Tar Heel Voting in Light Evening for Congressional Races
In North Carolina polls close at 6 30 p m as results unfold for ten congressional seats. In the 10th District Republican Charles R Jonas faces Democrat David Clark after a campaign ending with an election eve debate. The 12th District pits Democrat David M Hall against Republican W Harold Sams while four Democrats run unopposed for reelection. The remaining races pair incumbent Democrats Graham A Barden Joe A Dunn Harold D Cooley L T Dark Ralph J Scott William E Morrow Alton A Lennon C Dana Malpass A Paul Kitchin F D B Harding Hugh Q Alexander and William White.
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Charlotte
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Sylva
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Asheville
George Shuford
Congress
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Coronation of Pope John II in St Peters Basilica
A grand procession of prelates and nobles carried Pope John II into the basilica portico. He sat on a portable throne and moved through chapels to receive coronation robes, have his hands washed, and undergo the Pontifical Mass. Flax burned thrice signified worldly vanities as he ascended to the balcony for the final blessing.
32 Governors Are Voted On In 1948 States Race
The piece outlines gubernatorial contests across states including Maryland Massachusetts Arizona New Mexico Nevada and Maine with incumbents and challengers noted. It highlights Democratic strength with 29 of 48 statehouses controlled and 19 Democrat 13 Republican seats up for election.
Operation White Cloud Jump Opens Mass Air Invasion
At Fort Bragg North Carolina seven thousand paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division began a dawn mass jump over three drop zones. The test involves one million pounds of equipment and rations parachuted from cargo planes. The exercise, part of STRAC, pits 2400 men from the 82nd Airborne as aggressors with winds and clouds causing a postponement earlier in the week.
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101St Airborne Division
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101St
Strategic Army Corps
STRAC
White Cloud
82Nd Airborne Division
One Tanker Crewman Killed in Heavy Seas
The Liberian tanker World Glory, en route to the Persian Gulf from Long Beach California, suffered an accident in heavy seas. One crewman was killed and seven injured. The ship 700 miles northwest of Midway requested Navy aid at Midway Harbor for treatment.
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World Glory
Persian Gulf
Long Beach
Calif
Navy
Midway
Midway Harbor
Davidson County Board Allows Youth Admission to Center
The Davidson County Board of Education voted with the Children's Center board to admit a youth to the Children's Handicapped Center in Lexington after initial denial for being over destructive. He will be admitted temporarily while state school arrangements are made amid ongoing controversy among officials.
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Lexington
Davidson County Board of Education
Children's Center Board of Directors
Realty Transfers In High Point Township Listings
Real estate transfers show several deeds in High Point Township. Elmer W. Hilliard and wife transfer to Mary L. Hilliard on a lot in John W. Johnson plat. J N Thomas and wife convey to Ray Bowers and wife on Bradley Street. Further deeds include transfers from J N Thomas to J G Shipwash, from Shipwash to Per ley A. Thomas Car Works Inc., and from Ray Bowers to Perley A. Thomas on Willis property. James Franklin Cannon and wife sell to Jesse D. Jennings on Lexington Avenue. Bessie M Overcash Cummings and husband deed to B W Haithcock and wife on Springdale developments.
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High Point
Elmer W. Hilliard
Mary L. Hilliard
John W. Johnson
J. N. Thomas
Ray Bowers
Bradley Street
J. G. Shipwash
Perley A. Thomas Car Works Inc
S. E. Willis
James Franklin Cannon
Jesse D. Jennings
Lexington Avenue
Bessie M. Overcash Cummings
B. W. Haithcock
Springdale Developing Company
Shoplifter Reveals Notes From Saturday Thefts
A woman shoplifter gave police a notebook listing items stolen during six Saturday shoplifting sprees. She admitted obtaining $1,284 in goods from St. Louis department stores and explained the thefts occurred mainly on Saturdays between 11 and 11 30 a.m. She also directed officers to where each item was taken.
