Jamestown Names 2 Girls Staters for 1959
Jamestown High School announces Jewel Medley and Judith Anne Seckler as the two girls selected for the 1959 Girls State session. Jewel is active in Student Council and various clubs and will be homecoming attendant and chief marshal. Judith, daughter of Mrs. I. A. Teague, will be vice president of Student Council and associate editor of the school newspaper.
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Jamestown
Jamestown High School
Girls State
Jewel Medley
Judith Anne Seckler
Woman's College
Greensboro
American Legion Auxiliary
Jewel
W. F. Kincaid
High Point Road
Future Teachers of America
Monogram Club
Judith
I. A. Teague
Route 1
Harold Seckler
Homemakers of America
PTA Convention Outlines Three Year Survey Plan
Denver delegates at the National Congress of Parents and Teachers 63rd convention will study a 44 page program covering home school and community life with 75 projects. About 3,000 delegates from 11% million members abroad and at home attend the four day event opened Sunday. Mrs James C Parker is national president.
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Denver
Colo
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
James C. Parker
Grand Rapids
Mich
Douglas urges White House to cut costs for a stronger economy
Sen Paul H. Douglas tells the 12th annual American Veterans Committee convention that White House spending must be slashed. He cites costs for new limo helicopters and personnel, urging budget reductions beyond Truman era levels.
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Monticello
N. Y
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
White House
Douglas
The
American Veterans Committee
Truman
Fire Alarm Might Have Saved Five
Five children died in a West Philadelphia fire after their mother tried to extinguish flames with a pillow and water then fled the apartment. Dorothy Stocker 38 said she smoked then slept at 1215 am and believed she snuffed out the cigarette butt. The case drew notes from Deputy Fire Commissioner Hink about human error. Her husband an Air Force enlisted man is hospitalized paralyzed.
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Philadelphia
Dorothy Stocker
James
Marisha
Gail
Dale
Stephanie
George E. Hink
Ib Greminen
Air Force
Letter to Salt Lake City prompts quirky postal note
A Belgian sender, D. N. Van Den Bergh of Brussels, wrote to Monsieur le gouverneur Jane Jeruzalem in Salt Lake City seeking a Salt Lake themed costumed doll. The letter was delivered despite initial markings of insufficient address by postal authorities.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Land of Zion
Monsieur le Governeur
Jane Jeruzalem
Salt Lakety
D. N. van den Bergh
Brussels
Belgium
FBI Probe Irritates Citizens in Poplarville Mississippi
In Poplarville Mississippi citizens express irritation over the FBI investigation of the Mack Charles Parker lynching. Agents questioned J F Lee Jr and his wife, followed J P Walker and questioned Arthur E Smith who was hospitalized after an attack linked to the case. Parker was dragged from a jail cell before his April 25 rape trial.
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Poplarville
Miss
Mississippi
FBI
Mack Charles Parker
Gealiesn Gee Oyrerdiers
J. F. Lee Jr
J. P. Walker
Arthur E. Smith
McNeill
Cecil Smith
Arthur
Bogalusa
Parker
Pearl River
Arthur Smith
Cape Fear River is NC's direct Atlantic outlet
The Cape Fear River uniquely flows directly into the Atlantic in North Carolina. Other major rivers feed large sounds protected by the Outer Banks chain of islands.
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North Carolina
Cape Fear
Mirror of Your Mind on Doctors and Impersonal Care
A 1959 King Features Syndicate column discusses how doctors lawyers merchants and the public have become more impersonal. A survey shows only 20 percent think doctors fees are too high while about two thirds say modern doctors lack the warmth of old time general practitioners who knew patients better though perhaps less medicine.
Gifted Students and the Well-Rounded Youth Ideal
A National Education Association report warns that emphasizing well roundedness may hinder gifted students who do not fit the mold. The system rewards conformity and may overlook special interests and energy, urging schools to encourage individuality.
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National Education Association
Father Is Accused of Beating Child
Thomasville officials report James Humphries 28 of Small Street held on 100 dollar bond on a charge of assault on a minor, his son. Trial set for June 1 in Recorder's Court. he released on bond pending May 29. Additional arrests for assault, drunkenness, and non support noted among local residents.
