Trustees Near Decision on Presbyterian College Site
Raleigh trustees hear site deliberations for a four year college merging Flora Macdonald College Peace Junior College and Presley Junior College with an estimated cost between 8 and 10 million dollars. Five Eastern North Carolina communities Rocky Mount Wilmington Fayetteville Lumberton Laurinburg remain in the running as ballots proceed. final decision may wait until tomorrow.
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Raleigh
Roposed Consolidated Presbyrian College
North Carolina
Harold J. Dudley
North Carolina Presbyterian Synod
Rocky Mount
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Lumberton
Laurinburg
Dudley
Flora Macdonald College
Red Springs
Peace Junior College
Presley Junior College
Maxton
Beard Helps Nor Bank Robber Fail Says Augusta News
James Earl Paulos 21 of Duluth Minnesota was arrested in Augusta after an attempted bank robbery in North Augusta. He admitted the beard was to hide his identity as he drove from Duluth toward St Petersburg Florida. A bank bookkeeper screamed when a gun was shown and the man fled. Police say he wore a mustache and goatee and Minnesota plates on the car. He said he wore the beard because Duluth celebrated a centennial and many men sported beards.
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Augusta
James Earl Paulos
Duluth
Minn
North Augusta
Paulos
North Augusta Banking Co
St. Petersburg
Fla
Edward Miller
Georgia Smith
Minnesota
W. W. Jackson
South Carolina
Geordie
Britons Press Cyprus Crackdown as Middle East Tensions Rise
London reports intensified British military measures in Cyprus and a hard line against unrest amid Arab-Israeli clashes. Eden recalls 15 senior officers after Glubb's ouster as Makarios resists self governance terms and Cyprus remains a key Mediterranean base for British forces.
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London
Britain
Middle East
Cyprus
Anthony Eden
Jordans Arab Legion
John Bagot Glubb
House of Commons
East Mediterranean
Alan Lennox- Boyd
Makarios
Greece
Lennox-Boyd
Commons
Nicosia
Eden
Hussein
Glubb
Jordan
Arab Legion
Desert Army
Queen Elizabeth
Dulles Calls for SEATO Armed Force Strength
Dulles argues SEATO forces must grow through material and spiritual development to sustain peace. He links nonmilitary aid to U S Asia policy, endorsing Colombo Plan and bilateral assistance while condemning Soviet Chinese expansion and colonial domination.
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Pineau
Dulles
U. S
Asia
Penny Falls Down Air Duct in Louisville Kid Trapped
A three year old boy in Louisville, Kentucky crawled into a cold air duct after a penny found, became five feet down a curved duct and cried out. His mother lowered a sheet, the child grabbed it, and responders were summoned for rescue.
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Louisville
Schweinhart
Joseph E. Schweinhart
Gary
Ig Soca
Pace
Market gains push stocks near record. volume slows
New York stocks advanced in fitful trading after a strong run to fresh highs in recent sessions. Gains were small with many issues up only a point or two as total volume lagged behind yesterday’s 3,090,000 shares, while sectors like non ferrous metals and rails showed strength amid copper price optimism.
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New York
Zenith Radio
Seaboard Railroad
Ford Motor
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
Kefauver Challenges Kefauver on Air Power Gap
Senate debate centers on claims that the United States lags behind the Soviet Union in aerial and missile power. Kefauver asserts Russia produced a "supersonic bomber" and questions Eisenhower’s missile program decisions. Saltonstall rebuts as a political attack while denying certain briefing details.
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Washington
Sen
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
Kefauver
Senate Armed Services Committee
Rochester
N.H
Soviet Union
Armed Services
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Armed Services Group
Symington
D-Mo
Jackson
D-Wash
Twining
Test of North Carolina School Law Heads to Courts
MARION NC The first test of North Carolina 1955 public school law moves through the courts Judge George B Patton ruled that Old Fort Negroes cannot file a joint petition for admission to the white Old Fort elementary school The ruling requires individual petitions The Supreme Court may take up the case after an appeal by Samuel S Mitchell Raleigh attorney for the Negroes If Patton is upheld the case goes to federal court The 4th U S Court of Appeals advised exhausting state remedies before returning to federal court
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Marion
N.C
North Carolina
George B. Patton
McDowell County
Old Fort
Samuel S. Mitchell
Raleigh
Supreme Court
High Court
Patton
Mitchell
U.S. Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Swedish Immigrant Maria Lindstrom to Celebrate 103rd Birthday
Maria C. Lindstrom, a Swedish immigrant in Chicago, defies a doctor’s 42 year old death prognosis and plans to celebrate her 103rd birthday on Thursday.
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Chicago
Maria C. Lindstrom
Sweden
Greensboro Man Held For Hit Run In North Carolina
Greensboro man Lonnie S. Simmons, 33, held on 10000 bond for hit and run driving and related charges after a motorcycle collision injuring two Ft. Bragg soldiers. Co‑defendant June Murray, 17, held on 500 bond for careless driving and related offenses. Soldiers Pfe. Martin D. Johnson and Pfe. Ray Myzie not seriously hurt. The piece ends noting U S pet ownership figures.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Greensboro
Lee County
Ft. Bragg
Simmons
Roma Dalton Murray
Bergen
Olivia
Martin D. Johnson
Pfe
Ray Myzie
Minister Harry C. Smith Dies at 65 in Raleigh
The Rev. Harry C. Smith a noted Methodist minister died of a heart attack at Rex Hospital after Sunday services He was 65 He served since 1948 as Hayes Barton Church pastor and previously led several North Carolina districts Funeral services set for 11 a m Thursday at Hayes Barton Church with burial in Maplewood Cemetery He leaves his wife three daughters including two wives of ministers and a sister in Charlotte Ontario.
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Raleigh
Harry C. Smith
Rex Hospital
Smith
Hayes Barton Methodist Church
Durham
Fayetteville
Rockingham
North Carolina
Hayes Barton
Maplewood
W. D. Boddie
Bunkie, la
Jack Cooke
Welch
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