Two Killed In Highway Accident In Kinston NC
A truck lost control on U S 70 outside Kinston killing Eddie Dixon 50 and Johnny Moore 57 and injuring seven all from Kinston. Driver Clarence Henry Dixon 16 held on reckless driving and manslaughter charges. Four others were admitted to Lenoir Memorial Hospital with two in serious condition.
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Kinston
N.C
U.S. 70
Eddie Dixon
Johnny Moore
Lenoir Memorial Hospital
Clarence Henry Dixon
Young Dixon
James Koonce
John Croom
Edward McNair
Ernest Armond
Charles C. Kinsey
Roosevelt Phillips
Four Men Face Trial For Rape Of College Girl
In Tallahassee four young white men face trial for their lives on charges of raping a Negro college girl. Circuit Judge W May Walker will preside as William Collinsworth 23 and three others await trial with court appointed lawyers. Collinsworth has a defense plan alleging insanity, while a private psychiatrist described him as a moron with the mind of a nine year old. Florida law bars publishing the victim’s name.
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Ollie Stoutamire
Collinsworth
S. Gunter Toney
Florida A&m University
Florida
Protests Bailey Measure Limiting Prisoner Labor
Raleigh AP The prison director W F Bailey protested a bill banning prisoners from operating highway maintenance equipment. He warned the change could cost the state 300000 dollars annually and hinder convict labor programs. The House Penal Institutions Committee, led by Rep J Raynor Woodard, deferred action.
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Raleigh
W. F. Bailey
Bailey
House Penal Institutions Committee
J. Raynor Woodard
Northampton
Tobacco official launches counterattack against cancer society
Hanes, vice president of a tobacco firm in Winston-Salem, urges burley growers and warehousemen from eight states to join a campaign against the American Cancer Society and temperance advocates he says are attacking the tobacco industry. He claims the group is fighting for fundraising and industry demise.
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Gatlinburg, Tenn
Tobacco Company
American Cancer Society
Hanes
Winston-Salem
N.C
Burley
American Temperance Society
Scratching Save Coons Milwaukees Mystery
Leonard Bielski family faced strange noises after moving into a new home. He found five baby raccoons sealed in a wall behind a saucer sized hole he cut and reached through to pull them out.
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Milwaukee
Leonard Bielski
Bielski
Deputy Slain as Man Is Cornered Near Sanford North Carolina
Sheriff J L Powers 50 was killed during a search five miles southeast of Sanford for a woodsman who had stolen food and wounded Vernon Elkins 32. The suspect James Jones 35 alias Thurman Ricks escaped after ambushing deputies. Jones was killed after a three hour stakeout. Police pursued him after he was linked to a rape case north of Powers.
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Sanford
N.C
J. L. Powers
Powers
Here
Vernon Elkins
Elkins
D. F. Holder
James Jones
Richmond
Central Prison
Raleigh
State Bureau of Investigation
Thurman Ricks
Cary
Jones
Holder
Aoe
North Carolina
T. E. Bebber
Alexander County
Taylorsville
Bill Turner
Highway
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery
A new healing substance called Bio Dyne, available as suppository or ointment under the name ration H, allegedly shrinks hemorrhoids, stops itching, and relieves pain without surgery. The claim is supported by reported case results and a money back guarantee from a world famous research institute.
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New York
Meath
Methodists Gather for Western North Carolina Conference
More than 1 000 delegates are expected at the Western North Carolina Methodist Conference opening in Lake Junaluska on Wednesday. Bishop Nolan B Harmon of Charlotte will preside as the meeting runs through Sunday and ends with ministerial appointments for 1959 60. Delegates will elect nine ministers and nine laymen to the Methodist General Conference in Denver and 22 ministers and 22 laymen to the Southeastern Jurisdictional Conference in 1960. The session will admit new ministers into full connection and feature speakers and committee meetings.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Voice of Two Worlds Offers Free Booklet in Los Angeles
An advertised figure known as the Voice of Two Worlds from Los Angeles promotes a free booklet claiming to reveal divine prayer insights and self improvement methods. The promotion stresses ancient wisdom, mystics, and healing claims with no cost beyond sending name and address.
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Los Angeles
Voice of Two Worlds
Faroy
Powell
Los Angeles 4
California
North Carolina to Receive Art Gifts Worth One Million
The Samuel H. Kress Foundation will donate a gift valued at about one million dollars to North Carolina. The package includes 70 paintings and sculptures and will be matched by the foundation with additional gifts. State Sen. Robert Lee Humber said a presentation date will be set in coming months and called the donation the largest art collection ever given by the foundation to any institution outside the National Gallery.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Samuel H. Kress
Robert Lee Humber
Pitt
State Art Society
The
Kress Foundation
Kress
Humber
State Senate
National Gallery of Art
Washington
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