Brooke to Speak at Columbia Visit by First Negro Senator
U S Senator Edward W. Brooke Republican Mass travels to Columbia to address a medical group and speak to Benedict College and Allen University students. He holds a news conference on arrival at the airport and addresses the Palmetto Medical Dental and Pharmaceutical Association Citizenship Conference before returning to Washington.
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Columbia
U.S
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
U.S. Senate
Benedict College
Benedict
Allen University
Cayce
Washington
Welfare children grow into productive workers in Charlotte study
A Charlotte Mecklenburg County study of 456 AFDC children from 1955 shows many become policemen nurses laborers and IBM keypunch operators. Only 1.9 percent are second generation welfare recipients and 71 percent are labor market ready.
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Charlotte
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County
IBM
County Welfare Department
County Welfare Board
A. Myles Haynes
John Lowery
Department
Tobacco firm leaders meet Kennedy on youth smoking limits
Nine major tobacco company presidents join Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in Washington for talks on legislation to curb cigarette use among youths. Kennedy cites 1.5 million children starting to smoke yearly as the drive for tighter industry self policing and possible new rules.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Dn.y
Earle C. Clements
D-Ky
The
Tobacco Institute
Kennedy
Tobacco Company
Edwin P. Finch
Brown and Williamson Co
Milton E. Harrington
Liggett
Joseph F. Cullinan III
Bank Robbers Strike Bunn Branch Elude Police
Two men robbed the First Citizens Bank in Bunn North Carolina and fled with 23224. They eluded pursuing officers after driving to a field near an abandoned farm house. Police found the getaway car and later released a man named Mack Brock who was questioned at the scene. Officers used bloodhounds and searched the wooded area into the night. The bandits, both Negro men, wore masks and escaped with cash while two employees and two customers were led to the vault. The stolen car was later linked to Richard Mewborn a tobacco farmer.
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Bunn, N. C
Bunn
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Mack Brock
Dunn
Tom Powell
Powell
Brock
Aroa
Fred Lester
W. A. Andrews Jr
Andrews
Barbara Strickland
Louisburg
Richard Mewborn
Mewborn
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Sen. Brooke
Phillip Morris Co
Alexander H. Galloway
R. J. Reynolds Co
W. Brooks George
Larus Brothers Co
Louis A. Bantle
U.S. Tobacco Co
Manuel Yellen
P. Lorillard Co
Robert B. Walker
American Tobacco Co
Constantine Stephano
Stephano Brothers Tobacco Co
Doan
Bargain Hunter
General Electric
Seton
Supee
Refrigeration, Inc
N. Main Sttel
Mer
S. 5. Kresge Company
Kresge, Kmart and
Jupiter
North Main St
Model
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