Outlaw Ensley Captured After 48-Hour Posse Watch
Ross Ensley 40 of Swain County, long sought for wounding a Bryson City officer and labeled an outlaw, was captured by a 14-man posse near his home two miles west of Bryson City. He faced a 200 dollar reward and was returned to Craggy Prison Camp after surrendering during a rifle loading attempt.
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Rayson City
N.C
Here
Ross Ensley
Swain County
P. C. Froneberger
Ensley
Bryson City
Percival Dehart
Sandlin
Craggy
Buncombe County
Rail Merger Hearing Set To Resume
The Atlantic Coast Line and Seaboard Air Line resume hearings Monday on their merger proposal. The Atlanta phase will be the sixth in five months, with another session planned for May 22 in Miami. The Justice Department seeks more time to prepare its position and opposes automatic ICC approval of the merger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta Cap
Atlantic Coast Line
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Atlanta
Miami
Fla
ACL
Seaboard
Interstate Commerce Commission
Justice Department
Commission
ICC
Department
Tar Heel Farmers Earn More This Year
The Agriculture Department reports North Carolina farmers gained 7.08 million dollars in January and February 1961 over the same period in 1960. Livestock and products rose to 47.489 million while crops brought 25.671 million, with regional gains shown for South Carolina Georgia and Tennessee as well. The department also projects a 10 percent rise in net farmer income for 1961.
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Washington
North Carolina
Agriculture Department
South Carolina
Virginia
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
California
Texas
Zeb Vance Birthplace To Be Presented State
The Zebulon Vance birthplace in Reems Creek Valley will be dedicated and presented to North Carolina with State Treasurer Edwin Gill as lead speaker. The project includes a museum, adjacent structures, and a 1962 completion goal with a $42 000 budget awaiting assembly approval.
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Zeb Vance
Asheville
N.C
Reems Creek
Zebulon Baird Vance
North Carolina
Edwin Gill
Gill
McDaniel Lewis
N.C. Department of Archives and History
Albert S. McLean
Western North Carolina Historical Association
Vance
Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
Cordelia Camp
Stephens Press
Robert Conway
State Department of Archives and History
Man Kills Daughter Shoots Wife Then Kills Self
Fayetteville North Carolina AP a medically discharged sergeant killed his daughter wounded his wife and himself after his wife sought to commit him to a mental institution. He had bought a pistol weeks after his wife’s uncle a city detective signed the purchase. sheriff reported the gun purchase had been blocked previously. The couple’s daughter Gale Rollins 18 died two hours after being shot. Williams was in fair condition and Mrs Williams in satisfactory condition. Police arrived as Williams staggered from the house with wounds after firing at officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fayetteville, N.C
W. G. Clark
Dempsey Hinton Williams Jr
Williams
Orrum
Robeson County
Korea
Basil Foulk
J. E. Fletcher
Wil
Liams
Robert King
Amos Beard
Episcopalians Face Budget Task At North Carolina Convention
In Raleigh the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina holds its annual convention at St Timothy's Church. Bishop Baker and Fraser speak Tuesday. budget, aging home plans at Southern Pines, and Thompson Orphanage reports form the core business with Wright of East North Carolina addressing. About 90 clergy and 300 lay delegates attend.
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Raleigh
Episcopal Diocese of
Thomas Wright
East North Carolina
North Carolina
Tarboro
Charlotte
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Posse
Tar Heel
Conway
U.S
John C. Vance
Robert Brank Vance
Lucy Vance Twiford
Christopher Crittenden
Mamie Spears Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
Glenn L. Bushey
Asheville Biltmore College
Paul A. Rockwell
WNC Historical Association
H. B. Dendy
Weaverville Presbyterian Church
Episcopalians
Main ST. College Village Shopping Center
Hamburger
Yardley
Lavender
Paris
General Electric
Nas
Jergen
Chanel
Very Faberge
Chantilly
Tulsy Ciro Yardley
Corday
AODEL
IN Family Weekly
Ala
Tella
CPE
Tussy
High Point
Thomasville Road
Dorothy Gray
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