Gen Marshall dies after long illness at Walter Reed
Ft Bragg mourns General Marshall after a stroke and weeks in Walter Reed Hospital. The 78 year old five star general spent his final months at Liscombe Lodge near Pinehurst and in retirement but remained a trusted Army figure. His Pinehurst cottage, bought in 1941, drew leaders and even Queen Elizabeth II, with visits from Truman and others.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
C. Marshall
Army
Marshall
eHe
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Gen. Marshall
Liscombe Lodge
Pinehurst Lane
Pinehurst
Marshall Park
Congress
Harry Truman
Queen Band
Old Virginia
Engineer To Examine Salvaged Ship
Norfolk AP report notes a sal e pumping station for future salvage work with engineer Richard Neyers of New York, linked to Belden Little of Holland, Va. Doria salvage schemes loom after the African Queen recovery. Doria lies 225 feet deep off Nantucket with 51 dead, 1,700 saved, and jewels possibly valued up to 40 million. Also referenced: 120,000 birthday cards a year by Harris Miller of Buffalo, 77.
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Norfolk
Howell
Richard Neyers
New York
Belden Little
Holland
Lloyd Dier
Dier
Little
A. E. Sadler
Paul Brady
Suffolk
Ocean City
Nan‘tucket
Mass
Stockholm
Buffalo
N. Y
Harris ‘Miller
Senior High High Points at Chapel Hill Meeting and Homecoming 1959
High Point High School representatives attended the National Scholastic Press Institute meeting at Chapel Hill. Senior Class plan outlined with candidate slate and election. School of Music program announced. Homecoming 1959 details include floats, queen, and sock hop success.
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High Point High School
National Scholastic Press Institute
Chapel Hill
Ann Prichett
Mary Lynda Eagle
Mary Womack
Eleanor Young
The
Pointer
Nancy Clinard
Jo Dunbar
Nancy Scearce
Louise Tapp
Pemican
School of Music
Woman's College
Lee Rigsby
Ge Bae
High Point High
Future
Business Leaders of America
Future Teachers of America
National Honor Society
Man finds copper Canadian penny from 1837 on country road
Allen Hyde said he walked the same spot for 14 years when on his way to feed chickens he spotted a copper Canadian penny dated 1837 on the roadside near Appleton New York.
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Appleton, N. Y
Allen Hyde
Safety On Farms Is Urged After Idaho Girl’s Death
In Boise AP report, officials cite need for stronger farm safety following 12 year old Christine Hays of Blackfoot dying from injuries after long hair tangled in a harvesting machine. The Monday accident on an east Idaho farm led to a Salt Lake City hospital death three days later. Labor Commissioner Robison urges greater publicizing of protections for youths on farms, noting current laws exempt farm labor from state and federal industrial safety rules.
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Boise, Idaho
Christine Hays
Blackfoot
Idaho
Salt Lake City
W. L. Robison
Robison
Baptist Mission Expands Work in Nyassaland Field
The Baptist Mission of Central Africa orders two missionary couples from Southern Rhodesia to Blantyre to prepare for open Baptist work. The appointees are Rev. and Mrs. William S. Wester and Rev. and Mrs. LeRoy Albright. This adds to a total of 40 countries and territories where Southern Baptist missionaries serve.
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Blantyre
Nyassaland
Baptist Mission of
Central Africa
Southern Rhodesia
William S. Wester
LeRoy Albright
Southern Baptist
Heavy Raleigh Strike Appeals to State Supreme Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court will hear a heavy calendar next week with 39 appeals, including 18 arising from the Harriot Henderson Cotton Mills strike. Eight TWUA members including Boyd E Payton face a major case charging plot to destroy mill facilities amid related criminal charges and contempt rulings involving 63 defendants across civil and criminal actions.
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Raleigh
Henderson
State Supreme Court
Harriet-Henderson
Textile Workers Union of America
Boyd E. Payton
Carolinas
TWUA
Supreme Court
Payton
Harold E. Aaron
State Bureau of Investigation
Port Use Grows as North Carolina Ports Attract Lines
Port authorities report Morehead City and Wilmington winning more recognition from ship lines. Export Lines will call at Morehead next month and Black Diamond Lines will begin regular calls there for the rest of the year. A 1000 foot addition at Wilmington docks gets final inspection Oct 22 and operations start next month with a new transit shed. The next state ports meeting is tentatively set for Jan 19 or 20, with sessions split between Southport and Wilmington for the dock dedication.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Morehead City
Wilmington
State Ports Authority
D. Leon Williams
Authorty
Morehead
Williams
Coast Guard
Wilmington State Docks
Southport
Birthplace of Aycock Restored Near Fremont
The birthplace of Charles B Aycock the educational governor will reopen November first. The restored governor home lies east of U S highway 117 between Fremont and Pikeville. Chair Dr David J Rose says the program will feature William T Joyner and other state officials and family members accepting the shrine for North Carolina.
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Fremont
N.C
Charles B
Carolina
Charles B. Aycock
U. S. Highway 117
Fremont and
Pikeville
David J. Rose
Goldsboro
William T. Joyner
Raleigh
J. Y. Joyner
la Grange
Aycock
Charles F. Carroll
Kinston
Edwin Gill
North Carolina
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Family Weekly
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Brite
West End Drug Store
Glenn Ayre
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