Lady Bird Johnson to Briefly Stop in Chair City
A special train carrying Lady Bird Johnson will stop in Thomasville on Wednesday around noon. Fourth District Rep. Harold D. Cooley arranged the stop for Thomasville and Lexington and notified local officials for the visit. Special ceremonies were being planned.
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Thomasville
Lady Bird Johnson
Eee
Harold D. Cooley
Nashy
Lexington
Cooley
Tom Suddarth
George Saintsing
Chair City
Cletus Frank Advances To Semi Finals
Cletus C Frank, a 35 year old truck driver for Akers Motor Lines based at Greensboro Terminal, advances to the semi finals of the straight truck class at the 27th National Truck Road-eo in Louis. Officials of the American Trucking Association say he faces top competition after logging over 675000 accident free miles in ten years.
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Thomasville
Cletus C. Frank
Louis
Frank
Akers Motor Lines
Greensboro
Lambeth Named to Piedmont Crescent 2000 Commission
James E. Lambeth Jr., Thomasville city council member and Erwin Lambeth board chair, was appointed by the governor to the Piedmont Crescent 2000 Commission. The nine car special train will stop in Thomasville at 3 p.m. Wednesday as Tom A. Finch of Thomasville Furniture Industries welcomes the delegation.
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Thomasville
James E. Lambeth Jr
Erwin Lambeth
Piedmont Crescent
Davidson County Board of Commissioners
Tom A. Finch
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Congress Expands ROTC Program Nationwide
Congress passed a measure expanding the Reserve Officer Training Corps from 24 high schools to as many as 1,200 sites. The bill allows a two year ROTC option, offers college cadets annual $850 scholarships and $500 monthly retainer pay, and raises upper class ROTC retainer pay to at least $40 per month from $27.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Firemen Plan Benefit Supper At Sedgefield
The Pinecroft Sedgefield Volunteer Fire Department will sponsor a barbecue at Sedgefield School on Saturday. Take-out orders run from 4 to 8 p.m. and dine-in service is from 5 to 8 p.m in the cafeteria. A musical program by Pinecroft follows the supper at 8 p.m.
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Sedgefield
Pinecroft - Sedgefield
Pinecroft
Hincks, 74, Retired 2nd U.S. Circuit Judge, Dies
Carroll C. Hincks of New Haven died at 74. He served 28 years as a federal judge after his Hoover appointment and retired from the 2nd U.S. Circuit in 1959. Local obituary notes his long tenure on the federal bench.
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Carroll C. Hincks
New Haven
Conn
Herbert Hoover
Hincks
2Nd
U.S. Court of
Plans Drawn For Addition To Hospital
Preliminary plans and sketches for a proposed new wing at Lexington Memorial Hospital are under review by the Medical Care Commission in Raleigh with expected approval soon. Joe V. Moffitt says construction could start in 30 to 45 days after approval, with Eccles D. Everhart of High Point to be architect. The project aims to begin within the year without a deficit, and funding totals have been received for the construction program. The hospital’s board notes completion of its third consecutive year.
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Lexington
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Medical Care Commission
Raleigh
Joe V. Moffitt
Eccles D. Ever
Moffitt
Cc. C. Wall Sr
Ye Oime
Adenauer Cracks Rib Keeps Up Daily Walks at Villa
Konrad Adenauer former West German chancellor 88 stays active after cracking a rib in a fall three weeks ago. He wears tape on the injured rib and continues his daily walks at his vacation villa near Cadenabbia Italy.
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Cadenabbia
Italy
Konrad Adenauer
Thomasville Eyes Rail Underpass Delayed by Plan
Thomasville officials press for a railroad underpass as a top federal aid priority. The project hinges on completing a major thoroughfare plan by 1966, with multiple underpasses possible to ease emergency traffic and cross-rail delays.
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Thomasville
North Carolina
Dalford Styers
Transportation Committee of
James K. Glenn
Styers
Hollywood
Alain Delon
Nathalie
eny/temnes
Glenn
Memorial Park Drive
Textile firm expansion adds 75 to 80 jobs in Asheboro
Pinehurst Textiles Inc expands at Pritchburg and Greensboro streets, increasing local employment from about 150 to roughly 225 by late November. The lingerie maker, with sales offices in Boston Dallas San Francisco New York and Charlotte, started on Sunset Avenue and has grown through several building additions since 1948.
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Asheboro
Pinehurst Textiles Inc
Pritchurg
Greensboro
Tion
Greensboro Street
Pinehurst
Boston
Dallas
San Francisco
New York
Charlotte
John F. Redding
Sunset Avenue
Pair Pinned Under Auto In Randolph
Two men were trapped under an overturned car on Meadowbrook Road near Asheboro and later hospitalized. Lee Rorie of Flint Street and Phil Brown of Asheboro sustained knee and back injuries and facial cuts respectively after the vehicle rolled on a turn and pinned them beneath it.
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Asheboro
Randolph Eeeee Vv
Dale Mills
Lee Rorie
Flint Street
Phil Brown
Rorie
Brown
Mills
Meadowbrook Road
Yesme
Reg
Cis
Bids Sought On Pope Air Base Fueling System
Savannah District Army Engineers will call for bids on a $300,000 hydrant aviation fueling system at Pope Air Force Base Fayetteville North Carolina on October 5. They will also seek bids for a $300,000 addition to the base air field operational system on October 26.
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Savannah, Ga
Pope Air Force Base
Fayetteville
N.C
Savannah District Army Engineers
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Cletus Frank
Jas. Lambeth
East Davidson High School
Bob Holladay
Charles Prevost
Jim Grimes
John Moore
Dan Snyder
Clayton
Art Richardson
Hart
High Point
Adenauer
Thomasville Road
United Appeal
Randolph
Fisher
The
Atlantic
Chevrolet
Corvette
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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