North Carolina Senate Action Highlights Pay Hike Call
Sen. John R. Jordan Jr. urged a 10 percent across the board raise for 30 000 nonteaching state employees as he denounced the advisory budget commission for not backing the Democratic platform. Senate leadership named new committee chairs and the Finance panel readied to review tax measures as state education funding and public programs faced rapid budget action.
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Raleigh
John R. Jordan Jr
Wake Today
Advisory Budget Commission
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Jordan
Senate
Clarence Stone
Stone
W. D. James
Richmond
Conservation and Development
P. D. Midgett Jr
Hyde
Public Utilities
James G. Stkeleather Jr
Buncombe
John R. Jordan
Wake
Joint Appropriations Committee
Sanford
State Board of Education
Department of Public Instruction
Appropriations
Joint Finance Committee
Expert critical of grading harms student writing
Paul B. Diederich of Educational Testing Service told a national principals convention that meticulous error grading hurts students by instilling hatred and fear of writing. He advocates encouragement and a program using qualified housewives as theme readers to praise progress and guide improvement. Housewife readers, paid about 80 dollars monthly for two hours daily at home, are tasked with highlighting student strengths first.
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Pittsburgh
Paul B. Diederich
Educational Testing Service
Diederich
Sanford Hurries Tax Relief Proposals To General Assembly
Governor Sanford sent tax relief proposals to the General Assembly with unusual speed to avoid a rushed debate on tax cuts. The plan, linked to the budget, seeks about eight million dollars a year in relief while retreating from broad tax base cuts. The move aims to preempt competing bills amid a mixed legislature and a surveillance by Appropriations and Finance committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Shires
Raleigh
Sanford
General Assembly
Appropriations
Administration
Asian Flu Sweeps East with Deaths in Several States
Asian flu spreads through the eastern United States causing school closures absenteeism and multiple deaths. North Carolina reports eight deaths and 65 994 influenza like cases since the outbreak began in Robeson County while seven other counties report outbreaks. South Carolina reports serious problems with hospitals overflowing and more than a dozen deaths.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
Raleigh
Robeson
South Carolina
Columbia
Walterboro
Iflu
Trigg County
Hopkinsville
Louisville
Kentucky
Russell Teague
Maryland
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Norwich
Conn
Sharon Springs Central School
Schoharie County
N.Y
Veterans Hospital
Minneapolis
Easton
Chillicothe
Ohio
Veterans Administration
Navy
Great Lakes Training Center
Illinois
Washington
Tragedy in Everglades Kills 43 on Northwest Airliner
Investigators study charred jet remains after a Northwest Orient Airlines flight crashed in the Florida Everglades with 43 aboard and no survivors. CAB FBI and local officers secure the wreckage as bodies are moved. Seminole children receive a holiday at Miccosukee as a temporary morgue.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Everglades
Civil Aeronautic Board
FBI
Northwest Orient Airlines
Chicago
Seattle
Wash
Portland
Ore
John McWhorter
Miccosukee
Park Rangers
Florida Highway Patrolmen
Everglades National Park
North Carolina House backs equal billing on state building panel
The House approved a bill creating a 6 member commission to oversee the new state legislative building with three members from each chamber after a heated debate about representation. The measure began as equal representation with the Senate but was amended in House and Senate committees.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
Thomas White
Lenoir
House Rules Committee
Sen
Senate Rules Committee
Commission
Robert Morgan
Cleveland
Uzzell
Cicero Yow
New Hanover
General Arrives After 18 Hours 50 Mile Hike Reported
Brig. Gen. Rathven McClure Tompkins completed a grueling 50 mile hike at Camp Lejeune in 18 hours and usefully tired but in good humor. He kept pace with younger Marines during the long trek.
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Camp Lejeune
N.C
Rathven McClure Tompkins
Man Shot to Death by Officer in Asheville Standoff
An escapee from Anderson County prison, Albert Spatton, 27, was shot dead by two Asheville police officers after a stolen car confrontation yesterday evening. He reportedly vowed he would not be taken alive as officers pursued, leading to a fatal struggle during which a .22 pistol discharged.
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Asheville
Anderson
S.C
Albert Spatton
Slader
Howell Clinkscales
Slatton
Bryant
Pattrolman Thomas Stevens
Marines Endurance Test Marks Major Feats At Camp Lejeune
General Tompkins and aide Lt. Charles G. Bryan clock long road time as 2nd Lt. Marty Shimek sets the 50 mile record with 9 hours 53 minutes. Others including Lt. Donald L Bernath push through mud and darkness toward the finish line with 14 of 34 Marines completing numbers by midmorning.
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Donald L. Bernath
Wauseon
Ohio
Rita Morris
Jacksonville
N.C
Camp Lejeune
Bernath
Tompkins
Charles G. Bryan
Charlie
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Tarawa
Marty Shimek
Pride
Hazen
Ark
University of Arkansas
Shimek
Donald L. ‘Bernath
Ten
Duke Doctor Warns Against 50 Mile Endurance Hikes
Duke Medical Center cardiologist Dr Edward S Orgain cautioned that 50 mile endurance hikes are unsuitable for most people. He called long timed marches a fad and urged leisurely walking for exercise especially for middle aged or older individuals.
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Durham
Duke University
Edward S. Orgain
Duke Medical Center
Orgain
Laos Neutralist Field Commander III Assassinated
In Plaine des Jarres Laos the field commander Col. Ketsana Vongsona vanh of Sou vanna Phouma s neutralist forces was assassinated Tuesday night. He led the neutralist army under Gen Kong Le as Sou vanna was abroad thanking major powers at Geneva.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Plaine Des Jarres
Ketsana Vongsonavanh
Kong le
Souvanna
Moscow
Savang Vathana
Tear Gas Detains Man Threatening Boeing Building?
A motorist drove onto the sidewalk by the Justice Department, hid under his car and threatened to blow up the building. Police used tear gas missiles to reach him after he had been under the car for over an hour and a half. He crawled out and was detained. he had demanded to see FBI Director J Edgar Hoover.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
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Irwin Belk
Mecklenburg
Robert F. Morgan
Manufacturing and Labor Committee
Wilbur M. Jolly
Franklin
the Manufacturing and Labor Committee
G. K. Hodenfield
Shires
Eeee
Bridgeport
Coast Guard
U.S. Fish and Game Commission
Coast
Florida
Glades
Civil Aeronautics Board Inves
Art Edson
Man
Everglades
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