Annexation Debate Draws 200 Before North Carolina Lawmakers
About 200 supporters and opponents attended a two hour hearing by the State House Local Government Committee in Raleigh over High Point’s plan to annex 26.4 square miles. City Councilman John Haworth argued the city’s need to expand space and services with sewer, water, fire, police, and garbage coverage starting after annexation. He noted natural drainage and political boundaries shape the annexation and mentioned a tentative ten million dollar bond referendum.
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State House of Representative
High Point
Haworth
High Point Planning
Robert Griffin
Tibetan Leader Set To Leave Towang
New Delhi AP reports Tibet's Dalai Lama preparing to depart Towang entering northeastern India. His party travels on horseback toward De Sow Sera through restricted Naga territory, with guard contingents and Indian army support. He blesses followers at Sheo before Towang.
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Tibet
Dalai Lama
India
Dodshiet
Godking
Bombilla
Eene
Assam
Buddha
Sheo
Death of Bishop Edwin A. Penick Mourned in Raleigh
Bishop Edwin A. Penick 72 of Raleigh dies after a period of critical illness. He led the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina since 1932 and planned retirement July 1. Funeral at Church of the Good Shepherd Raleigh, burial in Oakwood. He is survived by his wife Carolina Inglesby Dial and three sons.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
Edwin A. Penick
Raleigh
Memorial Hospital
Penick
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Richard H. Baker
Greensboro
Church of the Good Shepherd
Oakwood
Frankfort
Edwin Anderson Penick
Mary Shipman Penick
University of the South
Sewanee, Tenn
Harvard
Virginia Theological Seminary
Sewanee
Charleston
Columbia
Camp Jackson
S.C
Servione St. Peter’s Church
Char
Joseph B. Cheshire
Carolina Inglesby Dial
Columbia, S.C
Edwin A. Penick Jr
George Dial Penick
Charles Inglesby Penick
Red Arming Kurdish Tribesmen Reported Through Suez Canal
Cairo reports say Soviet armed Kurdish tribesmen are being shipped via Port Said toward Basra Iraq. Observers note Soviet Kurdish origin fighters trained in guerrilla warfare, with more ships expected. Baghdad and Moscow may seek Kurdish self rule to counter Arab nationalists.
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Middle East
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Kassem
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
U.A.R
Baghdad
Grazia
Odessa
Far East
Higher Education Board powers debated in Raleigh hearing
A House Committee on Higher Education reported favorably on a bill to curb the State Board of Higher Education by trimming policy making and budget authority. Rep. W. C. Harris said colleges and universities support the measure, while Maj. L. P. McLendon warned the board would still set budgets. Rep. Charles A. Hostetler questioned effects on Appa chian State Teachers College and East Carolina College amid per capita funding concerns. Another bill to bar liquor advertising in local papers moved to subcommittee.
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House Committee On Higher Education
State Board of Higher Education
Senate
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Wake
Higher Education Board
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North Carolina
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House
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Bladen
ABC Board
Fugitive Killed At Roadblock Near Fayetteville Bank Heist
Two escaped prisoners attempted to outrun a police roadblock in a car provided by authorities. Charles Thomas Bradford, 29, was mortally wounded in the gun battle and died after a struggle for his pistol. Woodrow Vinson, about 40, was reported as aiding the fugitives by supplying blankets and canned goods, though not believed to have been involved in the Feb bank robbery at Fort Bragg.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Charles Thomas Bradford
C. R. Williams
Highway Patrol
Bradford
Ft. Bragg
W. G. Clark
Woodrow Vinson
Vinson
Clark
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March Unemployment Drops as Job Picture Improves
U S March unemployment falls sharply with an employment gain of 1 1 million and total employment rising to 63 8 million. The Labor Statistics Bureau notes the drop in the unemployment rate from 6 1 to 5 8 percent, citing seasonal factors and strong hiring.
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U.S
Washington
Seymour Wolfbein
Labor Statistics Bureau
Wolfbein
Mrs FDR Not Tireless Shocks in London Autograph Visit
AP reports that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt naps unexpectedly during a Middle East trip with Nina Roosevelt, 16, daughter of John Roosevelt. Nina says Grandmama often dozes anywhere, even in Iran and Egypt, while she pursues studies in Arabic and Hebrew for a possible Foreign Service career.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nina Roosevelt
Iran
Egypt
U.S. State Department
Foreign Service
Middle East
Grandma
Granddaughter
Electricity From Atomic Power Demonstrated at University
University of Michigan physicist Robert W. Pidd said direct electricity production from atomic power has been demonstrated and tested at Los Alamos. He predicted the breakthrough could enable interplanetary travel and power satellites.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Robert W. Pidd
Michigan
Los Alamos
N. M
Pidd
Adenauer to retire from post in West Germany
Bonn Germany AP report says Konrad Adenauer 83 will retire from active politics next July as Theodor Heuss term ends. Ludwig Erhard economics minister is favored to succeed as chancellor. Adenauer urged Erhard to accept presidential nomination amid 1961 elections.
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Theodor Heuss
Heuss
Ludwig Erhard
Christian Democrats
West Germany
Erhard
Eisenhower Heads to Georgia for Vacation
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower departed from Washington in the Columbine III at 10:51 a.m. for a vacation in Augusta, Georgia. The president paused to pat a painting of Colorado’s state flower, the columbine, at the plane door.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Augusta
Colorado
Prisoners flood classes at Colorado Penitentiary
Canon City report notes Warden Harry Tinsley says inmates at the Colorado Penitentiary have swamped special classes. The studies focus on self improvement and personal development opportunities for convicts within prison walls.
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Canon City
Colo
Susan Hayward and Niven Win Oscars at Hollywood
Susan Hayward earned an Oscar on her fifth try and David Niven won for Separate Tables while Gigi swept the nine categories it was nominated in. Burl Ives and Wendy Hiller took best supporting honors as the Oscars highlighted a night of brief speeches and record movie triumphs.
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David Niven
Gigi
Burl Ives
Wendy Hiller
Wood
Ham
Istic
Bob Hope
Hope
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