The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-10-18

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PLANE CRASH = Carlos p.
Romulo, son of the late president
of the PHILIPPINES, and six others,
including one American, died in an
airplane crash neear Manila.
SEEK INDUSTRIES 80 Gov.
Hodges of N. c., accompanied by
several other state officials has
been in New York this week seek
ing to induce more industries, to
locate in North Carolina.
WHISKY COSTLY-Convicted
of carrying 80 five-gallon jugs of
moonshine whisky, and driving
without a permit, Irving Person,
% of Suffolk was fined $421 in
Suffolk, Va. court.
WAR BREWING? - Kruschev,
Russian chief has given his bless
ing to Egypt's movement of troops
into Syria, causing further con-
Germ that this powder key of the
middle East may soon blow up
into war.
QUINT is WED-Annette, one
of the famed Dionne Quintuplets
of Canada, age %, was the first to
marry. On Saturday she was wed
to German Allard, "a, in Montreal.
One of the quints, Emile, died
in 1854.
TEACHER WINS - David
Beggs, teacher who thrashed a
14-year old boy in Decatur, Ill,
was acquitted in court, when tried
under charges of assault. He
whacked the pupil with a 14-inch
wooden paddle for taking clothing
from another students locker.
DEADLY 4-YEAR-OLD = Mike
Bradshaw, four years old, got hold
of loaded revolver, shot and
killed his SO year old mother, Re-
becca, as she sat working a cross
word puzzle in their Fredericks-
burg, Va. home.
EGGS FOR BENSON - Eggs
were thrown at Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson to indicate the dis
favor in which farmers hold him
when he appeared at Sioux Falls,
S. D. to make an address at corn
picking contest.
CAR MOVES HOUSE-In Suf-
folk, a runaway car driven by Will
liam Lewis knocked home off
it's foundation, damage $1,000; fol-
lowing a collision with car driv-
en- by John Barnes. Several people
were hurt; both drivers charged
with reckless driving.
AUTO INJURIES-Four young
people were hurt in high speed
chase at 40 mph, which resulted
in a collision near Clinton Satur-
day night. Thos. Barefoot, 10, was
responsible Henry Bumgarner
of Caldwell County died when his
truck went off a 800 foot cliff
near Blowing Rock.
TRUCKING VICTORIA big
damage suit, brought by 81 truck
ing firms, seeking $50 million dol
lars from several railroads, was
settled in the courts in Philadel-
phia, with victory for the truck
ers, but they got judgement of on
ly 5000, or about 1S cents for
each of the plaintiff firms.
MARINE DEATHS In the
Norfolk vicinity, Ernest Miller, 20,
an English seaman was crushed
today aboard his ship while load
ing cargo :. Two were apparent
lv lost on the missing oyster boat
NJ. B. Wright ;. The body of Will
liams Davis, an oysterman missing
since October 7th was found float
ing near Hampton.
CRITICALLY ILL, REJECTS
BLOOD-Mrs. Gardner Demo, AZ,
of Haverhill, Mass, who is the
mother of two young children, has
refused to submit to blood trans
fusion despite being hospitalized in
a critical condition due to a bleed
ing bowel ulcer; she is Jehovah's
Witness and believes that she
should not receive the blood Of
another.
NEW BERN BOATBUILDER
William Barber, rs,
whose talent for shipbuilding
brought him state and federal con-
tracts and made him nationally
known, died Friday night in New