The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1956-03-16

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YOUNG CoNvICT-In Marion
Va. Roy Summit, II, goes to pris-
on for Is years for stabbing the
alter man to death.
PHONY STORY-Four Iowa
High School girls were jailed in
Kansas after telling a phony story
that they had been kidnapped.
FIVE DIE IN CRASH-Five
young people were killed and four
injured in a car crash near Salt
Lake City.
MORE FLOODS - Thousands
were driven from homes by floods
in Southwestern New York and
nearby Pennsylvania last week by
the raging Allegheny River.
ROB ABC STORE-Two gun
men held up an ABC store in Pine
hurst and made away with $4,745,
leaving in a car in which a con-
federate was waiting.
JEWELRY THEFT-Burglars
are said to have stolen $4,000 in
jewelry from Georges Jewelry
Store in Clinton, N. C. Saturday
morning.
KEFAUVER FAVORED-Sen-
ator Kefauver was favored in ear
ly leads in the New Hampshire
primaries over Adlai Stevenson,
seven to one Tuesday.
FOUR DIE IN FIRE-Fire
destroyed a Roman Catholic insti-.
tuition in Massachusetts,, and four
died and six were injured Satur-
day. Property loss half-million.
TO TAKE OVER FERRIES-A
commission shas been set up in
Virginia to take over the ferries
known as the Cape Charles ferry.
Twenty million dollars will be pro-
vided to purchase the" ferries at
$13 million and to conduct tun-
nci survey across Chesapeake Bay.
NEW FERRY-Two High Point
men are seeking to establish a
ferry across the Cape Fear River
at Southport over to Federal
Point, which would save many
miles of travel. The ferry would,
be toll enterprise.
CHEWS BABY'S TOES - An
ocelot in a Maryland home chewed
the toes off a -months-old boy
while the parents were in New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter T. Per-
ny of Beltsville, Md. kept several
pets including this spotted cat.
PREFERS AMERICA - Tokyo
Rose, now out of prison, will fight
to remain in the United States,
the country she attempted to be-
tray in favor of the Japs. Her at
torney says he will fight deporta-
ton every step of the way.
WEIGHT LIFTERS = A ten
man team of Soviet weight-lifters
will cancel plans to come to this
country because they are not will
ing to be finger-printed as is re-
quired of all visitors by U. S law.
Wonder why they are afraid of be-
ing finger-printed. Maybe they are
already wanted in the U. S.
WOULD GUST TURNCOAT-I
Secretary of the Interior Douglas
MacKay has gone home to Oregon
to run for the Senate on the Re
publican ticket, seeking to GUST
Senator Wayne Morse who differ
ed with Eisenhower and went over
to the Democrats. MacKay is a
former Governor of his state.
TO WE'D TAR-HEEL-Mar-
garet Truman, 80, daughter of the
ex-president, is to wed Clifton
Daniel, 43, son of Zebulon, N.
C. druggist. Mr.. Daniel is a news
paperman on the staff on the New
York Times. The couple visited
Zebulon the past week end. Their
romance started four months ago.
CYPRUS TROUBLE-The an
cient Greek Island of Cyprus is in
turmoil. Controlled by the British,
they have exiled Archbishop
Makarios who has led movement
for return of the Island to Greece.
Many people have been killed on
this Mediterranean Island. Much
property destroyed. 1t is giving
concern to other nations who fear
its possibilities for starting an
other war.