Traffic Death Toll Rising Across States Over Labor Day Weekend
The Associated Press reports a rising Labor Day traffic death toll as millions travel nationwide. By 9 p.m. EST the total reached 139 with 109 traffic deaths, 10 drownings, and 14 other causes. States listed include Alabama Arkansas California Colorado Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Jersey New York New Mexico North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Wyoming.
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Suez Canal Talks Set For Egypt
Delegates from five nations converge on Cairo for crisis talks on Suez. Egypt urged by Soviet Russia to refuse compromise while Prime Minister Abdel Nasser leads a mission willing to accept Western proposals for international control. Britain and France bolster forces as peaceful negotiations take center stage.
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Britain
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6 Week Old Child Taken By Kidnapper
Police sought a stocky white woman about 34 or 35 years old, 125 to 130 pounds, shoulder length brunette hair. She was seen holding a 6 week old child in a store parking lot wearing a blue low cut dress with a white or yellow print and blue oxblood shoes. Reports came from shoppers and bystanders who observed the scene in the parking area.
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George Reemer
Raper Reunion Posted for Abbott's Creek Church
The Raper reunion will be held at Abbott's Creek Church on Sunday September 9. Lunch is served at 12 30 p m and a meeting follows at 2 p m.
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Abbott’s Creek
Massey Returns Home After Surgery at Baptist Hospital
HC Massey of 209 Maple Street has returned home from Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem after undergoing surgery.
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Maple St
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Thomasville Bar Opposes Grimes Mill Purchase Site
The Thomasville Bar Association voted to oppose buying the Grimes Mill property in Lexington as the Davidson courthouse site. The opposition cites high price and other concerns. a Lexington meeting looms as a climax to months of controversy. If no reconsideration by Oct 1, opponents may pursue a Superior Court injunction to block the purchase.
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Thomasville Bar Association
Grimes Mill
Lexington
Davidson Missioners
L. Rey Hughes
Recorder's Court
Bar Association
Ciation
David E. Plummer
S&sperior
Deaths And Funerals Virginia Myrtle Billings Church
Virginia Myrtle Billings Church died yesterday at 11 45 AM in High Point Memorial Hospital after a year and nine weeks of illness. Born April 1 1915 in Sparta daughter of Emery and Leva Maines Billings she married Clyde R Church September 7 1929 and moved to High Point in 1990. She worked at Pickett Cotton Mill until illness and is survived by her husband four daughters three sons two sisters and many relatives. Funeral at Calvary Church of the Nazarene with Rev Albert H Johnson interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Body to remain at Harold C Davis Chapel until 4 PM then moved to residence 40 B Clara Cox Apts.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Sparta
Emery and
Leva Maines Billings
Clyde R. Church
High Point
Pickett Cotton Mill
Betty Scott
Greensboro
Barbara Parker
Linda Church
Darlene Church
James
Raymond
Donald Church
Alice Wishon
Alma Walser
Asheboro
Calvary Church of the Nazarente
Albert H
Brother of Local Resident Dies in Burlington
Noah Edward Goodin, 76, died Friday night at his Burlington home after 18 months of ill health. Survived by wife Annie, daughter L. B. Martin, sons Troy and Haywood, sister Alice Pitman, brothers W. G. and C haniel, ten grandchildren. Member of Glen Raven Baptist Church. Retired farmer resident 16 years. Services 2 p.m. at Gibsonville Christian Church conducted by Rev. J. Lester Stanley and Rev. W. C. Smith. Burial Pine Hill Cemetery Burlington.
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Noah Edward Goodin
Burlington
Annie G. Goodin
L. B. Martin
Troy Goodin
Haywood F. Goodin
Harmony
Alice Pitman
W. G. Goodin
High Point
Goodin
Spartanburg
Chaniel
Pine Hill Cemetery
E. J. Philpott 70 Dies in Virginia
Edward Jefferson Philpott age 70 of Philpott Virginia died Friday afternoon at University Hospital Charlottesville. He was a farmer and sawmill operator survived by wife Fdna Bryant Philpott three sons E J Philpott Jr Joe Philpott and Walter A Philpott two daughters Mrs Frank Ingram and Mrs Robert Newman two brothers Charlie T Philpott and John F Philpott two sisters Mrs T R Plybourn and Mrs E F Stone seven grandchildren funeral services will be held.