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Thomasville
James Humphries
Lexington
Mary Alice Humphries
James Humphries Jr
Recorder’s Court
Willie Mae McBride
Young Apartments
Barnwell Street
Jesse Alderton
Willie Mae
Willie Mae Dunlap
Carlton Avenue
Recorder's Court
Albert Bacon
Koontz Avenue
Bryan Road
Young Pittman
Weldon L. Pittman
Fair Grove
End Seen For Hospital Walkout
Mayor Wagner announced a tentative plan to end a strike at six private hospitals led by Local 1199 of the Retail Drug Employers Union. The proposal, awaiting union member approval possibly by Tuesday, covers about 3,500 nonprofessional workers across Mount Sinai Beth Israel Beth David Lenox Hill Bronx and Brooklyn Jewish hospitals.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Retail Drug Employes
Mount Sinai
Beth Israel
Beth David
Lenox Hill
Bronx
Brooklyn
Parents Pray For Two Sons In Twin Tragedy
In Chattanooga Tennessee a young couple Bailey E Payne and his wife face heartbreak as two of their sons Bailey Jr four and Christopher two and a half battle granulomatosis a rare glandular disease doctors say two cases in one family are remarkable and the parents insist on faith and miracles amid bleak prognoses.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Bailey E. Payne
Bailey Jr
Christopher
Charles Hurst Dies At 53 In Greenville
Charles L. Hurst longtime newspaper journalist died early Sunday in Greenville hospital after a short illness. A Parkersburg WV delivery boy turned editor, he worked in Newport News Virginia, Charleston West Virginia, Wilmington Delaware, and Florence Italy before joining the Greenville News staff last August. He is survived by a sister Miss Florence Hurst of New York.
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Greenville
D.c
Charles L. Hurst
Hurst
Parkersburg
W.va
Newport News
Wilmington
Florence
Ledford High States Vote Tomorrow at Ledford High
Tomorrow Polls open at Ledford High School as student body votes for student government posts for next year. Candidates for President include Pearl Teague Tommy Eller Donald Jones and Pat Ray. vice president Phylis Johnson Jerry Cecil Kay Kennedy and Vernon Hilton. secretary Linda Craven Wanda Hull Minnie Bundy Larry Joe Metsinger and Ronnie Scarborough. Treasurer Michael Cridlebaugh Patric Swaim and Robert Saffit. Sergeant at arms Wayne Haynes Harold Ridge Lee Fowler and Ralph Johnson.
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Thomasville
Ledford High School
Pearl Teague
Tommy Eller
Donald Jones
Pat Ray
Phylis Johnson
Jerry Cecil
Kay Kennedy
Vernon Hilton
Linda Craven
Wanda Hull
Minnie Bundy
Larry Joe Metsinger
Ronnie Scarborough
Michael Cridlebaugh
Patric Swaim
Robert Saffit
Wayne Haynes
Harold Ridge
Lee Fowler
Ralph Johnson
Graduation Plans Set At Randleman High School 1959
Randleman High School outlines graduation events with services at First Methodist Church on May 26 led by Roy Armstrong of Chapel Hill. Senior Myra Hussey valedictorian and Brenda Brown salutatorian will speak, with mascots Lois Cox Ronald Davis Jean Julian Carrol Wood chosen by seniors.
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W. K. Cromartie
First Methodist Church
Lois Cox
Ronald Davis
Jean Julian
Carrol Wood
Susan Hill
Cecil Hill
Randleman
Joey Millikan
Azel Millikan
Sophia
Randleman High School
Roy Armstrong
Chapel Hill
John Motley Morehead Foundation
Myra Hussey
Brenda Brown
Miss Hussey
C. L. Hussey
Randlem
Rotary
Cromartie
Guard Will Rotate Units At Henderson
National Guard troops will rotate on duty at Henderson to preserve order during a long textile strike. Adj. Gen. Capus Waynick said no task force should stay on duty too long and that timelines would be discussed with Lt. Col. B. A. Peterson of Ahoskie. He forecast the cost would not be as high as first estimated.
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Raleigh
National Guard
Henderson
Adj
Capus Waynick
Waynick
B. A. Peterson
Ahoskie
Peterson
Rare Earth Elements Make Up One Sixth of Earth's Metals
One of every six earth elements is a rare earth metal, including praseodymium, dysprosium and ytterbium, forming a distinct group of elements with unique properties.
Injured man seeks lost dog in Jackson car crash
Charles Rosebrook, 53, was injured when his truck struck a cab in Jackson last April and remains in a Marion Ohio hospital. Doctors say he keeps calling for his dog Spotty an English setter and ask anyone who knows its whereabouts to contact authorities to aid his recovery.
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Jackson, Mich
Charles Rosebrook
Jackson
Rosebrook
Marion
Ohio
Spotty
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Charles Hurst
Ledford
Garment Storage Service
Doris Holbrook
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Firth, Bigelow
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