War Veteran Ed Found In 1863 Veteransburg Tale
Andrews, a writer of Civil War theses, speaks of Magee a Hattiesburg resident who claims to have joined Union forces at Jackson in May 1863 and fought in the Siege of Vicksburg where he was wounded twice. Magee lives alone in a rundown shack without plumbing or electricity.
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Magee
Anlington
Jones
Hatquesburg
Andrews
Hattiesburg
Jackson
Vicksburg
Man Without Prints Calls It Mistake
James Robert Pitts known as the man without fingerprints describes his 1841 surgery to remove skin from fingertip prints as the worst mistake of his life. Now 50, he faces a 15 year sentence for armed robbery in Concord after a life bound to prisons including Alcatraz and Atlanta. He says the operation did not prevent crime and he would undo it if possible.
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Reese Hart
Concord
N.C
James Robert Pitts
Pitts
Alcatraz
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta, Ga
incHintiane
Clarence “Rollins
Rollins
Columbia
8. C
North Carolina
Fitts
Charlotte
New Jersey
Hoover Says Communists On Campus Must Be Stopped
J Edgar Hoover director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says on campus a danger from Communists and their backers. In a Dunn Daily Record letter Hoover argues students may be recruited under legitimate political cover and that academic freedom does not license distortion or falsehood on college stages.
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DUNN
N.C
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau of Investigation
Hoover
Reet
Uni
Hoover Adams
FBI
Northi
de. Carolina
Marines Questioned In Robbery Investigations
Asheville NC two Camp Lejeune Marines were questioned in the beating and robbery of Dr Philip Nelson a Greenville North Carolina physician. An auto crash on Highway 235 at Mountain Home led to the arrest and details showed a motel room key and a bloodied bed. Nelson remained in satisfactory condition after treatment for a fractured jaw and facial injuries.
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Asheville
N. C
Henderson County
Buncombe
County
C.L. Brooks
Buncombe County
Sheriff's Office
Chris’ Wirths
Danny Buckner
Nelson
Pan Hee
Highway Patrol
Mountain
Dr.Nelson
Black Mountain
Dr. Nelson
Eight Die In Tar Heel Accidents
Eight people died in North Carolina during the Memorial Day holiday weekend as traffic crashes and drownings topped tolls. The state club forecast 15 deaths in the 78 hour period ending midnight, with drownings at Wrightsville Beach and a private lake. Fatalities included Perry Morris, 5, near Murphy, and Mary Elizabeth Baker, 22, of Broad Way, struck while crossing to a hospital.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
North Carolina State Motor Club
Mae Brooks
Winston-Salem
Wrightsville
Robert Lee Wright
Rt. 2
Lancaster
Monroe
Lee. Womble
Sanford
John William Cheatham
Ft. Bragg
Cheatham
Seymour Johnson
Air Force, Base
Wrightsville Beach
Mary Filizabeth Baker
Rt. 1
Broadway
Perry Morris
Murphy
Unseated official linked to college council clash
Kornegay of Wake Forest College was unseated as president of the College Council of Young Republicans at a Greensboro convention. Noel Casey was named to succeed him amid claims the impeachment action was illegal. The convention also discussed veteran issues and a proposed statement on a controversial campus speech ban law.
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Greensboro
John
N. C
R. Patton
Wake’ Forest
Horace Kornegay
N.C
College Council of the Daily
Hubert C. Teer Jr
Durham
Patton
Noel Casey
Chapel Hill
College
Tany VA
Lindsey Swindel
Elizabeth City
EB. C. Crawford
Miuveu
Uleice
College Council
Young ‘Republican
College ‘Council
North Carolina probes Alabama KKK for foreign corporation status
Secretary of State Eure reviews whether Alabama Ku Klux Klan operations are conduct ing business under North Carolina laws. A mailed inquiry to Tuscaloosa drew no reply, prompting potential action if the group files a charter or maintains a state office. penalties include a 500 dollar fine.
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Ee ‘Va
Kure
North Carolina
Eure
Raleigh
Alabama
Robert Shelton
North Carolna
KKK
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Selma
Ala
Dunn and Sanford
N. C
Revenue Department
Grand
North
Carolina Klan
J. Robert Jones
Granite Quarry
Titans
North ‘Carolina
Tre
Four Tar Heels To Get Honorary Duke Degrees
Duke President Douglas Knight announced at commencement that four eminent Carolinians will receive honorary degrees. Eleanor Lansing Dales of McLean Virginia, an author, and N Couch of the University of North Carolina at ... were named along with other distinguished figures, reflecting Duke's recognition of national achievement.
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Tar Heels
Memoir of MacArthur romance featured in 1960s Washington tale
Betty Beale recounts her relationships with Gen John J Pershing and Gen Douglas MacArthur during the 1920s Washington scene. She describes proposed marriages, motherhood disruptors, and MacArthur's Philippines assignment, noting their happiest years were spent there before his World War II command. The piece also notes MacArthur’s 1964 death and details from an interview in the Washington Sunday Star.
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Walter
Namehe Brooks
MacArthur
Alf'Heiberg
Washington
Brooks
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
Oliver
Cromwell
England
Chicago
Mil
Betty [Beale
Washington Sunday Star
Macdrihiur
John J. Pershing
Philippines
Jean Marie Faircloth
Japan
Fois ‘MacArthur
Highway Death Toll Skyrockets Memorial Day Weekend
The nationwide Memorial Day weekend toll rose toward a record high with 373 deaths by midday Monday and officials warning it could top last year’s total. A sweeping AP survey logged dozens of fatalities across California Ohio and Nevada as motorists ignored safety.
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Associated Press
Howard
Pyle
National Safety Council
Calif
High
Sierra Foothills
Lone Pine
oVsigh
Galati
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