Lyon Agency Expands Southeastern Office Building Move
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency moves its southeastern headquarters to a new 4000 square foot brick building at S Wrenn and FE Russell Streets. The High Point office, serving six states, includes seven staffers and a 30 member force handling credit reporting and collections.
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Lyon Agency
Southeastern Branch
Braxton Younts
Lyon Furniture Mercantile Agency
Southeastern
Lyon
Eshelman
New York
W. High Street
Belk-Beck
Red Book Agency
Wright Building
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co
S. Main
W. Green
High Point
Holt Ruling Praised As Good for State
Atty Gen. Seawell said the Holt school case upholds North Carolina law and procedures, not a victory for any side. He cited Judge Stanley’s ruling against 15 year old Holt Jr. seeking admission to Needham Broughton High School and warned against using cases to strike down pupil assignment laws. Seawell urged faith in state courts and criticized perceived overreach by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Durham
Malcolm B. Seawell
Holt
Raleigh
North Carolina
Edwin M. Stanley
Joseph Hiram Holt Jr
Needham Broughton High School
Seawell
Supreme Court
Supreme Courts
Copperhead Bites Lindstroms After Home Pest Scare
Andrew Lindstrom, while watching television in Jacksonville Tennessee, brushed an insect and discovered a four foot copperhead inside his home. He and his wife killed the venomous snake with a shovel after shoving it to the door.
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Jacksonville
Tenn
Andrew Lindstorm
Lindstroms
Indian Held After Fatal Shooting On U S 97 in Oregon
A Minneapolis woman, Mrs. Carl Frederickson, 48, was shot and killed while riding in a car on U S 97 near Klamath Falls. Myron Barkley, 26, a Klamath Indian, was arrested on a charge related to the shooting of Eldon James Cross, 20, earlier that morning.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
Minneapolis
Carl Frederickson
Bend
Here
Klamath
Myron Barkley
Eldon James Cross
Frederickson
Barkley
Murray Britton
U.S. 97
Klamath Reservation
Russell Holmes Crawford
Oakland
Calif
Tom Byron
Crawford
Norbert Schadler
Britton
Detroit Press Strike Ends As Daily Papers Resume
Fat Sunday editions brought the Detroit Free Press Detroit News and Detroit Times back to readers after a three day wildcat strike by Free Press pressmen protesting the firing of a local union steward. Arbitration proposed on the firing, while a $1 million damage suit looms against Local 13.
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Detroit
Knight Newspaper Inc
Free Press
Morning Free Press
Times
News
Assn
Illinois Parks Exhibit Pioneer Homes Across 50000 Acres
The Illinois park system spans fifty thousand acres hosting numerous colorful pioneer homes. Visitors can explore historic structures reflecting early settler life and regional heritage.
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Illinois
Army General Makes Drop In Parachute
FT. BRAGG NC AP Copl Sam Edwards a sky diving instructor with the 82nd Airborne Division Sports Parachute Club guided Gen Chester B DeGavre through a stabilized free fall. DeGavre a veteran of 120 jumps praised the sport and predicted broad public appeal.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Sam Edwards
82Nd Airborne Division Sports Parachute Club
Cpl. Edwards
Edwards
Brg
Chester B. DeGavre
Army
82Nd Airborne Division
United States
Avd
82Nd
DeGavre
Gov Hodges backs pay based on performance and private market
Durham AP Gov Hodges says state workers should earn wages tied to job performance and private sector rates, not surplus funds. He praises rank and file employees and notes North Carolina has progressed despite national recession. He avoids promising a raise next session while outlining budget pressures. Atty Gen Seawell also spoke at the annual convention.
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Hodges
North Carolina
Clifton Beckwith
Association
Malcolm Seawell
Judge Frees 26 Philadelphia Teens Held in Lawnside Fight
In Lawnside New Jersey Judge Benjamin Dzick ordered the release Friday of 26 Philadelphia Negro youths kept at Camden County shelter and jail since last Sunday’s clash. He criticized police for detaining youths while releasing several adults on nominal bail after a larger arrest of 62 Philadelphia Negroes following a denial incident at a Magnolia restaurant near Lawnside Park.
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Lawnside
Philadelphia
Thames Source Revealed as Cotswold Meadow Spring
The river Thames begins at a spring in a meadow in the Cotswold countryside, supplying London with its water.
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Thames
London
Cotswald
Judge defends early adjournment in Harnett County
Superior Court Judge Susie Sharp faced critics after adjourning court a day early to join a North Carolina Constitutional Commission subcommittee in Chapel Hill. She said the move balanced docket concerns with public needs and that most cases had pled guilty or been cleared, allowing greater impact away from the county seat.
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Reidsville
N. C
Superior Court
Susie Sharp
Harnett County
Sharp
North Carolina Constitutional Commission
Chapel Hill
Robert B. Morgan
Harnett
Tyler Texas Rose Center Makes Garden Industry Standout
Tyler, Texas, emerges as a prominent center for dol wells and a major producer of roses, highlighting strong local industry and agricultural activity.
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Tyler
Texas
Griffin Defends Registrars in Georgia rights case
Governor Marvin Griffin mobilizes state resources to support Terrell County registrars facing a federal civil rights suit over alleged voter discrimination. Judge Geer orders protection for registrars and limits document disclosure to federal agencies without court order.
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Atlanta
Marvin Griffin
Terrell County
U.S. District Court
Columbus
Griffin
Georgia
Trenton Renamed After Speaker William Trent
The city now known as Trenton, New Jersey, was originally called The Falls before its 1719 name change honoring William Trent, speaker of the New Jersey House of Assembly.
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Trenton
New Jersey
the Falls
William Trent
House of Assembly
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