The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-23

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BOMB INJURIES BOYS HAND
IA homemade "bomb" exploded in
the hand of a 12-year-old Norfolk
boy Tuesday, cutting two fingers on
his left hand.
TWO NAVY JETS CRASH =
Two Norfolk-based Navy jet fight
ers crashed and their pilots elected
safely in widely separated acct
dents Tuesday afternoon.
| LIGHTNING STRIKES TWICE
IA Wilmington home was hit on
two occasions by lightning a few
days apart; the first bolt burned
out an electric pump motor, while
the second hit an electric stove.
| FARMER ON TRACTOR HIT
BY LIGHTNING - A 68-year-old
North, Va, farmer was killed in
stantly when struck by a lightning
bolt last Friday while driving a
tractor.
! DRAFT AGE CHANGE OP-
POSED-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
+: has expressed his opposition to a
proposal that would narrow the
draft eligibility age range to a
minimum of 20 years and maxi
mum of % years.
| PLANE HITS HOMES, KILLS
4-Four Air Force crewmen were
killed Saturday when their twin
engine bomber crashed into three
West Palm Beach, Fla, homes;
none of the Is residents in the
homes were injured.
/ TWO BLASTS RIP TANKER
Two explosions ripped through the
huge new oil tanker World Splen-
dor off Gibraltar Tuesday and set
the vessel aflame; several casual
ties were reported and the chief
officer was listed as missing.
| MADE TO ,STRIP-A Nigerian
student manhandled by East Ger
man police when he broke through
their lines and shook hands with
Nikita Khrushchev in Berlin re-
ported than an East German wom-
an customers officer had stripped
him naked at the border.
;. JURIST ACQUITTED = Miami
!. Circuit Judge George E. Holt was
, acquitted by the Florida Senate
/ last week at an impeachment trial
on charges that he brought his
court into scandal and disrepute;
This was the first impeachment
trial in Florida history.
STRANGE REASON - A "a
year-old Greensboro man shot and
. killed his 26-year-old wife at
neighbours house last week because
. she wouldn't argue with him; at
least that's the only reason he
, Fgave when brought into court for
preliminary hearing.
TEMPERATURES WATCH" -
The Navy Monday clamped
, temperature watch" on four sus-
pect Atlantic Fleet ships in the
} Norfolk harbor to prevent the
, possible spread of Asiatic flu to
the civilian community and to curb
{ minor epidemic" that has hit
the four destroyers.
GOLF COURSE REMAINS
, CLOSED-The City of Greensboro
! has decided to keep closed the
controversial Gillespie Park Golf
Course owned by the city; in the
/ face of indignation orders the
course was closed June 26 after a
| federal Judge held that a private
club operating the course could
( not enforce racial segregation.
MATURE GIRL" BACK HOME
Dorothy Brown, 16-year-old "Na-
: ture Girl" returned to MooresviIle
this week after her New York TV
: appearance Sunday; the story of
i the beauty leading a simple life in
rustic setting attracted nation
/ wide attention. She has spurned
offers to go on the stage in favor
] of continuing her schooling.
TRAIN HITS AND KILLS
YOUTH-An 18-year-old Harnett
County boy was run over and kill
: ed by an Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road train early Sunday near
Dunn more than mile from the
7 nearest crossings; authorities re-
: port his car, which he had pur-
J chased only the day before, was
; found on parallel track at the
) same location as the victims