Record road program sets new state funding total
The North Carolina State Highway Commission approved 12 bids totaling 2 925 762 for road projects, lifting the year’s total to 83 million dollars. Federal funds accounted for 49 018 045. state and other sources 34 145 378. A Mount Olive bid irregularity led to Barrus Construction Co winning the Dup lin Wayne county project. The commission also set aside 6 million for top priority paving and bridge work for the 1958 59 fiscal year and adopted a policy to raise some speed limits to 60 mph.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Fed
Jeral
W. H. Rogers
Rogers
Mount Olive
U.S. 117
Gatti
W. F. Babcock
Meteor Crater in Arizona Vast and Deep
Arizona's Meteor Crater measures about 4000 feet across and 600 feet deep with exterior walls rising around 150 feet above the surrounding plain.
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Arizona
Sam Houston's life and loyalties in early Texas history
The boyhood hero of Texas independence Sam Houston fled to live with the Cherokee. He later appeared in Indian dress and resigned a public post amid criticism. Houston held Tennessee governorship and Texas presidencies, yet was removed from office for refusing to swear allegiance to the Confederacy.
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Sam Houston
Texas
Welch Foundation Aims to Lead U.S. Chemistry Research
The Robert A. Welch Foundation established by Houston magnate Irwin Frank funds about 1% million dollars annually for Texas college chemistry research. Since 1950s it has boosted Texas chemistry tenfold with Nobel laureates Debye Seaborg and Lawrence at a 500 chemists conference.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
United States
Robert A. Welch
Welch
Newberry
S.C
Peter J. W. Debye
Glenn T. Seaborg
Ernest 0. Lawrence
Converts Refused by Syria Over Spy Fears
The Syrian authorities reject new conversions as they fear infiltrators and spies. Officials emphasize vigilance and insist no new converts will be admitted amid security concerns.
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Nesses
Syria
Agriculture's future lies with larger commercial farms
In Raleigh Dr T K Cowden of Michigan State University told a North Carolina symposium that farming should move away from the mid sized and small operator model. He warned about the fate of the 17 cow farmer needing 75 cows to operate efficiently and called for a shift toward commercial farming or clear alternate paths. Dr C Brice Ratchford of the Extension Service also spoke at the event.
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Raleigh
Michigan State University
T. K. Cowden
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North Carolina Agricultural Extension Serv
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