Education aid plan edges toward final House vote
Washington report on a billion dollar federal education aid blueprint advancing toward a final House vote after a 265 to 106 passage to bring it up for action. The four year program would fund scholarships student loans graduate study and state matching grants for science teaching equipment and guidance of able students. The Senate is expected to vote early next week as amendments address scholarship limits need based awards and anti discrimination language.
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Washington
House
Senate
Carl Eliott
D-Ala
Eisenhower
Adam Clayton Powell
DNY
Rollman Drops Write-In Bid in 12th District Race
Asheville and Waynesville report that industrialist Heinz Rollman withdraws any write-in campaign for the 12th District congressional seat and backs Democratic nominee David Hall of Sylva. Rollman urged unity at a Young Democrats meeting after Hall’s selection following Shuford’s retirement, citing support for candidates across the 10 county district. Republican W Harold Sams of Asheville is set for November.
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Asheville
Waynesville
Heinz Rollman
David Hall
Sylva
Rollman
Belgium
United States
George Shuford
Shuford
Democratic Executive Committee
Hall
W.harold Sams
Bomarc Missile Test Delayed By Technical Troubles
The sleek Boeing Bomarc missile linked to Kingston computer by a special SAGE line aimed to detect enemy aircraft in seconds. After over 50 prior launches, recent tests faced trouble with the system. the most recent July 11 Bomarc was blown up due to engine faults.
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Kingston
Air Force
Shielded Man Could Travel Through Radioactive Field
Iowa City report quotes Iowaa State University of Iowa biologist James W. Osborne assistant professor in the radiation research lab. He discusses shielded travel through intense radiation from Explorer IV with Carl F. Mellwain and notes death risk if shielding fails. He cites death timelines vary with exposure, estimating human fatality near 430 roentgens.
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James W. Osborne
State University of Iowa
Osborne
Carl F. Metwain
Mellwain
South America
Families Wiped Out By Air Crash Still Awaiting Pay
The Ledford and Grice families, living on Old Gastonia Road, lost nine in a 196? Air Force jet crash. Payment delays persist as the $3500 claim awaits Congressional action, with papers routed from Shaw AFB to Washington. Ledford remains burdened by credit purchases for lost furniture and clothing.
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Charlotte
Charles
Ledford
Grice
Loke
Gastonia Road
Peary
James
Air Force
Jonas
R-Nc
St Ap
Sam
Jnait
Grice A. Ledford
Southern Flight Service
Wendell’ Ritchie Miller
Nee Salisbury
C. R. McCoy
Ainth
Shaw Air Force Base
D.C
Shaw
Warner Robins Air Force Base
Washington
Congress
Wild man dies after killing in Grove Oklahoma
In Grove Oklahoma a ferocious man described as fighting wild died after his sister in law was stabbed to death minutes earlier. Emma Thompson died from neck wounds while en route to a hospital. Deputies bound the suspect to a porch post. he later was found dead after being restrained. An autopsy was performed but its results were not disclosed. Sheriff George B. Francis reported the sequence of events and the confrontation with neighbors.
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Grove
Okla
Clarence B. Thompson
Emma, Thompson
George B. Francis
Thompson
Portland
Ore
United States
Song
Kim
Korea
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Los Angeles
San Franciscan Opera
Dope Charges Face Two Bragg Medics
Two Ft Bragg medics and a Fayetteville woman were charged with obtaining military narcotics and diverting them to civilian channels. Set. Norton Jones 35 of San Antonio and Set. James H. Stewart of Newborn Georgia were held for trial at the September term of Federal District Court in Fayetteville with bonds of 3000 and 5000 respectively. Evelyn Blake, held on narcotics findings at her home, was held for Superior Court trial on 1000 bond. All three described as Negroes.
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Fayetteville
Ft. Bragg
Norton Jones
San Antonin
James H. Stewart
Rt. 1
Newborn
Ithe Rind Medical Co
U. S
T. J. Hon
Federal District Court
Jones
Stewart
Evelyn Blake
Robert Pope
Recorder's Court
Lost Ring Found Owner Traced to Benton pastor
Ray Brunker recovered a senior class ring that had been lost two years earlier. He traced it through a jewelry salesman and local yearbooks to J. G. Heflin, pastor in Benton Arkansas, who said he misplaced the ring in 1950 at a 4H encampment.
