Methodist Bishop to Speak at North Carolina Conference Banquet
Bishop Willis J. King of New Orleans will address the centennial banquet of the North Carolina Conference Central Jurisdiction in Greensboro. The conference gathers men and women delegates at Bennett College as Rev Douglas E. Moore presents the annual report. Ben L. Smith received a silver pitcher for long service as Greensboros school superintendent.
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Greensboro
Willis J. King
New Orleans
North Carolina
Ben L. Smith
Douglas E. Moore
Durham
North Carolina Farm Bureau Session Draws Two Hundred
About 200 farmers and farm agents attended a session of the North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation in Carolina Beach. Dr. R A King of North Carolina State College spoke on keeping farms viable through higher production at lower costs.
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Carolina Beach
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
R. A. King
Department of Agricultural
Wesleyan Service Guild Opens Its 18th Meeting
About 350 women expected to attend the Wesleyan Service Guild three day gathering in Lake Junaluska North Carolina as officers are to be elected and workshops and business sessions held Speakers include Miss Lorena Kelly missionary on leave from the Belgian Congo and Miss Marlene Harmon a former Congo missionary and the Reverend.
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Lake Junaluska
N.C
Wesleyan Service Guild
Western
Lorena Kelly
Belgian Congo
Marlene Harmon
Congo
Ballentine to Speak at Negro Farmers Conference
Greensboro AP Ballentine state agricultural commissioner will be featured speaker at the 36th annual state conference of Negro farmers and homemakers opening here Monday. The four day program includes addresses demonstrations and panel discussions.
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Ballentine
of Negro Farmers
Five Year Old Brings Parents Back Together
A Glendale Memorial Hospital room witnessed a dramatic turn as five year old Donny’s eye saved by surgery sparked a reconciliation. Donald Rose and Virginia Rose, once divorced, married again after praying at Donny’s bedside and reconnecting in spirit.
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Donny
Glendale Memorial Hospital
Dial Torgerson
Glendale
Calif
Donald Rose
Virginia Rose
Fort Wayne
Ind
Los Angeles
Donald
Virginia
Melodie
Boys State Election Set Tonight
CHAPEL HILL NC AP The annual North Carolina Boys State will elect state officers tonight and hear a talk by football coach Jim Tum. Speakers include Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine and Secretary of State Eure. Interstate highways and crime topics are among remarks by others.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Jim Tatum
L. Y. Ballentine
Thad Eure
State Highway Commission
J. Melville Broughton Jr
California
Broughton
Walter F. Anderson
State Bureau of Investigation
J. W. R Norton
M. P. Chiles
Charlotte
FBI
Anderson
Dr. Norton
Farm Home Week closes as 1500 Tar Heel women return home
About 1,500 Tar Heel women completed the 50th Farm Home Week at North Carolina State College. Governor's wife served milk punch at the closing session with President William C. Friday of UNC calling for future-focused education. Ruth Current was named assistant director of the Agricultural Extension Service, and Mrs. V. S. Hockaday of Roanoke Rapids led the new federation slate.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
William C. Friday
Consolidated University of North Carolina
United Nations
Ruth Current
Agricultural Extension Service
State Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs
V. S. Hockaday
Roanoke Rapids
Farm Home
Luther Hodges
Guard suspended after escape from Yan cey County Prison Camp
Yan cey County Prison Camp guard Paul Edwards received a 30 day suspension without pay for minor custodial negligence after Woodrow Stewart escaped. Stewart, 35, from Boone, was serving 18 to 20 years for highway robbery and fled from a road gang in Price Creek. Stewart was sentenced in Watauga County and began his term in September 1945.
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Burnsville, N.C
Paul Edwards
Yancey County
W. F. Bailey
Woodrow Stewart
Boone
Stewart
Price Creek
Watauga County
Sewage Aid Funds Asked for North Carolina Cities
Sen. B Everette Jordan asks federal funds to speed nine priority sewage projects in North Carolina with total costs of millions. He told the House Works Committee that 25 cities have built facilities at a 12 million dollar cost and 21 more face delays without more aid. Top listed projects include Star Tarboro Mount Airy Winston-Salem Forest City High Point Pine Tops Richlands China Grove with costs ranging up to about 1.3 million dollars.
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Washington
North Carolina
B. Everette Jordan
D-Nc
Sen. Jordan
House Works Committee
Jordan
Pinetops
Winston Saler
Khrushchev Letter Studied Ahead of Summit Talks
U S officials examined an 18 page Khrushchev letter plus 20 annexes delivered by the Soviet Embassy to Deputy Under Secretary Robert Murphy. Moscow talks with Gromyko progress slowly as East West discussions continue amid pressure over a possible summit. Tass and ADN fake forgery claims cited.
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Washington
State Department
Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Robert Murphy
Moscow
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Britain
France
Russia
United States
Tass
ADN
State Dulles
Politicians Blamed for Recession by Carolinas Spokesmen
At a Charlotte Press Club luncheon three industry spokesmen said government policies hurt their sectors. Tobacco taxes, textile price supports, and foreign trade were cited as drag on the economy while construction claimed no recession.
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Charles L. West
First attempt on President Jackson in 1835 noted
Richard Lawrence fired two pistols at President Andrew Jackson on January 30 1835 but both weapons misfired in an assassination attempt with Jackson surviving the incident.
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U. S
Richard Lawrence
Andrew Jackson
Marquis of Queensberry Rules Author
John Sholto Douglas, the real name of the Marquis of Queensberry, authored the boxing rules known as the Queensberry Rules.
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the Marquis of Queensberry
John Sholto Douglas
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