Bicycle tragedy on Penny Road prompts hit run hunt
State Police seek vehicle believed involved in a hit run that struck 10 year old Raymond Gene Clark on Penny Road. He lay unconscious in a culvert for hours and was taken to Memorial Hospital in a coma with a concussion feared. Witnesses report headlight glass at the scene and a damaged bicycle along the roadside. The boy left Route 1 on a bicycle about 3 p.m. and was found near the veteran’s building access drive shortly before 6 p.m. Authorities urge auto shops and garages to watch for a car with a broken headlight as the investigation continues.
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State Highway Patrol
Penny Road
Gene Clark Raymond
Memorial Hospital
Charles Hughe
Forrestdale Drive
Jamestown
Jo Ann Jackson
Raymond
City Lake Bridge
Veteran's Organization
Raymond Boy
Eleven Hurt When School Bus Wrecks
Eleven pupils and the driver were injured when a Blairsville Georgia school bus overturned on a mountain highway near Vogel State Park. The 67 year old driver John W Ralston said the bus had no brakes on the downhill curve. The bus slid 100 feet and dropped 60 feet after leaving the roadway. one door was torn free by a tree. Most passengers were treated and released. five remained hospitalized with minor injuries.
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Blairsville
Vogel State Park
John W W.ralston
Sisk
Professor misfiles manuscript with research paper
Norman Oklahoma AP reports a University of Oklahoma professor sent his research paper "A History of Pressurized Flight" to a colleague at Caltech. An error occurred when his wife’s confession story "Too Proud to Love" was inadvertently enclosed.
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Norman, Okla
University of An
California Institute of Technology
Heavy Rain Strands Texans. Floods Hit Houston Area
The Associated Press reports cloudbursts hit the Texas coast with 3 to 6 inch rains. Houston streets became flooded as motorists were evacuated by rowboats and Woodsboro recorded 6.12 inches. Rains spread to Corpus Christi outskirts and extended to mid Atlantic states with cooler North temperatures and scattered freezing readings in several western and northern spots.
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Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Woodsboro
Refugio County
Bonneyview
Bayside
Corpus Christi
Texas Gulf Coast
Middle
South Atlantic States
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York State
Rockies
Montana
New Mexico
Elko
New
Mercury
Fraser
Colo
Drummond
Mont
Helena
Bismarck
N.C
North Platte
Neb
Plateau Warmup With Mixed Plains Pattern
A warming trend is forecast for the northern and central Plains and the western Great Lakes while cooler conditions persist in the North. The forecast notes a transition period as regions adjust to changing temperatures.
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Plateau
Central Plains
Great Lakes Area
Herter Faces Gromyko Toughness in Geneva Talks
Secretaries Herter and Gromyko clash over East Germany and Soviet participation at the Geneva conference. Herter challenges Gromyko directly, insisting on Western recognition of East Germany and resisting rushed concessions as he follows Dulles’s strategy of waiting out the Soviets.
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Herter
Gromyko
Wily
V. M. Molotov
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Palace of Nations
Red
Red Germa
Lothar Bolt
NATO
Dulles
Hernig
Little Rock Bank Recall Vote Tests School Integration Stance
The Little Rock School Board recall election Monday tests support for Gov. Faubus amid the education integration fight. Voters weigh the anti Faubus faction led by Lamb Matson Tucker and the segregationist group Stop this Outrageous Purge alongside charges of illegal meetings and political maneuvering by both sides.
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Little Rock
Akr
Orval E. Faubus
Faubus
anti-Faubus Board
Ted Lamb
Russell Matson Jr
Everet Tucker Jr
Ed S. McKinley Jr
Ren. D. Rowland
Robert W. Laster
Lamb-Matson-Tucker
STOP
Drew Agar
Frank Holt
Laster
Hn Fen . Moser Jr
CROSS
Pulpwood Pipelines Tested For Newsprint Feasibility
In New York an AP report notes a Canadian institute experiment tests pulpwood pulp reduced to chips fed through a 500 and eight inch diameter pipeline to mills. If feasible it could move wood by pipeline to paper mills.
