Sniper slays 77 year old man in apparent robbery
High Point deputies questioned two men amid the mystery of a deliberate homicide on Loop Road. M. J. Hoover, 77, was shot in the back as he read and found by his sons. Robbery motive cited. billfold missing though Hoover kept money on him. Police pursued leads with canine search and Witnesses described a nearby pursuit area. See continuation on page nine A.
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Dick Bickerton
High Point Sheriff's Deputies
Loop Road
M. J. Hoover
Claude
Harold
Hoover
Roy
Joe
Greensboro
Apple Tree Road
Greensborone Department
Sheriff's Deputies
Sechrest
Steel Workers Eat Turkey Amid Thanksgiving Pause
Morrisville Pennsylvania AP reports about 4000 steelworkers at U S Steel Fairless Works spending Thanksgiving day with turkey as a brief respite from a four month strike. Wages varied with many paid for four or five days and some recalled workers received about six days pay after a Taft Hartley injunction ended the strike.
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Morrisville
James Russell
William Tkacz
Tkacz
U.S. Steel Corporation
Fairless
Court rules seven year old cannot testify in case
Pennsylvania Supreme Court unanimously reverses a damages award to Dennis Rosche in Sharon. The court says seven-year-old Dennis was not competent to testify and finds the Common Pleas Court abused its discretion by allowing Carolyn Laou to testify. A new trial is ordered.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Dennis Rosche
Sharon
Dennis
Thomas D. McBride
Carolyn Laou
Fierce Winds Feed Texas Grass Fire Destroying Homes
NE Texas flames driven by strong winds ripped through brush near Wernetey destroying about 40 homes and threatening towns. Damage runs to hundreds of thousands of dollars with one reported death a heart attack while fighting the blaze.
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Marshall
Tex
Texas
Wernetey
Texas Forest Service
B. Q. Adams Sr
Smyrna
Henry Fink
Gilmer
George the Light-Hearted Lion Headed to Tulsa
George a 70-pound cub once kept at Oklahoma City jail and Lincoln Park Zoo may join Tulsa parks per Park Board chair Gordon Hicks. The docile feline, previously owned by Ted Moore, caused disruption in a jail and at home before zoo officials claimed him.
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George
Lion
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Okla
City Jail
Lincoln Park Zoo
Warren Thomas
Tulsa Park Board and Board
Gordon T. Hicks
Ted Moore
Moore
Zoo
Police Hunt Fails To Net Two Convicts In WV Area
Authorities, aided by cold weather and a photo lineup, pursued two North Carolina prison escapees, James T. Waller and Johnny W. Burgess Jr., after a stolen car linked them to West Virginia. A rural search through Jackson and Rock areas continued as residents reported harboring the pair briefly.
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Princeton
W.va
North Carolina
Sonerelddh Thinhaied Gaamnes
James T. Waller
Johnny W. Burgess Jr
Jackson
Ohio
Waller
Burgess
West Virginia
Rock
Traffic deaths rise during Thanksgiving weekend
Traffic fatalities mounted slowly over the extended holiday period amid snow sleet and rain across much of the nation. Michigan reported five deaths in three crashes including a Detroit pedestrian death and a car train collision near Howell. The National Safety Council and AP surveys showed hundreds of deaths from traffic, fires and other causes.
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Michigan
Detroit
Howell
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Atlas Able fails moon shot ending U S bid for lunar orbit
The Atlas Able rocket failed on its maiden moon flight after the second stage did not fire. NASA reported loss of signals 70 seconds after launch and a debris piece fell into the Atlantic. The setback ends U S plans for lunar orbit and delays future attempts.
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Cape Canaveral
NASA
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Soviet Union
Moon
Earth
Austen
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fla
Eisenhower to decide foreign aid request for overseas program
President Eisenhower will determine in days the level of military and economic aid to seek from Congress for overseas programs. Officials say he will finalize the figure before a 20,000 mile goodwill trip to 11 nations. The Saar predicts about four billion dollars, near last year’s request, while Congress cut to 3.2 billion. Budget Bureau revisions aim to trim a five billion proposal. final version goes to the White House with State Department input from Secretary Herter.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
State Department
Apceer
Saar
Administration
Budget Bureau
White House
Christian A. Herter
Flying Grandfather Extends Long-Distance Flight Record
Max Conrad, 56, of Winona Minnesota, pilots a Piper CoManche into a record 6,000 mile nonstop journey from Africa toward El Paso Texas. He passed Florida and aims for New Orleans before continuing, exceeding Bill Odum’s 4,957 mile mark.
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New Orleans
Max Conrad
Winona
Minn
el Paso
Tex
Continents
Atlantic Ocean
Conrad
Casablanca
Morrcco
Bill Odum
Florida
New
Orleans
Africa
Texas
Piper Co
Los Angles
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Herman Burrows
Burrows
R. B. Davis Jr
Guilford County
Robert Allred
Route 62
David Cox
R. B. Davis
Turkey
Ferce
G. B. Warnstaff
Marshall Fire Department
Charlotte
N.C
Charleston
THE
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Gastonia
Aieson City
Tenn
Rockingham
Clinton
Lenoir Rhyne
Catawba
Hickory
Duke
UNC - Duke
United States
U.S. A
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