The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1958-02-21

NO HOSPITALITY some three to
one majority, voters of New Han
over County voted down a $780,
600 hospital proposal Saturday.
SISTER GERTRUDE-In Wash
ington, d. c., a 62-yr.-old widowed
mother of ten children has become
Catholic nun.
80 MILES PER HOUR-At such
speed this wintry weather, car
crashed into tree on the Dismal
Swamp highway, and Donald Mele-
SIGH, 20, a sailor was killed.
"ROBBER KING"-Joe Pearce, 18,
high school student, is held as
head of a band of juveniles arrest
ed in Norfolk for many break-ins
and robberies. The King said he
has cracked hundreds of safes and
stolen between $4,000 and $4,000.
FACE LIFTED-The old light
house at Cape Henry, now owned
by a historical society, has been
repaired at cost, of $4,000. 1t
only cost $17,500 when built in
1890 and think of the effort ex-
pended in getting the stone to the
site in those days.
ROASTED TO DEATH-As in
every other place, stoves, heaters
and everything else that will pro-
duce warmth this week is being
pushed to top capacity. In Atlanta,
negro apartment house burned
and IL persisted, mostly small chill
dren.
STASSEN RESIGNS - Harold
Stassen, once Governor of Mime
sofa, is now going to run for Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania. This young
Republican trouble shooter and
space maker" in the Eisenhower
administration has resigned. He
failed in 1856 in his attempt to
prevent the nomination of Richard
Nixon for Vice-President.
BETTING STUDY SET-The Vir-
ginia House of Delegates by a vote
of 1896 last week approved a
study of horse racing with pari-
mutual betting.
NEW NAVY SHIPS-Constructior
of 20 new ships and conversion OF
eight more to modern types is be-
ing asked by the Navy in it's fisca'
1859 shipbuilding budget soon tc
be presented to Congress.
BULLFIGHTING AT Low EBB-
Bullfighting is reported at a low
ebb in Mexico now, with tourists
about the only ones who get very
excited about what's going on il
the bull rings.
FIRE TAKES HEAVY TOLL =
Five persons were killed and -four
others were hospitalzed as a re-
suit of fire which destroyed {
three-room. frame, log farm home
near Danville, Va, last Thursday
UNDERGROUND LAUNCHING
PITS-The United States, like
Britain, plans to put some of it:
ballistic missile launching sites ii
protected, underground pits, to re
duce the possible damage from
enemy counter attack.
SPACE BOMBER BLUEPRINT
ED-Douglas Aircraft Co., work
ing under a one-million dollar All
Force study contract, has develop
ed plans for a space bomber which
would orbit the earth at 1886
miles an hour and could bomb an!
hostile spot on earth from outel
space according to Los Angeles
newspaper.
CARS AND SMOG-The Advisor,
Council to the U. S. Surgeon Gen
eral on Air Pollution Problems
thirteen scientists, medical mel
and air pollution specialists, ar,
convinced that smog has become /:
nationwide menace to health ant
happiness and have appealed t,
the auto industry to go all out il
developing device to reduce O
eliminate the automobiles contri
button to air pollution.
washing machines, dish-washers
refrigerators, etc. There are crack
ed toilet bowls and supply tanks
Costly chrome fixtures have beef
spoiled. The cost of this freeze t,
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