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Lone Wolf
Ray Brunker
J. G. Heflin
Benton
Ark
Heflin
Orthopedic Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Summary
Orthopedic Hospital lists admissions including Rebecca Massey Saint Richard Thomas Gibson N Elizabeth Whiteside Campo Bello NC Gary Conrad Belmont Harry Grady Seven Springs NC Aubrey Barkley Roanoke Rapids William Hoglen North Belmont Sherman Whiteside Campo Bello NC Melba Isenhour Taylorsville Linda Crowe Lincolnton Julia Paxton Wilmington Dennis Wise Fayetteville Belly Rankin Holly Bobby Padgett Shelby Naomi Stone Carthage Martha Haynes Union Mills Carolyn Prince Raleigh Dianne Bolick Hickory Richard Goins Cherryville. Dismissals include Marie Ham Greensboro Linda Garrett Belmont Kay Willis Yale Shirley Johnson Gaston NC Charlotte Beam Cherryville Marvin Jones Browns Summit Carrie Smith Gaston ay ee An Poole Teachers Martha Pardue Yadkinville Bonnie Wray High Point Phyllis Warren Dunn Thelma Farris Lincolnton Carrie Spruill Elizabeth City.
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Rebecca Ann Massey
Saint
Richard Thomas
Gibson
Elizabeth Whiteside
Campobello
N.C
Gary Dean Conrad
Belmont
Harry Grady
Seven Springs
Aubrey Martin Barkley
Roanoke Rapids
William G. Hoglen
North Belmont
Sherman Whiteside
Campovelo
Melba Isenhour
Taylorsville
Linda Crowe
Lincolnton
Julia Paxton
Wilmington
Dennis Alfred Wise
Fayette ‘Lle
Belly Marie Rankin
Holly Bobby Padgett
Shelby
Naomi Stone
Carthage
Martha Gertrude Haynes
Unio Mills
Carolyn Faye Prince
Raleigh
Dianne Bolick
Hickory
Richard Goins
Cherryville
Marie Ham
Greensboro
Linda Garrett
Kay Willis
Yale
Shirley Johnson
Gaston
N. C
Charlotte Beam
Marvin Jones
Browns Summit
Martha Pardue
Yadkinville
Bonnie Wray
High Paint
Phyllis Warren
Dunn
Thelma Farris
Carrie Spruill
Elizabeth City
Inventor Wins Secret Suit Against U S Government
A Vienna born inventor, Dr Olle Halpern, secured permission to sue the U S government for compensation in a secrecy shielded case. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the action could proceed behind closed doors.
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New York T
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Olle Halpern
Term Suspended for Haywood Glenn in Liquor Case
In city court officer claims a jar of white liquor found at Haywood Glenn's home. Glenn, 33, admitted owning the jar and said he sold one earlier to raise money to pay his debt. He received six months suspended.
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Haywood Glenn
Harry Fowler
Haywood
Fowler
Marshall Griffie
Glenn
Glenn Drew
Thieves Enter Third Night In Row In Gaston County
For the third night in a row thieves struck in northeastern Gaston County but left with nothing after casing Edward's store on Highway 16 near Lucia. A Rural Police patrol car passed twice in four minutes, scaring the would‑be burglars away. Earlier break-ins hit the Jot Em Down store and Hester Brothers Sales. The Scouting movement arrived in America from Faglane by William PD Boyce.
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Gaston County
Edward
Highway 16
Lucia
Hester Brothers Sales
America
Faglane
William PD. Boyce
Chicago
Hunted Lowell Man Is Caught
Rural Police Detective Sim Auten tracked and captured a year‑old man named Shedd near Spencer Mountain after a break in at Lowell Hardware. He faced charges of breaking and entering and larceny, including a church fan theft and a lawn mower theft. Auten reported finding him poorly fed and lodging him in jail after buying him food.
