Auto makers prepare for 1958 model year battle in Detroit
Detroit reports a fierce race for market share as Ford, General Motors, and Chevrolet unveil 1958 models. Edsel gains heavy promotion with new styling and engines while Buick, Chrysler, and AMC prepare launches. Industry bets a record investment in design and engineering as prices rise and new features roll out.
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Ford
Orief
General Motors
Chevrolet
Buick
Plymouth
American Motors
Studebaker-Packard
Studebaker- Packard
Chrysler
Mercury
Lincoln
Ford Motor Co
Contary
Oldsmobile
Pontiac
Mother Faces Second Trial For Murder In Lincoln County
In Lincoln Superior Court next week Elizabeth Saunders Parker, a Hickory mother serving 15 to 20 years for the shotgun killing of her husband, faces trial on a first degree murder charge in the July 1956 slaying of her teenage step-sister Hazel Kathleen Rudisill. The alleged jealousy killing occurred after Parker killed her husband and fled 30 miles to the Flay community before surrendering.
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Lincolnton
Elizabeth Saunders Parker
Lincoln Superior Court
Parker
Charles Raeford Parker
Hickory
Flay
Lincoln County
Hazel Kathleen Rudisill
Sylva
Rudisill
Raleigh
JC Patrol Safety Drive Continues This Labor Day
Local Jaycees team with State Highway Patrol to man roadblocks during Labor Day to curb accidents. At Highway 311 in Oak View from 2 p m to 5 p m Jaycees will offer lemonade and safety literature while officers check licenses. After a no accident Fourth of July record the group aims for another accident free holiday with drive by efforts and safety messaging.
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Jaycees
Highway 311
Oak View
South Main Street
Photo Contest Winners Are Announced
In Burlington North Carolina on August 31 two Durham Herald-Sun photographers won prizes in the Miss North Carolina Photo Contest. Charlie Cooper took the top prize of 100 dollars, Harold Moore placed fourth for 25 dollars, Ed McCauley of the Burlington Daily Times-News won 50 dollars, and Roland Guiduz of the Chapel Hill News-Leader took third with 25 dollars. Thirty four photos were submitted after Elaine Herndon of Durham was chosen Miss North Carolina.
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Burlington
N.C
Durham
Charlie Cooper
Durham Herald-Sun
Burlington Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cooper
Harold Moore
Ed McCauley
Burlington Daily Times- News
Roland Guiduz
The
Chapel Hill
Lincoln Memorial Draws Millions Each Year in Washington
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington D C attracts about two million visitors annually, making it the most visited national shrine or park in the country.
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National Shrine
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D. C
Ex Marine Charged In Suit Over Fatal Farm Shooting
A $50 000 damage suit filed in Cleveland Superior Court accuses Lt Col R E Barrier Ret of wrongfully causing the death of 22 year old Royce Buddy Mathis on a Rutherford County farm. Barrier testified he acted in self defense after Mathis fired first. sheriff said case not closed.
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Shelby
N.C
Cleveland Superior Court
Royce
Buddy) Mathis
Rutherford County
R. E. Barrier
Oscar Mathis
Young Mathis
Barrier
Mathis
Ellenboro
Hugh Wells
State Bureau of Investigation
Claude Davis
Asheville
So. C. C. Ridings
Vance Wilkins
Expansion plans in Charlotte target college bond issue
The Charlotte College Advisory Committee announced a proposed 915000 bond issue to expand two two year community junior colleges. funds would buy land for a northwest Charlotte site and finance an 840000 building plus matching state funds and also fund a site and building for Carver College for Negroes.
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Charlotte
Charlotte College
Charlotte College Advisory
Carver College
U S Fires ICBM Likely Atlas Test Off Cape Canaveral
The Miami Daily News reports a U S intercontinental ballistic missile, probably an Atlas, was fired about 2 400 miles into the Atlantic from Cape Canaveral perhaps in early June. The test reached 600 700 miles altitude and speed near 15 000 mph, with official word pending.
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Miami
Fla
Miami Daily News
U.S
Atlantic
Russia
Air Force Missile Test Center
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Milt Sosin
South Atlantic
St. Lucia
Equator
Sosia
Washington
United States
Air Force
Thor
Sosin
Steer Named Grand Champion After Blizzard Rescue
In Liberal Kansas a 14 foot snowdrift trapped a calf owned by 14 year old Mike Gobble in an open shed during a March blizzard. Volunteers and family freed the animal after eight hours of work, and Mike nursed it back to health. The steer, now a sleek shorthorn, won Grand Champion Beef Animal at a five state fair.
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Liberal
Kan
Mike Gobble
Mike
Earl Gobble
Thurmond Survives 24 Hour Filibuster Then Appears on Today
Senator Strom Thurmond finished a 24 hour 18 minute filibuster against the civil rights bill and, still energetic, appeared on NBC Today the following morning. Host Dave Garroway interrupted to warn of a one minute station break.
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New York
J. Strom Thurmond
D-Sc
Dave Garroway
Garroway
Party To Mark Oldsters 111th Birthday Sunday
In Manchester Kentucky Aunt Josie Sizemore will celebrate her 111th birthday with a Sunday party at Ramsey ball park. Uncle John Raider a Wild Cat Kentucky resident age 107 vows to attend saying he will join her the Lord Willing. Thousands of Eastern Kentuckians are expected to attend the event celebrating the region’s longtime midwife who delivered about five thousand babies in Clay and surrounding counties.
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Manchester
Josie” Sizemore
John Raider
Wild Cat
Josie
John
Ramsey Ball Park
Clay
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Yates
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Oliver
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Curtiss, Oakley
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