New Miss America Crowned
The new Miss America impressed with an operatic solo, a pop number, and a modern jazz dance. She has four years of speech study and voice training plus six years dancing and modeling. From Berkeley she was National Football Queen last year and is a Mississippi University Players member. As Mississippi winner, she earned a $500 scholarship before Atlantic City. Five finalists emerged from ten semifinalists who showcased talent and beauty in swimsuit and evening gown.
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Berkeley
Calif
University Players At
Mississippi
Atlantic City
Two Girls Shot by Father in Rock Hill Incident
In Rock Hill South Carolina two Black girls were wounded by shotgun pellets after a quarrel with Sara Frances Chisholm's father Andrew 40. Sara was struck in the shoulder while 9 year old Mary Lee Cureton suffered pellets to the shoulder arm and behind the ear. Police searched for Chisholm.
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Rock Hill
S.C
Sara Frances Chisholm
Andrew
Chisholm
Sara
Mary Lee Cureton
Cureton
Deaths And Funerals Ted L Stevenson
Funeral services for Ted L Stevenson 36 operator of Stevenson Produce Trucking Co were held at Greenwood Baptist Church. Burial in Calvary Reformed Church Cemetery. Died Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack.
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Thomasville
Ted L. Stevenson
Stevenson Produce Trucking Co
Greenwood Baptist Church
Raymond Crow
David Oldham
Arnold Slack
Bob Matthews
Walter Sledge
Ralph Hall
Wilbert Hilton
Dock Wagner
Calvary Reformed Church
Mrs Bowen's Father Dies In Laurel Hill
Laurel Hill North Carolina September 6 Manly Gibson aged 76 died at his home after an extended illness. Survived by wife Mrs M J Bowen of High Point and Mrs L A Man of Red Springs four sons John Hugh Homer and Marshall Gibson all of Laurel Hill three sisters Mrs Alice McRae of Clio D C Mrs Lester Morgan and Minnie Gibson of Laurel Hill 17 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Funeral services set for 5 30 p m at Laurel Hill Methodist Church with Rev O W McManus and Rev N P Edens officiating Burial at Senads Grove Cemetery
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Laurel Hill
Manly Gibson
M. J. Bowen
High Point
L. A. Man
Red Springs
John Hugh Homer
Marshall Gibson
Alice McRae
Clio
D. C
Lester Morgan
Minnie Gibson
Laurel Hill Methodist Church
O. W. McManus
N. P. Edens
Senads Grove Cemetery
Julius Lambeth Dies Following Heart Attack
Julius Marvin Lambeth aged 60 of 4131 S Main St died after a heart attack at home. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Igh Point Memorial Hospital late last night. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. body remains at Cumby Funeral Home.
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S. Main St
Igh Point Memorial Hospital
Cumby Funeral Home
Charlottesville School Board Rejects 30 Negro Transfers
The Charlottesville School Board denied all 30 transfer requests for Negro students to white schools this fall. The NAACP says the action follows a Richmond conference with Gov. Almond and state officials amid a federal court order targeting Warren County schools. Warren County Negro children were slated for briefing Monday and potential entrance Tuesday if white high schools open.
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Charlottesville
National Assn.for the Advancement of Colored ‘People
J. Lindsay Almond
Richmond
Warren Counity
Counity
Warren
NAACP
Willie C. Harris
Warren County
George F. Ferguson
Texas Too Small Now Nogales
R H Bibolet the self styled Texas consul in Nogales resigns citing desire to represent only the largest state and unwillingness to move to Alaska. He is a rancher who has long praised Texas for its vastness and glories.
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Nogales
R. H.bibolet
Texas
Bibolet
Alaska
Planets Named by Discussing Moon Travel
The passage lists principal planets noting the Sun Moon Mercury Venus Earth Marsa Saturn Uranus Neptune and Pluto amid Moon travel talk. It mixes standard planets with a likely misspelling Marsa.
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Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Marsa
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Bootleg Whisky Plant Praised After Carolina Raid
Myrtle Beach police and liquor officers hailed a large moonshine plant as a masterful engineering feat. The raid yielded five arrested for liquor law violations and a 2,500 gallon capacity operation with potential yearly output valued at about 400 000 dollars in lost taxes. The plant near the town was connected to trucks seized near Winston Salem with two additional arrests and bonds set.
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Myrtle Beach
S.C
Carolinas
Whiteville
N.C
ATU
Piedmont North Carolina
Clary
Frank S. Davis
James Coleman Minter
Robert Lewis Ellis
Nellie G. Cope
Robert Lee Cowell
Winston-Salem
Cope
Minter and
Howell
Ellis
Eugene E. Kennedy
Grady L. Estep
Doubts Over Capacity Of Strange Cup Surfaces
An inter department probe at police HQ stalls as John Dickens presents a half round pottery piece claiming it holds only a half cup of coffee. His claim would entitle two half cups for the 5 cent rate, while peers say he is cheating. The cup allegedly lowers the coffee level and is locked away after use.
