The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-08-30

NEW PHYSICAL EXAM - A
new physical examination has been
scheduled for a 22-year-old deaf
Lansing, Mich, printer apparently
drafted by mistake.
GAS CONTRACT SIGNED -
A contract was signed last week
covering the requirements for the
flow of natural gas to five eastern
North Carolina cities, Wilmington,
Fayetteville, Kinston, New Bern,
and Washington.
CHIROPRACTOR ACQUITTED
A Superior Court just last Friday
found DIR. Perry Odum, Raeford
chiropractor, innocent of sexually'
molesting the wife Of Raeford's
police chief.
GOV. HODGES VISITS CAR
RIER Governor Hodges last
week flew from Cherry Point to
the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga
and was the overnight guest of
Secretary of the Navy Charles
Thomas.
RED JETS TO FLY TO U. s.
The United States has given Rus
STA permission to fly two of its
new jet passenger planes to this
country in September to bring the
Soviet delegation to the United
Nations General Assembly session.
DRUG RINGS LINKED WITH
MURDER = Officials of Central
Prison in Raleigh have disclosed
that two rival drug rings operat-
ing within the walls of the prison
were behind the killing of young
Indian convict July 80.
BOY WOUNDED BY SHRAP-
INEL-Michael Walker, IA, of
Spot, was treated at an Elizabeth
City hospital Monday after a shell
he found on the beach at Currituck
Sound about two weeks ago ex-
| ploded.
FOUR DIE IN PLANE CRASH
-Four persons, including two
small boys, died Sunday in the
crash of a light plane in wilder
ness area near Tofte, Mimi; the
victims, all from Minneapolis, were
on flying fishing trip.
| BEER o. K; MILK NO - In
Charlotte, 90 grocerymen arrested
for violation of a city ordinance
prohibiting Sunday operation Of
grocery stores have complained
that you can buy beer or wine or
Sundays but you can't buy a Loaf
of bread or a bottle of milk.
]. SENATE VOTES FOR NEW
STADIUM-The Senate last weel
adopted and sent to the House
compromise bill authorizing con
struction of $4,000 seat stadium
in Washington; a six-million dol
liar bond issue will be floated t.
finance the stadium.
FIVE DIE IN WRECK - Fiv
! persons were, killed and tire
, others were injured Sunday whel
, a car and a pickup truck collide,
, head-on near Darien, Ga; the acct
dent occurred when the car crosse
/, over the center line of highwa
us II.
IKE GETS FLU SHOT-Presi
dent Eisenhower was inoculate
Monday against Asian Flu; pres
secretary James C. Hagerty sal
i Eisenhower came in contact wit
two persons last week who sui
7 ,sequently developed mild cases G
!, what has been diagnosed as Asia
= flu.
/ PLANE FORCED TO DRO
h EXPLOSIVES - An Air Foft
transport plane, which had deve
e oped engine trouble Saturday an
/ had to make forced landing, ws
e forced to drop IL cases of expl'
y sives near Meridian, Miss; IL
ID plane was enroute from Californi
le to Seymour johnson Air For'
g Base at Goldsboro.
r PROBE PLANNED-The Sta
n Utilities Commission has al
Of nounced it will investigate wheth
10 intrastate trucking companies
k the state are engaging in "unfa
h practices" in charges for tran
be porting household goods; in que
Of ton is the practice of truck fir
of charging minimum rate +
high-valued property if the Gust
mer buys insurance above tn
prescribed by law.
SURVIVES TRAIN PASSIN
OVER HIM A 33-year-c
Statesville man was in good com
a., ton Sunday after diesel engi
y and four freight cars passed ov
=: him as he lay flattened betwe
~ the rails on Southern Railw