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Sim Auten
Shedd
Spencer
Lowell
Auten
Oakland
New Four Cent Stamp Debuts at University of Missouri
The black four cent Freedom of the Press commemorative stamp will be issued on September 22 at the University of Missouri as part of the School of Journalism Golden Anniversary celebration. About 600,000 pieces of mail bearing the stamp and first day cachet are expected to be canceled there as the world’s first school of journalism.
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Honor Press
University of Missouri
Freedom of the Press
School of Journalism
House Passes Welfare Bill Ends Senate Conference Hope
The House approved a pension and welfare fund disclosure bill by voice vote after rejecting a move to eliminate employer run plans. Kennedy, the Senate sponsor, said the Senate version is stronger and may be adopted or reconciled. The measure requires plan administrators to file comprehensive, public reports with the labor secretary. the Senate bill adds subpoena power and enforcement tools. The House bill directs only reporting to be made available for public viewing.
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Joe Hall
Washington
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
House
Congress
Senate
Kennedy
Senate House
Management and
Labor
Secretary of Labor
Religious Spat Over Birth Control In City Hospitals
A New York dispute over contraceptive use in city-owned hospitals pits Catholic positions against Protestant and Jewish views. Commissioner Morris A. Jacobs notes the issue is policy driven while Mayor Wagner awaits a formal Department of Hospitals report to guide possible rules in tax-supported institutions. The furor began with a Protestant woman seeking contraception at Kings County Hospital.
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New York
Wagner
Morris A. Jacobs
Sioner
Banjshe
Aj’ Ait
Jacobs
Robert F. Wagner
Kings County Hospital
Chancery
Salt Lake mystery boom heard across Utah valley
Salt Lake City residents reported a loud sonic boom followed by two bal loon sightings and two small jets trailing a larger black aircraft. Authorities said the noise was a sonic boom and that other information remains classified with no reported damage or missile linkage.
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Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Valley
Utah
Henry Enghe
Maxwell E. Rich
Ex wife seeks Purdom jailed in alimony dispute
Former wife Lila Purdom says ex actor Edmund Purdom owes 24000 in alimony and child support since their 1956 divorce. She alleges he lavished money on other women including Linda Christian and secretly married her in 1955. Affidavit notes she is destitute and has been evicted for nonpayment of rent. Purdom reportedly remarried Alicia Carr and is working in England.
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Los Angeles
Lila Purdom
Edmund Purdom
Sai Purdom
Harvey Gollauted
Weatherance
Purdom Bureau
Gollance
Miss Carr
Air Command
Jacobs
England
Omaha
Protestant Council of New
Purdom
Utah
York
Defense Department
Minnie M McClure obituary in Clover civic ties
Mrs Minnie Mae McClure 68 of 107 Valley avenue Clover died Thursday in a Columbia hospital native of Gaston county daughter of the late Daniel and Jane Morrison funeral Saturday at 3 pm at M L Ford Sons Funeral Chapel burial Bethany A R P Church Cemetery officiating Rev D E Philbeck and Rev A B Hilliard survivors include two daughters Mrs John Bradley and Mrs Robert L Faris of Clover four sons Edward of York Lemuel of Fort Riley Kans William of Charleston and Cletus McClure of Salisbury 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren
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Clover
Minnie
Mae McClure
Valley Avenue
Columbia
Gaston County
Daniel
Jane Lewis Morrison
M. L. Ford & Sons Funneral Chapel
Bethany A. R. P. Church
D. E. Philbeck
A. B. Hilliard
John Bradley
Robert L. Faris
Edward
York
Lemuel
Fort Riley
Kans
William
Charleston
Cletus McClure
Salisbury
North Carolina Mayor Gives Up Town Hall Ownership
Draper reports Mayor Harry Lindsey, unique in the United States, will relinquish ownership of his city hall next month. Lindsey held a $20,000 note on the hall since a private citizen purchase four years ago, was elected mayor in May 1937, and the annual $5.00 note payments ceased last month after the debt was paid.
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Draper
Harry Lindsey
United States
Lindsey
Mule Looks Like Kangaroo Foal Baffles Prescott
In Prescott Arizona a mule foal born at H Martin summer stable resembles a kangaroo with front legs six inches short. The newborn animal, offspring of a Shetland pony cross and a horse, hopped to a bush and hid. Nearby, reference notes mention a 12 mile pile trestle bridge over the Great Salt Lake in Utah.
