Jailer Fired Over False Escape Tale in Princess Anne
Bland Vestal, Princess Anne County jailer for about two years, admitted to giving police a false account of the July 10 escape by Grant Stewart and Carroll Young. He had claimed an outsider attacked him. police say he was robbed and assaulted by one of the escapees. Stewart and Young were recaptured in Boston and await extradition.
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Princess Anne
Princess Anne County
Bland Vestal
Vestal
Grant E. Stewart
Carroll E. Young
Véstal
John Marr
Stewart
Young
Boston
Virginia Beach
R. L. Stone
Traffic Deaths Rise 5 Percent In First Half 1959
Chicago report from the National Safety Council shows 17,090 traffic deaths, a five percent rise from 1958 in the first six months of 1959 due to heavier travel. June deaths reached 3,150, marking six straight monthly increases. Yonkers New York Lincoln Nebraska and Peoria Illinois were the three largest death-free cities. Tokyo coverage noted territorial size.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Yonkers
N.Y
Lincoln
Neb
Peoria
Ill
Week's Sew-thrifty Printed Pattern Misses Dress
Printed Pattern 4761 offers a Misses dress in sizes 10 through 18 with a 39 inch fabric need of 4 1/2 yards for size 16. Directions are provided on each pattern part. Send 50 cents plus 10 cents per pattern for mail to Anne Adams in New York with name address zone size and style number.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Tang Eyes Rubber Plant Tour Across the United States
Mr. Tang praised machine investment per worker at a local plant and plans to visit Chicago rubber, ware, and kitchenware factories. He noted no current Hong Kong rubber industries, some plastics for toys and flowers, and returned to New York with Paul Terretto after a Thursday arrival. South Sea Textiles employs 15,000 in Hong Kong.
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Tang
Chicago
Hong Kong
New York
Paul Terretta
O'Sullivan
South Sea Textiles
Mr. Tang
Southern Bee
Chinese businessman tours O'Sullivan Rubber Corp visit
Jack Tang a Hong Kong based director of South Sea Textiles and Harvard Business College alumnus toured the O'Sullivan Rubber Corp. yesterday while seeking industries for Hong Kong.
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O'Sullivan Rubber Corp
Hong Kong
Jack Tang
Harvard Business College
South Sea Textiles
Virginia College Costs Climb Across Virginia
A survey of 23 institutions shows 14 increasing 1959 60 tuition and fees from 1958 59. Private colleges like Sweet Briar and Hollins top price bumps while several schools keep costs steady. Virginia Union and University of Virginia also raise totals as faculties gain pay and operating costs rise.
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Richmond
Virginia
Richmond News Leader
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Sweet Briar
Lynchburg
News Leader
Hampton
Madison
Radford
Hollins College
Roanoke
University of Virginia
Washington and Lee
Roanoke College
Randolph Macon
Twin Trouble at same crossing harms boy twice
In Columbus Bernard Brown, 5, was hit while crossing Gibbard Avenue at St. Clair Avenue and treated for minor cuts at Children’s Hospital. Three weeks later the same boy, same intersection, same injury, and same hospital, but a different driver.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bernard Brown
Gibbard Ave
St. Clair Ave
Children’s Hospital
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