Cobb Appeals Libel Verdict
North Carolina Supreme Court received the appeal from a Madison County jury verdict finding state Republican Chairman William E. Cobb libeled three Madison County election officials in two letters to news media. The jury awarded Zeno Ponder 40,000 and two officials token damages of 4 each. Cobb sought more time to argue, with hearing set for Oct 10 and spring term 1962.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina State Supreme Court Today
Madison County
William E. Cobb
Cobb
Zeno Ponder
Marshall
Frank Runnion
Oren Rice
Toll from Carla hurricane worsens as Galveston tornado hits
A predawn tornado in Galveston after Hurricane Carla leaves six dead and 60 to 70 injured as about 100 wooden homes are leveled. The storm centers inland between Austin and Waco while tides three feet high hinder rescue efforts and total losses mount across Galveston Corpus Christi Port Arthur and Port Acres.
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Galveston News- Tribune
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Waco
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Darby Hammond
Dallas
Southwestern Insurance Information Service
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State Farm
Corpus Christi
Port Arthur
Louisiana Line
Port Acres
Carl Moon
Sheriff's Office
Bus Wreck Near Fredericksburg Kills Mother and Injures Tar Heels
A Greyhound bus traveling from New York to New Orleans overturned 15 miles south of Fredericksburg Virginia. A 19-year-old mother, Elnora Harris of Huntingdon Station New York, died. About 30 people were injured including twelve from North Carolina. The driver reported a tire blowout caused loss of control. Among the injured are Blandes Kearns Dorothy Walker Verna Belcher Maggie Clyburn Fanny Mayo Patricia Burton Sadie Williams Richard Powers Mrs Catherine Powers Phyllis Lee and Michael Lee.
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Here
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North Carolina
Elnora Harris
Huntingdon Station
N.Y
Blandes Kearns
Chandler
N.C
Dorothy Walker
Greensboro N.C
Verna Belcher
Winston-Salem
Maggie L. Clyburn
Monroe
Fanny Mayo
Charlotte
Patricia Burton
Fuquay Springs
Sadie Williams
Richard Powers
Goldsboro
Catherine Powers
Phyllis Lee
Statesville
Michael Lee
Kennedy to hold news conference on September 20
President Kennedy will hold his next news conference on Wednesday September 20. The White House said it had not decided whether it would be a morning or afternoon session.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Demand Good Old Belt Prices Open At 64 to 66
The first hour of Old Belt sales in North Carolina and Virginia averaged 64 to 66 per 100 pounds with bids from 60 to 72. Market News reports good demand across grades, better quality than last year, and heavy but not warehouse‑full volume. First 35 baskets at Winston‑Salem moved 8,156 pounds for 5,712.38 dollars.
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North Carolina-Virginia Old Belt
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Winston-Salem
Old Belt
TwoYearOld Hit and Killed in New Road Neighborhood
A two year old boy named Tony Jennings darted from a New Road driveway into the path of a car driven by Esther Modlin Hughes near 317 New Road. He died soon after at High Point Memorial Hospital from head injuries. authorities called the accident unavoidable.
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New Ra
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Crestwood
Texans Start Picking Up Pieces From Carla Toll
Texans along the battered coast began to tally damage from Hurricane Carla as winds reached 175 mph and tides up to 15 feet. Early estimates put property losses in the hundreds of millions with crop damage at about 140 million and Dow Chemical facilities in Freeport flooded.
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Tex
Carla
Texas Agriculture
John White
Harland Cleveland
Salvation Army
Pete Lavalle
Galveston
Freeport
Gulf
Dow Chemical Co
Civil Defense
Victoria-Port Lavaca
Port Lavaca
Knight Will Seek Calif. Governorship In 1962
Los Angeles AP reports Goodwin J. Knight former California governor will run again in 1962. Knight 64 says he is in the race and discusses with party leaders while Democratic Gov. Edmund G Brown hints at a re election bid. Nixon has not commented.
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Los Angeles
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Knight
Edmund G Brown
Richard Nixon
Nixon
U.S. Senate
GM Issue Settled Overnight
Detroit AP reports a near nation wide walkout by UAW against General Motors ended overnight. Ninety plants remained in dispute while IUE at Warren Ohio joined the stoppage. national level talks continue on overtime scheduling grievance processing and foreman work rules.
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UAW
International Union of Electrical Workers
Warren
Ohio
IUE
Arthur J. Goldberg
Walter P. Reuther
Unemployment May Dip Below Four Million This Fall
Washington AP reports the Labor Department sees a strong chance unemployment falls under four million by October. August showed record high total nonfarm employment and payrolls yet 4,542,000 idle workers kept the rate at 6.9 percent. Manpower expert Dr. Seymour Wolfbein warns of a sticky problem but expects seasonal gains to bring unemployment toward 4.2 million this month and four million in October.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Seymour Wolfbein
Wolfbein
Typhoon Pamela Leaves Taipei in Destructive Wake
A Pacific cyclone ripped through northern Formosa killing at least 17 people and leaving thousands homeless in Taipei the capital of Nationalist China. Winds reached 135 miles per hour as flash floods isolated Americans and officials assess multi million dollar damages.
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Taipei
Formosa
China
Cutter Trial Lawyers Admonished By Judge In North Carolina
Superior Court Judge W Jack Hooks admonished lawyers and moved to speed jury seating for the murder trial of George King Cutter The defense and prosecution questioned jurors in a crowded venue with about 150 onlookers as the panel narrowed to eight preemptory challenges for the defense and four for the state Cutter 48 a builder and real estate dealer is charged with beating to death Celette Henderson Nycum 39 a divorced woman he had courted for years
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Cutter
Celette Henderson Nycum
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