Covington Wins Easy Primary Victory For Mayor
George Covington, the organized party choice, led a medium sized primary with 2 072 votes, defeating Joe Hollingsworth who had 959 and James Greene 166. Ward 1 elected John Haworth and Gary Davis. Ward 2 chose Horace Ilderton and Arthur York. Incumbent Horace Ilderton led in total with 2316 votes aided by Precinct 5 support, while Davis overcame Perry late as precincts continued to report.
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Forrest Cates Enterprise
George Covington
Covington
Joe Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
James D. Greene
Greene
John Haworth
Gary Davis
Horace Ilderton
Arthur York
Davis
Haworth
Glenn Perry
Perry
North Carolina House approves tax reform bill
North Carolina House approved unanimously a bill to amend the state tax laws to attract new industry. It creates a short form income tax return for those earning 5000 dollars or less with a flat 10 percent deduction and a 500 dollar deduction for those earning above 5000. The measure would cut about 650000 dollars in taxes annually and a conference committee will negotiate with the Senate over a 620 million dollar biennial spending bill to grant a 2 percent pay rise for teachers and state workers if revenue allows. The Senate has yet to respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Senate
Revenue Department
Eugene Shaw
E. T. Best
Sunshine Returns as Carolinas Endure Frost Damage
Sunlight warms the Carolinas after new cold records. peach orchards in Spartanburg region and North Carolina Sandhills escape more damage while Greensboro and Augusta set April/April date lows. Orchardists assess frost impact as heavy losses hit peaches and truck crops. Charleston area vegetable crop suffers multi million dollar losses.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
Spartanburg
S. C
North Carolina
North Carolina Sandhills Escaped Further Damage. Asheville
Greensboro
Augusta
Columbia
Charleston
Stock Market Trading Drops
New York trading fell to the second lightest level of the year with dull activity and small rallies. Chemicals led gains including Du Pont and Dow while Allied declined. New York Central led rails gains and Superior Oil rose to 550. Other notable moves included Aluminum Ltd and American Car & Foundry up, F E Myers down, and modest advances for Amerada, Bethlehem Steel, Caterpillar, Consolidated Vultee, Goodrich, Pacific Western Oil, Texas Gulf Sulphur, and 20th Century Fox.
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New York
du Pont
Dow
Mathieson and
Spencer
New York Central
Aluminium Ltd
American Car & Foundry
F. E. Myers
Amerada
Bethlehem Steel
Caterpillar Tractor
Consolidated Vultee
Goodrich
Pacific Western Oil
Texas Gulf Sulphur
20Th Century-Fox Film
ANPA chief rejects claim of one party press
Charles F. McCahill president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association told reporters at the ANPA convention that the press is not a one party entity. He defended editorial diversity and warned against external attempts to regulate or constrain press freedom through treaties or legislation. He noted lawmakers seeking to curb frank reporting risk constitutional protections.
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New York
American Newspaper Publishers Association
United States
Charles F. McCahill
Cleveland News
ANPA
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Portland
Ore
McCahill
Congress
Three Month Search For Men Ended
Halifax County sheriff reports an end to a three month hunt for two Baltimore men, Robert Mason and Slee Walters, wanted in the January 23 kidnapping and shooting of D. Quincy and Russell Cotton. The Cottons are hospitalized in Baltimore and Raleigh. other suspects are jailed in Central Prison on related burglary and weapon charges. The case spans Enfield and a Virginia highway crime scene, with trials set for the June term.
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Halifax
N. C
Harry A. House
Halifax County
FBI
Robert
Buddy) Mason
Slee Walters
Baltimore
D. Quincy Cotton
Russell
Enfield
Mason
Walters
Maryland
Cotton Brothers
Maci Saunders
Russell Cotton
Quincy Cotton
Central Prison
Raleigh
Herbert J. Hormantz
William H. Kittrell
Kittrell
Lottie Saunders
Macro
Hormantz
Virginia
Emporia
Richmond
Secrecy Law Hearings Open Amid Budget Debate
Opponents of the Secrecy Law urged a repeal while supporters pressed for keeping the measure. The hearing focused on open versus closed meetings behind which budget actions are discussed, with critics arguing the law imperils the public’s right to know how tax dollars are spent.
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Raleigh
Con
A Carlyle
Winston - Salem
Carlyle
Julian Allsbrook
Roanoke Rapids
D. Hilden Ramper
Asheville
Citizen-Times
Francis J. Beatty
Charlotte
Weimar Jones
The
Franklin Press
North Carolina Press Association
Tom White
Lenoir
North Carolina
Sen
Hugh Horton
Horton
Ramsey
Probe of Dillon Train Wreck Slated For Friday
The Interstate Commerce Commission will hold a hearing Friday in Rocky Mount N C to determine what caused the Atlantic Coast Line streamliner wreck near Dillon South Carolina Four people were killed and about 125 injured as 12 coaches two lounge cars two diners and a baggage car were derailed Most passengers were aboard a Miami to New York Champion service The derailment may have been caused by something dragging under the train and a switch being sprung open by a heavy impact
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Richmond
C. G. Sibley
L. S. Jeffords
East Coast Streamliner
Charlie Hunt
Rocky Mount
N. C
M. A. Jenkins
Miami
Joseph D. Abislah
Orchard Beach
Florence
ICC
W. J. Patterson
Maude Epps
West Palm Beach
Fla
Savannah
Small Town Liquor Votes Approved by House Committee
In Raleigh a House committee approved referendums for Lake Lure and Valdese amid opposition from city forces. The panel shifted to a state wide sale measure, with Rep. Pittman and Rep. O’Horton backing delay for study while Rep. Holmes opposed small town liquor votes. May or L M Pearson Jr. and Fred Hamrick supported the Lake Lure bid. Rutherford County attorney Leonard Lowe opposed citing 1949 county vote against beer and wine.