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Prescott
Ariz
H. Martin
Arizona
Shetland Pany
Janie
Hurre
Marlin
United States
Great Salt Lake
Utah
Driver Of Car Fined, Given Suspended Term
The driver of an automobile involved two months ago in a wreck with a Rural Police cruiser was convicted in a Gastonian city court Friday morning of driving under the influence and of violating the prohibition law. William Herbert Tomlin, 610 West Walnut Avenue, was fined $100 and costs and given 3 days suspended on the more serious charge while ordered to pay costs on the second. He was found innocent of running a red light. The case stemmed from an accident June 11 at Chapel Road and Franklin Avenue, investigated by State Patrolman L. G. McCollum. Sel. W. R. Hayes drove the police car, and W. J. Barlowe Jr. was injured. In a separate matter, Mack Wilson Spurrier, 16, 1406 McArver Avenue, was ordered to surrender his license and attend a driver improvement clinic after pleading guilty to reckless driving. Brenda B. Folk, 47, 1304 Poston Circle, paid $5 and costs for speeding. others listed paid costs only for similar offenses. Charges of running a red light against Nettie Cowan Clark and Mildred Lula Rhinehart were dismissed.
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Gastonian
William Herbert Tomlin
West
Walnut Avenue
Chapel Road
Franklin Avenue
L. G. McCollum
Sel
W. R. Hayes
W. J. Barlowe Jr
Mack Wilson Spurrier
McArver Avenue
Brenda B. Folk
Poston Circle
Sara Frances Friday
Carolina Avenue
Charles Ray Pike
Banlo Station
Mary Hopper Jonas
Congress Street
Robbie E. Absher
Bessemer City
Nettie Cowan Clark
Warren Avenue
Mildred Lula Rhinehart
Belmont
Police Catch Would-Be Thief In Building
Gastonia police arrested 47 year old Archie Johnson a Negro man of 403 West Davidson Avenue after a tip led to catching him in the Farmers Cooperative Exchange building on North Broad Street minutes before he would have entered. He faces breaking and entering charges and waived a hearing in city court to await superior court trial.
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Gastonia City
Archie Johnson
West Davidson
Avenue
Johnson
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
North Broad Street
JT. L. Sarver
Roger Barber
Arnold Edison
John
Boy on Bike Hits Car in Belmont Incident
A Belmont youth Ronald Rikard, age 11, on a bicycle struck a parked car door driven by Archie Greenberg of Charlotte on North Main Street. Rikard suffered a broken nose and facial lacerations and was hospitalized at Gaston Memorial Hospital. Separately, State Rep A J Hardendorf, Republican, declares he will not seek reelection citing eye strain from reading a large bill stack.
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Archie Greenberg
Charlotte
North Main Street
Belmont
Ronald Rikard
Greenberg
Rikard
Gaston Memorial Hospital
Home Saloon Would Save Much Money
Boston readers are advised by the Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association newsletter to start a home saloon. The spoof suggests a husband buys whiskey solely from his wife, saving license costs and building a bank balance for future family needs, ending with a pointed swipe at a drunken husband.
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Home Saloon
Boston
Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Association
Negro Appeals Being Studied In Charlotte
The Mecklenburg County School Board is reviewing appeals by 10 Negro children denied reassignment to white county schools. Four families with 10 children, represented by attorney Thomas H. Wyche, appeared after questioning. Parents, including Mrs. Charles Hunter, said white schools offer more and better education. Ten children were part of a group of 17 denied admittance last year. five had been admitted to Charlotte city white schools, none to county schools.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
County School Board
Thomas H. Wyche
Frank
Charles Hunter
Charlotte City
New Currency Question Spreads In Waukegan Banks
Waukeganites tested two two dollar bills asking if the word The is needed under the White House portrait. Some merchants refused non The bills though bankers declared both as good as gold. The White House wording shifted after Truman balcony addition, replacing prior standard. Luther Burbank introduced a spineless cactus aiding food for people and livestock.
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Waukegan
Til
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