Violent Deaths Rise Across North Carolina Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports at least 16 people died violently in the state. Victims include John Melvin Hill, 24, of Mount Airy after a car plunge. Samuel Wagoner, 32, of Wilmington in a truck crash. a 9 year old boy in Albemarle. Wallace Parker, 5, near Murfreesboro. Sven Smith, 40, of Maysville near Jacksonville. Martin Luther Sides, 55, of Aberdeen in a head on collision. William Burte, 38 of Halifax. James Beeton, 36 of Maury in a car overturn. Drownings include James Aldridge, 17, of Norwood in Lake Tillery and Bobby Phelps, 24, with Elmer Spray, 22, near Winston-Salem in the Yadkin River flood. More details on page two.
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John Melvin Hill
Rt. 5
Mount Airy
Mt. Airy
Samuel Sales Wagoner
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Albemarle
Glen Martin
Margaret
Richfield
Wallace Leo Parker
Murfreesboro
Sven Smith
Maysville
US 17
Jacksonville
Aberdeen
Martin Luther Sides
Raeford
William Burte
Halifax
Roanoke Rapids
James Beeton
Maury
James Aldridge
Norwood
Lake Tillery
Bobby Phelps
Elmer Spray
Route One
Advance
Yadkin River
Phelps
Blustering Bosses Reach for Help and God
A religious essay notes that boastful, domineering people hide weaknesses and fear aid. It urges recognizing personal flaws and accepting God’s guidance. Those who live close to God offer peace and calm to others, while resisting help harms relationships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
God
Closed Meeting Deliberates Civil Rights Move in Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee plans a closed session to discuss civil rights legislation after the House bill was placed on the Senate calendar by Sen Knowland. Chairman Eastland declines predictions as Republicans use a rare rule to bypass the committee, sparking debate over the committee system. Agreement to delay any floor move until after July 8.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ae Ee
Senate
Sen
Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Committee
Knowland
California
House
Judiciary Committee
Russell
Dixie
Obscenity Law Upheld By Court
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, upheld the federal obscenity statute banning mailing indecent literature. Justice Brennan wrote for the majority that obscenity is not protected by the First Amendment, while Justices Black, Douglas and Harlan dissented. Samuel Roth, the New York publisher, had been convicted and sentenced to five years and a $5,000 fine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Brennan
Warren
Frankfurter
Burton
Clark
Whittaker
Black
Douglas
Harlan
Samuel Roth
New York
Roth
Fifth Bomb Exploded In Nuclear Tests
The fifth shot of the current nuclear test series at the Nevada ATOMIC TEST SITE went off at 6 30 this morning over Frenchman Flat. The blast exceeded earlier yields and observers 40 miles away described it as a second sunrise. The device was dropped from a balloon about 700 feet up and involved 835 pigs for radiation exposure study.
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Nev. H
Fiat
Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
NAACP Cautions Demos On Negro Vote Trend
At Detroit ahead of its 48th annual convention the NAACP warned the Democratic party about the Negro vote trend. The report says last year’s elections showed Black voters losing patience with the Southern wing and its obstinate stance against civil rights legislation. It notes ongoing segregation moves despite formal outlawing, hinting at subtler color line devices.
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Detroit
National Assn. For the Advancement of
Democratic Party
NAACP
Kishi Seeks Trade With Red China
Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi said Japan aims to boost peaceful goods trade with Communist China to 200 million dollars a year. He commented on the Girard case and status of forces matters, stressing no need to revise pacts and ruling out new discriminatory textile barriers.
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New York
Nobusuke Kishi
Japan
China
Kishi
United States
Control Block Blamed For Air Crash
In PORT HARDY B C a Pacific Western Air lines plane killed 14 of 18 aboard after takeoff bound for Vancouver. Preliminary report cites ground control block left on the tail assembly as the probable cause. Captain Gerald W Allen of Vancouver reported unsatisfactory feel and requested a return for checkup.
