Ten Die On N C Highways In Weekend Toll
The Associated Press reports the North Carolina Highway Patrol logged at least ten highway deaths over the weekend with total violence bringing the toll to fifteen. Fires claimed Durham lives as families escaped and rescuers perished attempting to save others. Police cited defective brakes and lights at roadblocks as arrests rose.
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Associated Press
North Carolina Highway Patrol
Durham
Vassar Carlisle
Moses Smallwood
Robert W. Walker
Windsor
Lila Evans
Charlotte
Talmadge R. Hayes
North Wilkesboro
Edward Earl Woodlief
Raleigh
Smallwood
Walker
A. ‘A. Bryant
Janie ‘McLean
Hugh Barringer
Harry E. Douglass
Concord
Anderson Ferrell
Lucama
Black Creek
James Eller Johnson
Gary
W.va
William H. Brown
Plymouth
Nathaniel Brown
Taft Signs New Mexico Statehood Bill in 1912
The bill granting statehood to New Mexico becomes law after a decades long struggle, concluding President William H. Taft’s approval in 1912. The action marks a major milestone in the territory's path to state status and full governance.
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William H. Taft
New Mexico
Two Big Cases Await Jury Action
Stanly County grand jury to consider two major cases. Shadrick Skelton, 34, acquitted on federal charges of attempting to rob an Albemarle bank to fund plans to assassinate former President Truman. A state indictment for attempted armed robbery pending after mental competency findings. Dr. A. E. Perry, Monroe physician and NAACP activist, faces abortion charges with racial overtones and a venue change to Stanly Superior Court.
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Albemarle
N.C
Stanlyate Court
Shadrick
Skelton
W.va
Harry Truman
Truman
U.S
A. E. Perry
Monroe
Perry
Union County
National Assay For the Advancements’ Colored People
State Supreme Court
Stanly Superior Court
Crestview Sheriff Convicts Two In 1940 Slaying
Crestview Sheriff Ray Wilson wins murder verdicts against Jesse Cayson and Doyle Cayson for the 1940 death of Crestview Police Chief Lester Wilson. Sentences set for life. William Brown acquitted. Witnesses placed the defendants with Wilson that night and described subsequent threats and a drive with lights off.
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Crestview, Fla
Ray Wilson
Crestview
Okaloosa
Lester Wilson
Texas
North Carolina
Jesse Cayson
Cayson
Doyle
William Dorace Brown
Caysons
Mattie Lee Taylor Boeck
San Antonio
Tex
Wilson
Cotton ginning increases in North Carolina in 1958 season
North Carolina gin counts for the 1958 crop show 214 960 bales ginned through Oct 31, up 24 166 from 190 794 a year earlier. Robeson leads with 25 744 bales, Halifax 15 680, Northampton 15 416, with Harnett Johnston Nash Wayne and others also contributing sizable totals.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Pressley Melton
U.S. Department of Commerce
Robeson
Halifax
Northampton
Boston executive charged in multimillion dollar bond theft case
Bernard J. Ezhaya 45, president of Industrial Relations Associates in Boston, was charged in New London with receiving bonds stolen in major Canadian bank burglaries. He allegedly used the bonds as loan collateral, with about 76,000 recovered. The case links to a 1.789 million dollar Montreal robbery and a Brockville theft, with multiple arrests and recovery efforts across several countries.
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FBI
Edward J. McCabe
Ezhaya
New London
Joseph Balliro
Balliro
Societe Nationale de Fidacie
Montreal
Brockville Trust and Savings Co
Brockville
Ont
Switzerland
New York City
Miami
Virginia Defends school Law in Constitution Case
Virginia defends anti integration laws before the state Supreme Court of Appeals in a test of its obligation to maintain a free public school system. Arguments focus on a constitutional provision mandating public schools and the impact of a U S Supreme Court desegregation ruling.
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Richmond
Virginia
Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
General Assembly
Albertis
Harrison Jr
U.S. Supreme Court
Harrison
Sidn . C. Day Jr
Day
Samuel H. Williams
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Communists Light Fire At Quemoy In Heaviest Siege In Weeks
AP dispatch from Taipei reports Communist shore batteries firing at Quemoy and nearby islands with 1 975 shells on Sunday. Nationalists claim heavy return fire destroying gun emplacements while Red air activity appears over offshore areas. Hu Shih warns of potential new Communist moves in Asia.
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Taipei
Formosa
Queoy Islands
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Quemoys
Hu Shih
China
Far East
Berlin
South Korea
South Viet Nam
United States
Nationalist Central
Kwangtung
Fukien
Hong Kong
Ground Breaking With Spoons at Newburg Church
In Louisville, a children's ground breaking ritual marked the dedication of Newburg Christian Church’s new education building. The ceremony used spoons instead of shovels to reflect that the children will use the facility.
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Louisville, Ky
Newburg Christian Church
Burley Tobacco Belt Opens With Record Prices Expected
Burley tobacco sales began across eight states led by Kentucky with predicted crop gains and strong prices. Government analysts foresee earnings above 269 million dollars with an average near 60 dollars per hundredweight, while last season averaged 60.94 and 65.46 at peak.
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Louisville
Kentucky Department of Agriculture
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
North Carolina
West Virginia
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Oldest mission church in the United States named
The oldest mission church in the nation is San Miguel Church located in Santa Fe New Mexico. The church is highlighted as the country’s first enduring example of Spanish mission architecture and religious practice in the region.
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United States
San Miguel Church
Santa Fe, N. M
Cecil B DeMille Born in Washington DC
Cine career pioneer Cecil B DeMille, famed film producer, was born in Washington DC, according to a brief biographical note.
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Cecil B. DeMille
Washington, D. C
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