Von Braun Urges Space Speedup
President Eisenhower era remarks by Wernher von Braun at a food chains breakfast urge accelerating the U S space program. He warns the Soviet advantage may grow with a satellite and calls for stable programs and confidence in rocket teams while comparing Cold War between free men and state control.
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Washington
Wernher von Braun
von Braun
Army’s
Ballistic Missile Agency
Huntsville
Ala
National Assn
Tobacco industry outlook predicts major market shifts
Boston AP reports P Lorillard head Lewis Gruber forecast big changes in the cigarette trade. He expects the regular size cigarette to wane, filters to grow, menthol brands to gain at least 20 percent of the market in two years, and five or six brands to dominate after a shakeout.
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Boston
P. Lorillard Co
Lewis Gruber
Gruber
Man Faints From Fire Excitement
A fire at 512% Leonard St injured occupant Clyde Smith who fainted after watching firefighters subdue the blaze. An official said the collapse was likely due to emotional distress from seeing his home burn. Fire damage was limited.
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Leonard St
Clyde Smith
Memorial Hospital
Lilly Co
English St
Marsha Osbill
Tomlinson St
Road Hearings Set Tomorrow In Hillsboro
Citizens in the Seven Highway Division counties may present road requests at a public Hillsboro meeting. Division Engineer T. A. Burton announces the hearing. The session starts at 1 p.m. at the Orange County Courthouse with officials and the public invited.
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Seventh Highway Division
Seventh Division
Hillsboro
T. A. Burton
Rockingham
Caswell
Guilford
Alamance
Orange
Orange County
Chair City Teachers Double Up to Cover Vacancies
Thomasville and Main Street schools see four teachers volunteer to cover two senior high vacancies after resignations. W. S. Horton says pay may follow. replacements named. Board also assigns Mrs. Curlee to fill Warner seat as resignations affect Martinsville job moves and plans visits with Liberty Drive and Colonial Drive PTA groups.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Senior High School
Main Street Junior High School
W. Harry Curlee
Jeff Warner
Martinsville
Liberty Drive
Colonial Drive
PTA
Navy veteran earns over a thousand honorary decorations
Peter Forcanser, a millwright from Toms River New Jersey, spent 15 years in the Navy without a medal but has accumulated more than a thousand honorary insignia since 1935. He collects these trays full of decorations from other sources and keeps them as mementos.
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Toms River
N. J
Peter Forcanser
Forcanser
Thom asville Cafeteria Rule Boosts Student Lunch Uptake
Thom asville School Board reports a sharp rise in cafeteria dining after enforcing a rule that bans leaving campus for lunch. At Main Street Junior High 96 percent of 738 students eat in the cafeteria, with similar high rates at Colonial Drive Kern Street and Liberty Drive. Church Street School shows 42 percent. Total cafeteria expenses for September reach 21 403.05 across six cafeterias.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Board of Education
Supt
W. S. Horton
Horton
Main Street Junior High
Colonial Drive
Kern Street
Liberty Drive
Church Street
Church Street School
iChairman
Harry Brown Finch
Blackmail Plot Ties to Hotel Beating Death in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh officers report a blackmail scheme led to the beating and death of William C. Quercy of Rockingham North Carolina. District Attorney Edward C. Boyle quoted John L. Hart stating he struck Quercy after he refused blackmail. Quercy had been in his hotel room with Patricia Kister 19 before the assault.
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Pittsburgh
North Carolina
Edward C. Boyle
Boyle
John L. Hart
William C. Quercy
Rockingham
N.C
Querey
Patricia Kister
Prayer for Spirit to guide our daily life
A faith based text asks for the Holy Spirit to descend on consciousness and sanctify common labors. It cites Dotson M Nelson Jr a Greenville South Carolina minister at First Baptist Church. The prayer seeks life as a sacred trust and alignment with Gods will through Jesus Christ.
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Jesus Christ
Lord
Amen
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Winnifred Cottam
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Clifford Koontz
W. S. Collette
Mocksville
David Barrett
Roxboro
American Motors
Rambler Dealer
Sloop Auto Service
W. Broad Street
High Point, N. C
Rambler
Renoshe
Cervantes
Taft
Som St
New York
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Radio City
Alfred Lewis
Gen
Eckenoort
New York, N. Y
U. S
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