Arkansas Storms Injure 23 Across State
Severe weather in Arkansas left 23 people injured as three tornadoes hit Conway Malvern and Oxford County. The Conway tornado damaged Ida Burns Elementary School and homes while Malvern saw brick kilns and a water tank collapse causing up to 250000 dollars in damage. Two men were lost on the Red River and a rescuer saved another after a capsized boat drifted downstream.
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Arkansas
Conway
Malvern
Izard
Oxford
Ida Burns
Gregg Canton
Hays Gibson
W. E. Bolding
Canton
Elwin Lasley
Little Rock
Acme Brick Co
Fred Jackson
Smith
Hill Nix
Driver Training Bill Passed In North Carolina High Schools
The North Carolina House enacted a driver training program to start in September 1958. Funding comes from a $1 annual motor vehicle tag levy, with the State Board of Education allocating funds by eligible student counts. The cost is estimated at about one million dollars annually when fully operational.
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Raleigh
House
North Carolina
Senate
State Board of Education
Tom White
Lenor
State Motor Vehicles Department
School Officials Reveal Meetings Across Cities
Greensboro Board of Education chairman John Foster confirms secret meetings held in restaurants and hotels among Greensboro Charlotte and Greens boro officials. He says segregation was discussed at every past two years meetings while denying Negro board member attendance and noting future invites. Vice chairman J P Hobson calls sessions fact finding.
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John Foster
Greensboro
J. P. Hobson
Charlotte Board
1907 Australian Rabbit Fence Across Continent
A 1000 mile fence was built across Australia in 1907 to prevent rabbit incursions into Western Australia.
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Western Australia
Jury moves to Asheville in McDowell sheriff murder case
The murder trial of McDowell County Sheriff Ashby Robinson shifts to Buncombe Superior Court in Asheville. The case, charged with first degree murder of Cohen Sprinkle, previously moved from Marion to Rutherfordton. Defense notes the Assembly bill banning moves to a solicitor home county.
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Rutherfordton
N.C
McDowell County
Ashby Robinson
Asheville
Robinson
Cohen Sprinkle
Marion
Buncombe Superior Court
C. C. Ridings
Rutherford County
General Assembly
Ridings
Forest City
Home County
Old Fort
Centennial Celebration Moves Along in Albemarle and Stanly County
The Albemarle Stanly County centennial program featured an Atoms for Peace display from Oak Ridge Tennessee and a $5,000 aluminum dress from Badin. Gov. Luther Hodges spoke to 10 000 attendees as Betsy Klutz, a 17 year old senior, was crowned Stanly County queen. Hodges urged industrial growth and tax revision to raise per capita income and living standards in North Carolina. He predicted tax features will be revised by the legislature to remove barriers to future industrial development.
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Albemarle
N.C
Stanly County
Oak Ridge
Hodges
Maddrey Selected to Succeed Parker in Hertford County
C Gordon Maddrey prepared to take over the Hertford County House seat after the late J Roy Parker Sr died of a heart attack. Parker Jr condemned the Democratic Executive Committee move as a party miscue and insult to voters. Maddrey said he will not run in 1959 and plans to reach Raleigh to assume the unexpired term.
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Ahoskie
N.C
C. Gordon Maddrey
J. Roy Parker Sr
Hertford County
Parker
Maddrey
Roy Parker Jr
Democratic Executive Committee
Raleigh
Hertford
Young Parker
Democratic Party
Roy Parker
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