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ST. Louis
Son
Pranksters Put Roads Under Halloween Siege
County Judge Bill Ward issued breach of peace warrants for several pranksters age 18 and older who blocked a road and hurled rocks and cans at stopped vehicles. Six windshields were broken and one man was hospitalized.
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Paintsville
Bill Ward
Ward
Lang Wins Annulment Of Marriage To Actor Alan Wells
Actress Barbara Lang aged 26 won an annulment of her two year marriage to actor Alan Wells aged 32. She charged Wells wed her in Ensenada Mexico ten months before his divorce from Claudia Barrett was final.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Lang
Alan Wells
Miss Lang
Wells
Ensenada
Mexico
Claudia Barrett
Unemployment Reduced In Thomasville
Thomasville sees unemployment drop from 508 job seekers in September to 399 in October. Marion H. Randolph of the Employment Security Commission reports 121 applications in October with 75 referred to jobs and 68 subsequently employed.
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Thomasville
Marion H. Randolph
Employment Security Commission
Randolph
NAACP Local Branch Sets Thursday Evening Meeting
The local NAACP branch plans a Thursday 8 PM meeting at the YMCA with the vice president presiding. Attendees will discuss bringing State NAACP president Kelly M. Alexander to the city on November 23 and invite presidents members and ministers from clubs and organizations. The Household of Ruth 622 meets Wednesday 7 30 PM at the Odd Fellows Hall. prior postponement was reported in error.
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YMCA
Kelly M. Alexander
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Ruth
Odd Fellows Hall
Evangelist Peguese to Lead Services at True Standard Holiness
Evangelist Peguese conducts 8 p.m. services Wednesday and Thursday at True Standard Holiness Church. George Miller, a Mooresville teen and UN expert, spoke at Leonard Street School for a 6th grade United Nations assembly on Friday October 24. Mrs. P P Burford named teacher sponsor of the year as her 4th grade class won the PTA contest. Queen of the PTA crowned was contestant Mrs. Willis Phifer.
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Evangelist Peguese
True Standard Holiiness Church
George Miller
United Nations
Leonard Street School
Mooresville
Columbia University
P. P. Burford
PTA
Willis Phifer
People With Little Knowledge Spread It Thin
A brief axiom notes that those lacking understanding are prone to share their partial knowledge widely, often amplifying misinformation and misunderstanding.
48 Million Vote Day Fueled by Presidential Ballot Trips
Voters cast ballots across the nation with notable moments including a helicopter trip by a former president from the White House lawn to Gettysburg and early ballot deposits by Herbert Hoover and James A. Farley in New York City. Predictive polls suggested Democratic Senate gains of 8 to 12 seats, with Alaska adding two seats later. Democrats held a 49-47 edge over Republicans in the Senate as Alaska loomed, while House balance stood at 235-200 for Democrats. Governors races hinted at a 1 to 3 seat net gain for Democrats, led by a NY contest between Averell Harriman and Nelson Rockefeller.
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White House Lawn
Gettysburg
Washington
Herbert Hoover
James A. Farley
New York City
Senate
Frederick G Payne
Edmund S. Shacks
Maine
Alaska
Trial opens in hitchhike slaying case in Fort Lauderdale
Mary Welborn, the 23 year old former Albuquerque waitress, faces a second degree murder trial for the Christmas night slaying of Robert E. Lee, a 24 year old from Asheville and Miami. The defense questioned whether the rifle wound was self inflicted or potentially connected to the shooting. A key witness, Fred Forsee, 16, testified Lee had been shooting the rifle with him near Belle Glade and later placed the gun in a green cloth case. Lee had visited his fiancée Susan Forsee the day of his death and left the Forsee home around 11:15 p.m. with no drinking reported.
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Fila
Mary Welborn
Albuquerque
N.M
R. K. Haugen
Robert E. Lee
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N.C
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Haugen
Lee
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Belle Glade
Susan Forsee
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Susan
Fred
Forsee
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