Supreme Court to hear disputed Sheriff election case
The North Carolina State Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in two cases challenging Sheriff Sam Smitherman of Montgomery County. Plaintiffs claim improper service of papers and seek to void the election count, arguing 317 absentee ballots may have altered the result.
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State Supreme Court
Raleigh
Sam G. Smitherman
Montgomery County
Elwood C. Long
Smitherman
Long
Supreme Court
Superior Court
F. Don Phillips
J. C. Wallace
Clerk of Court
Elections Board
Castro regime tightens grip as land seizures spread
In Havana informants say Cuba moves to let true revolutionaries run all state sectors. Seizures target cattle, tobacco and oil records with U S and Cuban holdings, signaling broad nationalization. Major Ernesto Guevara’s role cited but disputed as influence spreads to industry and diplomacy.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
Maj
Ernesto Guevara
Guevara
Institute of Agrarian Reform
al Raul Cne
Fidel Castro
Castro
Innts
Business Oif
Cuiba
el Indio
Pingree
Becerra Cattle Co
King Ranch of
Texas
State Ports Show Rise In Business
Wilmington handled a record 4 826 608 tons in 1958 up 73 831 tons from 1957. Morehead City moved 506 616 tons up 52 822 tons though 30 000 tons below the 1953 peak of 536 685. Exports rose from 27 201 to 50 415 tons. Wilmington imports increased from 382 873 to 490 340 tons while woe fell from 336 308 to
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Wilmington
Morehead City
Fireman Honored At North Carolina Jaycees Meeting
Jack Beasley 33, captain of the Thomasville Fire Department, received the Fireman of the Year award at the North Carolina Junior Chamber meeting in Rocky Mount. Clarence Scoggins of Tryon won Volunteer Fireman of the Year for risking his life inside a burning Catholic church to ensure holy objects were removed. Uriel Blount of Deland, Fla., spoke. Judith Klipfel of Asheboro entertained. about 400 Jaycees attended the three day event ending Sunday.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
Jack Beasley
Thomasville
North Carolina
Youth Found Dead At Home In Southern Pines
In Southern Pines North Carolina an 18 year old man was found dead by hanging in his sister's unfinished kitchen Saturday. Police said a warrant had been sworn Friday night accusing him of assault with a deadly weapon. The sister Mrs Maxine Brown reported finding the body after chairs and tables were overturned in the torn up kitchen.
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Hayti
Missouri
Frank Pierce
James Monroe Jenkins
Nashville
Pemiscot
Caruthersville
Pierce
Jenkins
Bae Rog County Memorial Hospital
Hay
Southern Pines
N.C
Iegro
James Earl Baker
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