Prisoner Is Free After 8 Years On Death Row
Hubert Creighton, 47, left Central Prison on a federal order after eight years for an armed robbery conviction. Judge John D. Larkins Jr ruled he was denied due process due to lack of counsel and missing witnesses. Creighton plans to publicize prison mistreatment and seek work while staying with his Cary father.
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Raleigh
Hubert Creighton
Central Prison
Raleigh Western Union
John D. Larkins Jr
Eastern District Federal Court
Creighton
Wake Superior Court
Larkins
Central
al Ballard
Raleigh News and Observer
Thurmond attacks Kennedy policy on military censorship
Sen. Strom Thurmond assailed the Kennedy administration over military censorship in a Atlanta speech at an anti-communism seminar. He accused the Pentagon and State Department of weak defense of anti-Communist statements and charged executive privilege shields censored material.
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Atlanta
Strom Thurmond
D-S.c
Kennedy
State Department
Pentagon
American Committee
Waldo M. Slaton American Legion
Senate
Thurmond
Defense
Berlin Wall
Robert McNamara
High Priced Collection Being Held
A quarter million dollar coin collection belonging to George Walton was placed in custody after he was killed in a head on car crash on U S 264 east of Middlesex North Carolina. The collection includes a 1913 Liberty Head V nickel valued at fifty to sixty five thousand dollars. Walton planned to exhibit the coins in Wilson and hoped the collection would go to a museum such as the Smithsonian after his death. Walton was alone in his car when it struck a car driven by Leona Perry. Perry and a passenger May Strickland were hospitalized in Raleigh with non life threatening injuries.
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Middlesex
N.C
Here
George Walton
Charlotte
Walton
Wilson
U.S. 264
Moonshiners Face Profits and Tax Fraud Big Losses
The article breaks down moonshine economics from $1 cost to $16 retail and $32 per gallon, outlining profits for shiners, wholesalers, and retailers. It estimates $3 billion in untaxed whisky sales annually with $575 million in tax losses, and urges stricter penalties and coordinated federal state local enforcement with more funding.
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Beverage Industries
Ketch Guinevere Survivors Tell of Sea Battle
Three survivors Rodney Strule Heather Strule and Richard Murtaugh told how the 80 hour battle with gale winds and heavy seas left the Ketch Guinevere sinking off the U S east coast before the tanker Esso Greenville came to aid them.
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Freeport
Grand Bahama Island
Guinevere
Esso Greenville
Rodney Strule
Berkingside
Ilford
England
Heather
London
Richard L. Murtaugh
New Milford
N.J
Atlantic
Jacksonville
Fla
North Carolina fugitive brands Kennedy ally of the Klan
Robert Williams, a NC man who fled to Havana after kidnapping charges, told Cuban TV that U S Atty Gen Robert Kennedy sympathizes with the Ku Klux Klan. He urged Cubans to back a UN Human Rights petition for those jailed over Monroe NC race disturbances.
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Key West
Fla
North Carolina
Havana
U.S
Friends of
Cuba
Miss Warner
Havana Radio
Williams
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
Monroe
N. C
Renault Owner Calls Out Car Advisor Over Fuel Estimate
A Renault owner accuses Joe of deceit after the car allegedly averages 39.9 miles per gallon instead of the promised 40. The confrontation highlights trust issues in vehicle performance claims.
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Jim
Joe
Norh Warns of Monopolists and Cuban Influence
Norh quotes that monopolists fear Cuban unrest spreading to his country. He says people have been misled by a flood of lies in daily newspapers that withhold truth. He warns that some truth is seeping through to his people and notes a great danger of nuclear war.
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Norh
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Cary
John
Moonshiner
Strules
Annapolis
Henry Nieves
Brooklyn
N.Y
St. Thomas
Strule
Southport
Charleston
D.C
V Brick and Tile
Rugee Sin Sinan
Beauty
Luster
S. Main ST
Isenhour
J Salisbury
N. Main Street
High Point, N. C
ALOE
Saunders Furniture CO
E. Washington Ph
Service
Building Contractors
North Carolina Oil Heat Council
P. O
J. B. White Construction Co
S. Hamilton
Century Floor Coverings, Inc
Moen
Buchanan Plumbing & Heating
N. Hamilton St
High Point N. C
Thomasville, MN
SEARS
Roebuck and OO
N. Main St
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