Kirkman Opens North Carolina Education Meeting
Senator C Arthur Kirkman addressed the Regional Meeting of the North Carolina Citizens Committee for Better Schools at High Point College Memorial Auditorium before leaving for Raleigh to chair the State Commission on School Finance. Holt McPherson urged broad support for public education and warned against using schools as political football. About 500 educators attended as Dr Corydon Spruill prepared to become executive secretary of the finance commission.
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High Point College
O. Arthur Kirkman
N. C
Holt McPherson
N. C. Citizens Committee
Corydon P. Spruill
The
Finance Group
Janet Teacue
North Carolina Citizens Committee For Better Schools
C. Arthur Kirkman
Memorial Auditorium
Raleigh
State Commission On
Kirkman
McPherson
Chapel Hill
Finance Commission
Jess Washburn
Dennis Cooke
Dean B. Pruette
Harris Promises Cooperation in Mack Investigation
Rep. Harris says the House subcommittee will call FCC Commissioner Richard A. Mack to testify soon about allegations that he received thousands of dollars from Miami attorney Thurman A. Whiteside tied to a television license case. FBI to conduct a full inquiry ordered by Atty. Gen. Rogers as Schwartz plans further questioning.
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Harris
D-Ark
FBI
Richard A. Mack
Miami
Mack
Bernard Schwartz
Schwartz
FCC
Atty
Rogers
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Subcommittee
Thurman A. Whiteside
Whiteside
Florida
Public Service Television, Inc
TV Channel 10
Public Service
National Air
Democrats Mull Large Tax Cut Amid Economic Worries
Democratic leaders in Washington discussed a possible five to ten billion dollar tax cut to counter a business recession. Early talks suggested two to three billion would not suffice, with action unlikely before summer and only as a last resort. House Speaker Rayburn said a review would begin to gauge impact and budget feasibility.
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Washington
Con
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Rayburn
Texas
Eisenhower
No More Space Mice Please Warned By Humane Society
The Lum berton Rocket Society of five teen aged boys received a gentle but firm warning from the Humane Society of the United States. The group had launched an eight foot rocket carrying a white mouse named Oscar in its nose. The parachute ejection failed and Oscar died when the craft crashed to the ground.
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Lumberton
Lumberton Rocket Society
Humane Society of
United States
The
Humane Society
Oscar
Earth
Jupiter Moon Reach Possible With Extra Rocket Stage
Scientists at Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory report Explorer I is performing as expected and say adding a fifth rocket stage to Jupiter C could reach the moon. They note no current plan for Explorer II and describe new radio receiver, tape recorder, and life-support testing in space.
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Pasadena
Calif
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Defense Department
Moon
Henry Richter
Richter
Earth
House Group Seeks Slash In Spending
The House Appropriations Committee proposes a token 1.34 million cut to the Interior Department 1959 budget and orders no tungsten purchases for the defense stockpile. It advances a bill for 413.15 million in operating funds for next fiscal year starting July 1, with 43.1 million less than the current year. The panel notes expected department revenues of 411.14 million to Treasury and boosts to Indian Affairs 100.17 million for construction of Indian schools, alongside larger allocations to Park Service Fish and Wildlife and Forest Service.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
House
Department
Treasury
Indian Bureau
National Park Service
Fish and Wildlife Service
Forest Service
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Bureau
Fall Over Cliff Fatal Boy Dies After Rescue Attempts
In San Bernardino California 13 year old Donald Burns fell from Mt San Gorgonio while hiking with a school party. He landed on a ledge 100 feet down and slipped to a lower ledge 200 feet below. Local rescuers faced rope shortages fog and terrain delays before a helicopter could reach the area.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Donald Burns
Colton
Mt. San Gorgonio
John Mathews
The
Sierra
Madre Search and Rescue
O. T. Burns
Frank Bland
San Bernardino County
NC Ports Authority picks hopeful held up for inquiry
The man chosen as executive director of the North Carolina Ports Authority will not be hired until he gives a full explanation of allegations raised by Georgia Senator Bobby Lee Cook. The Georgia Ports Authority investigation has alleged mismanagement and political influence in Atlanta, and Williams says the Georgia probe predates the new job negotiations.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Ports Authority
Rgia
John M. Reeves
SPA
Alleg of
Savannah
Georgia
Bobby Lee Cook
State Ports Authority
Seeweerey Reeves
Williams
Georgia State Ports Authority
North Carolina State Ports Authority
Cook
Georgia State Senate
North Carolina Post
Raleigh News and Observer
Georgia Ports Authority
Marvin Griffin
Atlanta
Gov. Griffin
Georgia Ports
North Carolina
Georgia Senate
Flames Gut School At Hillsboro
A pre dawn fire destroyed Central High School for Negroes in Hillsboro North Carolina. No injuries reported. Estimated replacement cost 250000 to 300000 with 135000 insured for the building and 17000 for equipment. 409 students attended the 22 year old 14 classroom structure. The Orange County BOE planned to meet to arrange student handling. A nearby 12 classroom addition may be ready in about two weeks for use.
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Hillsboro
N.C
Central High School
Orange County
Paul Carr
Mebane
Carr
Orange County Board of Education
Ku Klux Klan Rally Set Near Batonee North Carolina
James Cole leader of the North Carolina Knights of the KKK says he will attend a postponed rally near Batonee North Carolina at 8 p.m. He plans a meeting site in the same area as the canceled events off U S 70 between Burlington and Greensboro. Cole faces Luc ton Lumberton court starting March 10 on inciting to riot charges over a January 18 KKK rally near Maxton that drew Lumbee Indians reaction.
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Cole
Lumberton
N.C
KKK
Maxton
Robeson County
Confession Entered In Spy Trial
Sgt Roy A Rhodes testified at his court martial on espionage conspiracy charges by admitting he cooperated with Russians because he felt overwhelmed. The confession covers his Moscow embassy garage period from 1951 to 1953 and notes payments and meetings with Russians using aliases.
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Washington
Roy A. Rhodes
United States
Rhodes
FBI
James P. Kehoe
U.S
Moscow
Bob Day
Bob Smith
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