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Philpott
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Fdna Bryant Philpott
E. J. Philpott Jr
Joe Philpott
Walter A. Philpott
Bassett
Frank Ingram
Thomasville
Robert Newman
Allendale
N. J
Charlie T. Philpott
John F Philpott
T. R. Plybourn
E. F. Stone
Dassett
Pedigreed Dog Turned Out Not Real McCoy in Court
In Houston, Lt and Mrs Bairey sought a ruling on Cristy the German shepherd’s lineage after buying her at Ellington AFB. The justice of the peace allowed Cristy to remain with the Baireys despite questions about her thoroughbred ancestry.
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Houston
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George B. Raiey
Noel
Baireys
Cristy
Court of Justice of the Peace
W. C. Ragan
Bairey
Ellington Air Force Base
E. EF
Zwick
Funeral Service Set At Home for Bu Rial
A funeral will be held today at a private home with burial to follow in the family cemetery. Details on the time and exact location were not provided in the fragment.
Bombs Hit British Camp in Cyprus in USUK Middle East
Terrorist blasts struck Episkopi cantonment in Cyprus damaging the sergeant mess and officer buildings. A time bomb on power lines blacked Kuma town. police noted 1 200 bombs used in the Greek Cypriot campaign and leaflets denounced British rule by EOKA leader Grivas.
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Hildings
Cantonment
Kuma
Greece
EOKA
John Harding
Ernor
Dighenis
George Grivas
Mob Action Could Set South Pattern
A Texas district reported only 12 Negro students in a 300 white high school area while nationwide trends showed mixed integration. The Texas Commission on Race Relations noted 71 of 1,857 districts integrated in some form, with Negro enrollment reaching as high as 17 percent in some schools, though total state enrollment was 1,853,492. An incident near highway 28 saw reporters detained as locals resisted integration, and school staff appeared hostile to outsiders. some white students resisted attending with Negroes. Margarett Nettles cried on the school steps saying she would be seen as a "nigger lover" if Negroes were admitted.
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Texas Commission On Race Relations
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Frank
Associated Press
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Mansfield
Margaret Nettles
Mob Breaks Up After Shooting
A heated city meeting was interrupted by a shooting as authorities blocked speech by a segregationist supporter. John Kasper, linked to unrest, was jailed a year for violating a federal court order. Judge Canada and others urged quieting rabble-rousing at the microphone.
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Herbert Morgan
Harpig Benry Beni Ocina
Taads &. Technios
Nixon kin disavows stock sale letters to Young Republicans
F Donald Nixon, brother of Vice President Nixon, said a Morgan & Co letter soliciting stock in Nixon enterprises was sent to about 65 Los Angeles area Young Republicans without his knowledge or approval. He demanded immediate withdrawal and noted his brother has no stake in Nixon Inc.
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Nixon
Walter F. Peter
Peter
Donald Nixon
Nixon, Inc
Emerson) Morgan
Morgan
Whittier
California
Frank A. Nixon
Richard and
Donald
Morgan & Co
Civil Service Examinations for Patrolman Positions
Civil service exam notices outline openings for fourth class patrolman with salary ranges from 264 to 345 per month. Requirements include ages 21 to 31, height around 5 19 and weight near 180 pounds, and high school education. Other figures repeat similarly with minor OCR errors.
City of High Point Civil Service Notice
Minimum salary 710 dollars per month and maximum 236 dollars per month with ages 18 to 31. Education requires high school graduate typing speed 50 words per minute. Residence within time of appointment. Date September 14, 1958 time 7 30 PM place first floor City Hall. For full particulars contact St North Wrenn Street telephone 4525 extension 28.
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St North Wrenn Street
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