Bomber To Note Air Flow Tests Across 17 Areas
The FAA authorized a waiver of air traffic rules for Air Force tests by a B66 twin jet bomber from March 21 to May 23. Douglas Aircraft will conduct daylight flights over 17 tracks at 290 to 1,000 feet, speeds up to 360 knots, with routes avoiding congested areas. Notable sites include Shaw AFB, Brevard and Highlands in North and South Carolina, Clayton and Myrtle Beach in Georgia and South Carolina, and Cape Fear River to Crescent Beach.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Agency
Air Force
Douglas Aircraft Co
Shaw Afb
Sumter
S.C
Brevard
N.C
Highlands
Clayton
Pickens
Valhalla
Southport
N. C
Coast Line
Crescent Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Fear River
Myrtle Beach
Wilmington
Lake Waccamaw
Kershaw
Camden
Man Dies From Burns On Body
In Sanford North Carolina an elderly Black railroad fireman Flynn Foushee aged 63 died in hospital after being found unconscious at his home with extensive burns on his body. Police noted a burned underwear pile near a wood stove but found no fuel or explosion and suspect he may have crawled into bed after being burned.
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Sanford, N.C
H. G. Harris
Flynn Foushee
Foushee
Harris
Negro Demonstrators March In Winston-Salem Sit-Down at Lunch Counters
A band of Negro demonstrators marched to four locks in Winston-Salem Saturday for about 30 minutes closing four lunch counters in local stores. No trouble occurred and no charges were filed as managers opened the counters after Chief James I. Waller advised. Earlier, 22 demonstrators were charged with trespassing at Woolworth and were convicted in municipal court, a move aimed at deterring further protests.
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Winston-Salem
James I. Waller
Woolworth
Installation Of Chancellor Set Tomorrow
North Carolina State College observes its 73rd birthday as Chancellor John T. Caldwell is installed in a dual ceremony. Gov Hodges performs rites while Chief Justice J Wallace Winborne administers the oath at Reynolds Coliseum with President William C Friday presiding.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
John T. Caldwell
Teeth Sing Radio Waves Signal Hidden Health Risks
A science feature describes how rare human teeth emit faint radio signals from metallic fillings and how living cells respond to radio and radar waves. It notes heating effects and non heating cellular changes, including directed movement in paramecia and deforming heredity, with safety implications for workers and potential medical uses.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Herman P. Schwan
Universities of Pennsylvania
Dr. Schwan
John Heller and Associates
New England Institute For Medical Research
Ridgefield
Conn
Three Men and Driver Face Charges After Fatal Crash
In Southern Pines North Carolina a 22 year old man was held on an open charge after an auto plowed into three men walking in the street Friday night. Martin Ferguson 49 was killed. A E Cheatem 46 in critical condition. Raymond Ritter 34 injured but not seriously. Driver Roosevelt Vamper a black man said he did not see them until he was upon them and faces manslaughter drunk driving and license charges. Ferguson was divorced and had two sons.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Martin Ferguson
Ed Newton
A. E
Bob) Cheatem
Ferguson
Raymond Ritter
Newton
Roosevelt Vamper
Vamper
Cheatem
Fort Bragg Troopers Set for Panama Drill Banyan Tree II
Fort Bragg troops join Brazil Chile Colombia Panama and Peru in Exercise Banyan Tree II a two week maneuver to defend the canal and test STRAC mobility. The 82nd Airborne will jump from Rio Hato and Brazilian troopers will accompany the drop with Panamanian follows and Colombian airlift.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
82Nd Airborne Division
Panama
Eisenhower
Latin America
United States
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Peru
82Nd
Panama Canal Zone
Pacific Coast
Rio Hato
U.S
464Th
Pope Air Force Base
U.S. Army
Caribbean Command
Howard Air Force Base
Canal Zone
Inter American Defense Board
Burglar Struck Pawnshop. Rawlins Officers Nab Suspect Nearby
Short getaway ends soon as Rawlins police catch a man trying to sell stolen radios watches clothing and other items from the Last Chance pawnshop. He was apprehended in a bar next door after the burglary.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Car Truck Collision Kills Two Sailors at Fort Bragg
A car truck crash Friday night near Fort Bragg killed two sailors, Allen Plummer 19 and Lewis Knox 25, who died on arrival at a Fayetteville hospital. Harold Shaw 23 is critically injured, and Marine Thomas L. Tomlin sustained lesser injuries. All were stationed at Norfolk, Virginia. The article notes Newfoundland's population at 300000.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Ft. Bragg
Allen W. Plummer
Walter
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Twin City
National Institute of Neurological Diseases
Schwan
Russell L. Carpenter
Tufts University
Mark Twain
Fort Bragg
Niagara
Niagara of
Greensboro
Main St
High Point, N.C
W. T. Peatross
High Point
Aluminum Products CO
China
Norfolk, Va
Newfoundland
Piedmont
International Fashion Council
Pontiac
North Main Street
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