Leaksville Flier Tells About First Landing At South Pole
Leaks ville NC native Lt. Conrad S Shinn led a VX 6 flight landing a ski equipped plane near the Pole at McMurdo Sound The crew included Adm George Dufek and Capt Douglas Cordiner The 49 minute mission reached 58 degrees below zero with frost on windows and oil nearly freezing The feat marked the first landing at the Pole since Scott in 1912 and remains Shinn s most memorable flight.
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Quonset Point
Conrad S. Shinn
Leaksville
N.C
South Pole
Shinn
Navy
Dufek
Cordiner
Stresses Linked to Sterility Study Says Duke Doctor
Dr. Robert N. Creadick of Duke University told the American Academy of General Practice that emotional stress can affect hormones and nerves, contributing to sterility in some cases. He cited the hypothalamus as a key brain center and compared human fertility to dairy cattle milk production amid emotional upsets. The physician noted physical causes predominate but urged calm, noting four million babies a year as the national average and calling for adequate food and water.
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ST. Louis
Robert N. Creadick
Duke University
American Academy of General Practice
Creadick
Dismissal of Motions Sought Over Marine Rail Line Lease
A. T. Leary Jr. of Morehead City North Carolina asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to dismiss motions by three railways over his superior offer to lease the 36 mile Marine railroad near his home. The Marine line runs Camp Lejeune to Havelock and Havelock to Cherry Point with connections by Atlantic and East Carolina tracks.
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Washington
A. T. Leary Jr
Morehead City
N.C
Interstate Commerce Commission
Leary
ICC Southern Railway
Atlantic Coast Line
Camp Lejeune Railroad Co
Atlantic & East Carolina Railway Co
ICC
Camp Lejeune
Havelock
Cherry Point Marine Air Base
Atlantic & East Carolina
Chiropractor Charged After Assault Attempt in Raeford
Dr. Perry Odum, 39, faces trial at the April term of Hoke Superior Court on a charge of attempting to rape Verna Stanton, 49, wife of Raeford Police Chief Lawrence Stanton. Bond set at 2500. Stanton testified Odum assaulted her March 1 at his clinic, exposing himself and making advances as she sought back treatment.
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Raeford
N.C
Hoke Superior Court
Perry Odum
Harry ‘Greene
Odum
Verna Stanton
Lawrence Stanton
Wiretap Trial Ends With Fines
Federal Judge Johnson J. Hayes fined Durham housing officials J Leslie Atkins Jr and H H Stallings $400 each for conspiring to tap the telephone of a housing project resident. They pleaded no contest after the evidence and were sentenced as the court showed mercy. A juror acquitted suspended Durham Policeman Hubert E Pennington who was charged with monitoring the wire tap on Bettie Florence Knight’s telephone at Few Gardens housing project. The indictment alleged a conspiracy between Atkins and Stallings.
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Durham
Johnson J. Hayes
J. Leslie Atkins Jr
H. H.stallings
Durham Housing Authority
Hubert E. Pennington
Bettie Florence Knight
Reside of
Few Gardens
Atkins
Stallings
Room adjoins clinic noted no outcry on March 1
A statement reports the suspect's room adjoins the clinic and that no outcry or noises of struggle were heard on March 1. Investigators note no sounds indicating a disturbance at that time.
Escapee Surrenders After 23 Years
Jackson Michigan Thomas Fay 50 surrendered to police after living under an alias Thomas McGrail for 23 years as a 1933 North Carolina prison escapee. He faced a non support charge and said he surrendered to avoid fingerprint checks exposing his past. Fay, convicted of 1932 armed robbery in Asheville NC, had settled in Jackson since 1934.
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Jackson, Mich
Thomas Fay
North Carolina
Kenneth Gress
Gress
Fay
Thomas McGrail
Fred Foster
Helen
Foster
Caledonia
Raleigh
N.C
Asheville
N. C
Jackson
Michigan
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