Military Base Plans Approved for North Carolina Projects
The House Armed Services Committee approved a bill authorizing 32.6 million for North Carolina military base projects as part of a broader 1 billion public works authorization. Funds cover Fort Bragg maintenance facilities 1.051 million and multiple Navy and Air Force sites including Cherry Point 6.503 million and Seymour Johnson 11.535 million, among others.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
North Carolina
Army
Ft. Bragg
Navy
Marine Corps Air Station
Cherry Point
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Edenton
Naval Seaplane Facility
Hertford
Marine Corps Air Facility
Jacksonville
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Air Force
Seymour Johnson Afb
Goldsboro
Professor Calculates Rarity of Perfect Hand in Cards
A mathematics professor estimates that a perfect 13 card hand of a single suit occurs only once in about 40 billion hands, highlighting the extreme rarity of such a suit-concentrated hand.
Vote Fraud Case Nears Jury Deliberation
A federal court jury is expected to begin deliberations in the Madison County case of six Democrats accused of conspiring to fix the 1954 general election. Four defendants were acquitted earlier for lack of evidence. remaining defendants include Zeno Ponder E Y Ponder B K Meadows James W Baldwin W T Moore and Roy Freeman. The trial featured political argument as the government seeks conviction over alleged absentee ballot manipulation and other tactics.
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Asheville
Madison County
Wilson Warlick
Leroy Shelton
Arthur E. Cantrell
Merit
Jeff Whitt
Warlick
Zeno and
E. Y. Ponder
B. K. Meadows
James W. Baldwin
W. T. Moore
Roy Freeman
Roy Francis
Waynesville
Atty
Rescued Boy To Leave Bed In Manorville
Benny Hooper, seven, is due to leave Bayview General Hospital in Mastic Beach for the first time since being rescued from a 24 foot well. He is expected to go home Friday or Saturday and said, I want to go out and play. He was trapped about 23 1 2 hours after tumbling into the well dug by his father in their backyard.
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Manorville
N. Y
Benny Hooper
Bayview General Hospital
Mastic Beach
Benny
Bird steals $5 bill in Centereach incident
In Centereach New York a blackbird borrowed a milk bottle containing a $5 bill and flew away with it to feather its nest. The bottle emptied earlier by the milkman sparked a dispute when the bill slipped from the bird and fell to the ground during the argument.
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Centereach
N. Y
John Walsh
Specialists Fight Radioactivity At Sprawling Kellogg Plant
A Kellogg Co Houston plant site faced a continuing probe after an March 13 radioactive dust release. Four workers exposed initially, with three later contaminated. Decontamination ordered 50 days before the Atomic Energy Commission disclosure on May 2. Plant remains on normal schedule as Tracer Lab conducts checks. Northway and McVey report fatigue and nausea, with Northway unemployed and fearing selling his house due to public concern.
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Tex
W. M. Kellogg Co
Harold E. Northway
Atomic Energy Commission
Kellogg
William B. Converse
New York City
Manger
Tracer Lab, Inc
Converse
Nuclear Products Laboratory
Marvin C. Yoder Jr
Jack L. Hawkins
Jackson McVey
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Yoder
New York
Kellogg's
McVey
Hawkins
Jack High
Richard Salmon
Vernon McCoy
High Said
Caesar and Weaver Form Film Partnership
Sid Caesar and Sylvester L. Weaver announced a new business association to produce film comedies for theatrical release. Some films will star Caesar while he ends his ten year NBC contract, with Weaver noted as former NBC president and chairman who helped launch his early TV career.
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New York
Sid Caesar
Sylvester L
Pat” Weaver
Caesar
National Broadcasting Co
Weaver
NBC
Golf legends shine in heat study of colors
A fragmented note discusses color effects on heat, citing Bobby Jones as a highlighted American amateur and open title winner. It contrasts black versus white attire absorbing more heat and references British competitors, all in a general discussion of temperature and golf.
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Bobby Jones
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