Thoughts On Adjournment In NC Legislature
The piece notes funding requests from East Carolina College 1880000 dollars A and T College 2090000 Western Carolina Teachers College 690000 Elizabeth City State Teachers College 450000 and By Carolina School for the Deaf with a constitutional amendment to annual legislative sessions defeated by two votes in the House. It details second and third readings votes on the amendment and other measures including outlawing misde meanor to defraud merchants on credit a hearing on pari mutuel betting and swine disease controls.
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East Carolina College
A and T College
Western Carolina Teachers College
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
Carolina School For the Deaf
Senate
Morehead City
Moyock
Terry Sanford
Cumberland
Frank Costello
Ammunition Hearings Question Korean War Shortages
The subcommittee scrutinized ammunition shortages amid claims by General Van Fleet that funds were not the issue. Pentagon messages contradict his account of strategy, with Ridgway noting limited advance possible without heavy casualties. The inquiry also touches on the mythic Lyonesse linked to Arthurian legend.
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Lovett
Pentagon
van Fleet
Korea
Washington
Subcommittee
Margaret Chase Smith
Rme
Far East
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Full Armed Services Committee
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Two Liquor Bills Burned and Senate Proposals Move Ahead
The House faces an unfavorable report on a liquor bill with Rep. Y. M. Moore signaling a possible motion tomorrow to pull it from the calendar. Several Republicans opposed the unfavorable report. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved measures to let the General Assembly drop Saturday sessions and restore pay, while new Senate bills study eight FCC allocated channels for education and fund a state study commission. The Senate also sent to the House a bill to create a six-member state milk commission to regulate dairy processing and distribution.
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House
Senate
Rep
Y. M. Moore
Clay
House Committee
Moore
Allen E. Askew
Gates
Russell Swindell
Hyde
Richard Mauney
Cherokee
George H. Mills
Rutherford
Ashley M. Murphy
Pender
Joe Warren
Caswell
Senate Judiciary Committee
General Assembly
James H. Pau Bailey
Wake
Commission
FCC
Study Commission
North Carolina
State Milk Commission
Rail Strike Threatens To Close Steel Plants
A 100 worker strike on the Youngstown and Northern Railway threatens to halt production at two U S Steel plants in the Youngstown area and put about 10 000 men out of work. The stoppage stems from stalled contract talks between the line and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and Conductors.
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Youngstown, O
U. S
Youngstown and Northern Railway
The
Brotherhood of Railway
Youngstown
Vishinsky Urges Agreement on Western Disarmament Plan
Weeks motion to postpone indefinitely carried. Only Morgan and Kirkman support the dry cause in favor of a referendum. Six members of the House Committee on Counties Cities and Towns record No on a motion to move a proposed western resolution. The Western plan asks the UN Disarmament Commission to continue its work toward world disarmament and international control of atomic energy. Soviet amendments would remove these two sections.
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Morgan
Kirkman
House Committee On Counties
U.N
Assembly
Court Hands Down Opinions From Page One
The court issues rulings on exemptions under the bus act of 1949 with several cases decided. Perry v. Stancil and Washington v. McLawhorn affirmed, Schroader v. Railway, new trial, Whitson v. Barnett reversed, Travis v. Duckworth and Deaton v. Deaton affirmed, Rouse v. Rouse reversed, Shaver Motor Co. v. City of Statesville affirmed, McLean v. Mooresville no error, Hill v. Dubose remanded.
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Perry
Stancil
Martin
Schroader
Railway
Henderson
New Trial
Whitson
Barnett
Mitchell
Washington
Bowles
Iredell
Hobbs
Cabarrus
New al
Shaver Motor Co
City of Statesville
McLean
Mooresville
Foster
Holt
Randolph
Deaton
Hill
Dubose
Lenoir
Lawmakers back speeding deterrent and retiree aid bill
A House Roads committee favorably reports a bill to suspend driving privileges for 30 days after speeding 15 mph or more. Rep. Clifton Blue says it aims to curb fatalities while Rep. Larry Moore notes it as a deterrent. The measure targets cars buses and trucks with specific speed thresholds. Another bill gains approval to grant minimum retirement benefits of 50 a month to teachers and long service state employees, funded in the budget, replacing a tiered increase plan.
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Raleigh
House
Larry I. Moore
Wilson
Clifton Blue
John W. Umstead
Orange
Thomasville Lad Wins Second Scholarship
Thomasville High School senior Charles Henderson Dickens, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dickens, has earned the Pilot Freight Carriers scholarship as North Carolina’s first winner. The $500 award joins his $3,000 Angier Duke scholarship, with a $500 annual grant for college. Dickens plans to enter Duke University this fall as a pre medical student majoring in chemistry.
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Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Angier Duke
Charles Henderson Dickens
A. M. Dickens
North Carolina
Pilot Freight
Indus
Andrew Pickens Collins
Chester
S. C
Franklin Stewart
Porterdale
Tar Heel
Dickens
Duke University
Thief Dashes Into Police Station to Hide
Hector Roa snatched a woman's purse then fled into a doorway near a police station seeking cover. Police pursued and recovered the stolen items as officers investigated the scene.
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Mexico City
Hector
Roa
U S Pushes Long Term NATO Military Plan
The Eisenhower administration urges NATO to abandon stop and go planning for a sustained ten plus year defense effort. Officials aim to revise targets away from fixed year dates and outline the approach at the April NATO Council meeting in Paris.
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Washington
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Eisenhower
Free World
U. S
NATO Council
Paris
Kremlin
Truman Denies Death Rumor in Hawaii
Former President Harry Truman denied rumors of his death in Honolulu. A spokesman said a London newspaper report originated the claim and Truman was quoted as saying he was having the finest time of his life and he is not dead.
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Honolulu
T. H
Harry Truman
Mr. Cana
ZS Porter Ie
London
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Ira
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Thomasville Lad
U.S
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