ECC Board Approves 2.9 Million in Permanent Improvements
East Carolina College trustees approve 2.899 million dollars for permanent improvements including a football stadium dormitory and campus upgrades. Plans go to the Advisory Budget Commission. government loans of 1.5 million and 250 thousand for women’s dormitories are sought.
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Greenville
N.C
East Carolina College
ECC Board of Trustees
John D. Messick
ECC
College Union
Messick
UNC To Get Memorial To Parker
The University of North Carolina will receive a portrait and a scholastic awards fund in memory of late Federal Judge John J. Parker. A Charlotte committee led by W. S. ORobinson Jr. will organize the presentation and fund raising. Parker, Union County native and UNC alumnus, died in Washington on March 17 after 33 years on the federal bench. He had served as chief judge of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. The committee includes Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Harris, and Robert Lassiter Jr., all of Charlotte.
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Charlotte
University of North Carolina
John J. Parker
W. S. O' Robinson Jr
Judge Parker
Union County
Tive
The
University
Washington
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Robinson
Charles W. Tillett
Harris
Robert Lassiter Jr
Train suspension trims Raleigh Greensboro Goldsboro service
Southern Railway, under a State Utilities Commission order signed Friday and effective Saturday, eliminates two trains between Greensboro and Goldsboro and keeps through Asheville Raleigh Pullman service. Trains Nos. 111 and 112 are removed, while the Asheville Raleigh Pullman runs between Greensboro and Goldsboro on trains 16 east and 13 west, with more limited trips but earlier morning arrivals at both endpoints.
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Raleigh
Southern Railway
State Utilities Commission
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Southern
Asheville
Asheville - Raleigh
Ashville
Protection Against X Ray Voted
The House of Delegates of the North Carolina Dental Society voted to cooperate with the North Carolina Medical Society to protect the public from misuse of X rays and radiation. Dr. C L Edwards of Washington DC introduced the resolution and said action by the Legislature or State Board of Health would curb improper use. Memorial services were held for 15 members who died in the past year.
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Pinehurst
N.C
House of Delegates
North Carolina Dental Society
North Carolina Medical Society
C. L. Edwards
Rhyne urges law to end arms race and avert war
Charles S. Rhyne of the American Bar Association told a Duke Law Day audience that war with Russia is inevitable unless law governing nations replaces the arms race. He argued a peace under law and justice is the needed mechanism to maintain global peace.
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Durham
Charles S. Rhyne
American Bar Assn
Russia
Charlotte
Washington
Duke University Law Day
Duke
State Highway Commission to review 59 projects funds
Raleigh report notes Highway Director W F Babcock will present recommendations for more than 20 million dollars for highway improvements. He plans 59 projects under the emergency federal aid program totaling about 13.9 million. The commission will also review low bids totaling 9.03 million for 22 projects across 23 counties.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
W. F. Babcock
Babcock
Commission
Novelist to Speak at North Carolina Meeting in Greenville
Mrs. Englis Fletcher of Edenton will open the annual meeting of the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association in Greenville with a talk on her historical novels focusing on Albemarle country. Rev. W M Howard will close the event with a talk on the history of the church in North Carolina. Most sessions take place at East Carolina College.
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Greenville
N.C
Englis Fletcher
Edenton
North Carolina Literary and Historical Assn
Albemarle
North Carolina
W. M. Howard
East Carolina College
Burlington Attorney Seeks YDC Post
Burlington attorney Louis C. Allen Jr. has entered the 1958 race for president of the North Carolina Young Democratic Clubs. Basile L. Sherrill, Alamance County YDC Chapter president, announced the candidacy and said the group will campaign actively for him.
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Burlington
YDC Post
Burlington, N.C
Louis C. Allen Jr
North Carolina
Young Democratic Clubs
Allen
Basil L. Sherrill
Alamance County
YDC
Fireworks Display Fire Damages Dayton Building
A southwest Dayton aerial fireworks show caused a blaze at a two story display building. Lightning struck the structure used to showcase products for wholesale buyers. Damages were estimated at about 70000 dollars, with no celebration for the fire and the United Fireworks Manufacturing Co. involved. President Walter Bachler commented on the loss.
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Dayton
Ohio
United Fireworks Manufacturing Co
Walter Bachler
Boxers Giardello Calhoun Fight at Cow Palace Tonight
In San Francisco boxers Joey Giardello and Rory Calhoun headline at the Cow Palace while evangelist Billy Graham rests. Graham’s San Francisco crusade reaches week two with 135,500 attendees over eight days and a six week program.
