State Fair Attendance Sets Five Day Record At Raleigh
State Fair officials reported total attendance reaching a new high for five days with about 575000 visitors. Final day crowds exceeded 165000, with mid afternoon estimates over 150000 and a possible 166000 after football crowds. Major attractions in full homes included the James E Strates midway and auto races. Awards announced covered dairy cattle sheep poultry and turkey divisions with multiple winners from North Carolina and nearby states.
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Raleigh
R. H. Chadwick
James E. Strates
Hamid
Ei Stevenson
Palmgra
Ees H
Divers Seek Gold From Old Wrecks
Wilmington residents join Marine Cpl. Robert Marx and Capt. Robert Legere in treasure hunts off Weightavibie Beach and off Carolina Beach for gold aboard the Beau Regar d and other Confederate wrecks. Marx aims to recover Gen. E. Lee's alleged sword and English gold sovereigns amid salvage plans with heavy gear and Chamber of Commerce support.
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Wilmington
N.C
Lejeune Mar
Treasure Marine Cpl
Robert Marx
Rt E. Lee
Marx
Robert L. Legere
USN
Golden Lick
Carolina Beach
Fanny
Jenny
Gen. Lee
England
Wild Chamber of Commerce
Monitor Society
Washington
Saar Frontier Quiet as Voters Prepare Historic Pleibiscite
Police sealed the Saar Basin halting traffic to prevent intimidation ahead of a plebiscite on becoming a European supranation. About 664,000 Saarlanders will vote tomorrow, choosing yes for union with Europe or no to maintain the status quo under French influence.
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Uecken
Saar
Get
Sal A
Europe
West Germany
France
Laxensbourg
Rhode Iland
EU Unity
Parbay
Lee's Sword May Bring Big Problem for Heirs of Lee
Raleigh October 2 A marine skin diver claims to have found the Confederate blockade runner Fanny and Jenny wreck near Wrightsville Beach with Gen. Robert E. Lee's gold encrusted sword aboard. Justice Parker notes the heirs of Lee likely own the relic and would be entitled to expenses for its recovery.
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Raleigh
Robert E. Lee
Lee
R. Hant Parker
State Supreme Court
Miatime Cpl
Robert Marx
Camp Lejeune
Fanny
Jenny
Wrightsville Beach
Tomnorrow
Cape Fear
Prices Higher On Old Belt Weed Markets
Prices on Old Belt flue cured weed markets rose last week as the Federal State Market News Service reported. Sales volumes and averages climbed with gains of one to three dollars per hundred pounds in several grades, while total weekly sales reached over 34 million pounds at about 54.40 per hundred. Virginia and North Carolina markets posted sizable totals and averages, with stabilization loans affecting sales. Middle Belt quality improved with prices steady to higher, and overall season totals showed continued strength across belts.
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Associated Press
Federal State Market News Service
Virginia
North Carolinas
Stab Uization Corp
Statens
Stabilization Corp
Middle Belt
South Carolina
Border Markets
Border North
Palmetto Man Held Under $2,000 Bond
Laurinburg North Carolina October 22 A young South Carolinian Curtis Goins 23 of McColl was ordered held on a 2000 bond at a preliminary hearing in Scotland Recorder's Court. Goins testified he helped move YaSa Lane to a car after Lane died near Laurinburg July 3. Others charged with murder include Travis Seals 32 his wife Stella 26 and Stella's half sister Shirley Goins Williams 18 all jailed on prostitution convictions. Lane had lived with sister Mrs James B Jenkins in Berkeley and was visiting his mother in Laurinburg.
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Laurinburg
Curtis Goins
McColl
D.C
YaSa Ee
Anne Clyde Lane
Scotland County
Harry Sammon
Scotland
Seals
Lane
Goins
James B. Jenkins
Berkley
Big Four Meet Tests Peace Prospects at Geneva Talks
The conference in Geneva pits Dulles Macmillan and Pinay against Molotov in a clash of aims. Western leaders seek a lasting peace that rolls back Soviet power and unites Germany, while Moscow pursues a truce to ease pressure and later press for dominance in Europe.
