Press Group Lauds AP Coverage as Essential to Public Decision
The Associated Press board reports improved coverage depth and quality over the past year, citing fearless reporting on big stories and strong enterprise dispatches. It praises staff for analysis and background that shaped AP News features and calls for continued expansion and integrity in international distribution.
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Tax Bill Advances With Committees and Hearings
Tax measures move to conference committee to reconcile revenue bill and extend the session. The Joint Appropriations Committee will hear a subcommittee’s revised $637 million budget with $1,214,125 cut from Governor Hodges and the Advisory Budget Commission plan. Mrs. Ralph Fisher to succeed her husband in Transylvania County. A House hearing on High Point ABC liquor store election and votes on annual session vs biennial legislature and home rule for localities. Senate hearing on 3.2 beer ballot proposals tied to county beer votes.
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Test Sincerity Sparkman Says In Taiwan Area Talk
Senator Sparkman on Formosa tension says the United States would require Free Nationalist China to participate as an equal in any talks on the region. Peiping claims the island as part of China while old Sino-Japanese War arrangements left Japan with Formosa until the postwar settlements. He spoke after discussions between State Department officials and President Eisenhower, who spent the weekend at Gettysburg, Pa.
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Report shows large gains in Air Force security actions
A House hearing release shows the Air Force expanded its personnel security program over the past two years with 260 cases filed against uniformed personnel in 1953 54 and 37 discharges for security reasons. In 1951 52 only 15 cases were filed and no discharges occurred.
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Labor Day holiday noted. Gannett Peak cited
The paper notes Labor Day as the only national holiday recognized by Congress and records Wyoming’s Gannett Peak as the highest point at 13,785 feet above sea level in a brief geographic reference.
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Piedmont Hit By Hailstorm Wrecks Winston Ball Park
A severe hailstorm swept across North Carolina causing property damage at Winston-Salem’s Southside Park and forcing the Winston-Salem Twins to cancel a game. The storm knocked down fences and bleachers, disrupted power, and prompted sheltering as winds reached 50 mph.
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Rain Aids Firefight Against Croatan Forest Blaze
Rain showers provided limited relief to crews battling a large forest fire near Cherry Point Marine bases in North Carolina. The blaze has burned about 50,000 acres of the Croatan National Forest, with winds still risky but lighter than yesterday. U.S. forest ranger H. O. Mills estimates losses around half a million dollars. no homes were in danger and no arrests have been reported.
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