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San Francisco
Joey Giardello
Rory Calhoun
Cow Palace
Billy Graham
Graham
Jesus
Rhode Island
Christ
Jesus Christ
Bride Show Director To Wed From Hospital Bed
Miss Barbara Foley 28 a KYW Cleveland Bride Show director will marry in a North Carolina hospital today while recovering from a crash that injured her and fiancé Emil Tengen 39. Both Akron Ohio natives with local stations WCUE and Standard Mould Co. He plans to return to Akron soon as Foley remains in a sling for three weeks. Ronnie Tengen 15 and Judy 16, siblings, were lightly hurt and back in Ohio. The crash followed a visit to Riverside Military Academy Gainesville Ga.
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Mountairy
N.C
Barbara Foley
KYW
Cleveland
Ohio
Emil Tengen
Meadows
Canada
Akron
Foley
WCUE
Tengen
Akron Standard Mould Co
Plane pilot reports house fire along St Johns River
An incoming airliner pilot alerted authorities to a mansion fire along the St Johns River in Jacksonville. Firemen arrived too late to save the $45,000 suburban home. neither the pilot nor the airline were identified.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Johns River
Negroes Told To Register And Vote In Jacksonville
A mass meeting at St Paul AME Church urged Black residents to register and vote as the answer to bomb threats. The group plans a door to door campaign with NAACP backing and will form a central coordinating organization for about 94 000 Negroes in Jacksonville area. Police tied bombings in Jacksonville to similar cases in 21 cities and named a possible single organization responsible.
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Jacksonville
Fla
St. Paul Ame
United Action
National Assn
U. S. Justice Department
Glenn B. Washington
NAACP
Robert W. Saunders
Tampa
South
Haydon Burns
Leroy Collins
Saunders
Winston-Salem
Chatham County
N.C
James David Lilley
H. V. Branch
Lilley
Branch
Clay County
Weather forecast for northwest to northeast states
A cool pattern extends from the northwest across the upper east and into the northeastern states. Temperatures remain mild in some areas with a potential for cooler nights and light winds shaping the day.
Weather outlook with warm day and mild night
The forecast shows a high of 80 today and a low of 64 last night. Tonight’s low is 62 and tomorrow’s high 72. Sunset is at 7 10 p m and sunrise at 5 23 a m.
Rain Dampens South Across Regions With Cooler Air
The report notes cool weather spreading from the Great Lakes to the Ohio Valley with temperatures up to 20 degrees lower than 24 hours earlier. Showers and thunderstorms stretch from the Gulf Coast to the Midwest, dropping over an inch in Kentucky and Arkansas while light rain sprinkles parts of the mid-Atlantic and New England regions.
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Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Mississippi
Ohio
Ohio River
Gulf Coast
Kentucky
Arkansas
Tuscaloosa
Ala
mid-Atlantic Coast States
New England
Dartmouth Museum Fire Prompted Library Rescue Call
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, claims the oldest U S museum. In 1798 a fire drew cries to save the library while the president urged saving the stuffed zebra from the Natural History gallery.
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Dartmouth College
Hanover
N. H
United States
Dartmouth
North Carolina and South Carolina weather outlook
Forecast covers North and South Carolina with cloudiness and scattered showers or thunderstorms today and tonight. Highs reach 75 to 80 in the mountains and 80s elsewhere, cooler Tuesday. South Carolina stays mostly cloudy with warm temperatures and showers through Tuesday, highs 82 to 90, lows 60 to 66. Extended inland outlook shows rainfall around one inch through Saturday with cooler conditions by midweek.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Piedmont
Coastal Plains
Rocky Mount Publisher Weds in Orlando Honeymoon Begins
Josh L. Horne publisher of the Rocky Mount Telegram married Mrs. Lloyd Nicholson of Orlando on Saturday with Rev. Robert H. McCaslin presiding. Horne, a former AP director, served 17 years on North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development, including 12 as chairman, and honeymooning today in Orlando.
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Orlando
Fla
Josh L. Horne
Rocky Mount Telegram
Horne
Associated Press
Lloyd Nicholson
Mildred Allen
Raleigh
N.C
Robert H. McCaslin
North Carolina Board of Conservation and Development
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