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New York
Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada
Randolph Church Sets Homecoming
Salem Methodist Church near Farmer in Randolph County holds annual homecoming with an 11 oclock worship service followed by luncheon and an afternoon service with special music.
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Salem Methodist
Salem Methodist Church
Farmer
Randolph County
Santa on the Thomasville water tank and odd local chatter
The Santa sighting atop the Commerce Street water tower sparks town banter about summer observation and possible mix ups with holidays. A council water bill scare leads to quick payment and a lighthearted tone about local ads and unusual street scenes.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Santa Claus
Commerce Street
Used Car Lot Crash Leads to Reckless Driving Charge
A 22 year old King Street man, Terry T. Proctor, was arrested at home and bond set at 250 dollars on charges of failure to report an accident and reckless driving after his 1950 car struck two vehicles at Sloops used car lot on Broad Street. Damages totaled 350 dollars. A separate collision on E Washington Street involved William Gist and a City Transit Co bus with damages listed, no charges filed.
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King Street
Terry T. Proctor
Proctor
Sloop
Broad Street
Proctor’s
E. Washington Street
William Gist
Fourth Street
City Transit Co
Arnold Cecil
Walnut Street
Gist
Fight on Church Street Leaves Men Brawling In City
Frank McRae 23 of Forsyth Street says James Weatherspoon 25 struck him with a chair last night leading to an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Weatherspoon posted $300 bond and awaits trial on June 5. ambulances reported McRae struck by a car after the incident. he suffered head lump a gash eye bruise and minor injuries.
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Thomasville
Frank McRae
Forsyth Street
James Weatherspoon
Church Street
Weatherspoon
McRae
General Assembly to debate dog racing and MH-30 ban
North Carolina lawmakers will tackle a 927 million dollar operating budget revision and a capital improvements plan. A House Finance vote is expected on legalizing dog racing and pari mutuel betting with a state racing commission. A separate MH-30 ban faces Senate floor debate amid shifting support.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Joint Appropriations
Joint Appropriations Committee
House Finance Committee
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
House Finance
Finance Committee
Threats Reported Against Garment Union Leader
New York AP reports anonymous threats to Min Layre Matheson a Wilkes-Barre Pittston garment union leader whose brother was killed in 1949. David Dubinsky seeks federal probe into beatings of Zimmermann and Green as part of a pattern of violence to halt the ILGWU strike. Zimmermann was later assaulted in Miami Beach as the strike continued.
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NEW York
David Dubinsky
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Min Layre /Matheson
Wilkes-Barre
Pittston
Garment Ganizer
Dubinsky
Atty. Gent
William P. Rogers
Charles S. Zimmerman
Sol Green
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Zimmermann
Dress Joint Council
Miami Beach
Atlanta Integrates Its Public Library
Atlanta joined several southern cities in quietly integrating its public library system. A ruling covered the downtown library and 14 white branches, allowing Negroes to join, with three Negro branches existing. The move followed staff directives and was executed with minimal fanfare.
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Atlanta
Hix Green
William B.hartsfield
Herbert Jenkins
Jack Savage
Green
Carolina
Virginia
Montgomery
Ala
Ala., First Capital of the Confederacy
Mobile
Birmingham
Columbia, D.C
Raleigh
N.C
Tennessee
Florida
Symington criticizes GOP hysteria at Milwaukee gathering
Senator Stuart Symington, a leading Democratic presidential hopeful, accused Republicans of stirring national hysteria to win office. He attacked Eisenhower's vetoes and farm policy impacts on dairy in Wisconsin, urging a human focus on welfare and health alongside dollars. He warned against deficit drift and criticized the Republican administration for diminishing U S strength domestically and abroad.
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Milwaukee
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Eisenhower
Symington
Can
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