North Carolina consider daylight saving referendum bill
The North Carolina Senate debates a statewide daylight saving referendum to run in the 1966 general election. If rejected, lawmakers hope to end hours of bickering and focus on state issues in 1967. Other actions include expanding minimum wage coverage for public employees and authorizing shore protection officers and bonds for beach erosion projects.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
North Carolina Senate
Ed Kemp
Guilford
Kemp
House
General Assembly
William Wood
Forsyth
Wood
Lee Searing
A. C. Davis
State Board of Education
Senate
Outer Banks
Manslaughter Charged In Traffic Deaths
Stuart Thomas Saunders Jr. was held for trial after probable cause was found in a traffic fatality on U S 21 six miles south of Elkin. Patricia Davis 21 of Glade Springs Virginia and Theodore Webster Radin 23 of Arlington Virginia died in the crash. Saunders posted another car before the impact.
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Yadkinville
N.C
Stuart Thomas Saunders Jr
Ee H. Smith Williams
Saunders
Yadkin Suoh Saunders
U.S. 21
Elkin
Patricia Davis
Glade Springs
Theodore Webster Radin
Arlington
Virginia
Bill To Weaken Speaker Ban Law Pushed
In Raleigh state college leaders discuss a proposed bill to let each college trustees decide speaking guests The draft would modify the 1963 speaker ban law which currently bans Communists Fifth Amendment pledgers and advocates of overthrow The Consoli dated University of North Carolina trustees oppose the change and no action on the bill has reached the General Assembly floor Dr Archie notes he has no official stance though he privately doubts passage.
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Raleigh
William Archie
Archie
Board of ‘Trustees
U.S
Lina
General Assembly
State College
First American oil well drilled in Burkesville
In Burkesville Kentucky John Croghan unintentionally drilled what became the first oil well in America while seeking salt. The crude oil was first sold as medicine in bottles labeled American Oil.
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Burkesville, Ky
America
John Croghan
Bank robber sentenced in North Carolina case
A judge sentenced Michael Rogers, 29, to 15 years in prison for the March 10 robbery at a First Citizens Bank branch in Jacksonville. Rogers pleaded guilty to the $12,450 heist and was prosecuted under U.S. District Judge Johm Larr.
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New Bern
N.C
U.S
Johm Larr
Henderson Drive
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