Weyerhaeuser backs East Carolina College independence drive
The Weyerhaeuser Co of Plymouth announces support for East Carolina College’s bid to become an independent university. D. M. Fisher Jr. urges NC firms to engage in discussions as a study begins in October. The company has long supported regional education with past donations and salary supplements.
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Plymouth
N.C
Weyerhaeuser Co
East Carolina College
D. M. Fisher Jr
Weyerhaeuser
North Carolina
Plymouth County
Washington County Board of Education
Government auction fetches 1965 Chevrolet for 95000 rupees
Inflation era sale in New Delhi sees a 1965 Chevrolet brought by the government trading corporation sell for 95000 rupees. The auctioned batch of 127 cars saw a low bid of 8000 rupees for a 1962 Volga.
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New Delhi
Government Trading Corporation
Mecklenburg Camp Prison Official Defends Policies
Mecklenburg County prison head Maj. Hugh Logan defends Lincoln Prison Camp practices amid a wave of resignations. He says 12 officers left in four months and 45 to 50 changes in two years are not news, and blames a desire to discipline inmates over rehabilitation.
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Lincolnton
N. C
Lincoln Prison
Hugh Logan
Mecklenburg County
Lincoln
Lincoln Camp
Clyde Harriss
Rowan County
N.C
Logan
Odum
Cleveland County
Mecklenburg Complex
Lee Bounds
Patient Ignites Fire At Charlotte Memorial Hospital
A patient at Charlotte Memorial Hospital started a fire by smoking in bed. A crew of six fire engines arrived within half an hour to extinguish the smoke in the room. The patient quipped that it brought visitors, highlighting the incident's unintended attention.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
Graham Cancels Scotland Trip
American evangelist Billy Graham cancels a planned Scotland visit on medical advice while in London for summer crusade followups. Doctors assessed him after feeling unwell before leaving New York, with further tests and possible attendance at Royal Albert Hall meetings depending on his condition.
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London
Billy Graham
Greater London
Scotland
T. W. Wilson
Graham
New York
Glasgow
Scottish
Christ
Royal Albert Hall
Beginner's Luck In Brookville Fishing Feat
In Brookville Pennsylvania ten local anglers struggled for three days to hook a 23 inch brown trout in a nearby stream. Ten year old Mark Burns using an old rod and a ten cent lure quickly caught the prized fish.
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Brookville, Pa
Pennsylvania
Brookville
Mark Burns
Peterson's Ointment Fame From Buffalo Druggist
A 40 year old Buffalo pharmacist created an ointment for piles that gave quick cooling soothing relief. Peterson's Ointment became popular nationwide and is offered with a money back guarantee or a 85 cent applicator tube.
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Buffalo
Peterson
Four Job Corpsmen killed in Tennessee crash
A bus carrying 23 Job Corpsmen from Cumberland Gap Center collided head on with a trailer truck on U.S. 25 E near Tazewell Tennessee. Four youths died and 20 others were injured including the truck driver. Names of the dead were Curtis J. Jordan Randolph Scarbrough Fred Binyard and Jimmy Ray Nolan all from the Cumberland Gap center.
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Tazewell
Tenn
Kentucky
East Tennessee
Middlesboro
Joseph Kulesza
Cumberland Gap National Historical Park
Cumberland Gap
Curtis J. Jordan
Atlanta
Randolph Scarbrough
Meridian
Miss
Fred Binyard
Robert Lee Wakefield
Four Mile
Billy Ray Burge
Trinity
N.C
Kulesza
Claiborne County Hospital
Appalachian Hospital
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Harllee
Rayon Chiffon
Fashion
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