Inspection Fees Spark Debate Over State Revenue Flows
A North Carolina piece details how inspection services across state agencies fund general operations. It notes gasoline and fuel oil inspection fees yield millions, most exceeding inspection costs, with funds flowing into the general fund. The article questions diversion and the legitimacy of using inspection revenue for noninspection purposes.
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State Auditor’s Department
Revenue Department
Securities Division
Secretary of State’s Office
Insurance Department
Banking Commission
Department of Agriculture
State Auditors
Revenue and Health Department
Bank
State General Fund
Board of Agriculture
C. D. Baucom
Scott
Raleigh
Budget Bureau
General Fund
General Assembly
Fewer than 5,000 POWs may be freed says Red newsman
Communist China observer Chu Chi-Ping says fewer than 5,000 Americans may return from captivity in Korea. U S Defense Department lists 10,865 missing, Ridgway suggests fewer than 5,000 may be found alive, with at least 6,000 deaths attributed to atrocities. Chu cites camps from far north to Pyongyang and notes the Reds issued coats to prisoners as winter nears.
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Panmunjom
Korea
U.S. Defense Department
Chu Chi-Ping
China
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
U.N
Chu
Pyongyang
Microscopic Bugs Parade on TV in New York
Thousands of New Yorkers watch fascinated as paraMecia creatures appear magnified 2000 times on two large video screens at the RCA exhibition hall. The bugs, visible only through a television microscope, perform on a stage created by the device operated via a small television camera over the microscope eyepiece.
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New York
New
Balance of Good and Bad News by Ferguson
United Press survey weighs weekly events in the cold and hot wars with mixed results. Highlights include stalled armament talks in Paris, Tehran street clashes between Communists and anti-Communists, and Hungary detaining four American fliers. Panmunjom negotiators discuss armistice inspection, Tito frees Archbishop Stepinac, and Churchill says WWII risks lessen while Britain backs American atomic options.
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Paris
America
Britain
France
Russia
Tehran
Panmunjom
Marshal’ Tito
Stepinac
Yugoslavia
Tito
Indiana Students Turn To Basketball at IU
Bloomington Indiana Students turn from football woes to hoops as The Daily Student notes waning interest in a two and seven Hoosier football season and proclaims it is basketball time in Indiana with focus shifting to the court.
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Indiana
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Daily Student
Hoosiers
Webb seeks refund for gambling tax stamp payment
John A. Webb of Chattanooga Tennessee asked the Bureau of Internal Revenue for a refund of $50 paid for a federal gambling tax stamp. He said he believed the application blank he received was a mistake and that he knows nothing about gambling. White elephants are described as flesh colored or reddish brown.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
John A. Webb
Bureau
Internal Revenue
Webb
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