Henderson Guard Maintains Calm Amid Textile Strike
National Guard remains on duty in Henderson North Carolina as Harriet Henderson Mills stay closed through the weekend with Col. B A Peterson reporting no passes. Union leaders challenge a court order limiting picketing while labor officials seek NLRB action alleging a lockout and management interference.
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Henderson
N.C
National Guard
B. A. Peterson
Ahoskie
Harriet-Henderson
Col. Peterson
Boyd Payton
Carolinas
Textile Workers Union of America
William Y. Bickett
Harriet-Henderson Mills
J. Millard Barbee
Afl-Cio
Eisenhower
Hodges
National Guard Bureau
Washington
Barbee
Payton
National Labor Relations Board
Nine Men Convicted for Riot in Henderson North Carolina
In Henderson North Carolina a jury convicted nine men on riot charges the same day two additional defendants pleaded no contest and await sentencing. One convicted man Leonard Barham received a 21 month term for three prior strike connected convictions.
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Henderson, N.C
Leonard Barham
Circuit assembly and regional church events announced
J M Welborn announces a three day circuit assembly at Senior High School auditorium starting May 22 with about 1000 delegates from 18 Carolina cities. L E Reusch of Brooklyn will chair and deliver the principal address and present a New York division film. Other items note Central Baptist Association meeting at Green Street Baptist Church and Girl’s Auxiliary coronation service at Lexington Avenue Baptist Church with awards and open house. A Brotherhood dinner at First Reformed Church led by Ingle Cook and revival services at Calvary Church of the Nazarene conclude the slate.
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J. M. Welborn
High Point
L. E. Reusch
Jehovah's Witnesses
Brooklyn
N. Y
Divine Will International Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses
New York
Central Baptist Association
Green Street Baptist Church
Ed Kissiah
Association
Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Bonnie Hughes
Maude Draughn
Women’s Missionary Society
Patsy Craven
Bobbie Barbour
Mary Ella Barefoot
Barbara Cockerham
Women's Missionary Society
Ingle Cook
First Reformed Church
Mohole Profound Drill Planned By Oilmen At Sea
Oilmen contemplate drilling a hole through the earth's crust from a sea platform to reach the mantle. The project would require three miles of water depth and three to six miles through ocean floor, aiming to uncover earth composition and ancient fossils. Global Marine Exploration Co. studies feasibility with Tom W. Redin noting progress.
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Texas Towers
Gulf of Mexico
Global Marine Exploration Co
Los Angeles
Union Oil Co
California
Tom W.redin
Girl Shoots Mother in Houston Family Tragedy
In Houston a 16-year-old girl shot and killed her mother Lena Rainer 38 as she fed her 11 month old son Ronald Wayne. Police say the girl told of a strict upbringing and a voice guiding her to the gun. The father George Rainer 42 wept as the teen was taken into juvenile custody.
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Houston
Tex
George Rainer
Lena Rainer
Ronald Wayne
Darlene
Rainer
Godfrey Leaves Hospital After Lung Surgery Hopeful Return
Arthur Godfrey, CBS radio and TV star, departs Columbia Presbyterian Hospital after lung cancer operation. He thanks well wishers and, via CBS, releases a 1000 word statement from his Manhattan home. Doctors order no conferences or interviews for 60 days while he recovers.
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New York
Arthur Godfrey
CBS
Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
Manhattan
Godfrey
Nine Die As Flames Got Home
A family of five perished in a north St Louis County fire in Riverview when the home burned early today. Neighbor George Kieffler found the mass of flames and could not awaken anyone.
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ST. Louis
Neelyville
St. Louis County
Robert Bennett Sr
Lawanda
Dianne
Robert Jr
Sherry
Riverview
Mississippi River
George Kieffler
Khrushchev Says Berlin Won’t End Cold War
Premier Khrushchev told Moscow Radio in an interview quoted by Blitz editor R Karanjia that the cold war will persist while some states refuse to accept a new Socialist order. He called Berlin a blazing spark that could start a fire but said a Berlin settlement would not end the conflict, urging coexistence with Communist nations and summit diplomacy as the path to peace.
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London
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Moscow Radio Today
Khrushchev
R. K. Karanjia
Blitz
India
West Berlin
Karanjia
Tar Heel Man Faces Murder Trial in Lawton Oklahoma
North Carolina man James Spence of Kinston, 38, is set to go on trial for murder in Lawton on Monday, related to the March 31, 1958 killing of Ruth Zimmerman. Eddie Oxendine, 27, Pembroke, already sentenced to death after a retrial, faces separate proceedings.
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Lawton
Okla
North Carolina
Oxendine
Pembroke
N.C. Dist
Luther Eubanks
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Crooks Get 18 Months Each for Fake Recovery Plot
Donald A. Garilli and Charles J. Collins, both of Philadelphia, were sentenced to 18 months in prison for attempting to profit from a fellow crook’s theft. They read news of $30,000 in negotiable securities stolen from a Greenville home and pretended to have the securities offering to return them for $5,000.
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Philadelphia
Donald A. Garilli
Charles J. Collins
Fast Greenville
Sunday Enterprise Preview Promises Jobs Help for Teens
The Sunday Enterprise reports how high school graduates in High Point seek work with aid from the employment security office. Langdon Ammen profiles teen job seekers and the agency assistance planned for tomorrow’s issue.
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High Point
Employment Security Office
Langdon Ammen
Enterprise
Seven Killed When Train Hits Car Near Mattoon
Seven young people returning from Shelbyville High prom died in a grade crossing crash between a dirt road and an Illinois Central passenger train near Mattoon Illinois. Survivors included Joan Moon and Lisle Pfeiffer. Mayes and Moon were University of Illinois students.
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Mattoon
Ill
Illinois Central
Louisiana
New Orleans
Chicago
Jerry Hill
Irene Moon
Judy Green
Dorothy Thomas
Loraine Pfeiffer
Lisle
Shelbyville
Jerry Mayes
Woodlawn
Miss Thomas
Mattoon Memorial Hospital
Joan Moon
Irene
Mayes
Moon
University of Illinois
Illinois
U.S. 45
Bargain Barbers Feud Splits Irving Shop Rivalry Cuts Prices
In Irving Texas a price war between Ed Cox owner of the Irving Boulevard Barber Shop and former employees A T Harrell and Jay Simmons pushes cuts from 70 cents and 1 dollar to 15 cents with free shoeshines and snow cones. Cox says he invested 5000 dollars and fights to keep his trade as Harrell and Simmons price at 25 cents.
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Irving, Tex
Ed Cox
Irving Boulevard
A. T. Harrell
Jay Simmons
Cox
Harrell
Simmons
Invest
Western powers seek Berlin accord at Geneva talks
Western diplomats at Geneva weigh possible formulas to end Berlin crisis as Soviet demand for West Berlin demilitarization and a peace treaty continues to block progress. Gromyko may pull out issues for separate talks while Western ministers push for East West German election law and reunification negotiations.
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Geneva
Eee
Big Four
Foreign Ministers
Berlin
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Christian A. Herter
Rome
Couve de Murville
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Gromyko
Pilgrimage Vessel Sets Sail for Mecca from Kobe
About 1,300 Indonesian Muslims charter a pedigr a ing vessel for a 23 day trip to Mecca, scheduled to depart Kobe on May 22. The voyage aims to fulfill a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia.
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Kobe
Japan
Mecca
Saudi Arabia
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Father
West
Tar Heel
Spence
Sunday Enterprise
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