THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: Errors, fires, and protests. | Robesonian

THIS WEEK IN ROBESON COUNTY HISTORY

100 Years In the past: Mr. Sam Reeves of East Lumberton says he can not declare the glory, thrust upon him by a correspondent writing in Thursday’s Robesonian, of being 100 years outdated and having served within the Civil battle. He says the times of the years of his life quantity solely forty-eight years. He reached that age on the sixteenth of final month. If that correspondent can’t be extra correct about his statements he’d higher chorus from writing something for publication

From the March 5, 1923 Robesonian, Mr. Identical Reeves Lacks a Lot of Being a Centenarian

75 Years In the past: The Crimson Springs Crimson Robins, girding themselves for the 1948 Tobacco State league pennant chase, have signed 3 extra excellent rookies so as to add to their roster which begins coaching right here in Robins park April fifth.

From the March 11, 1948 Robesonian, Robins Signal 3 Rookies For ‘48 League Marketing campaign

50 Years In the past: One third of the warrants served in February by Robeson County Sheriff’s Division have been written for issuing nugatory checks. The nugatory verify warrants totaled 100 whereas the full or arrests have been 299.

From the March 9, 1973 Robesonian, Nugatory Checks Might Account For Many February Arrests

5 Years In the past: A Freeway Patrol trooper misplaced his experience Friday morning when it caught fireplace and was destroyed.

Sgt. J.L. Morton mentioned the 2015 Dodge Charger, which had about 30,000 miles on it, caught fireplace after Trooper Kyle Covington left it to pursue a stolen-vehicle suspect. It’s believed that some underbrush ignited, catching the automobile, which was parked on the facet of the highway, on fireplace.

Morton mentioned Covington noticed a automobile shortly after 8 a.m. that he believed had been reported stolen in Wilkes County. The automobile apparently had a monitoring machine on it, and the native Freeway Patrol was instructed it could be within the space.

Morton mentioned Covington noticed it within the Pembroke space. The automobile sped away and wrecked in a ditch close to Union Chapel Highway. The driving force exited the automobile and bumped into close by woods.

Covington received out and was making ready to pursue the suspect when he seen his automobile had caught on fireplace. Covington was not injured.

The Freeway Patrol didn’t have a worth for the automobile.

From the March 10, 2018 Robesonian, Fireplace destroys patrolman’s automobile

One 12 months In the past: The N.C. Division of Labor introduced Wednesday the repeal of the COVID-19 Emergency Short-term Commonplace for well being care, efficient March 4.

The ETS has been in impact in North Carolina since July 21, 2021 and was adopted verbatim from the federal Occupational Security and Well being Administration as required by North Carolina’s state plan settlement with OSHA.

From the 2022 Robesonian, Math trainer says college students thrive in constructive environments

Source: Robesonian Archives

THIS WEEK IN NORTH CAROLINA HISTORY

In response to an Related Press article revealed within the March 9, 1965 problem of The Robesonian, college students from the College of North Carolina at Greensboro deliberate a march from the campus to downtown Greensboro, which was said by the article to concluded by listening to a communist speaker, Ryzard Krystosik, the second secretary of the Polish embassy in Washington. The article additionally said the march’s goal was to protest a North Carolina speaker ban legislation in place on the time, “which prohibits recognized communists from talking on the state-supported faculties and universities. In response to the AP article the legislation was handed in 1964 and was a supply of controversy.

Source: Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Assortment

THIS WEEK IN NATION AND WORLD HISTORY

On March 7, 1994, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom unanimously dominated {that a} parody that pokes enjoyable at an authentic work might be thought of “truthful use.” (The ruling involved a parody of the Roy Orbison track “Oh, Fairly Lady” by the rap group 2 Reside Crew.)

On March 8, 1971, Joe Frazier defeated Muhammad Ali by choice in what was billed as “The Struggle of the Century” at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York.

On March 9, 1796, the long run emperor of the French, Napoleon Bonaparte, married Josephine de Beauharnais (boh-ahr-NAY’). (The couple later divorced.)

On March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant, Thomas Watson, heard Bell say over his experimental phone: “Mr. Watson — come right here — I need to see you” from the subsequent room of Bell’s Boston laboratory.

On March 11, 2006, former Serb chief Slobodan Milosevic (sloh-BOH’-dahn mee-LOH’-shuh-vich) was discovered useless of a coronary heart assault in his jail cell within the Netherlands, abruptly ending his four-year U.N. battle crimes trial; he was 64.

On March 12, 1912, the Lady Scouts of the USA had its beginnings as Juliette Gordon Low of Savannah, Georgia, based the primary American troop of the Lady Guides.

Source: Related Press