Desperado Sprenz Pursuit Stretches Across Northeast
FBI and local police chase Frank Sprenz, an escaped Akron jail inmate and armed felon, across towns near the Vermont-New York border after he stole a plane and a car while evading capture. Authorities warn stations to broadcast his hitchhiker description and urge extreme caution.
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Burlington
FBI
Cream and Brown
Pontiac
Desa
Perado
de- Sprenz
Scranton
Arlington
New York-Ver
State Line
Laenea
Frank Lawrence Sprenz
Sprenz
Salem
N.Y
N.E. Lprenz
Akron
Ohio
State Pay Raise Bill Introduced
RALEIGH AP Teachers and state employees would receive a 5 percent pay raise and the proposal advanced in the legislature. The measure aims to boost salaries for classroom and public workers amid budget considerations.
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Raleigh
Larger Commission Is Opposed In North Carolina
Raleigh AP governor Hodges opposes a return to a 14 member Highway Commission and supports a seven member panel. Rep Walter Jones would expand to 14. Lawmakers discuss study bills, a hoax bomb bill, highway patrol expansion by 25, and a sales tax cut proposal with $2 license tag increase to fund pay raises and patrols.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Highway Commission
Walter Jones
Pitt
Marchellus Buchanan
Jackson
John R. Jordan
Wake
House
Reps
Everett
Highway Fund
Advisory Budget Commission
Reorganization Bills Show Growth and Insecurities in State Government
The piece surveys 1959 General Assembly bills on state government reorganization, highlighting ideas like Turnpike Authorities abolition and a Legislative Building. It contrasts 1840 and 1957 NC growth, noting population, expenses, and staffing surges while Congress funds toll-free highways, and discusses a $4.5 million bond proposal for a new Legislative Building.
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Bunny Harris Raleigh
General Assembly
North Carolina
Carolina - Virginia
Commission On
Commission
Raleigh
Marrying Man in Miami Ties 10,500 Weddings
Justice of the Peace J. J. Swetman, in Miami Oklahoma, has officiated 10,500 marriages since taking office in 1954 and handled 13,600 weddings by 1958.
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Miami
Okla
Justice of the ‘Peace
J. J. Swetman
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Wachovia
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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Carl Hamm
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