Sanford to Seek 13.5 Million Bond for NC Port Expansion
Gov. Sanford told the State Ports Authority he will ask the General Assembly and voters to approve a 13.5 million bond issue to expand Wilmington and Morehead City port facilities. He argues the investment will generate new business and be amortized by port revenues. Some officials worry voters may favor schools and hospitals over ports.
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Raleigh
Sanford
State Ports Authority
General Assembly
Wilmington
Morehead City
Authority
Mers
Castro Grabs Guantanamo Water Firm
The Yateras Aqueduct Co., supplying Guantanamo Bay since 1939, is now under Fidel Castro's government. Antonio Batista said operations will continue as before while the base's water supply remains uninterrupted. The company, founded by Henri Schueg, had a 20 year contract renewed to 1969, and was taken over after the owners abandoned the property.
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Robert Berrellez
Havana
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
Naval Base
Yateras Aqueduct Co
Antonio Batista
Yateras Company
Guantanamo
Henri Schueg
Navy
Castro
Kennedy
Washington
Osvaldo Dorticos
Armando Hart
Dorticos
Church
Florida
Hart
Moscow silent on Sputnik mission and fate
Western tracking stations found no trace of the seven ton satellite after its launch. Prof Yevgeny Klinov said it was unmanned and designed to study the earth and its environment while Moscow offered no progress details amid international speculation.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Yevgeny Leonodivich Klinov
Reds
Italy
Communist Party
L’unita
Britain
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Earth
Lovell
Prof. Klinov
Moscow Radio
Y. Fedynsky
Lewes
Arson Suspected as Mars Hill College Buildings Burn
Fires erupted in three Mars Hill College structures Sunday night and were blamed on arson. The old auditorium suffered major damage with losses estimated at 35 000 to 50 000 while Spillman dormitory and Owen Building had minor damage after being ignited in rag piles.
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Mars Hill, NC
Mars Hill College
Madison County
E. Y. Ponder
Spillman Men’s Dormitory
Owen
Westinghouse Fined in Antitrust Price Fixing Case
Westinghouse Electric Corp admitted conspirator in an antitrust case and was fined 40000 in U S District Court for illegal price fixing and bid rigging. General Electric also faced fines and 57 defendants were sentenced or awaiting sentencing across 20 indictments.
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Philadelphia
Westinghouse Electric Corp
U. S
America
J. Cullen Ganey
Ganey
General Electric
Westinghouse
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
United States
JP Removed From Office By Judge
William E. Creasman a justice of the peace in Asheville Township since 1956 was removed from office by Superior Court Judge W K McLean after two days of testimony on a removal petition filed by the circuit solicitor. Creasman appealed to the State Supreme Court. Hearings for two other justices Alfred J Creasman and Helen Lance are set for March 4. He is charged with failing to have civil processes served by a constable and conspiracy to deprive the constable and Buncombe County of fees due.
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Asheville
William E. Creasman
Asheville Township
Superior Court
W. K. McLean
McLean
Circuit
Creasman
William M. Styles
State Supreme Court
Robert S. Swain
Alfred J. Creasman
Helen Lance
William Creasman
Buncombe County
Kennedy seeks steep cut in tourist duty exemption
President Kennedy asked Congress to cut the foreign goods duty-free limit for American travelers from 500 to 100 dollars. He framed the proposal within a broader plan to curb the gold drain, expand exports, draw foreign tourists, and rework international finance, while avoiding new trade barriers.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
United States
Canada
U.S
Eisenhower
Free World
Europe
New Storm Threatens the Northeast After Weekend Blizzard
A new storm bore down on the Northeast as the region struggled to rebuild after a weekend blizzard that dumped up to 40 inches of snow. The Weather Bureau warned of a moving system affecting the Midwest and Mississippi Valley as New England and New York faced widespread power outages and travel disruption from gale winds and heavy drifts.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolinas
New England
New York
Nova Scotia
New York City
Rusk Describes China Disarmament Study and UN Congo Plan
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said U S disarmament experts are examining how Communist China could fit into proposed schemes and urged caution about Soviet bloc relations. He announced Arthur H Dean will lead U S negotiations at the Geneva talks resuming March 21.
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Dean Rusk
China
Rusk
State Department
United Nations
Congo
Joseph) Kasavubu
United States
Cuba
Gavin Named U S Ambassador to Paris by Kennedy
President Kennedy has chosen James M. Gavin as ambassador to Paris with formal approval from the French government expected. Gavin, 53, a retired Army lieutenant general known as a jumping general for WWII combat jumps into Sicily, Normandy and Holland, led the 82nd Airborne Division and later served as deputy chief of staff for research and development until his March 1958 retirement after a clash with Pentagon officials over missiles.
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Washington
Kennedy
James M. Gavin
U.S
Paris
Gavin
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
82Nd Airborne Division
Pentagon
Army
Alps Snow Avalanches Kill 37
Avalanches across the Alps after snowstorms killed at least 37 people. Two large slides near Rochemolles in Italy's Alps crushed homes and claimed several lives. A second major slide on Great San Bernard Mountain killed three workers and a caretaker. Traffic blocked, rail lines halted, villages isolated, and further slides reported across Italy, Switzerland, and Austria.
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Stan Carter
Rome
Alps
Italy
Rochemolles
Mt. Mellisse
Great San Bernard
Switzerland
Aosta Valley
Rome-Paris
Lapraz
France
Guillestre
Austria
Reds Name New Poland Ambassador
Pravda reports Averki Aristov, new ambassador to Poland, moved from Moscow as part of Khrushchev era reshuffles. He replaces Eyodr Abrasimov with the change seen as a high level demotion linked to agricultural policy failures.
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Moscow
Pravda
Averki Aristov
Communist Party ‘Central Committee
Poland
Aristov
Khrushchev
Eyodr Abrasimov
Sparty Presidium
VY. M. Molotov
Presidium
Outer Mongolia
U.N. Atomic Agency
Vienna
Textile executives urge Congress for import quotas
Washington AP report notes J M Cheatham of Griffin Georgia president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Institute and Seabury Stanton of Berkshire Hathaway Inc call for import quotas to save the domestic textile industry. They warn of factories closing and jobs lost unless action follows the recommendations of a Senate subcommittee.
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Washington
Congress
J. M. Cheatham
Griffin
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
Dundee Mills Inc
Senate Commerce Textile Subcommittee
United States
Seabury Stanton
Berkshire Hathaway Inc
Northern Textile Association
Stanton
Hong Kong
Pakistan
India
Portugal
Spain
Egypt
Banker Dies After Suicide Attempt In South Carolina
Cleston Puryear 36 a bank loan official in Louisburg South Carolina died in hospital from exposure and carbon monoxide after an apparent self harm incident in freezing conditions. He faced assault with intent to kill charges related to a January car crash involving his wife Lucy who was treated with a fractured skull. His two children Gregg and Dale were unharmed.
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Louisburg
S.C
Cleston Puryear
Franklin County
James H. Edwards
Puryear
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Wallace Champion
Champion
Lucy
Franklin Memorial Hospital
Gregg
Dale
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