Milestone in Career Of Public Service By Roche
Josephine Roche chairs a national labor health services conference reflecting a long career aiding others. From Denver reformer and early policewoman to director of the United Mine Workers welfare fund, Roche has shaped policy and public health through decades of public service since 1886 in Nebraska.
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Norman Walker Washington
Josephine Roche
Denver
Red Light
United Mine Workers’ Welfare and Retirement Fund
Rocky Mountain Fuel Co
Miss Roche
Roosevelt
Labor Health Services
UMW Welfare Fund
Blind Men Plan Hitchhike to National Blind Convention
From Miami the two blind travelers will hitchhike up the coast with two seeing eye dogs. Bill Scrimgeour 58, English born, president of the Dade County Florida Federation of the Blind, and Bob Lambert 25 will press Congress to pass disabled workers legislation. Their route goes through Charleston Charlotte Raleigh Richmond DC Baltimore Philadelphia and New York to Boston for the convention.
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Miami, Fla
Miami
Georgia
Carolinas
Boston
National Federation of the Blind
Bill Scrimgeour
England
Bob Lambert
Scrimgeour
Dade County
Florida Federation of the Blind
Congress
Charleston
S.C
Charlotte
Gi Pavey
Richmond
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Ruth Williams Khama Twins Talk of Seretse Era
In Bechuanaland AP reports Ruth Williams Khama, former London typist who married Seretse Khama, has twins born recently, adding to a past pregnancy claim related to the deposed headman and his white wife.
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Serowe
Bechuanaland
London
Ruth William
Seretse Khama
Speed Flier Maj Alford Williams Dies at 61 in N C
Maj Alford Williams a pioneer speed flier and air power advocate died of cancer at 61 in Elizabeth City North Carolina He was known for diving bombing and as the first to fly 300 miles per hour His Gulfhawk fighter is in the Smithsonian He is survived by his widow Alice and son John Funeral is set for tomorrow with a military funeral in Washington and burial at Arlington National Cemetery
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Alford
Williams
Smithsonian Institution
Navy
Alice
John. Williams
Kill Devil Hills
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Dayton
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Arlington National Cemetery
Two Judges Sworn Into Office In North Carolina
George B. Patton of Franklin and Robert M. Gambill of North Wilkesboro were sworn in as state Superior Court judges in Gov. Hodges office. Patton and Gambill received interim appointments to serve until December 31, filling vacancies from resignations. Both were backed by the May 31 Democratic primary and face no Republican opposition in the fall, taking office January 1. Patton was former attorney general and defeated Thad D. Bryson Jr. in the primary. Gambill ran against Judge Rousseau, who died weeks before the primary. The note adds Berlin’s American Memorial Library with over 700,000 volumes.
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Raleigh
George B. Patton
Franklin
Robert M. Gambill
North Wilkesboro
Hodges
Patton
Gambill
Dan K. Moore
Sylva
J. A. Rousseau
Violent Storms Ravage North Carolina Causing Widespread Damage
A series of storms blasted North Carolina from mountains to coast with wind hail and rain. In Lenoir County a farm build ing was toppled injuring David Williams, and a roof was ripped from a new school. Sheriff estimates damage at 250 000 to 300 000 with other counties reporting farm building losses. The Charlotte Coliseum suffered damaged aluminium roof panels while Raleigh Durham and other towns reported broken windows downed poles and scattered debris. No major injuries reported beyond the Deep Run area.
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Associated Press
Siitis Conde
Arolina
Lenoir
Deep Run
Kinston
David Williams
Lenoir County
Clay Broadway
Charlotte
Asheville
Robeson
Wayne Counties
Durham
Garner
Salisbury
Carolinas
Greensboro
Goldsboro
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By Jimmy Hatlo
Neligh, Neb
U. S. Public Health Service
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Florida
Seay
Daytona Plaza
Daytona Beach
Cas Hotel
Carrier Air Conditioning Headquarters
Speed Flier
of High Point, Inc
Concord
Gastonia
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Judge Rousseau
Rousseau
Berlin
American Memorial Library
N.C
Wendell By-Pass
Highway 0 US. 64
Charlotte Coliseum
Friyuuy II
ING Service
Cincinnati
Columbus, C
Louisville
Bristol-Kingsport
Johnson City
Y. Leston
Blue Cross
North Carolina
404 Wright
High Point
Hospital Care Association
Durham, North Carolina
Farm Bureau
Ake Sina Vb
Canale Ea
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