Grand Jury Considers Slaying in North Carolina
A Rockingham County grand jury is asked to indict three men for first degree murder in the death of Ida Mae Treadaway whose nude knife wound fatality was found at Roberdell Lake after her disappearance on August 3. The suspects are Joe Miller, 27, and Johnny Quick, 23, of Rockingham and Hubert Stewart, 25, formerly of Richmond County, Maryland.
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Rockingham
N.C
Rockingham County
M. G. Boyette
Joe Miller
Johnny Quick
Hubert Stewart
Baltimore
Ida Mae Treadaway
Roberdell Lake
Here
Richmond County
R. W. Goodman
Miller
Quick
Stewart
Watson
Sandhills
Bloomington Pantagraph backs Stevenson for president
The Bloomington Pantograph in Illinois, once reluctant to endorse Adlai Stevenson in 1952, now says Stevenson is a free man and endorses him for president. Stevenson and his sister Mrs. Ernest Ives own close to half the paper’s stock, with three cousins holding majority interests including publisher Loring Merwin.
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Bloomington
Ill
Bloomington Pantograph
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Ernest Ives
Southern Pines
N.C
Pantagraph
Truman
Theewspaper
Loring Merwin
Ives
Shooting Trial Set For Today
TARBORO North Carolina A former golf club pro faced trial for the fatal shooting of Leroy Gorham 17 near here March 22 in a case of mistaken identity. John Teal former Hilma Country Club pro and current appliance dealer said he shot Gorham whom he thought was his fiancees divorced husband who had threatened his fiancée Marie Reynolds Whitehurst.
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Tarboro
N.C
John Teal
Hilma
Leroy Gorham
Gorham
Teal
Marie Reynolds Whitehurst
Midget Story at Greenville Fair Draws Small Audience
Greenville News reporter Billy Williams interview three midgets at the Greenville County American Legion Fair. The story appeared in a reduced type and was illustrated by a half-column picture, highlighting the size difference.
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Greenville
8.C
Billy Williams
The
Greenville News
Greenville County
American Legion
California contest shows Eisenhower edge narrowing in 1958
In California a vigorous Democratic drive energizes voters as Sen. Richard Richards challenges Sen. Kuchel for the Republican Senate seat while Democrats see gains in the House and a possible shift in the state legislature. Governor Knight touts mobilization as party lines tighten amid strong job growth and Stevenson Kefauver primary momentum.
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Morrie Lansberg
Sacramento
Calif
Ona
Eisenhower
California
Paul Ziffren
Beverly Hills
William Rosenthal
Los Angeles
Richard Richards
Thomas H. Kuchel
Rpublicans
GOP
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Goodwin J. Knight
Pasadena
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Nixon
Kefauver
William F. Knowland
State Assembly
Senate
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Gaul
Knight
Knowland
Alphonzo E. Bell Jr
San Francisco
Richards
Sen. Ruchel
Leaf Markets Begin Second Week of Flue-cured Tobacco Sales
The Old Belt and surrounding regions in the Carolinas and Virginia started week two as Federal State Market News reports very light sales and poorer quality versus opening week. Gains mainly for leaf and smoking grades. primings and lugs often down.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Virginia
North Carolina-Virginia
Federal State Market News Service
North Carolina
Man Dies After Yellow Jacket Sting in Kentucky
Harlan Ky Elmo Robinette, 30, died after a yellow jacket sting to the mouth while killing wasps with a flyswatter on his porch. He returned inside, lay down, and collapsed when attempting to rise.
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Harlan, Ky
Elmo Robinette
Woman Goes Home in Pony Cart After Auto Accidents
In Westerly Rhode Island Mrs Ce d onia Mowrey aged 52, recovering from a recent injury, keeps her vow not to ride in cars. She rides home from Westerly hospital in a pony cart drawn by a Shetland pony driven by her husband Rochester who borrowed a black top hat for the occasion.
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Westerly, R.I
Cedonia Mowrey
Westerly Hospital
Rochester
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Marinduque
Marinduque Provincial
Kuchel
Warren
Siegler
North Carolina Middle Belt
News Service
South Carolina
Lake City
Timmonsville
Mullins
Fairmont
Whiteville
Lumberton
Old Belt
Middle Belt
Eastern Belt
South Carolina Border Belt
Sting
Yellow Jacket
the Lions Club
LIONS
Archdale
Trinity
Oakview
Ford
English Motor Company
Washington & Wrenn Streets
High Point, N. C
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