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Port Hardy
B. C
Pacific Western Airlines
Vancouver
Gerald W. Allen
Quakes Recorded At Chapel Hill
Two quakes were recorded in 24 hours by UNC seismograph chief Evelyn Sinha. A mild tremor at 1:30 a.m. possibly near Knoxville, Tennessee registered about 200 miles away. A second deep focus quake occurred in the Pacific region around 4:45 a.m. today.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
University of North Carolina
Evelyn Sinha
Knoxville, Tenn
Knoxville
Pacific
New Storms Hit Texas Oklahoma and Kansas
Violent weekend storms battered Texas Oklahoma and Kansas causing injuries and crop damage. A hailstorm near Ft Stockton injured nineteen Mexican farmers, sixteen hospitalized, resembling victims of a drunken brawl. Heavy rainfall and floods affected Woodward Ellis counties and Lakin Kansas with railroad washout and later restoration.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Ft. Stockton
Tex
Rnk Dando Gennes Ladies
Midland
West
Woodward
Ellis Counties
Lakin
Kan
Santa Fe
Governors Oppose Picking 1960 Presidential Successor
Republican governors at the 49th state chiefs conference in Williamsburg oppose any move by President Eisenhower to designate a successor. California’s Goodwin Knight favors such action if it serves party and country, while Maryland’s Theodore McKeldin doubts it. Nominations and Nixon potential are debated amid Democratic skepticism.
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Williamsburg
Ae Yoo Eisenhower
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Eisenhower
Knight
Theodore R. McKeldin
Maryland
McKeldin
Nixon
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Vernon W. Thomson
Wisconsin
John E. Davis
North Dakota
Young GOP Rejects School Aid
The Young Republican national federation rejected President Eisenhower’s five year, adidas dollar school aid plan and approved a substitute resolution vowing opposition to federal aid for general public education. The group also rejected mandatory unionism and backed modest tax cuts and budget discipline. John M. Ashbrook was elected chairman and Miss Jerrie Kent named cochairman.
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Washington
Young Republican National Federation
Eisenhower
John M. Ashbrook
Johnstown
Ohio
Federation
Jerrie Kent
Johnson City
Tenn
Rep
Reece
D-Tenn
Cochairman
Scientists claim near clean hydrogen bomb progress
Three University of California physicists told President Eisenhower that a hydrogen bomb could be produced with about 95 percent less radioactive fallout. AEC Chairman Strauss cited progress since January and said more details cannot be discussed for security reasons. The scientists asserted all tests to date have yielded negligible radioactivity, while debating the impact of a wartime moratorium on testing.
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Washington
Atomic Energy
Eisenhower
University of California
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Ernest O. Lawrence
Mark M. Mills
Edward Teller
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Dr. Tellem
White House
Three Youths Held In Slaying Of South Philadelphia Father
Three youths confessed to killing Martin Daniels Sr. in Philadelphia as revenge for a quarrel with his son. A 30-30 rifle shot struck the 35 year old as he sat on his porch. The plan allegedly originated with Daniels Jr. and involved Curt is Edwards and Albert Stolis in a cemetery ambush. Grover Edwards, father of the shooter, was executed in 1955 for a separate murder.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Martin Daniels Sr
South Philadelphia
Hemi
David H. Roberts Roberts
Daniels
Martin Jr
Curtis Raymond Edwards
Albert Stolis
Edwards
Wil- Edwards
Grover Cleveland Edwards
Slaying Suspect Teens Held After Father’s Fatal Shot
Detectives take three teens into custody after Martin Daniels Jr., 16, was killed on his doorstep. Curtis Raymond Edwards, 16, is charged with firing the fatal shot. Albert Stolis, 15, allegedly lay in ambush in a cemetery opposite the Daniels home.
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Albert Stolis
Daniels
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A, D, Owndey
Carolina
Attorney General
Red
Girard
Oyrncane
Ukocal
BY Ike
GOP
Robert E. Smylie
Idaho
Young Gop
Martin Daniels Jr
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