State A H S A Study Reclassification Of North Carolina High Schools
A special committee of the North Carolina High School Athletic Association will study reclassification for athletic competition. Chairman C. R. Joyner of Winston-Salem will appoint members, with Dr. J. L. Pierce and L. J. Perry analyzing enrollments by the eight districts. The panel meets in Chapel Hill on December 15.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina High School Athletic Assn
North Carolina
C. R. Joyner
Winston-Salem
J. L. Pierce
State Department of Education
L. J. Perry
Association
South Carolina Woman Ordered Arrest in Sheriff Death Case
Judge P C Fronenberger ordered the arrest of Mrs. Lila H. Overby of Abbeville S C after she failed to appear in Superior Court to answer manslaughter charges linked to the traffic death of Henderson County Sheriff W G McCall last summer. Edward Blackwell the driver also faces manslaughter charges and his case was continued to the next term of court.
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Hendersonville
N.C
P. C. Fronenberger
Gastonia
South Carolina
Lila H. Overby
Abbeville
S.C
Henderson County
W. G. McCall
Overby
Edward Blackwell
Bondurant Begins Prison Term for Tax Evasion
Greensboro: W G Bondurant president of Morgan Trucking Co began serving a three year sentence after losing an appeal for a reduced term. He had pled guilty to evading taxes as an individual and head of the firm with penalties and interest totaling 218000 for 1953 54. Judge Johnson J Hayes denied the motion for a lighter sentence.
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Greensboro
G. Bondurant
Morgan Trucking Co
Johnson J. Hayes
Western Electric Talks Resumed in Strike Impasse
Negotiations resumed in Winston-Salem between Western Electric Co and the Communications Workers of America as the strike entered its 54th day. Federal mediators attended while each side reported no progress after separate sessions, with conflicting statements on the strike's impact at plants in Winston-Salem Burlington and Greensboro.
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Winston-Salem
Western Electric Co
Communications Workers of America
Burlington
Greensboro
Pine Harbor Club Destroyed By Fire Near Charlotte
The Pine Harbor Club a fishing dining and dancing venue was destroyed by a blaze near Charlotte last night. Owner R. S. Smith pegs damage at seventy thousand dollars. The two story frame building stood on pilings over the Catawba River.
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Charlotte
Pine Harbor Club
R. S. Smith
River Fire Damages Boats After Timber Collapse
A river collapse caused burning timbers to drift downstream endangering boats moored at a pier. Firefighters said the blaze began in the heating system of the living quarters on the second floor.
Oil Jobbers Wind Up Convention at Pinehurst
The Oil Jobbers Assn. adjourned its convention in Pinehurst North Carolina after electing Worth Hayner president. Other officers named were Hardin Kimrey vice president John Norwood treasurer and Donald M Ward secretary. Directors approved buying 6000 in Small Business Development Corp stock to meet a 1 million dollar goal backed by Gov Hodges. Turbine engines outlook plus discussions on horsepower compression ratios and fuel injection were presented. Rev H Park Tucker spoke at the dinner as chaplain of the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Hodges. Co
W. Ryan
New York
Clint Elliot
Pine Bluff
Ark
National Oil Jobbers Council
H. Park Tucker
Atlanta
North Carolina Business Corp Reaches Goal
Gov Hodges announced North Carolina Business Development Corp subscriptions surpassed a one million dollar goal. The NC Oil Jobbers Assn subscribed 18000 dollars in stock, boosting total capital to over one million dollars, said executive VP H Powell Jenkins.
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H. Powell Jenkins
Hargraves Held on Serious Charge in Edwards River Death
Leroy Hargraves age 38 was ordered held on a serious case charge after a Magistrate J A Farrell Sr hearing in Pittsboro North Carolina. He is charged in the death of Emma Dell Edwards 30 whose body was pulled from the Haw River on the prior Saturday. Edwards reportedly signed a statement admitting Hargraves pushed her into the river.
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Pittsboro
N.C
Leroy Hargraves
J. A. Farrell Sr
Emma Dell Edwards
Haw
Edwards
Union Wins Tobacco Plant Election at Greensboro
An NLRB election in Greensboro gave the Tobacco Workers International Union representation as bargaining agent for workers at the P. Lorillard Co plant. The vote was 507 to 15. Lorillard workers at Lexington and Louisville, Kentucky, are represented by the TWI union.
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Greensboro
NLRB
Tobacco Workers International Union
P. Lorillard Co
Lorillard
Lexington
Louisville
TWI
Five-Year-Old Joins TV Show as George Gobel’s Daughter
Hollywood comedian George Gobel secures a social security card for his daughter Georgia Leslie enabling her to appear on his television series. The child is five years old and will perform on the program.
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Hollywood
George Gobel
Gobel
Georgia Leslie
Date Set For Movie Awards
Hollywood confirms the 29th annual Academy Awards will be held March 27 with nominations announced in February.
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Hollywood
Hodges Cites Democratic Progress in Asheboro Rally
Gov. Hodges rallies in Asheboro praising 30 years of Democratic philosophy and performance while GOP rival Kyle Hayes argues North Carolina lags in per capita income after 56 years of Democratic rule. The race centers on education, pay, and a proposed $1 minimum wage.
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Associated Press
Democratic Party
Hodges
Asheboro
Kyle Hayes
Stanley
North Carolina
Hayes
GOP
Steps Toward Atom Power Plant
In Richmond Virginia a four company consortium Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates advances preliminaries for a nuclear reactor to generate electricity. They seek state commission approvals and an Atomic Energy Commission license plus reactor type guidance. Participants include Virginia Electric Power Carolina Power and Light Duke Power and South Carolina Electric Gas. The project’s cost and site remain unknown with a likely plant outside Virginia.
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Richmond
Carolinas
Virginia Nuclear Power Associates, Inc
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Virginia Electric & Power
Kurile Islands Named From Russian Word For Smoking
The Kurile Islands lie between Alaska and Siberia and derive their name from the Russian word for smoking. Active volcanoes are present on the archipelago.
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Kurile Islands
Alaska
Siberia
Kuril
Islands
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