Night of Shootings Leaves One Dead Four Wounded in Greenville
In Greenville North Carolina a late night gun attack left manager Arto Brown wounded and J Wayne Jones killed. A massive manhunt nabbed Clarence Payne Jr. near Travelers Rest Camp with a pistol seized from a guard. Payne admitted robbery and shootings and was sent to the State Penitentiary for safekeeping.
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Greenville
N. C
Clarence Payne Jr
Travelers Rest Chain Gang
Payne
Travelers Rest
Stocks make sixth straight rise in rail and industrials
New York stocks advanced in early trading with rail and industrial indices up for the sixth session. American Smelting and Goodall-Sanford hit new lows after dividend news. oils fell unevenly while utilities slipped. First hour volume about 220000 shares.
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New York
Kansas City Southern
Pacific Western
Goodall-Sanford
Senator Willis Smith Hospitalized for Physical Checkup
Senator Willis Smith of North Carolina was admitted to Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland for a complete physical examination. He is expected to return to work in a few days as reported by his aides.
Eisenhower Asks Congress Backing for Aid Plan
President Eisenhower pressed congressional leaders to back a foreign aid program for the July conference with Britain and France without major cuts. He, and aides, seek assurance that military assistance will continue, as House votes to cap foreign aid at 4.998 billion for the new fiscal year and Senate committee approves a 5.318 billion authorization.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Britain
France
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
High Pointer’s Brother Killed In Greenville
Wayne Jones 41, a relative of two High Pointers, was shot and killed by an escaped convict in Greenville South Carolina at 10 45 last night. He lived in Greenville and was an elevator mechanic. Surviving are his wife a daughter and five sisters. Funeral services set for Thursday at Mackey Mortuary Greenville with burial at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Arto Brown
General Hospital
J. Wayne Jones
Greenville
Lake Pittman
J. P. Dempsey
Wayne Jones
S. C
Jones
Arthur Terry
Waco Jones
High Point
M. L. Jones
Wineston-Salem
Pickens County
I¢da Barton Jones
J. H. Jones
Francis Ward Jones
Martha Wayne Jones
Ida Barton Jones
Easly
Mackey Mortuary
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Steel price hike reshapes furniture and appliance costs
Chicago reports a mixed effect from a steel price rise across the International Summer Home Furnishings Market. A juvenile and outdoor line saw increases with one firm noting a 28 percent higher tonnage cost and a 5 percent pass through. Another firm cut dinette set prices by stocking up. Major appliance makers expect little near term change.
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Chicago
Missing Girl Barbara Rossi Kidnapped Near Wilmington
The 8 year old Barbara Rossi vanished from her grandparents' yard near Wilmington as a gray four door Mercury with Pennsylvania plates was seen. A cousin described a man with mustache and an older woman who offered the girl to come to the car. Parents, separated, were notified but unaware of her disappearance.
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Wilmington
N. C
R. H. Constantz
Barbara Rossi
Vincent Muncey
Rt. 1
Bolivia
Barbara
Constantz
Nenneys
Margate City
N.J
Cincinnati, O
Diocese Okays Memorial Fund Campaign
The Episcopal Diocese of Western North Carolina approves a 100000 memorial fund drive. Fourteen parishes approved, exceeding the thirteen needed. The 31st annual convention in Asheville passed a resolution for ratification by two thirds of the diocese’s 19 parishes. Twenty percent funds missions. 80 percent becomes a revolving loan fund. Executive Council plans drive at Kanuga Lake next Thursday for two years.
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Asheville
Episcopal Diocese of
Western North Carolina
M. George Henry
Trinity Church
Kanuga Lake
Christie details in Old Bailey murder trial
Christie testifies in a London court with a mic capturing much of his sobbed account. He describes strangling three young women found behind wallpaper in his kitchen after alleged sexual assaults, offering few motives and claiming he was driven by force from them.
