Klan Trial Reopens as Judge Validates Indictments
Judge Clawson L Williams ruled the defendants were properly indicted under a local statute after convening a new grand jury of 150. The defense sought to quash, arguing jury illegality due to prior Klan membership questions. The judge criticized legislators for meddling with the courts.
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Fearing
Clawson L. Williams
Anple
Willams
Woodrow John-word
South Carolina
Williams
Ier
Budget Commission Set to Hear 135 Milar Improv Plan
The State Advis ory Budget Commission will meet tomorrow in Raleigh to hear a report on the 135 mil per manent improvements program for state institutions. The body will also outline its biennial tour of state institutions and draft the budget for the 1953 General Assembly.
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Raleigh
State Advisory Budget Commission
D. Coltrane
Coltrane
Th Scott
Hubert E. Olive
Cole
William. B. Um
Iris Varieties and Garden Notes at Harold’s Home
A reader recounts visiting Harold’s garden at 806 Barbee Street where Mrs. and Mr. Alexander showcased 137 iris varieties and nonblooming plants. They discuss light blue fleur iris, soil acidity, and breeding advances, noting blooms peak in early week.
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Harold
Barbee Street
Alexander
France
Dale
Norwegian airliner crash leaves 11 dead near Oslo
An NRK carrier crashed on a mountain southwest of Oslo killing 11 of 29 aboard. Police identify eight passengers all whaling crew from the Antarctic and three of four crew members dead. Ten seriously injured. eight minor. Six survivors reached a mountain farm six miles away. Two thousand volunteers aided transport.
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Oslo
Norway
Antartic
Drangedal
Girl Defendant Receives Suspended Sentence Yet Arrested Again
A 17 year old girl on suspended sentence for larceny was arrested with two boys for allegedly stealing three gallons of gasoline from John Banks. Howard Falk, 21, and Bill Dilldine, 18, were also charged, while Falk faced a liquor violation and Dilldine lacked a driver’s license. The Stevenson girl had earlier claimed she would move to Asheboro to stay out of trouble.
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Margie Stevenson
English Street
Howard Falk
Winston Road
Bill Dilldine
Mangum Avenue
John Banks
Stevenson
Asheboro A
Falk
Dilldine
Insurance Party To Lead New York Delegation
J. M. Everitt representing Pit Life Insurance Company industrial division and Mrs. Everitt head the local delegation bound for New York. Also traveling are P J Poteat, Bill Nelms, Mr and Mrs G Lambeth, Mr and Mrs C H Lambeth, and couples from Thomasville Asheboro including E Freeman and P A Gallimore.
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J. M. Everitt
Ivdustrial Division
Pit Life Insurance Company
Thomasville
G. Kaney
Asheboro
E. Freeman
P. A. Gallimore
High Point Rose Society to Hold May Rose Show
The High Point Men's Rose Society plans a rose show in the Central Friends House annex on Tuesday May 20. Show chair H R Williamson names committee chairs J H Walker Jr L B Dutton Jack Dunn and Dr T R Zimmerman. Amateur and outdoor roses invited to enter. exhibits open to the public after judging from about 11 a m to 9 p m.
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High Point Men's Rose Society
Central Friends
H.R. Williamson
J. H Walker, Jr
L. B. Dutton
Jack Dunn
T. R. Zimmerman
Funeral services for R. T. Childs 72
Funeral services for R. T. Childs aged 72 were held at Cumby Orrell chapel this afternoon at 4 o clock. Rev Dail pastor of Pentecostal Fishiness Church on Highland Avenue conducted the service. Burial was in Floral Garden Park cemetery. Mr Childs died in Cleveland Tennessee early Saturday morning after a brief illness.
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R. T.childs
Cumby-Orrell
iRev Dail
Penecostal Fishiness Church
Highland Avenue
Floral Garden Park
NATO Extends Defense Guarantees to Germany Pending EDC Pact
NATO today formally approved a protocol to extend defense guarantees to West Germany once the European Defense Community treaty is finalized. The move ties NATO to aid other EDC members if their territorial Leninist political independence or security is threatened, with ratification still required and no action expected before late month.
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Ae Hudson
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
NATO Council
NATO
EDC
Belgium
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Weston
West Germany
Cites
Negro Woman Injured in Two Vehicle Crash
Bertha Williams, a Black woman of 1622 Kivett Drive, suffers a broken left arm and rib after a two car collision at Thurston and Elm Streets. Maxaene Williams, a soldier, drove the other car, a 1952 Chevrolet. Vehicle damage totals about 600 dollars to Williams and 350 to the soldier’s car. A second collision at Willowbrook and West Broad Streets involved Kate Burton Ragan and Billy Sherral Ingram with 8 dollars in damage and no charges.
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Bertha Williams
Kivett Drive
Southeen
Thurston and
Elm Streets
Williams
Thurston Street
Maxaeene Williams
R M McKinney Dies at High Point Home
Robert Mover McKinney longtime High Point resident died after midnight at his 111 Filbert Street in ill health. Born July 18 1884 in Stokes County he worked in furniture prior to 1938 and was a Woodmen of the World member. Survived by wife, daughter Dorothy Brown, son Bob C McKinney, brother Quince McKinney, sister Nannie McKinney. Funeral at Yow's Chapel Wednesday at 2 pm with interment Guilford Memorial Park.
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Robert Mover McKinney
High Point
Filbert Street
Stokes County
Dilworth
Laura King McKinney
Wood‘men of the World
Dorothy Brown
Bob C. McKinney
Greensboro
Quince McKinney
Westfield
Nannie McKinney
Permits Issued For Three Residences
City building inspectors issued three building permits. Two go to 8S. D. Girson Jr. for two duplex homes on Richardson Street, each costing $8,000 with six rooms. The third permit to C. Wate Davis of 721 Bridges Street for a $4,000 home with four rooms.
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D. Girson, Jr
Richardson Street
C. Wate Davis
Bridges Street
Bank official admits taking $450000 to help troubled borrowers
William Horley a church leader and charity worker confessed to embezzling about $450000 from seven accounts at Perth Amboy First Bank and Trust Co over five years to fund loans to financially distressed individuals. The scheme, insured, involved investments lost in the market and Horley cooperated with authorities and the bonding company.
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William Horley
Middlesex County
Alex
Eber
Harley
Perth Amboy First Ban and Trust Co
Horley
E. Bond
Ma Security
Attem
Werner
George “I Nova
Peter's Scopa
Boyd
Samuel C. Farrell
Aiece
Fiction Prize Awarded New York Navy Novel
In New York the fiction prize goes to a wartime Navy novel titled The Caine Mutiny. The author is recognized for a work set aboard a destroyer, depicting leadership struggles and moral questions during wartime.
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New York
Lion Cub Sent To Zoo
A six month old lion cub named Sheba was sent to the zoo after its owner Mrs. Sidney Lewin concluded the animal’s strength was too great. The cub had been given to her son Donn, a professional wrestler, during a campaign in Texas in December. The piece also notes major 1982 Pulitzer winners including Herman Wouk for fiction and Joseph Kramm for The Shrike, with St. Louis Post-Dispatch cited for its corruption exposure and John M. Hightower receiving international reporting honors.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Sidney Lewin
Sheba
Donn
Texas
Joseph Kramm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Internal Revenue Bureau
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Columbia University
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Federal Reserve System
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