Santa Claus on the painting tank and other Thomasville curios
The article catalogs local fancies including a faded Santa Claus figure on a Commerce Street water tank awaiting repainting pending starling clearance. It also highlights a pennyless nickel owned by Rudolph Blackwell that fetched no bid above a hundred dollars and a Tarboro cork tree shown at the Episcopal Diocese convention with Piedmonters collecting cork. Finally State Superintendent Charles Carroll urges consolidation to design schools beyond rigid district lines.
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Frank Warren
Enterprise
Thomasville
Santa Claus
Commerce Street
Rudolph Blackwell
Rudolph
Cork
Tarboro
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Calvary Church
Charles Carroll
Raleigh
Attorney General Rules Telephonic Marriage Legal
Richmond Virginia Attorney General Albertis Harrison says marriage by long distance telephone is legal even when spouses are separated by the Atlantic Ocean. He issued the opinion to Del Garnett Moore of Pulaski after the Air Force ruled an airman's marriage to a French girl by telephone illegal. Harrison found no statutory requirement that the couple be in each other’s presence.
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Richmond, Va
Albertis Harrison
del. Garnett Moore
Pulaski
Air Force
Harrison
Aly Khan to be buried temporarily at Cannes chateau
Prince Aly Khan dies in a suburban Suresnes car crash. His body will lie in state at Neuilly then be moved to Cannes for a private funeral at Chateau de l Horizon. A public memorial is planned at a Paris mosque May 23 with burial to follow in the Middle East if arranged.
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Paris
Aly Khan
Cannes
Middle East
Suresnes
Aga Khan IV
Prince Aly
Syria
Aga Khan III
Aly
Egypt
Herve Bichaton
Bichaton
Neuilly
Chateau de l'Horizon
Mediterranean
Rita Hayworth
France
Kennedy Ends Maryland Campaign in Elkton Stop
Sen. John F. Kennedy winding down Maryland efforts amid praise for Nixon and an exception for Johnson. He argues his primary success gives him the stronger claim to the nomination while noting Johnson’s valid nonprimary run as Senate leader. Endorsements from Lane and Tawes boost Kennedy on the eastern shore.
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Elkton
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Maryland
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Kennedy
Nixon
Johnson
Senate
Massachusetts
Chesapeake Bay
Centreville
Easton
Cambridge
Salisbury
Bay
University of Maryland
Oregon
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
William Preston Lane Jr
J. Millard Tawes
Charles V the Wise Beautified Paris During Reign
Charles V the Wise of France spent most of his brief rule improving Paris. He proclaimed that other cities are towns while Paris is a world.
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Charles V
France
Paris
Farther India Referred as Indochina Peninsula History
The peninsula of Indochina was once called Farther India reflecting older geographic naming usage. This historical term appears in archival references describing Southeast Asia prior to modern nomenclature shifts.
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Indochina
Farther
India
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Green Thumb Garden Club
Lindsay Street
Parkway
Garden Study Club
Ween 'N’ Win Garden Club
Plant ’N’ Pluck Garden Club
High Point Garden Council
Fleurettes Garden Club
Homer Hudson
John Davis
Rhett Ball
Janet Teague
Piedmont
Agrico
America
American Agricultural Chemical Company
N.Y
Aere
Chicago
Bumper and Auto of Illinois, Inc
Harry Haller
S & H Truck Leasing
Chevrolet
Chevy
Thriftmaster
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
Alman Bass Furniture Co
Frigidaire
Factory Fresh
General Motors
Radiantube
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