Labor Day riot spree hits beaches and towns nationwide
Across eight states Labor Day weekend violence erupted as teens and young adults clashed with police. Ocean City Maryland saw a 2000-strong beach riot with K-9 units. Harlem West Indian Day parade devolved into clashes. other flare ups occurred in Lake George New York Clermont Indiana Wildwood New Jersey Hampton Beach New Hampshire Russell Point Ohio Fal mouth and Hyannis Massachusetts with hundreds arrested and police using hoses and dogs.
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New York
Harlem
Ocean City
Lake Geneva
N.Y
Clermont
Ind
Hampton Beach
N.H
Wildwood
9Th St
K-9 Corps
Lake
Raceway Park
Paul Mansell
Hamburg
N.J
Louis J. Mattero
Lyndhurst
Russell Point
Indian Lake
Ohio
Two brothers shot in holdup as suspect flees into woods
One brother Larce Gosnell, 65, died in Greenville hospital from shotgun wounds after a robbery attempt at his brother's gift shop on U. S. 25. Jack Gosnell, 55, wounded in ambush, was reported in fair condition. Police pursued 18 year old James Melton who fled into nearby woods.
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Travelers Rest
S.C
Greenville
Larce Gosnell
U. S. 25
Here
Jack Gosnell
James Melton
Mud Pond
Upper Greenville County
North Carolina Navy Ship Becomes Public War Memorial Showpiece
The North Carolina battleship keel was laid in 1937 at the New York Navy Yard and will open to the public Sept. 30 at Wilmington as a war memorial. The vessel joins a legacy of North Carolina ships from 1820 to a 1923 scrapped hull and a WWI cruiser renamed Charlotte.
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North Carolina
Tongatabu
Tonga
Navy History
North
Charlotte
Norfolk
United States
Congress
Washington
New York Navy Yard
Wilmington
N.C
Cape Fear
Carolina
Lockheed Board Chairman Dies
Robert E. Gross 64, board chair of Lockheed Aircraft Corp., died Sunday of cancer in Santa Monica. A Roxbury native, he moved to California after 1929 and, with six associates, bought a bankrupt aircraft firm for 40000 in 1932, leading to Lockheed. Under his leadership the company grew into a major industrial firm with assets and 66500 employees. He and his wife Mary lived in Bel Air.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Robert E. Gross
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Gross
Roxbury
Mass
California
Lockheed
Burbank
Mary Palmer Gross
Narby
Exclusive
Bel Air
Southeast Coastal Regions Weather Outlook
Forecast for North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon or evening thundershowers mainly in southeast portions. Coastal areas cooler today with continued warmth and humidity inland. Highs mid 80s to 90s, lows 60s to 70s, with hot spell and isolated showers tonight through Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
FASTEETH Denture Powder Promises Firm Hold
An alkaline denture powder named FASTEETH claims to secure false teeth more firmly with a light sprinkle on plates. It emphasizes no gummy taste or paste feel, and also notes odor control for denture breath. Available at drug counters.
Twenty Die On North Carolina Highways Over Holiday Weekend
The holiday toll rose to at least 26 with 20 highway fatalities across North Carolina. Robeson County wrecks killed five and two people, and Ronald Locklear, 3, of Red Springs died after being struck by a car. Other deaths included drownings near Concord and a train collision in Lincolnton. A murder charge followed in Concord.
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North Carolina
Robeson County
Ronald Locklear
Rt. 3
Red Springs
Robeson
North Carolina State Motor Club
Onslow County
New Bern
Albert D. McRae
Elizabethtown
Gloria Jean Brown
Hiddenite
Buena Lee Nation
Concord
Carl Dellinger Jr
Lincolnton
James S. Burns Jr
Burlington
Simeon Peter Anderson
L. J. Mack
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REV
Zeno Groce
Hunter Coal & Oil CO
Ward St
Princess Coal Sales Company
Patsy Coal
Mann
North Main
Acta
Cadillac
Highland Motors, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
Belks
POLE
Doggie
Tos
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