Higher Education Bill Debated In North Carolina House
In Raleigh the House debated a package to broaden higher education opportunities for Tar Heel youth. An amendment replacing NC State College’s name with North Carolina State University of the University of North Carolina passed, while a separate $100 million school construction bond bill moved forward. Senate measures included indigent defense counsel funding and legal liquor store elections in Morganton. Rep Williamson led the bond effort favored by smaller counties. Rep Story shifted support to Williamson’s bill for Brunswick County.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
North Carolina State University
University of North Carolina
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
Senate
House Education Committee
Luther Hamilton
Carteret
Lindsay C. Warren Jr
Wayne
U. S. Supreme Court
H. J. Hatcher
Burke
Morganton
Odell Williamson
Brunswick
Allen Barbee
Nash
Paul Story
McDowell
Barbee
Williamson
Integration Backer Shot On Road
William L. Moore 35 a Baltimore mail man and CORE member was shot to death while traveling on a road near Attalla Alabama carrying anti segregation signs. Governor Wallace offered a 1000 dollar reward for the killer. Moore had left a letter for President Kennedy and planned to hand one to Governor Barnett of Mississippi. The Baltimore RAC EQ urged a federal probe. Moore described as kind and a crusader for rights.
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Attalla
Ala
Alabama
William L. Moore
Baltimore
Mississippi
George Wallace
Moore
White House
Kennedy
Ross Barnett
Congress of Racial Equality
Robert F. Kennedy
CORE
Mary Moore
Binghamton
N.Y
North Carolina Cities Nominate Candidates in Primaries
In High Point Raleigh Lumberton Greensboro and other cities voters chose candidates for mayor and city council in partisan and nonpartisan primaries. Floyd Mehan edged Robert Davis for High Point mayor while Carson Stout and several incumbents led in Raleigh and Greensboro. May 7 elections set for several cities with council slates and unopposed incumbents.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
High Point
Floyd Mehan
GOP
Robert Davis
Mehan
John Eshelman
Lawrence Hancock
Davis
William Bencini
Virgil Carrick
Paul Clapp
Vance Kester
Arnold Koonce Jr
James R. Shelton
Carson Stout
Arthur Corpening
Roy Culler
Jake Froelich
Horace G. Iiderton
Lynwood Smith
Ray Chambers
Henry Millis
Fred Swartzberg
A. G. Whitener
Raleigh
James Reid
William McLaurin
Travis Tomlinson
John Winters
Lumberton
W. R. Hester
Ernest Pittman
Horace Phillips
Rufus Goodyear
E. B. Turner
U.S. Moves Troops As Laos Peace Efforts Near Breakdown
Diplomatic efforts to save Laos neutrality falter as Britain accuses the Soviet Union of blocking peace. The United States plans to deploy about 1,500 troops from the 25th Division to Thailand for Southeast Asia maneuvers as tensions rise. The State Department rejects Soviet charges, stressing U.S. actions comply with Geneva accords.
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Washington
Laos
U.S
Britain
Lord Home
Soviet Union
International Conference
Home
House of Lords
Kremlin
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Thailand
Hawaii
Southeast Asia
Okinawa
Asia
Army
Marine Corps
Plaine Des Jarres
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Kennedy
7Th Fleet
State Department
Great Britain
U.S.S.R
Lincoln
White
United
Fires families and fields burn as Sandhills blazes rage in North Carolina
Firefighters cut lanes around three Sandhills fires in North Carolina as Richmond County fire raged, with 600 to 800 acres burned while winds raged. State forester said conditions were absolutely critical and burned permits were canceled across eight Piedmont counties.
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Associated Press
Canerent
North Carolina
Richmond County
J. A. Pippin
Weather Bureau
Pippin
Sandhill Wildlife Refuge
Ft. Bragg
Anson
Chatham
Hoke
Lee
Montgomery
Moore
Richmond
Scotland
Raleigh
Fred Claridge
Piedmont
Claridge
Forestry Service
Surry County
R. B. Blackweld
Dobson
Mitchell River
Mt. Airy
Highlands
Highway 107
Brevard College
Brevard
Hawk Mountain
Mitchell County
Sandhills
Pinebluff
Stealing Since She Was 17 in Venice Case
A 23 year old with green eyes and brown hair, Carlis Joan Erwig, has 45 arrests with few convictions and admits two burglary convictions. She describes stealing since 17, detailing non forceful entry and thefts to fund a drug habit, with her largest haul cited as $1.50. Police say she uses narcotics and commits theft on multiple nights.
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Carlis Joan Erwig
Los Angeles
Venice
Carlis
Five More Escapees Captured Near Avery County Camp
Five of fourteen convicts who escaped Avery County Prison Camp were recaptured, bringing total to ten. Junior Thomas of Carthage, 20, hailed bloodhounds for locating him on Butler Road near Forest City. Others include Daniel Crouse, Earl Franklin, and Eugene Smith, all nabbed after airing no resistance, with authorities still seeking four fugitives.
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Newton
N. C
Avery County
Junior Thomas
Carthage
Butler Road
Forest City
Thomas
Jimmy Hodge
Eugene Smith
Rutherfordton
Daniel Crouse
Thomasville
Earl Franklin
High Point
Here
U.S. Highway 221
Crouse
Smith
Franklin
Hodge
Grayson Davis
Gary Bright
Upper Marlboro
U.S
Joe Lee Cothran
Winston-Salem
North Wilkesboro
Princess Alexandra Weds Scotsman in Westminster Abbey
Princess Alexandra of Kent, 26, married Angus Ogilvy, 34, at Westminster Abbey in a royal ceremony attended by more than 2,000 guests and major European royals. The couple rode in the queen's glass coach to St James Palace for a reception before a Scottish honeymoon at Birkhall.
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Alexandra of Kent
Angus Ogilvy
Westminster Abbey
London
Britain
Earl of Airlie
Anne
Parliament Square
Abbey
Alexandra
Duke of Kent
Marina
Ogilvy
Princess Margaret
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Canterbury
Michael Ramsay
St. James Palace
Birkhall
River
Dee
Furniture shipments set 18th straight record in March
Southern furniture makers report March sales up nine percent from a year earlier and March shipments up 2.9 percent. First quarter 1963 sales rose 8.7 percent, with unfilled orders at 11.9 percent above last year, a seven week backlog. Market activity winds down as exhibitors report strong orders for new pieces and sales promotions.
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Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
SFMA
Furniture Factories Marketing Assn. of the
South
Southern Furniture Exposition
Furniture Plaza
High Point
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Guam
N.Y.) State Hospital
N.C
Spencer
G. R. Everhart Jr
Neil A. Hatley
Grover A. Palmer
Dr. J. L. Smith Jr
W. Howard Gobbel
Robert L. Mauldin
T. Roy Burdette
Greensboro
David Schenck
W. L. Trotter Jr
Ereeee
I Sports
Robert Marks
Enterprise
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