Minority Redistricting Bill Killed in Raleigh Committee
A House committee rejected a 1950 census based redistricting bill 14 to 7, with Rep. George Long seeking a minority report to bring the measure to the floor. The Senate proposal was also defeated 17 to 6, while discussions continued on shifting seats and lines in Rockingham Alamance Pitt Cabarrus Mecklenburg Forsyth Guilford.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
George Long
Alamance
Long
Rockingham
Pitt and
Cabarrus
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Guilford
AEC backs private investment in nuclear power plan
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a policy to stimulate private investment in nuclear energy. White House approval is in place and Congress will review details when the joint Senate House Atomic Energy Committee holds hearings after Eisenhower sends recommendations to Capitol Hill. The plan aims to remove legal barriers to private possession of atomic materials and to allow private reactor building with possible government incentives to offset high capital costs.
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Atomic Energy Commission
White House
Congress
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Commission
Joint Committee
James C. Hagerty
AEC
Supreme Court Affirms Alimony During Separation To Absolute Divorce
The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that a wife may continue alimony payments under a separation agreement while pursuing an absolute divorce. The decision rejects the husband’s view that alimony ends with the end of marital relations, and notes the legislature authored the rule for future changes. The court also finds an error in a Utilities Commission interpretation in another opinion.
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State Supreme Court
Sam Ervin
Willie Belle Deaton
Edgar J. Deaton
Cabarrus County
High Court
Utilities Commission
Jones County
Willie Bryant
The
Camp Lejeune
U. S
Jimmie Irvin Barber
Bryant
Superior Court
J. Paul Frizzell
Snow Hill
Barber
E. B. Denny
Frizzell
Rulig
Vishinsky urges half way ground on disarmament at UN
At the United Nations General Assembly Andrei Vishinsky called on Western powers to meet the Soviet Union halfway in disarmament talks. He said the Soviet delegation could forego pressing its own resolution to reach a consensus.
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N. Y
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
U.N
General Assembly
Vishinsky
U N adopts western disarmament plan despite Vishinsky appeal
The United Nations General Assembly voted 52 to 5 with three abstentions to back a Western disarmament plan, while Soviet chief Vishinsky urged changes for East West harmony and secured nonbinding support to drop praise for the Disarmament Commission. The draft called for immediate atomic ban and a one third arms cut, but the Political Committee had defeated it.
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N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Disarmament Commission
Assembly
U. N
U.N
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Industrials Lead Recovery in a Broad Market Rally
New York stocks climbed as industrials spearheaded a recovery, erasing about 24 percent of six day losses and helping rails, steels, oils, and GM post advances. Trading slowed with about 390000 shares changing hands in the first hour, while experts predicted further tests of recent lows before a full market adjustment.
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LLP
Rails
Rally
General Motors
Ike urged Congress to trim military budget despite lobbies
President Eisenhower told lawmakers to ignore military lobbyists as he aims for the lowest safe armed services spending. Treasury Secretary Humphrey said defense outlays must drop about four billion to balance the budget, with Senators Ferguson Bridges Johnson Robertson weighing in on expected cuts and pressures from contractors.
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Eisenhower
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Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Senate
Truman
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Ferguson
Bridges
Full Appropriations Committee
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Democratic Policy Committee
Korea
Sen
Robertson
D-Va
Two Committees Quietly bury Liquor Referendum Bills
In Raleigh two committees buried statewide liquor referendum measures. The House defeated a favorable report 52 to 46 to send a bill to the floor, while the Senate Committee on Propositions and Grievances voted to postpone indefinitely on an identical measure.
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Raleigh
House Committee On
House
Senate Commissi
Senate
Adam J. Whitley
Johnston
Cameron Weeks
Edgecombe
Whitley
O. Arthur Kirkman
Guilford
Robert F. Morgan
Cleveland
Kirkman
Weeks
Zebulon Weaver
Buncombe
End of Curbs Leaves Many Items Same
New York reports a price decontrol survey finds most everyday costs unchanged while some items rise. Cigarettes plus small amounts, coffee higher, bread and gasoline up in several cities. meat drops offset hikes for a near steady grocery bill.
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Associated Press
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Columbus
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Boston
Kansas City
Pittsburgh
Derailed box cars block Southern Railway line near Kannapolis
Five derailed box cars held up traffic on the Southern Railway main line in Kannapolis for three hours yesterday. The cars broke loose from a switch engine and were tripped by a derail near the junction of a side track with the north-south tracks.
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Kannapolis
Southern Railway
North Carolina Orchid Society to Install Officers
Dr. John E. Fitzgerald of Roxboro will be installed as president of the North Carolina Orchid Society in Wilmington this Sunday. Also taking office are Mrs. Del Clayton Grant of Wilmington as first vice president Arnold Roark of Charlotte as second vice president and Franklin Brown of Charlotte succeeding Fitzgerald as secretary treasurer.
