City Council Considers District Voting Plan in High Point
City officials weigh a four district voting system to replace precinct voting under a 1949 law. Backers led by John Haworth say four polling sites will replace 15, saving costs, equalizing machine use, and reducing vote time. Council aims for Oct 7 verdict and possible November implementation.
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Plans for Bible Day Observance in North Carolina
Plans for the Bible Day celebration in North Carolina are complete with a 7:30 p.m. service at Green Street Baptist Church and displays all day Tuesday. Dr. Walter T. Nau of Lenoir Rhyne College will speak as part of a state wide event featuring a new hymn and local observance.
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Roach Filmz Promises Overnight Pest Elimination
A new invisible liquid paint called Roach Filmz claims to kill roaches within three hours when they contact the film. It targets areas where pests travel and aims to replace messy powders, offering a broad pest solution for homes and stores. Available at department stores.
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Rita Hayworth and Aly Khan Reconcile Divorice Drama
Paris reports Rita Hayworth shelves divorce plans as she and Prince Aly Khan pose together at his Neuilly residence. Aly denies breakup and says wife will continue work, with Rita upset by delays and camera requests. The piece recalls their May 1949 Riviera marriage and Yasmin birth, noting past separations and Hollywood ties.
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Wafd Party In Egypt Reported Disbanded by Government
Cairo sept 27 united press staff correspondent egypt's Wafd the nation's strongest political party is said to be disbanded by the government after defying general am Naguib and retaining Mustafa el Nahas as leader. observers warn of possible steps and unrest as the strongman seeks to end the Wafd influence.
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Officer Relates Survival Tale From Old Baldy Battle
Lt Edgar A Peterson of Ohio recounts 84 hours of agony and thirst during the Old Baldy Hill fight on the Korean Front. He and three others survived a Chinese assault despite multiple wounds from rifle fire mortars and grenades as U S Second Division troops retook the hill.
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Famed philosopher George Santayana dies in Rome convent
George Santayana philosopher poet and author died alone Friday night in a Catholic retreat near Rome where he had lived for years He would have been 89 in December Born in Madrid in 1863 he studied at Harvard immigrated to the United States and later returned to Europe to finish his life and writings He spent his final years in a nursing home run by Irish Catholics
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