Hodges Sets Two Goals for North Carolina
Governor Hodges spoke to a 60 member Committee for Improved Courts in Chapel Hill about two aims of his term to raise state standards for new residents and to challenge people to improve. He praised the Bell committee and urged joined efforts from Supreme and Superior Court judges, the attorney general, solicitors, clerks, and the council of state to adopt reforms. J Spencer Love chaired the meeting and the group planned an eight member executive committee and a headquarters. Chief Justice Winborne urged legislative adoption for a unified judicial system.
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J. Wallace Winborne
State Supreme Court
Bell Committee
Supreme
Superior Court
Council] of State
J. Spencer Love
Greensboro
Love
Winborne
North Carolina
Honest 10-year-old returns found money in Ponca City
Ten-year-old Martha Harpster found three $5 bills and turned them in to the police. Mrs. George Kreger, who lost the money, read about the incident and claimed the sum, giving Martha one of the fives as a reward.
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Ponca City
Okla
Martha Harpster
George Kreger
Martha
Maine example cited as North Carolina GOP push
Randoph Republicans cite Maine voting shift to urge NC voters for change. A I Ferree cites 65 years of Democratic rule harming education and welfare, criticizing NC ranks in schooling, college attendance, retail sales, bank deposits, and public welfare. The meeting kicks off fall campaign across 36 precincts led by T Worth Coltrane.
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Old Rock
Maine
A I. Ferree
Randolph Recorders
Ferree
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Uain
Tankers collide off Muscat area. 21 missing after blaze
In the Gulf of Oman a collision between the 10715 ton Fernand Gilabert and the 20551 ton Melika sparked fires. The Bulwark rescued 64 sailors with 15 hurt. nine in serious condition. RAF planes airlift worst cases to Muharraq as salvage teams gain control of fires.
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Bahrain
Gulf of Oman
Bulwark
Masira
Fernand Gilabert
Royal Air Force
RAF
Muharraq
Muscat
al Hagg
Arabian Peninsula
Masira Island
Paris
Fernand-Gilabert
Persian Gulf
Kaiser Shipyard
Portland
Ore
Melika
Monrovia
England
Outdoor drama attendance declines across the South
Attendance at eight outdoor shows in North Carolina Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee fell this season with notable drops at Hills Williamsburg Lost Colony and Wilderness Road due to persistent rain. The Founders at Jamestown suffered a 91 percent drop while The Confederacy in Virginia Beach drew about 28 000 in its first year.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Tucky
Tennessee
Hills
Paul Green
Williamsburg
Thomas Jefferson
Manteo
Wilderness Road
Berea
Horn
Boone
Jamestown
Virginia Beach
Chucky Jack
Gatlinburg
Tenn
Cardinal Opens Marian Congress in Lourdes France
Cardinal Tisserant arrived at Ossun Airport with a 7,000 strong crowd and a 100 gun salute to open the International Marian Congress marking Saint Bernadette’s visions. Twelve cardinals and 150 bishops are joining a week of devotion. Cardinal Spellman leads 600 Americans in attendance. The piece notes the Strait of Magellan separating Tierra del Fuego from South America.
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Lourdes
France
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Pius XII
Bernadette
Mary
Cardinal Tisserant
Ossun
Sacred College
Rome
Lurdes Grotto
Bernadette Soubirous
Mother of
Jesus
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
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Randolph
Tar Heels
Asheboro
Tar Heel
Oefer
North Carolna
T. Worth Coltrane
Republican Executive Centrr
Sears
North Main St
Francat
Cardinal
Strait of Magellan
Tierra del Fuego
South America
Fownes Nylo
Fownes
Makker
Kox
Harllee
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