The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-09-06

! SIX ESCAPE SAFELY-A KID
so re-fueling plane caught fire over
Amarillo, Texas, and it crashed
ten miles north. The six crewmen
parachuted to safety.
USE THE RoD-Harry Tru-
man, in speech to 1000 teachers
in Missouri, said students would
behave better if their teachers were
allowed to switch them.
JUMPED THE GUN-Two Air
Force paratroopers, 10, made their
jump some S5 miles from the place
intended, at IT. Bragg. However,
they landed safely.
TWO LIFE SENTENCES -
Pearlie Faison, a 22-year-old ne
gro, was convicted by jury which
included four negroes in DupIin
County. He was tried for the rap
ing and burglary of 68-year-old
white woman. Judge Frizelle gave
him a life sentence on each count.
FATAL WRECK MARS RACE
"A sunbaked crowd estimated at
10000 persons saw Speedy Thomp-
SON of Monroe, N. c., set a record
OF 1O1 miles per hour to win Mon
days Southern 500 stock car race
at Darlington, S. c.; accidents dur
ing the race claimed one life and
sent three drivers to the hospital.
TRAIN WRECK KILLS 100 = At
least 100 persons were killed and
about 400 others were injured late
Sunday night when a holiday spe-
cial train carrying 1900 Roman
Catholics home from a pilgrimage
and beach outing came apart on a
hill near Kingston, Jamaica.
ASSAULTS DAUGHTER = A.
B. Manning of Spring Hope has
been jailed in Nash County on
charges of assault with intent to
commit rape on his 13-year-old
daughter; the girl, whose father
and mother have been separated
six weeks, admitted she had been
sleeping with her father.
REVIVAL - Evangelist Billy
Graham, after a 16-week revival
in New York's Madison Square
Garden, is playing golf and resting
up this week at his home at Mon
treat. He claims nearly two mil
lions heard him preach, some S.
900 were converted" A new 1t
tendance record of 100000 at a
meeting was set.
BROTHERLY FIGHT = Roy
Baines, 81, of Spring Hope is be-
ing held in Jail pending the out
come of the condition of his broth
err, Luther, 40, who was hit on the
head with a baseball bat by Roy;
Luther repeatedly also stabbed
Roy three times during an argu-
ment.
LOST CHILD FOUND SAFE
Little Michael Mcmillan, 21z years
old, was found Monday morning
on top of rugged mountain in
Henderson County after having be-
come the object of one of the big
4 gest organized searches in West
ern North Carolina in recent
Iyears; the little boy was scratched
but otherwise unhurt.
4 DEATH BY AUTO-John Bull
Eluck, 10, died at Lumberton, result
of reckless driving William
Wesley Parker, 90, died when
thrown from truck which wreck
ed in Raleigh when its driver fell
asleep Edward F. Gallagher,
30, of Cherry Point was killed Sun
day night when a speeding car left
the road and rammed into a tree
near Newport.
CONTINUES EFFORTS - Con-
gresham Herbert C. Bonner ID
N. c. announces that he had con-
ferred with the Fish and Wildlife
!, Service in an effort to secure res
toration of the cut in funds for the
, Roanoke River studies. Under the
! Soriginal contract, between the Fish
! and Wildlife Service and North
Carolina State College, it was ex-
pected that the services of the Col
lege would be continued for two
year period, and on that UNDER
!. standing the College made COM
: mitments to its trained personnel.
Subsequently the Fish and Wild
life Service allocated only $1,000
|, for the second year. Mr.. Bonner
: has taken steps to- press for the
restoration of the original amount,
! which was $4,000, and today ex-
I pressed confidence that his efforts