UNC Benefactor Donates 1000 Shares to Library
Durham banker John Sprunt Hill 88 gives 1000 Wachovia Bank shares worth about 15000 to UNC for library projects. Hill’s gifts total over a million dollars and include the Carolina Inn and mid town property in Chapel Hill. He is noted for a long career in law banking and education.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
John Sprunt Hill
Durham
University of North Carolina
Wachovia Bank &Trust. Co
Hill
George W. Watts
Carolina Inn
University
Duplin County
Puerto Rico
Home Savings Bank
Durham Bank & Trust Co
North Carolina
Tar Heel Education Views Differ on Science Teachings
D Hiden Ramsey of Asheville told a Southern Pines conference that public education is not to blame for Russia's satellite gains and urged stronger high school science courses. He said the country still has top scientists and opportunities, and that the temporary Soviet gains are not due to public schools.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Russia
D. Hiden Ramsey
Asheville
State Board of Higher Education
Southern Pines
Ramsey
Professor Commutes By Air
Professor James Hares of Southwestern University flies weekly to teach two courses at Southern Methodist University. Newsmen and photographers observed as he was interviewed, but he missed his flight for the first time this semester. His wife joined the trip by car for a shopping stop.
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Dallas
James Hares
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Tex
Southern Methodist University
Daily Best Seller In Reading Matter
Raleigh report notes daily newspapers dominate reading matter with over one and a third billion dollars spent last year by U S readers. About 100 million Americans 12 years and older read a daily newspaper daily, surpassing books magazines and other media in reach and advertising value.
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Daily Newspaper
Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
United States
Helium Production To Expand For Defense Needs
Washington reports planned expansion of U S helium production to support missiles and defense programs. Interior officials say a long range plan would extract helium from natural gas before use, reducing future helium supplies. Four Bureau of Mines plants in Exell and Amarillo Texas Shiprock New Mexico and Otis Kansas supply most free world helium.
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Washington
Interior Department
Sputnik
Soviet Union
Bureau of Mines
Exell
Amarillo
Tex
Shiprock
N. M
Otis
Kan
Collision Kills Five and Hurts Two in NC Crash
Five people died and two were injured in a head on collision on NC Highway 27 near Pee Dee River Bridge six miles east of Albemarle. Victims include Doyle Young 21 Burnsville and Mrs Harrison Reeder 27 Montgomery County with others from Troy. Police cited high speed and bridge impact.
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Albemarle
N.C
Frank Reynolds
Doyle Young
Burnsville
Harrison Reeder
Montgomery County
Curtis H. Green
Troy
Calvin Hicks
Stanly County Memorial Hospital
Reeder
Roy Wyatt
Newdale
Pee Dee River
N.C. Highway 27
Here
Reynolds
Joe Merrill
Merrill
Generals Charged With Illegal Hunt on Maryland Shore
Two U S Army generals face charges for illegally hunting wild geese on a baited area in Maryland's Eastern Shore. Fifteen people total are charged. Named are Maj. Gen. Rin Van Brunt, 56, chief of staff of the 2nd Army at Fort Meade, and Lt. Gen. Edward T. Williams, 56, deputy command ing general at Fort Monroe VA.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Rin van Brunt
2Nd Army
Ft. Meade
Edward T. Williams
Continental Army Command
Ft. Monroe
See Swept-Wing 58 by Dodge at HORACE GILDERTON INC
Advertisement notes a Dodge See Swept-Wing 58 vehicle at Horace Gilderton Inc located 701 709 South Main Street High Point North Carolina with license 1745.
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Dodge
Horace Gilderton, Inc
Main Street
High Point
N. C
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