved Bishop Harmon's statement that law must guide human rights and that governors or freedom riders have no right to defy established law. The church urged lawful change within the framework of law and pledged to work toward betterment of all people. Bishop Harmon announced he would read the same statement at the upcoming Birmingham conference.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Western North Carolina
Board of Christian Concerns
Nolan B. Harmon
Freedom Riders
Harmon
Pittsburgh
North Alabama
Birmingham
Rescuers Strive To Reach Buried Men In Tunnel Collapse
Knee-deep mud and falling rocks hindered rescuers in Parkersburg West Virginia as they tried to reach two men buried under tons of stone after a Baltimore and Ohio tunnel roof collapsed. Arthur Boggs was alive but in great pain while Harry Nichols was believed lost and two other workers were injured. The 2000 foot tunnel near Walker on the Wood Wirt County line was under repair when the cave in halted effort.
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Arthur Boggs
Harry Nichols
Baltimore & Ohio
Parkersburg
Boggs
Nichols
Robert Airhart
Walker
Wood-Wirt County
Chief's Grin Is Little Different in Pickens Incident
Police Chief Tom Reams of Central bears a snaggle tooth after a drunken fight with Deputy Sheriff William Holliday. Holliday struck Reams with a haymaker during an attempted arrest, knocking out two front teeth. Both men faced the Pickens court, grinning about the incident.
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Pickens
S.C
Tom Reams
Central
William Holliday
Holliday
Reams
Clergy urged to lead on racial problem by Graham
Graham told admirers that he could support aiding President Kennedy in addressing racial issues. He urged Southern clergymen to take a leadership role and said solutions must come from the heart. He emphasized church action to solve tensions.
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Bert F. Kennedy
South
Graham
First Base On Mars Resembles Adobe Village Plan
Denver AP reports envisioning a Mars base resembling an adobe village with crude cinder block structures built from Martian rocks. Early shelters rely on inflatable rooms and plastic foam, later replaced by prefabricated aluminum or steel buildings for the expeditionary outpost.
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Mars
Denver
United States
Mexico
Percy H. Bliss
Rand Corp
Rocks Bliss
American Astronautical Soci
Bliss
Fire classification and extinguishing basics
Class A fires originate in ordinary combustibles like paper textiles and wood and are best put out with water. Class B fires involve flammable liquids such as gasoline and kerosene and should be smothered.
MacArthur declares decision on sports sanctions final
Gen. Douglas MacArthur, an appointed arbiter in the U.S. sports dispute, tells colleges they must follow his sanctions ruling and calls the decision final. He Telegrammed USTFF president William Russell after questions about participation and AAU registration for open meets. The dispute centers on control of amateur sports and the June AAU meet in St Louis.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Collleges
William W. Russell
U.S. Track and Field Federation
MacArthur
Russell
Houston
AAU
St. Louis
USTFF
Amateur Athletic Union
United States
U.S
Soviet Union
Picayune
Rockefeller Gains Support From Dewey For Presidential Bid
Former Gov Thomas E Dewey endorses Nelson Rockefeller as the likely Republican nominee to oppose Kennedy in 1964. At a $100 per plate fund raiser in New York Dewey welcomed the Rockefellers home from their honeymoon and praised their prospects amid questions about Rockefeller’s recent remarriage.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Thomas E. Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dewey
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Rockefellers
Margaretta Murphy
Rockefeeler
William E. Miller
Miller
Congress
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Dix R. Sarsfield
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Parkersburg, W.va
Nee Mucwens
American Credit Company
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Virginia
N. Main
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