Youths Face Trial For Predawn Drag Racing
Seven youths from Black Creek Wilson and Lucama are charged with drag racing and aiding and abetting after predawn events on Highway 42. Two men face racing and speeding allegations with 85 mph claims. An officer reported 35 cars gathered near a service station around 2 a.m. Sunday as arrests were made by plainclothes and uniformed officers along the highway.
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Jesse Benjamin Varnel
Fremont
Rt. 1
James Henry Wheel
Wilson
Joseph David Thomas
Lucama
Edgar Ray Pierce
Joseph Glenn Short
Highway Patrol
Prisons Department Hires Forester in Diversified Program
The State Prisons Department hires John C. Wessell of Hallboro a 1953 NC State College forest school graduate to work June 1. He will coordinate with the wildlife commission forestry division and other agencies to thin timber cut out mature trees plant seedlings aid forest fire protection and reclaim burned or eroded lands.
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Raleigh
State Prisons Department
John C. Wessell
Hallsboro
N.C. State College
Forest School
State
W. F
Bailey
Wessel
Wildlife Commission
Forestry Division
Life Insurance Firm Chartered in Greenville
A new life insurance company, Sengines Life Insurance Co., with headquarters in Greenville, was chartered by Secretary of State Thad Eure. Authorized capital stock is one million dollars, 100 000 shares at par ten dollars. It will issue life, annuity, accident and health insurance. Twenty five incorporators named on the charter.
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Raleigh 2
Greenville
Thad Eure
Sengines Life In Co
Tazewell Heads Registers of Deeds Association
Members of the State Registers of Deeds Assn elected Tazewell as president at the convention in Chapel Hill. He succeeds Mrs. Margaret Moore of Lenoir. New officers include Mrs. H. Rhyne of Gastonia first vice president W. G. Manseyr of Smithfield second vice president and D. G. Kinlaw of Lumberton treasurer.
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Chapel Hill
State Registers of Deeds Assn
Tazewell
Gatesville
Margaret Moore
Lenoir
H. Rhyne
Gastonia
W. G. Manseyr
Smithfield
D. G. Kinlaw
Lumberton
Foster Mother Of 38 Will Receive Honor
Mrs. William Yates of Old Bridge will be named New Jersey Foster Mother of the Year by Gov Meyner. The 38 foster daughters live with the family, many visiting often, and the Yateses recall guiding girls to choose home life.
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East Brunswick
N. J
William Yates
New Jersey
Robert B. Meyner
Yates
Old Bridge
State Board of Child Welfare
Alert Latschar
Franklin Township
Children Restored To Mother In Utah Juvenile Court
Judge Durham Morris ordered Vera Johnson Black's eight children aged 4 to 20 returned to her after she promised to stop polygamy. Black, who lives near Short Creek, has been linked to a polygamist community and served time for unawful cohabitation. Children had been in foster homes for months.
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St.george
Utah
Juvenie Court
Durham Morris
Vera Johnson Black
Asesterday
Mare Black
Short Creek
Mts
Fundamentaats
Black
Tobacco Price Set At Sixty Dollars At Mullins Opening
The opening warehouse purchase price for tobacco in Mullins South Carolina this season was sixty dollars a hundred. The price was announced yesterday by Ger Phillips and G C Caneay of Olive Section of Horry County.
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Mullins
S.C
Yonatoe
Ger Phillips
G. C. Caneay
Olive
Horry County
Winthrop Rockefeller in Surprise Idaho Wedding
Winthrop Rockefeller, 44, wed Jeannette Edris in a secret ceremony at Hayden Lake Idaho. The bride, 37, heiress to a multimillion-dollar Seattle real estate and theater family, had a string of marriages and two children from a previous union.
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Hayden Lake
Idaho
Winthrop Rockefeller
Jeannette Edris
New York
Rockefeller
Washington
Spokane
Lake
William Edris
Seattle
Washington State
Nathan Barrager
Southern
California
Bruce Bartley
Bruce
Anne
Donald M. McDonnell
Wall Street
Barbara
Bobo) Sears
Rockefeller Andee Rockefeller
Edris
Dry Storage Eye Bank Restores Sight with Dehydrated Corneas
Dr John H King Jr described a dry storage eye bank that dehydrates corneas for months in vacuum tubes and glycerin before rehydration. Ten patients have received dried eye tissue and remain clear, with some sight restored after lengthy storage.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
Science Reporter
Chicago
American Medical Assny
John H. King Jr
Iown University Medical Center
Washington, D.C
Army Ocular
Dr. J
Hollywood Farewell Party for Famous Art Collection
The film world gathered at Mrs. Edward G. Robinsons lavish party to bid farewell to a renowned art collection amid rumors of a split divorce from Edward G. Robinson. Attendees included Greer Garson Van Johnson and Susan Hayward. The couple’s divorce hearing is set for July 20.
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Hollywood
Edward G. Robinson
Alaska
Louisiana
Greer Garson
van Johnson
Susan Hayward
Mississippi
Edward G
Gladys Livvd Robinson
Robinson
Gladys
van Gogh
First Illinois governor Shadrach Bond linked to War of 1812 blockhouse
The first governor of Illinois was Shadrach Bond, born to a farmer and linked to a War of 1812 blockhouse built on his family’s land. Bond is noted for early state leadership and frontier settlement context.
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Illinois
Shadrach Bond
Appropriations Bill Passes for State Justice and Courts
The Senate and House sent a compromise bill to the White House appropriating 548,930,957 dollars for State and Justice departments and federal courts. The sum is 50 million dollars below President Eisenhower's request.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
State
Justice Departments
Eisenhower
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