The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-11-15

FREIGHTER BREAKS IN TWO /
The S,400-ton Norwegian freight
er Belleville, which had been
aground on Seal Rock off New
port, r. l., since September "a,
broke in two Saturday after being
pounded by heavy seas and gale
winds during the night.
FLOWERS SURRENDERED-l
Percy Flowers, Johnston County
merchant and farmer wanted on
illicit liquor charges, was released
under $4,000 bond after giving
himself up to federal officers in
New Orleans; he is still being
sought, however, by state authors
ties.
CIVIL RIGHTS APPOINT
MENTS-A bipartisan commission
on civil rights was named last
week by President Eisenhower,
who designated former Supreme
Court Justice Stanley F. Reed as
chairman of the group.
PARKING FUED-In Danville,
Va, probate court Judge John IN
gers car was hauled away by sher-
iff William C. Hendrickson, who
claimed Unger was illegally park
ing in space belonging to the
sheriff's department.; the judge
had the sheriff arrested for crimi-
nal contempt and sentenced him
to two days in Jail.
WRONG HOME-James Carson
Trueblood, "a, made bad mistake
last week in choosing a home to
burglarize at Edenton; he crawled
in a window at the home of Police
Chief George l. Dali, and awaken
ed Dali, who promptly grabbed
him and had him locked up.
FARM LEADER DIES = R.
Flake Shaw, 60, executive vice.
president of the North Carolina
Farm Bureau Federation, died Sat
urday in Greensboro hospital;
also prominent in the field of bank
ing, he had been head of the Farm
Bureau since 1910.
TORNADOES HIT STATE Il
Several persons were injured and
IL to Is houses were damaged or
destroyed last Friday night when
tornadoes struck two areas east of
Rocky Mount.
BOY KILLS FATHER - FL
wood ]. Smith, Jr., 16, of Whining
ton, enraged by disciplinary action,
shot his father to death with a.
.22-rifle and then surrendered to
police.
NINE CARS DERAILED-Nine
cars of a Seaboard Air Line Rail-
road Co. freight train were de-
rallied last week at Merry Oaks.
BLIND HUNTER-Bud Hoag of
Camp Crook, S. D., still goes deer
hunting, although he is blind; his
wife aims the gun and he pulls
the trigger.
TEACHING HOW TO FORGET
DIR. Joyce Brothers, the pretty
psychologist who has won total
of $134,000 by remembering box
ing statistics, now is trying to add
to her fortune by teaching others
how to forget; she advises: Don't
clutter up your mind with unim-
portant things"
LOWER RATE FOR SAFE
DRIVERS - Drivers with good
safety records will pay lower rates
for their auto liability Insurance
than drivers with poor records UNI
der a plan approved by the State
insurance commissioner, Charles
F. Gold, last week.
BARGE HITS TRESTLE - AL
rock-laden barge and tug rammed
ia 60-foot hole in the Lucin trestle
across the Great Salt Lake Satur-
day night, cutting Southern Pa
cities main east-west track.
RECORD ART SALE-Compet-
ing art collectors paid $1,708,550
last Thursday for IS French paint
ings and set new record for the |
amount realized at any single sale
of modern paintings.
JET PILOT KILLED-Lt. (jg.)
Robert Ashley, %, of Jacksonville,
was killed last Friday morning
when his Douglas FAD Skyray Jet
exploded off the Virginia Capes
while he was plotting his plane in
a "fly-by" formation near the
supercar1ier Forrestal.
STEAL PLANE, CRASH 50 AL
teen-age couple from Sturgis,
Mich, running away from home in
the first airplane they had ever