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Wilmington
John E. Fitzgerald
Roxboro
North Carolina Orchid Society
del Clayton Grant
Arnnold Roark
Charlotte
Franklin Brown
Fitzgerald
Democratic chiefs to address Asheville rally in May
National Democratic committee chairman Stephen A. Mitchell will address a state Young Democratic Clubs rally in Asheville May 2. W. B. Harrison of Rocky Mount state YDC president said several thousand delegates will attend.
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National Democratic Committee
Stephen A. Mitchell
Young Democratic Clubs
Asheville
W. B. Harrison
YDC
North Carolina Doctor Wins Fulbright Visiting Professorship
Dr Coy C Carpenter of Wake Forest Bowman Gray School of Medicine received a Fulbright visiting professorship becoming the first North Carolinian to hold such a post. The nine month pathology series includes Cairo Egypt lectures at Ibrahim Pasha University Medical School and the University of Cairo Medical College with additional talks in the Middle East and Italy.
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Winston-Salem
Coy C. Carpenter
Wake Forest College
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Cairo
Egypt
Ibrahim Pasha University Medical School
Medical College of the
University of Cairo
Middle East
Italy
Tar Heel Minimum Wage Bill Passes Senate
The North Carolina Senate approved a bill to set a 55 cent hourly minimum wage for workers not covered by federal wage hour rules. The measure cleared the chamber on third reading by a 27 to 19 vote and moves to the House.
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Raleigh
Senate
House
Lovett Calls Korean Ammunition Efforts Deficient
Former Defense Secretary Lovett told a Senate subcommittee that Korea faced serious ammo shortages, calling the efforts “definitely unsatisfactory” in some respects. He noted December 1952 ammunition levels in Korea exceeded European stocks after Normandy and highlighted five critical rounds including 155 mm and 105 mm shells and mortars.
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Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Lovett
Korea
Europe
Normandy
Senate Armed Services
Defense Department
James A. van Fleet
van Fleet
8Th Army
Casualties Show Large Increase in Korea War Week
The Defense Department reports 1 039 additional Korean War battle casualties, the largest weekly rise since November 12. The total toll now stands at 132 967 Americans killed wounded or missing, with the 1st Marine Division contributing 554 of the week’s increase and the Army 440. Navy and Air Force losses add 45, bringing the weekly total to 1 039.
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Defense Department
Korea
Western Front
1St Marine Division
Old Baldy
Bunker Hill
Navy
Air Force
U N Recount Sought In POW Exchange Talks
At Munsan Korea the United Nations chief negotiator urged a complete revised text and a recount of sick and wounded POWs. The Communists offered 600 prisoners to return 450 South Koreans and a mix of Americans and others, prompting questions about who is counted as sick and their release.
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Korea
U. N
John C. Daniel
Tte
U. N. Command
Williard B. Carrick
Galveston
Tex
Air Force
Douglas Kairns
Riverside
Califo Can
Lee Soo Yung
Lee Pyong II
Wang Ching
Daniel
U.N. Command
Munist
Lee Sang Cho
UN Troops Repel Red Drive For Key Posts In Korea
UN infantry repelled a Chinese drive for strategic posts near Bunker Hill and other outposts. B-26s destroyed 130 trucks in a 48 hour period, with 253 total trucks knocked out. Bridges on the Chongchon River were blown and a rail station on the Haeju Peninsula damaged. A commando assault on U.S. Marine positions failed after midnight as Allied artillery shelling continued.
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Korea
United Nations
Bunker Hill
U. N
Haeju
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Hantan River
Texas
Pukhan River
Old Baldy
Reno
Roger Hall
Tampa
Fla
Hanjtan Valley
Chongchon River
U.S
House calendar committee eyed as adjournment nears
The House Rules Committee approved creating a calendar committee with April 18 as the deadline for local bill introductions. House leaders expect adjournment around April 25 though the Rules panel said that date was not fixed. The bond issue totals 13.9 million for state institutions with 85 million overall including 50 million for school building aid and 22 million for mental hospitals.
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House
House Rules Committee
Luther “Odges
Senate
W. Brantley Womble
Womble
House Finance Committee
Umstead
Gordon Gray
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Woman's College
North Carolina State
University At Chapel Hill
Gray
Institute of Government
Weather figures show chilly night and warm day ahead
The forecast calls for a low of 45 tonight and a high of 70 tomorrow. Today’s high reached 68 with a low of 44 last night. Sunset is at 6 47 p m today and sunrise tomorrow is 5 56 a m.
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