Rains Push Back Completion of 11 Mile Superhighway Stretch
State Highway officials say rains delayed the 11 mile Greensboro to Whitsett segment delaying target completion from November 1 to around November 15. Thompson Arthur Paving Co. advances on the project but will need concrete work and dirt shoulders. The double lane sections from Greensboro to Durham open gradually with full route ready by November 1960. After local area finishes, work shifts to the Whitsett to Efland 29 mile section.
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Gilssabens Cnd
Burton
Greensboro
Durham
Whitsett
Efland
Religious Emphasis Week Plans Observance at High Point College
The Student Christian Council at High Point College schedules Religious Emphasis Week on Tuesday and Wednesday with Guilford College's Dr. Gordon Lovejoy as principal speaker. A 3:30 p.m. Tuesday radio panel features Sylvia Nicks, Walter Huggins, Judy Fisher, Al Thompson, and Bob Little. Bill Spake will introduce and close.
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Student Christian Council
High Point College
Gordon Lovejoy
Guilford College
Slyvia Nicks
Walter Huggins
Judy Fisher
al Thompson
Bob Little
Bill Spake
Piedmont Referees Set Final Meeting At YMCA
Piedmont basketball officials plan their final meeting at the YMCA Sunday at 2 p.m. All officials slated to officiate this year must attend as rules will be interpreted and sketches of the Spade official’s examination will be discussed.
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Piedmont
Y.M.C
Spade
Greensboro Cook Tops Honey Prize Trio at State Fair
Greensboro Cook wins three awards at the North Carolina State Fair for honey based baking. She takes first prize for quick fruit bread with honey, second for plain cookies, and third for pecan or cinnamon rolls with honey glaze.
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Greensboro
Ee Ee Ee Nee Boro
North Carolina
College Freshmen Present Talent Show at Memorial Auditorium
The annual High Point College Freshman Talent Show will be held Thursday at 8 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium on the college campus. The event is sponsored annually by the college newspaper.
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High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Pickett To Speak To Quakers Here
Pickett will speak at the 11 oclock service at the meeting house on Quaker Lane.
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Pickett
Meeting House
Quaker Lane
Stanford Is Realtors President In North Carolina
Stanford is a Realtor of the Year winner and president of the High Point real estate group. He holds credentials as a certified property manager and Mortgage Bankers Association member, with past board roles in church and community service, plus military service as an ordnance instructor. The article notes the oil industry’s 1,700,000 milestone in its first century.
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Clendenin Cup
North Carolina
Mortgage Bankers Association of America
Mortgahe High Point Board of Elections
Army Ordnance
Stanford
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point
Lions Club
United Fund
Day Center For Handicapped Children
Rayburn launches Johnson for president drive at Dallas rally
House Speaker Sam Rayburn announces a drive to win the Democratic presidential nomination in 1960 for Senator Lyndon Johnson. Truman headlines a Johnson kickoff, while Johnson remains noncommittal about candidacy. Rayburn plans to expand the drive to other states as Truman defends Congress against a “won’t do” label.
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Dallas
Tex
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
U.S. Senate
Lyndon Johnson
Rayburn
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Missouri
Sen
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
United States
Johnson
Itis Te Hes
Washington
Congress
White House
Storm Judith forms off Florida coast near Tampa Bay
A small hurricane named Judith formed in the Gulf and moved toward the Florida west coast, posing limited wind risk but potential coastal flooding from five foot tides. Storm warnings extended from Punta Gorda to Cedar Keys as beaches evacuate and civil defense units monitor the threat.
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Miami, Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Florida West Coast
Gordon Dunn
Miami Weather Bureau
St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Judith
Naples
Fla
Punta Gorda
Cedar Keys
Florida
Tampa Bay
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Flynn's Body Is Returned For Burial
Hollywood reports Errol Flynn will be buried in a closed coffin with Episcopal rites at All Saints Church Beverly Hills. Patrons of the service include Patrice Wymore Nora Eddington Beverly Radiand and Flynn's train arrival from Vancouver is set for Sunday at 10 a.m. Funeral details call for private interment at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Hollywood
Errol Flynn
Flynn
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Patrice Wymore
Vancouver
Miss Wymore
Nora Eddington
Beverly Radiand
Strotege
Kermit Castellanos
All Saints Episcopal Church of
Beverly Hills
Theodore Flynn
St. Albans
England
California
Cops Charge Driver In Accident
Layman Reaves of Barbee Street is charged with failing to report an auto accident after a 7 30 p m collision at Steele and Richardson Streets. He skidded into a telephone pole, damaged a parked car, and left parts at the scene before returning home. Damages were $20 to the parked car and $200 to his vehicle. Reaves released on $200 bond pending Municipal Court on November 4.
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Reaves
Barbee Street
Richardson Street
Steele Street
Lee Richardson
E. Lexington Avenue
Richardson
Bride prompts national auto plant strikes in Britain
In London AP reports 1500 workers at Rootes plants walk out after 21 year old Eileen Stevenson wins day shifts for husband Tom Stevenson. The strike halts steel pressings and could affect other factories. a spokesman warns of broader impact and a large meeting of strikers is planned.
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London
Eileen Stevenson
Eileen
Tom
Rootes Auto Group
Stevenson
Counties split over road selection under highway plan
North Carolina counties debate the highway plan with a mix of support and opposition. Some chairmen oppose giving counties authority, while others back the point system as a need-based method. A survey shows varied views across ten counties, Davidson, Alamance, and Montgomery among them.
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State Highway Department
F. L. Mabry
Stanly
Highway Division
Alamance County
Highway Commission
County Board of Commissioners
Board of Commissioners
Davidson County
Commission
North Carolina
R. B. Jordan Jr
Montgom
Questioned chairmen assess North Carolina road point system
The questionnaire surveyed 31 Piedmont county chairmen, with fourteen responding. It asks whether they like the State Highway Department's Point System, if residents approve, whether it is a merit based paving method, and if it removes political pressure, plus opinions on the department overall.
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Ery County
Jordan
Highway Commission
County Boards of Commissioners
John A. McMahon
North Carolina Association of County Commissioners
Chapel Hill
McMahon
State Highway Department
Lutherans to Open Seminary in Hong Kong
The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod will establish a new seminary in Hong Kong led by Rev. Wilbert V. Holt who has directed the Synod's Chinese mission since 1945. Eighteen Chinese nationals, mostly college graduates, are expected to enroll in the three year course.
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Hong Kong
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
Wilbert V. Holt
Synod
Our Savior Lutheran Church
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