Laurinburg Bank Plans Approved
The Commercial State Bank of Laurel Hill won authority to open a Laurinburg branch after the State Banking Commission overruled protests from a Laurinburg group. Atty. Gen. Malcolm Seawell dissented. The commission also approved the Wilmington Savings & Trust merger with Wachovia Bank, extending Wachovia branches in Wilmington.
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Raleigh
Commercial State Bank of
Laurel Hill
Laurinburg
State Banking Commission
Commercial State Bank
J. D. Phillips Jr
First National Bank of
Edwin Pate
National Bank of Lumberton
Laurin
Sburg
The
Banking Commission
Wilmington Savings & Trust Co
Wilmington
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Winston-Salem
Wachovia
State job gains in September top August figure
The State Department of Labor reports September employment rose by 19 400 from August as seasonal gains in tobacco and chemical processing public school operations and retail trade contributed. Factory employment totaled 472 900, 13 300 below September 1957, while nonmanufacturing payrolls stood at 625 200, 5 100 under a year earlier.
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Raleigh
State Department of Labor
Frank Crane
Boy Admits Killing Little Girl in Rage
In Philadelphia a 12 year old boy confessed to police that he killed his 2 year old playmate after she struck his injured eye. Patrolmen found the girl’s body in a yard wrapped in newspaper and placed in a wicker basket. The motive arose from the injury and a fit of rage.
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Philadelphia
Geraldine
Crippled vendor robbed of crutch and laces
Detroit police search for two youths who demanded Zmyslo’s crutch and shoe laces on a Wednesday corner. The 38 year old Eremya Zmyslo complied to avoid harm as he sells shoelaces to earn a living.
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Detroit
Eremya Zmyslo
Zmyslo
Five New Polio Cases Reported In Detroit Area
Five new polio cases were reported in Detroit on Wednesday, raising the year’s total to 609 with 20 deaths. Three additional cases were confirmed in Wayne County, outside Detroit, bringing the county total to 186 with three deaths. Last year Detroit had 175 cases and two deaths. the wider county area had 74 cases and one death.
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Detroit
Wayne County
SBI Refuses Release of Northampton Audit Records
Raleigh AP reports the State Bureau of Investigation will not surrender evidence seized from Northampton County auditor J Ivey Bridgers. Bridgers demanded return of vouchers tied to an embezzlement probe of county schools superintendent N L Turner as indictments loom. The attorney general and district solicitor have urged no interference in the case.
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Raleigh
State Bureau of Investigation
Northampton County
Northampton
Ivey Bridgers
SBI
Bridgers
Walter F. Anderson
N. L. Turner
Anderson
E. R. Tyler
Turner
Attorney General
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Archdale
Thrift-Tex
Oxford
Snow
Dungarees
SHOP
Northampton Records
Malcolm B. Leavell
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