Ex-GI Digs For Buried Treasure At Fort Huachuca
Ex-GI Robert Jones from Dallas works with the Army at Fort Huachuca Arizona digging for purported gold in a canyon shaft. Jones claims 200 bars of gold exist twenty feet deeper, while Army personnel report water impedes progress and estimate the shaft at about 25 feet down.
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Huachuca
Ariz
Dallas
Tex
U.S. Army
Arizona
Robert Jones
Ft. Worth
Jones
25Th Infantry Division
South Pacific
Ft. Huachuca
Judge Favors Fuzz Over The Cats In Beatnikland
In San Francisco a judge ruled police acted properly in a North Beach dispute with two traffic warrants. Norman Rose, 33, was fined $50 for resisting an officer. Beard roommate Wilder Bentley got a continuance on a related charge.
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San Francisco
North Beach
Allan Broisky
Brotsky
Norman Rose
Wilder N. Bentley
Rose
No Tobacco Price Trend Evident on Carolinas Virginia Markets
The Associated Press reports no definite trend in flue cured tobacco sales across North Carolina and Virginia. Monday totals reach 22,? million pounds with averages around $60 per hundred, while Belt regions show mixed gains and losses between $1 and $4 and higher quality baskets at $75 to $80. Weather-related delays extend sales at Fairmont and Lumberton, and regional totals show North Carolina $55.79 and Virginia $57.06 per hundred pounds.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Virginia
Federal State Market News Service
Border Belt
Fairmont
Lumberton
N.C
North Carolina
Nigh slips on Lake Murray water ski trip
Ardmore Oklahoma Lt Gov George Nigh took a tumble while water skiing on Lake Murray but did not get mad. He recovered quickly and also reeled in a 3 percent bass during the outing.
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Ardmore
Okla
George Nigh
Lake Murray
Nigh
War Widows Pension Increases Announced by Congress
Nearly 300,000 widows and 800,000 veterans who died of non service connected causes will become eligible for pension increases starting July 1 under a new graduated scale. The change expands eligibility for World War II and Korean War survivors while about 70 percent will see higher payments. The VA will contact affected individuals by Oct 1 with details and application steps.
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Congress
Veterans Administration
Graham Says Hearts Must Be Changed at Wheaton Crusade
Evangelist Billy Graham told 13 000 Wheaton College listeners that international problems reflect personal ones and that hearts must change before the world can. He preached on the Ten Commandments and urged a radical heart change to accept Christ, with about 300 responding.
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Wheaton, Ill
Billy Graham
Wheaton College
Graham
Christ
Lord
Sign along highway misspells university at OCU
A highway sign inviting enrollment at Oklahoma City University misspelled the word university as unversity, drawing attention to the error in a regional AP report.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University
Road Improvements Being Reviewed by State Highway Commission
The North Carolina State Highway Commission will review 7 702 193.75 dollars in road improvement bids at a Carthage hearing and monthly meeting. The reading covers 95 miles of work with two major interstate projects. Low bids include Rea Construction for 12 5 miles on Interstate 80 and a Rt. 95 bridge project over the Roanoke River. Other bids listed cover roadway, structures, and moving buildings.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Carthage
Rea Construction Co
Charlotte
Efland
Durham
Roanoke River
Roanoke Rapids
Weldon
Sikes Bros. .Kc
Wadesboro
J. Lawson Jones
Clarksville
C. I. Pope
Stantonburg
Retail sales hit record in first half of 1959
U S retailers posted a record 103.2 billion dollars in the first six months of 1959, up 8.8 percent from a year earlier. The daily newspaper dominates as the preferred advertising medium for retailers due to broad reach in all markets.
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U. S
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Jack 'N
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Janet Shop
JOE Levin, & Sons
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