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Raleigh
House
Ciry
E Lure
Valdese
House Committee On
James Pittman
Richmond
E. M. O’horton
Mecklenburg
Pittman
Carroll Holmes
Perquimans
George Mills
Rutherford
Lake Lure
L. M. Pearson Jr
Fred Hamrick
Rutherfordton
Leonard Lowe
Hendersonville Youth Found Dead In Woods
The body of 14 year old Roy Wakefield Gilmer, son of Mr and Mrs Joe W Gilmer of Howard Gap Road Hendersonville Rt 5, was found hanging from a tree limb in nearby woods last week. Coroner R P Freeman ruled the death a self inflicted tragedy.
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Hendersonville
Roy Wakefield Gilmer
Joe W. Gilmer
Howard Gap Road
Rt. 5
Henderson
R. P. Freeman
Myers elected president of Old Belt Tobacco group in Danville
George A. Myers of Danville was elected president of the Old Belt Tobacco Warehousemen's Association at a meeting. Joe Pell of Pilot Mountain N C was named secretary and Joe R. Williams of Winston Salem N C treasurer. Fred Royster of Henderson N C said tobacco prices should average about 50 cents a pound this year, up slightly from last year.
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Danville
George A. Myers
Old Belt Tobacco Warehousemen’s Association
Joe Pell
Pilot Mountain
N. C
Joe R. Williams
Winston-Salem
Fred Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Louis Carr longtime Western North Carolina lumberman dies at 94
Brevard mourns the death of Louis Carr known as Uncle Louie at his home aged 94. He founded Carr Lumber Co in 1912 and built it into a major firm with operations in Transylvania and New Mexico. He came to America at age 11 and rose from frugal beginnings to lead a large lumber business.
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Brevard
Louis Carr
North Carolina
Carr Lumber Co
Louie
America
Transylvania
New Mexico
State official cracks down on misleading dairy labels
Raleigh A State Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine warned a dozen or more milk processors and distributors to drop phrases like Old-Fashioned Churned Farm Fresh and Churn Fresh from cartons and bottle caps as misleading and unlawful under dairy regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
L. Y. Ballentine
Jack to Speak Greensb oro Phi Beta Kappa Address
Dr. Theodore H. Jack president of Randolph Macon Woman's College will deliver the Phi Beta Kappa address at Woman's College of the University of North Carolina tonight He previously officiated at the chapel consecration ceremony in Greensboro.
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Jack
Greensboro
Theodore H. Jack
Randolph- Macon Woman's College
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Tar Heel Highway Death Toll Reaches 1115
The Motor Vehicle Department reported 1 115 traffic deaths in 1952, equating to the population of Marshville in Union County wiped out in a disaster. The figure underscores a deadly year on North Carolina highways.
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Raleigh
Marshville
Union County
Congress Presses Delay in Truce Talks Over POW Allegations
Congressmen urged delaying renewed armistice talks and demanding international inspection of prison camps after reports of alleged Communist mistreatment of Allied POWs in Korea. An Army spokesman urged patience pending full prisoner releases and official questioning.
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Washington
Korea
Army
Dewey Short
R-Mo
House Armed Services Committee
United Nations
Sen. Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Appropriations Committee
Walter Bedell Smith
Far East
Adm
John C. Daniel
U.N
Pris
May Request Return Of More POWs
United Nations calls for a liaison meeting with Communist liaison officers amid talk of asking for the return of additional disabled prisoners. The session follows the transfer of 14 Americans and 86 others, with overall repatriation talks resuming after a broader prisoner exchange.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U. N. Command
U.N
U. N
Japan
Associated Press
Robert Bunson
Reds
Paesan
U. S
Tokyo
Weather forecast with mixed temperature figures
The forecast notes a low tonight of 42 degrees and a high tomorrow of 175 degrees. It records today’s high at 70 and last night’s low at 31. Sunset is at 6 59 p.m. and sunrise tomorrow at 5 37 a.m.
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Official Weather Bureau
Asheville
Atlanta
Boston
Charlotte
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
High Point
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
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Beverlee Nelson
Western Air Lines
San Francisco Bay
Alameda Naval Air Station
Jerry Adams
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Alaska
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Oakland
Angeles
Dillon
Wilmington
Kosar
Saidan Rec
Small Town
Fayetteville
R. L. Selton
Atlantic Coast Line
L. E. Bridges
Selton
Carthage
Republic of Korea
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