Republicans Bear Fresh Scars in North Carolina Wins
In a partisan shift, Republicans retained five seats in the 1959 North Carolina General Assembly, down from sixteen in 1957, as Democrats swept mountain counties and numerous local offices. Senator Charles G. Reavis captured the sole Senate seat for the GOP in Yadkinville.
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Republican Party
North Carolina
West
Derson
Stanly
Yadkin
Burke
Watauga
Clay
Graham
Wilkes
Thad Eure
House
Charles G. Reavis
Yadkinville
Water too cold sparks suicide fear in Metz
Robert Dufour hid in bushes as firemen searched the Orne River for his body after his brother raised the alarm fearing a suicide attempt. He surrendered after saying the water was too cold.
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Metz
France
Robert Dufour
Orne River
Robert
First American Woman Surgeon Lozier Pioneered Medicine
Clemence Harned Lozier of New York became the first American woman surgeon. She was born during the War of 1812 and earned her medical degree at age forty, marking a milestone for women in medicine.
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Clemence Harned Lozier
New York
Farm Leaders Form Educational Committee in North Carolina
Twenty leaders from farm groups will serve on a committee to explain referendums to Carolina farmers. E. Y. Floyd was named chair of the educational steering committee formed after a meeting at North Carolina State College. Farmers in commercial corn counties vote November 25 on quota and price support. tobacco and cotton referendums follow December 15 alongside tobacco and peanut votes.
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Targel
E. Y. Floyd
Floyd
Virginia-North Carolina Plant Food Institute
North Carolina State College
Y. Ballentine
State Grange
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
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