Committee Put Off Decision on Expanding Minimum Wage
In Raleigh the House Manufacturing and Labor Committee delayed action on a bill to raise the state minimum wage to 75 cents for firms with three or more workers, from the current threshold of six. Labor Commissioner Frank Crane urged passage, while Rep. David Britt opposed fearing harm to small businesses.
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Raleigh
House Manufacturing and Labor Committee
Herbert Hardy
Greene
Frank Crane
John Kennedy
Mecklenburg
Danny Courtney
Caldwell
Steve Dolley
Gaston
Crane
David Britt
Robeson
Applecart
Oat Hardy
Rep
Bunn Frink
Brunswick
Courtney
J. Paul Wallace
Montgomery
Kennedy
Posie Picker Nabbed in Shelby Tulip Patch Incident
Kings Mountain man M. Camp twenty was nabbed by three Shelby police after kneeling in a tulip patch in the courthouse area. Officers said he planned to give the flowers to two girls in a nearby car before it sped away. Camp was charged with larceny of flowers and to appear in recorders court.
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Shelby
N.C
Court Square
M. Camp
Kings Mountain
Maynard
Camp
Recorders Court
Reapportionment Bill Clears Senate Committee
The Senate committee on elections and election laws reported favorably a House passed bill to reapportion House membership. It would add one representative each for Mecklenburg Cumberland Alamance and Onslow and remove one from Buncombe Johnston Cabarrus and Pitt to align with 1960 census figures. No debate occurred as the committee voted unanimously for the favorable report.
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Raleigh
Senate Committee On Elections and
House
Mecklenburg
Cumberland
Alamance
Onslow
Buncombe
Johnston
Cabarrus
Pitt
Kennedy asks to enlarge FPC to ease backlog and spur jobs
President Kennedy asks Congress to raise the Federal Power Commission from five to seven members in a bid to cut case backlogs and approve projects that would create jobs. He cites 193 pipeline applications worth 850 million and 4000 pending rate increases as factors driving the need for action.
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Jack Adams
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Federal Power Commission
Commission
FPC
Power Commission
Kennedy cautions on space lag and continued Cold War risks
President Kennedy said the Soviet Union will stay ahead in space for some time and warned that danger from the Communist bloc will persist through much of the century. He noted the US must mobilize for security and hoped for a quick cease fire in Laos while praising the Laotian and space milestones. Kennedy sent Khrushchev a congratulatory cable after the man in space mission.
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Washington
Kennedy
Soviet Union
United States
Earth
U.S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
United Nations
Laos
Khrushchev
London
Mexico City
Hong Kong
South America
Giovanni Batista Cardinal Montini
Milan
Per Grogren
Christina Lindqvist
Walter Huber
Michael Gapimski
Berlin
Count Against Rep Powell Is Dismissed
A federal court dismissed the third and last count of an indictment against Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr. for income tax fraud. The government cited insufficient evidence for retrial on the count alleging Powell filed a false 1951 return for Hazel Scott. The other two counts were previously dismissed.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
D-N.y
Powell
Hazel Scott
Miss Scott
Frederick van Pelt Bryan
Powells
Editor Named Handicapped Man of Year
Edior Henry Belk of the Goldsboro News Argus was named North Carolina Handicapped Man of the Year in a Capitol ceremony. Governor Sanford praised Belk for determination despite blindness and presented a commemorative plaque. Belk credited the state committee for proving opportunity for the physically handicapped.
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Raleigh
Edior
Henry Belk
The
Goldsboro News- Argus Today
North Carolina
Capitol
Gov
Sanford
Belk
Greenville
Tommy Norris
Rita S. Mills
Marshville
Jill H. Salinger
Durham
Bob Yates
Cary
Margaret Sharpe
Cherryville
Andrew P. Grose
Forest City
Tracking secrecy shields Soviet space shots plan
Kennedy aides limit public data on Soviet launches to avoid aiding enemy intelligence. Defense officials rule out public disclosure of U.S. tracking until Soviet announcements. NASA, CIA, and DOD frame the policy as a broader Eisenhower era practice extended to unclassified orbital data.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington
Kennedy
Pentagon
U.S
Defense Department
Defense Departments
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Central Inteligence Agency
NASA
Space Agency
Gagarin Describes Weightless Flight In Orbit
Soviet Tass reports Yuri Gagarin described weightlessness during his 108 minute orbit. He ate drank and wrote notes in midair and said movement to gravity was smooth. He noted bright sun and stars and visible continents and farms from space.
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Moscow
Yuri A. Gagarin
Earth
Tass
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Sochi
Gagarin
Space
Soviet Union
World Responds to Soviet Space Milestone
London and cities worldwide react with mixed emotions to the USSR’s space achievement. Voices range from fear and doubt to pride as leaders and citizens weigh the implications for East West rivalry and global prestige.
Sole Survivor Of Collision Clings To Life
In Opelousas Louisiana a five year old girl Tena Andrus remained critically injured after a collision involving a carload of relatives and a Missouri Pacific passenger train. Seven people died in the crash near Port Barre while no one aboard the train was injured.
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Opelousas
Tena Andrus
Port Barre
Missouri Pacific
New Orleans
Houston
Tex
Charles Bernard
Charles Jr
David
Mark
Bernard
Walter Andrus
Joanne Andrus
Tena
Joanne
Poll shows mixed reactions to Soviet space milestone in 11 cities
Nationwide poll finds Joes Smiths in 11 cities split over the Soviet claim of orbiting a man. Reactions range from pride in US potential to skepticism about Russian claims and calls to boost the American space program. Names include Joe Smiths in Miami, Detroit, Akron, Charlotte, Denver, Dallas, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Oklahoma City, Washington, D.C., and Seattle.
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Joe Smiths
Miami
Detroit
Akron
Charlotte
Denver
Dallas
Minneapolis
Los Angeles
Oklahoma City
Washington, D.C
United States
Joe W. Smith
Seattle
Wash
Joseph B. Smith
Senate Passes Governor Sanford Highway Reform Plan
The North Carolina Senate approved Gov. Sanford's plan to reorganize the State Highway Commission, boosting members from seven to nineteen and making the chairman a full time post. The measure, backed by Republicans, aims to bring the commission closer to the people as part of a broader political reshaping. New elections and redistricting proposals followed, including a GOP bid to redraw Senate districts into forty one states districts.
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State Board of Elections
Senate
House
Israelis pause Eichmann trial for Memorial Day
Adolf Eichmann's Jerusalem trial recesses as Israel marks March Heroes Memorial Day honoring six million Jewish victims. The case resumes Friday with arguments over legality and Israel's right to try Eichmann. A national ceremony on a hill dedicated a monument to the dead.
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Adolf Eichmann
Israel
Eichmann
Europe
Robert Servatius
West Germany
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