Heavy Rain Triggers Severe Flooding Along Deep River
Torrential rains north and northwest of the area push Deep River to multi year highs as City Lake Dam and the Thomasville reservoir spill over. Floodwaters flood parks and streets, with City Lake Park inundated and gates at the dam opened. Water peaks around 11 a.m. before receding, while officials note the Hazel hurricane precedent not rivaled this time.
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Enterprise
Here
Point Thomasville
Thomasville- Gton
City Lake
Earl Kerns
Deep River
Jamestown
City Lake Park
Kerns
Hazel
Oakdale
Jamestown Lake
Piedmont Lashed By Freak Rain
Heavy rainfall drenched the North Carolina Piedmont with over five inches in 12 hours at Greensboro causing flash floods and damage. The Greensboro and High Point airports logged totals near 5.14 to 6.47 inches as forecasters warned of continuing unsettled weather.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Piedmont
Weather Bureau
High Point
Greensboro- High Point
Seo de Tae
GOP calls for end to segregation in public places
Republicans urged eliminating racial segregation as a high priority requiring government cooperation at all levels. The task force proposed bolstering education funding, expanding mortgage credit, and boosting national medical research to a billion dollars annually by 1965, with the government covering half.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Federal funds allocated for 1961 highway program
The United States government allocated 2.725 billion dollars in federal highway aid for the 1961 fiscal year starting July 1. States must use funds within three years or forfeit them, but outlay limits may prevent full use in 1961. The Commerce Department notes the move provides planning lead time and aims to keep spending in line with revenues, with added carryover of 2.456 billion from prior apportionments.
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Washington
Highway Trust Fund
Commerce Department
Sword Swallower Learns Lesson in San Bernardino
Sword swallower Henry A Burns suffered hiccups and a sore throat during a Friday act in Long Beach California. He used 21 inch neon tubes as swords and inserted half inch tubes into his throat, then removed the broken tube and expelled shards. Doctors cleaned minced glass from his throat and he remained in good condition in hospital vowing to return to steel swords.
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Long Beach
Calif
Henry A. Burns
Burns
Typhoon Vera toll reaches 4341 dead in Japan
Tokyo reports 4341 dead 753 missing 17 injured from Typhoon Vera. Two new storms Babs and Charlotte spotted in the Pacific as Babs moves northeast east of Formosa at 63 mph and Charlotte west of Guam at 40 mph.
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Tokyo
Babs
Charlotte
Pacific
Vera
Japan
Formosa
Guam
Fact Finders Set To Hear Steel Strike Dispute
Washington reports a major steel labor clash as the Taft Hartley act process moves to hearings. Dr. George W. Taylor heads a three man panel amid union opposition to injunctions and possible plant seizures. David J. McDonald plans to attend from Pittsburgh to press the union case against a strike ending order.
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Congress
George W. Taylor
Taylor
University of Pennsylvng
David J. McDonald
Steelworkers Union
McDonald
Pittsburgh
Airliner crashes on landing at Smith Reynolds Airport
An airliner carrying soldiers left the runway in heavy rain at Smith Reynolds Airport. None among the three crew or soldiers was injured. Pilot Hugo Moralis said a brake failure may have caused the loss of control as he attempted to ground loop. The plane sliced two ditches and ran down a bank into pines near Castle Heights. Federal official R C Murray will file a report, likely by Sunday. Soldiers had just completed basic training at Ft. Dix and were bound for Ft. Benning. crew included Barbara Danehy and Edward Scott.
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Winston-Salem
Smith Reynolds
Hugo Moralis
Miami
Miami Airlines
Ina — —Nah
Castle Heights
R. C
Pvt. Fogarty
Capt
Moralis
Barbara Danehy
Arlington
Mass
Edward Scott
Hartley
Del
Locksmith Frees Seven Prisoners at Clinton County Jail
A lock specialist arrived at Clinton County jail in Plattsburgh New York on Saturday and freed seven inmates who had been trapped in their cells for more than 24 hours. The Decatur Iron and Steel Corp of Decatur Alabama sent plates and a tool to aid. it took two hours to diagnose the jam and release the men. The prisoners said they missed their exercise.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Clinton County
Decatur Iron and Steel Corp
Decatur
Ala
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