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Dulles
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Antoine Pinay
France
Russia
Molotov
Nikolai Bulganin
Germany
Europe
Macmillan
Pinay
Geneva
Palace of Nations
Washington
Rome
Paris
United States
Konrad Adenauer
West Germany
Eisenhower
Adenauer
Moscow
Bulganin
Porkkala
Finland
Austria
Weather shifts bring mixed temps across regions
Chill fronts push southward from the north and central states into Montana causing snow and sharp drops in places like Lewiston and Great Falls while the midcontinent warms. Readings vary, with some areas seeing rainfall in the Mississippi and Missouri valleys and others enjoying milder or cooler air as a broad forecast calls for cloudiness and scattered showers, then generally fair weather.
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Associated Press
Montana
Tom
Great Basin
Mississippi
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Western
Lakes Region
Ohio
Lakes
Wealthy George A Ball Dies At 92 In Indiana
George A Ball 92 died after a three week illness at his Muncie home. He built wealth from fruit jars and railroad holdings guiding Ball Brothers Co. He controlled a railroad empire including Chesapeake & Ohio Nickel Plate Erie and Missouri Pacific before selling rail securities in 1937. He supported Ball State, Indiana University and Ball Memorial Hospital, and served as a Republican national committeeman from Indiana. He leaves a widow Frances and daughter Elisabeth.
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Muncie
Ind
George A. Ball
America
Ball
Ball Brothers Co
Pall
Cleveland
van Sweringen Brothers
M. J
O. P. van Sweringen
Chesapeake & Ohio
Nickel Plate Erie
Missouri Pacific
Buffalo
George
William
Lucas
Presbyterians Plan Youth Services
The Rev. J. W. Flora of First Presbyterian Church Greensboro will lead a series for the Senior Fellowship starting with a youth dinner. He will address Boy-Girl Relations and topics on God and teen life over four evenings at 7 30 with a Wednesday communion service and counseling sessions at the church.
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J. W. Flora
First Presbyterian Church of
Greensboro
First Presbyterian Church
Flora
God
Davidson College
Union Theological Seminary
Paeeenree
Congress Clash Expected By George
Sen. George predicts sharp clashes with the Eisenhower administration on tax cuts and budget balancing as Congress, now Democratic-controlled, faces debates over income tax reductions and financing long term programs. He foresees bipartisan support on foreign policy but division on highway funding and tax changes. He also supports raising the retirement age changes and school construction legislation.
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Washington
George
D-Ga
Congress
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Sses
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Georgia
Treasury
Humphrey
Denver
The
Senate
House
Secretary of Commerce
Weeks
Department of Agriculture
Finance Committee
Eorge
Funeral services held for William E. Griffith 57
Funeral services for William E. Griffith 57 were conducted Saturday at 2 30 p m in Sechrest Chapel by Rev Walter J Miller and Dr C Excelle Rozzelle with burial in Floral Garden Park cemetery Pallbearers included Ralph Kimel W E Griffith Carl Totherow Carl Williams R H Smith and J R Purcelle Jr all of Winston Salem Greensboro and High Point. Griffith of 810 Sunset Dr died Thursday night at 9 50 o'clock in High Point Memorial Hospital.
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William E. Griffith
Sechrest Chapel
Walter J. Miller
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. Excelle Rozzelle
High Point College
Floral Garden Park
Ralph Kimel
W. E. Griffith
Carl Totherow
Winston-Salem
Carl Williams
Greensboro
R. H. Smith
J. R. Purcelle, Jr
High Point
Mr. Griffith
Sunset Dr
High Point Memorial Hospital
Funeral services for Joseph P. Crowder Sr.
Joseph P. Crowder Sr. died at 74 at his residence 307 Steele St Wednesday night. Funeral services were held Friday at 11 oclock in Sechrest Chapel with Rev. Walter J. Miller and Rev. E. M. Avett officiating. Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery. Active pallbearers included John Crowder Maxey Crowder Richard Crowder Kermit Cloniger Robert Bishop and Bob Bishop.
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Joseph P. Crowder Sr
Sechrest Chapel
Walter J. Miller
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
E. M. Avett
Oakwood Cemetery
John Crowder
Maxey Crowder
Richard Crowder
Kermit Cloniger
Robert Bishop
Bob Bishop
Mr. Crowder
Steele St
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