Weekend Deaths Mark Sharp Drop in North Carolina
Weekend fatalities in North Carolina were the lowest in weeks with three traffic deaths reported between Friday afternoon and Monday morning, far below last weekend’s 23 and the prior weeks’ totals. Incidents include Lewis Mc Graw, 20, of Cherryville, and Lear Fierce, 39, of Weldon, among others. a Raleigh man died of injuries from a Tuesday hit and run. a nine year old boy was fatally wounded at Haw River. and a Enfield area child and other figures are noted with a manslaughter charge and coroner ruling.
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Cleveland County
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Cherryville
Lear Fierce
Weldon
J. Vinson
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Willian Everett McCallum
Enfield
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Man Leaves Long Long Enough For Wedding With Nurse
WATERTOWN N Y Oct 30 Donald F Hemings a 232 year old polio victim left his iron lung long enough yesterday to marry his nurse the former Rita Gush law 22 of Clayton N Y The Rev Leland J Frye rector of Brownville Episcopal church performed the ceremony at Jefferson county hospital The groom is to be flown to a veterans hospital at Buffalo N Y Wednesday Mrs Hemings will accompany him on the trip but will return here later to continue caring for other polio patients Hemings has been confined to the lung for about a year He is able to leave it only for brief periods The 1950 census shows Charles county in southern Maryland gained in population for the first time in 160 years.
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Donald F. Hemings
Rita Gushlaw
Clayton N. Y
Leland J. Frye
Brownville Episcopal Church
Jefferson County Hospital
Buffalo
Nationalists And Police Clash In Rico
Nationalists and police clashed at two points on the southern coast of Puerto Rico with casualties reported. The fighting began at Ponce police station where nationalist agents allegedly tried to storm the station, four dead were claimed and three police wounded. Police pursued arms to a village near Penuelas where they encountered gunfire. The nationalist party president is Pedro Albizu Campos and security forces were investigating arms found after a nationalist meeting in Fajardo.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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U S Canadian Economic Pact Seen as Powerful Force
AP analyst DeWitt Mackenzie argues the Washington pact linking the United States and Canada could become the world’s most powerful partnership. He notes the two nations share resources, ideals, and nearly identical interests, with a projected rise in defense and economic collaboration.
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America
Canada
Burglar Demonstrates Before Large Baltimore Crowd
In Baltimore on October 30 a burglar spent nearly half an hour attempting to crack a food market safe. About 200 witnesses watched as the thief used hammer and chisel in view of a plate glass window before police escorted the main suspect away.
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Explosion and Fire at Henderson Junk and Machine
Henderson firemen probe cause after a noon blaze gutted the Henderson Junk and Machine plant and storage houses. Four or more acetylene tanks exploded, shattering nearby windows and hurled iron debris over a block. No damage estimate provided.
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Henderson Junk and Machine Company
Cadet Honors His Dad At Naval Medal Ceremony
At Annapolis Memorial Hall, Midshipman Ernest E. Evans Jr. watches Adm. Thomas C. Kinkaid honor his father Comdr. Ernest F.E. Evans, recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The ceremony honors 17 World War I Navy Medal of Honor winners.
New Lock For Home After Rover Boy Found Wandering
In Quincy Massachusetts two year old John MacGillvray was found wandering at 2 a m. His parents report a similar incident three weeks earlier, prompting them to install a new kitchen door lock for safety.
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John MacGillvray
Man Admits Murder After 24 Years
In Chattanooga Tennessee a 75 year old mountaineer named Taylor Lee Dempsey confessed to the 24 year old slaying of attorney James Scott on Signal Mountain. He signed a statement claiming he shot Scott after hearing Mrs Dempsey discuss divorce. Dempsey burned Scott s cabin years later and faces murder charges while the sheriff questions the motive and mentions possible other implicated men.
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Tenn
Hamilton County
Rex Richey
Signal Mountain
Richey
Taylor Lee Dempsey
James Scott
Dempsey
Scott
Black youth arrested after reported incident in Walker County
In Chickamauga Georgia a 35-year-old white mother of six said a Black youth named James Avery dragged her from her home and hurt her after convincing her son to leave. Avery was charged with reported incident and moved to an undisclosed jail outside the county for safety.
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James Avery
Avery
Walker County
G. M. Potter
Steel Demand Pushes Stocks in New York Market
New York October 30 demand for steel stocks provided a forward push with many gains around a dollar a share. Leaders in the upturn included U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Republic Steel Jones & Laughlin Armco Radio Corp Chrysler Standard Oil N J Texas Co Schenley and General Electric. Lagging were Montgomery Ward Phelps Dodge Allied Chemical Consolidated Edison and Westinghouse Electric.
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Dutch Fans Honor House of Orange With Orange Pennants
Many Hollanders display orange pennants alongside the national flag to show allegiance to the royal House of Orange, a symbol of national identity and continuity in the Netherlands.
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