The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-03-28

HIGH COSTS-It's not high liv-
ing, but high cost of living these
days, the cost having risen to an
all time high in February, Govt.
reports say.
| KINSTON TRAIN WRECK -
| Twenty cars of an S4-car freight
train were derailed at Kinston
Monday night, and Kinston wom-
an waiting at a crossing for the
train to go by was injured.
TEACHER BEATEN IN N. Y
Five or six Negro youths invaded
an outdoor class of private school
pupils Monday and began terror
izing them; teacher who inter
vened was beaten and his pockets
were robbed.
HUMAN HAIR TEST-At
Bethesda, Md, cancer research
center, doctors are using human
hair test to determine how well
drug used in the fight against
leukemia is working and whether
more can safely be given.
DRAFT BOARDS CLOSE-The
North Carolina Selective Service
Director Monday announced that
draft boards throughout the state
would be closed Tuesday through
Friday of this week because there
were mot enough funds to operate
on a full schedule"
IN THE FAMILY = Tomrnie
Temple and family of Newland,
near Elizabeth City, have been
named the "Pasquotank Farm
Family of the Year," this honor
was won in 1866 by Tommie's
brother, Bailey Temple, and family.
Both men are sons of Johnnie
Temple of Newland.
ORBIT FOR UP TO 80 YEARS
That's the preliminary prediction
for the Vanguard l space satellite
given by DIR. Paul Herget, con-
sultant to the Navy project, who
has also predicted the Army's Elk
plorer l will be up about five to
ten years.
SUFFICIENT WITNESSES FOR
PROSECUTION = Lawrence A.
Bower of Detroit, who had collect
ed rs traffic tickets since 1862,
asked for trial on each charge;
then when he showed up in court
and found 45 policemen on hand
to testify against him he changed
his mind and pleaded guilty.
TWO MORE UNKNOWN SOL
DIERS" On Memorial Day, the
remains of Unknown Soldiers"
from World War II and the Kor-
can conflict will be reburied beside
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
of World War /, after a state fun
eral ceremony and march starting
at the Capitol.
NEGROES HONOR WHITE
| YOUTH-In Memphis, Tenn, a
group of Negroes presented $500
to Charles Kent Bridges, a IT.
year-old white youth, to show their
gratitude for his heroism last
month in rescuing an aged Negro
couple trapped in a blazing house.
KLANSMEN SENT TO PRISON
Three Ku Klux Klansmen at
Charlotte were given prison SEN
!, fences last week for plotting to
bomb Negro school last Febru-
airy Is; all three appealed the
judgments handed down by Judge
Zeb v. Nettles, who said "We don't
need this kind of outlawry."
CHURCH SAVED-Through the
! combined efforts of six fire de-
partments, the Christian Church at
Wakefield, Va, was saved last
, Friday when the community's
, worst fire in rs years, destroyed
an abandoned cotton gin and two
, warehouses.
BRUTAL CRIME-Samuel Miller,
Al, who had been let out of
Virginia Asylum, came home to his
parents in Berkeley, Va, broke in,
beat his father to death, and hurt
his mother so she had to go to the
, hospital. His father Joseph, was
81 In Norfolk, Mrs. Roma
]. Watson of Franklin, being treated
at Leigh Hospital, wandered from
her room and was drowned in the
creek in front of the hospital :. =.
AIR CRASH-Mike Todd, famous
: producer of shows, died with
three companions while en- route
: Friday from California to New
!; York where Todd was to receive
, an award. His wife, actress Eliza
beth Taylor was prevented by sick
ness from, taking the trip. The
plane crashed in New Mexico's
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