Severe Storm Strikes Randolph Area With Damaging Winds
Severe winds and heavy rain battered Glenora and Cedar Square in Randolph County. The D S Davis home reported substantial tree damage as a large limb fell on a car while a second gust opened doors and windows. No full damage tally was available at press time.
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
Glenora
Cedar Square
Randolph County
Piedmont
D. S. Davis
Walker Mill Road
Davis
Lightning Strikes Kill Two Children in Winston-Salem
A severe storm in Winston-Salem area fatally struck Ossie Lindsay Douthit Jr. 10 and Bruce Miller 6 as they walked from a field. Their companion William Lee Miller 3 was treated for shock, while nearby Mocksville saw Thomas Blackwelder Jr. 39 die and three others injured from lightning.
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Mocksville
Ossie Lindsay Douthit Jr
Bruce Miller
Kate Bitting Reyn
Olds Memorial Hospital
Miller
Wil
Liam Lee Miller
Thomas Alexander Blackwelder Jr
Rt. 2
Baptist Hospital
Earl Watts
Davie County
Blackwelder
Davie County Hospital
Joe Chaffin
Dwight
J. L. Blackwelder
Boy's Arm Rejoined After Miracle Surgery
Everett Knowles Jr., 12, lost his right arm below the shoulder when a freight car wheel severed it near a Boston track. Three weeks after the accident doctors reattached the limb, a medical first hailed as remarkable and providential.
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Alice Chmielewski
Everett Knowles Jr
Somerville
Mass
Boston Hospital
Annals of Medicine
Everett Knowles
Providence
Handy Card and Paper Co
Red China warns of invasion plans from Formosa
AP reports Peiping radio claims Chiang Kai-shek forces in Taiwan prepare a large scale coastal invasion of the mainland with alleged backing from U.S. imperialism. Officials in Taipei say uprisings may aid a return to the mainland, while Washington maintains no change in policy.
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Tokyo
Red China
U.S
Washington
Formosa
Quemoy
Matsu
Radio Peiping
New China News Agency
Taiwan
Mao Tze-Tung
Chen Cheng
Taipei
Chen
Mainland Recovery Planning Board
Hong Kong
Portuguese Macao
Chiang
Laos forms neutralist coalition government amid civil war tensions
In Vientiane a 19 member coalition pledged neutrality and to end foreign interference as Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma prepares to leave for Cambodia and Paris. Gen Phoumi will veto major decisions, while Souphanouvong serves as deputy premier as the cabinet prepares to meet.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna
Cambodia
Paris
Prince Souphanouvong
The
Pathet Lao
Phoumi
Savan
Tar Heel Day At The Fair
North Carolina marked Tar Heel Day at Seattle World's Fair with Chief Justice Robert C. Finley greening the Plaza of States flag ceremony and rekindling the Flame of Unity. The 166 member Agri-Business caravan and NC delegation toured Oregon and Washington before a luncheon and farewell plane trip.
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Seattle
North Carolina
Pavillion
Fair Area
Washington Supreme Court
Robert C. Finley
Dixie Dynamo
Finley
Albert D. Rosselini
John T. Caldwell
N. C. State College
Terry Sanford
States
Charles Sturkey
Lenoir
Thomasville
Badin
Wadesboro
Judge Finley
Marion
Frank A. Finley
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Veteran North Carolina lawmakers lose in runoffs
In North Carolina Democratic runoffs, four veteran lawmakers were defeated including Carson Gregory in the eighth district by H. D. Mabe Jr. of Erwin who won 2,409 to 2,024. Wooten fell to W. A. Forbes in Pitt with 2,220 to 1,888. C. Alden Baker beat C. D. Ferrell in Pasquotank 1,762 to 1,312. M. L. Daniels Jr. defeated M. Keith Fearing Jr. in Dare 1,092 to 947.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Carson Gregory
Harnett
Frank M. Wooten Jr
Pitt
C. D. Ferrell
Pasquotank
M. Keith Fearing Jr
Dare
Gregory
H. D. Mabe Jr
Erwin
Mabe
Wooten
W. A. Forbes
Farmer
Winterville
Forbes
C. Alden Baker
Elizabeth City
Ferrell
Baker
Fearing
M. L. Daniels Jr
Manteo
Daniels
John Chase
Fairmont
Wayne
Col
Ivey B. Harris
Goldsboro
Harris
Chase
Roland Braswell
Washington
Carl L. Bailey Jr
Raymond B. Smith
Plymouth
Bailey
Smith
Kennedy's Union Strike Challenge Escalates Across Airlines
In New York two major airlines faced engine crews walking out after a stalled bargaining round. A federal court order restrained Pan Am action while Eastern Air Lines announced 18 000 layoffs as flights were canceled or delayed. President Kennedy urged a return to work and warned against irresponsibility.
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New York
Ronald A. Brown
Flight Engineers International Association
Kennedy
Pan American World Airways
Brooklyn
U.S. Dist
George Rosling
Eastern
Pan Am
Trans World Airlines
Fastern
TWA
Felix Martin
Eastern Air Lines Council
Rosling
National Railway Labor Act
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Cuban Rebels Strike Near Havana Killing Militiaman
In Guanabacoa near Havana, counterrevolutionaries opened fire on Militiaman Manuel Aneiro who died at the scene. A second militiaman was fatally wounded and later reported in grave condition. A labor leader urged workers to counter counterrevolution in the ranks.
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Havana
Guanabacoa
Havana Bay
Manuel Aneiro
Aneiro
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Policy Change at Duke Hospital Allows Private Rooms for All
Duke Hospital in Durham announced that private patients of all races creeds and origins may now be admitted to private rooms. The move follows Duke University trustees voting to admit qualified students without regard to race creed or national origin and to end segregation in undergraduate colleges. Duke Hospital has admitted patients of all races for 32 years.
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Durham
N. C
Duke Hospital
Marines Upset At Army Special Forces Focus
Washington report says Marines publicly chafed at the Army’s Special Forces emphasis, arguing counter guerrilla work is ongoing and better supported within the Marine Corps. Lt Gen J C Munn warned against sensationalizing the elite units during a banquet in Allentown Pennsylvania. Army officials offered no official comment on the framing.
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Washington
J. C. Munn
Corps
Munn
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association
Allentown
Army
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Concrete
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Navy
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