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John Dickens
John
Labor Leader Dies In Florida
James Cole 74, lifelong labor leader born in London England, died Friday at the Carpenters Union Home in Lakeland Florida. He led the South Carolina Federation of Labor as president in 1922 1923 and 1924 and belonged to Carpenters Local 159. Final rites set for Monday at 2 p.m. at William Hutchinson Funeral Parlor. Survived by daughter Mrs Julian Melcher of Charleston. He had recently visited relatives in England.
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Fla
South Carolina
James Cole
London
England
Carpenters’ Union
Cole
Charleston
South Carolina Federation of Labor
Federation
Carpenters
William Hutchinson
Julian Melcher
Charles
Weather forecast for regions across the United States
Cooler weather is expected in northern Appalachia and the Ohio Valley while the north will be warmer. Rain is forecast along the southern New England coast mid Atlantic states and a broad swath from Tennessee Valley to central Mississippi Valley Florida Gulf coast central Plains western Texas southern Rockies and the Sierra range.
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Rockies
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mid-Atlantic States
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Ohio
Mississippi
Florida
Gulf Coast
Central Plains
Texas
Sierra Range
Acheson Attacks Policy On China Drift Toward War
Former Secretary of State Dean Acheson blasted the Eisenhower administration for drifting toward war with Communist China over Quemoy and warned of secrecy around U S China policy. He urged cooler heads from allied nations to influence decisions at Eisenhower Dulles talks.
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Eisenhower
China
Acheson
Quemoy
Chiang Kai-shek
Dulles
U.s.-China
Harry S. Truman
Newport
R.I
Truman
Democratic Party
Far East
Nazarene Young People Convene North Carolina District Meet
The District Nazarene Young People annual convention gathered in the state with about 200 delegates from 45 churches. Rev James Ingalls of Graham was elected president, with John R Soloky Plymouth as vice president and Mrs W S MacPherson Gastonia secretary. Other officers include Earl Freeman Charlotte treasurer and David M Cox Pineville teenage supervisor. Takeover set for Sept 22. Banquet tradition dropped to shorten travel time.
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Plymouth
Waynesville
High Point
Society
Nazarene
North Carolina
Johnson
James Ingalls
Graham
Nixon Defends Attitude on Quemoy Matsu Crisis
Vice President Nixon said the United States is not a paper tiger in defending Quemoy Matsu and Formosa. He warned a massive attack could trigger a wider war and stressed the need for strength militarily and diplomatically to maintain peace.
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Boston
Nixon
United States
Quemoy and
Matsu
Formosa Strait
Te Free World
Formosa
Asia
Harvard Business School Assn
Lebanon
Native peyote users sue Navajo ban in religious rites
Indian users of peyote file in federal court in Albuquerque to challenge a Navajo Tribal Council prohibition. They say peyote is used in religious rites and the ban infringes their constitutional rights.
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Albuquerque, N. M
Navao
Willard Hudson Publishes Anniversary Ad in Tulsa Tribune
In Tulsa Oklahoma AP Willard Hudson a Tribune printer prints a personal anniversary message for his wife Nette Hudson in the paper The ad declares mutual love and a public celebration of their anniversary with a simple affectionate note to his spouse.
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Tulsa
Okla
Willard Hudson
Tulsa Tribune
Han
Nette Hudson
Reaction Mounts Worldwide Over Alabama Death Sentence
International reaction to Jimmy Wilson's death sentence for robbery is reported to Gov. James E. Folsom by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Dulles notes United States officials reported widespread concern from embassies and organizations in Britain Ireland Canada and other nations while petitions for clemency circulated. The case centers on a 1957 robbery in Marion Alabama involving a Black handyman previously jailed for grand larceny.
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Ala
Jimmy Wilson
James E. Folsom
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
State of Alabama
Folsom
Department of State
U. S
Foreign ‘Service
Wilson
Estelle Barker
Marion
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Jamaica
Germany
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Belgium
Brazil
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U.S
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Alabama
Barker
Circuit
Blanchard McLeod
Fry and speeches mark Dem voters fish fry night in Thomasville
In Thomasville the Pilot Lions Shelter hosted a fish fry for Democratic voters from precincts four and seven. Harold Harrison served as master of ceremonies as more than 300 attendees heard brief speeches from fall candidate hopefuls. Paul Burton and Bruce Myers led precincts seven and four respectively as organizers.
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Thomasville
Pilot Lions Shelter
Harold Harrison
Paul Burton
Bruce Myers
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