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Old Bailey Criminal Court
Christie
Deaths And Funerals Mrs Eldora Davis Vaughn
Mrs Eldora Davis Vaughn 72 wife of W S Vaughn operator of Vaughns Frame Works on Kivett Drive died in the local hospital this morning at 12 40 She had four years of declining health and 12 days critical She born Randolph County 1881 daughter of the late William A and Louise Breedlove Davis she moved to High Point early She was Wesleyan Methodist first married to A M Hiatt who died in 1934 On July 3 1936 she married W S Vaughn who survives Also surviving a daughter Mrs W L Ammen Winston Salem three stepdaughters Mrs C Vuncannon Mrs L W Garne and Mrs Halford Taylor all of near High Point one brother C W Davis Jamestown one sister Mrs Mattie Cox High Point 15 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren The body remained at Cumby Orrells Mortuary until 5 pm then taken to residence 2806 Kivett Drive Funeral services Thursday at 3 pm from Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church The body to lie in church 30 minutes prior to the service Rev Jera Monk Rev E Jones Rev M Gardner Rev J Wallen-Tysinger will officate Burial in church cemetery
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Eldora Davis Vaughn
W. S. Vaughn
Vaughn
Kivett Drive
Randolph Count
Willam A
Louise Breedlove Davis
High Point
A. M. Hiatt
W.S. Vaughn
Homme
W. L. Ammen
Winstonens
C. Vuncannon
L. W. Garne
Halford Taylor
Hickory Chapel
Eisenhower vows free trade stance in Latin America tour
Milton S. Eisenhower, U.S. Special Ambassador and brother of the president, tells Venezuelan businessmen the government opposes all restrictions on free trade. He arrives in Caracas with John M. Cabot and a large delegation for a 10 nation goodwill tour to strengthen U.S. Latin American trade ties.
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Caracas
Venezuela
U.S
Milton S. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
John M. Cabot
Latin America
United States
Ninety Year Old Trooper Sells Bonds in Culver City
Mrs. Lillian Castle, a former Broadway and Hollywood silent actress now aged 90, remains active by living by the motto The show must go on. She knitted caps for Alaska based GIs during World War II and recently sold US defense bonds after a White House honor before celebrating her 90th birthday.
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Culver City
Calif
Lillian Castle
Rhee Reveals Softened Stand On Armistice Talks
Rhee says he opposes any truce that leaves Korea divided and will not yield to pressures from allies. He defends his stance in a letter released today two days before a briefing with Eisenhower’s man Clark. In Seoul, anti-truce demonstrations draw hundreds of thousands for a major rally at the capitol.
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Rhee
Clark
Eisenhower
Korea
Free World
Consolidated Bus Drivers Get Training
Consolidated Bus Lines drivers attended a safety course at the Biltmore Hotel in a first session of a series. The second session by the company’s insurer was planned for Asia Restaurant at noon today. Sam Moore, vice president, and Lindsay Moore, secretary treasurer, spoke yesterday with three insurance representatives among the participants.
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Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc
Biltmore Hotel
Asia Restaurant
Sam Moore
Lindsay Moore
Thieves Pilfer Candy Store in Overnight Break In
A break in at Kel Leys Kandies damaged a soft drink machine with about 5 dollars in damage, likely by juveniles. Five Points Garage reported a rear window entry and 3 dollars missing from a shelf. An unrelated note mentions hog disease reductions through garbage-fed swine.
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Kelley’s
Kandies
Five Points Garage
Sheriff's Deputies
Asheboro Firm Seeks Review of Bankruptcy Decision
Creditors of Regal Furniture Company of Asheboro ask Judge Johnson J. Hayes to review a bankruptcy ruling by referee Rufus W. Reynolds. They object to the priority assignments totaling 266000 valuation and tax collections plus several deed trusts including 57000 by Cuber, 50000 by Crawford, and 26500 by National Upholstery Company.
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Johnson J. Hayes
Regal Furniture Company of
Asheboro
Rufus W. Reynolds
Abram B. Dice
C. C. Crawford
Rogers M. Fred
George KE. Beckett
R. B. Culler
National Upholstery Company
Walter E. Crissman
Reynolds
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Cuber
Crawford
National
Fairfield Church Group to Meet
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Fairfield Church will meet at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the home of Mrs. Sherman Tuttle. All members are urged to be present.
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Women's Society of Christian Service of
Fairfield Church
Sherman Tuttle
Woman Claims She Was Misled Into Marriage
Florence King Beasley sues William E Beasley in municipal court claiming she was deceived into marrying him after believing his divorce from John William King was final. She says she then divorced Beasley and seeks annulment, arguing she remained married to King at the time of the Beasley marriage in January 1951. The filing notes a 60 day cohabitation with Beasley. Also notes Gertrude Thompson Thacker seeks divorce from Rufus Isaac Thacker.
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Municipal Court
Florence King Beasley
William E. Beasley
Taintiff
John William King
Beasley
King
Florida
Gertrude Thompson Thacker
Rufus Isaac Thacker
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