Governor Scott set for liquor referendum hearing next week
Raleigh crowd grows for public hearing before the joint committee on referendums. Governor Scott is expected to appear at a joint session to push a state wide liquor question to voters. Rep. L A Martin leads moves for the invitation and for bills on keeping or abolishing the ABC system. Opponents to speak Tuesday as the rallys grow.
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AMA Defies 136 Physicians Over Health Insurance Levy
Leaders of the American Medical Association denounced 136 doctors who protested a 25 dollar AMA assessment for compulsory health insurance. The officers accused signers of misrepresenting AMA plans while the group launched a 12 point program to expand medical care and a nationwide campaign to counter compulsory insurance. Clem Whitaker said the effort aims to raise grass roots awareness of government regulation.
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Acheson Heads To Senate For North Atlantic Pact Talks
Secretary of State Acheson will face the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to press for prompt substantial agreement on key issues of the North Atlantic security treaty. He plans a tentative treaty text and battles over the defense clause amid questions about automatic war commitments. If accord is reached, ambassadors from Britain France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and Canada may be briefed early next week to push the treaty onward.
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Taxicabs Return to Philadelphia Streets
Taxicabs rolled again in Philadelphia as the transit strike entered its second week with a faint hope of settlement. Yellow Cab and Independent drivers returned to work after AFL union officials ordered an end to the walkout pending renewed negotiations.
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Man Who Came To Dinner Eats Dinner In Raleigh
Monty Wooley, visiting Raleigh on doctors orders to recover from laryngitis, says he heads to Sarasota Florida for sun and orange juice. He notes he has not worked in over a year and criticizes movie-makers for not meeting his price. He also comments on the Royal American accent heard in North Carolina's capital.
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North Carolina Potato Price Target Needs Raising
Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine urged Secretary Charles L Brannan to reconsider potato support figures. Ballentine wired Brannan yesterday seeking a higher base price for North Carolina potatoes.
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Veterans Pension Bill Faces House Vote Pressure
Congress debates a plan to grant World War I and II veterans a 90 dollar monthly pension at age 65. The New York Times cites a potentially vast cost, with about 203 500 eligible this year and 18 million veterans overall. President Truman’s administration seeks to curb expenditures and might block a vote. More on page 2.
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Tobey Urges Crackdown on Charitable Trusts in Congress
Sen. Charles W. Tobey proposes federal action to curb so called charitable trusts that profit from bona fide corporations and dodge taxes. He also pushes preventing Puerto Rico from enticing US industry with tax holidays and cheap labor as part of a broader Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee report on Textron trusts and the Nashua mill shutdown.
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Guerrillas Claim Edner Died From Crash Injuries
A mutilated body found near Karpenisi is identified as Lt. Col. Selden R. Edner of the American Air Force. He was an unarmed observer on a Greek Royal Air Force plane that forced landed January 21. Edner, 30, served in Europe, earned multiple honors, and was a former prisoner in Germany.
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Tower Hosiery Ordered By NLRB To Meet Union
The National Labor Relations Board ordered Tower Hosiery Mills Inc of Burlington NC to cease refusing to bargain with a labor union. It requires posting notices that it will bargain on request and not interfere with the union's negotiating efforts. The board found a seven month pattern showing bad faith in negotiations with the American Federation of Hosiery Workers.
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Chapin Reports on Hungary From Paris in 1949
U S minister to Hungary Selden Chapin said life in the country is beyond imagination and describes Hungary as under Moscow trained communists. He reports continuing Catholic arrests and notes Budapest asked for his recall. Chapin praises France’s freedom and backs Truman Acheson statements on Cardinal Mindszenty’s treason trial.
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Soviets Stir Berlin Amid Blockade Tightening
Soviet controlled police in Berlin killed another German and fired on a vegetable truck, wounding bystanders amid a tightened blockade. Riots on trains followed a woman jailed for insulting police. Rumors of a new currency reform unsettled markets as the western constitution committee drafts a basic law for a future German democracy, with May 1 seen as a target for a west German government.
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Gains And Losses On A Narrow Stock Market Day
New York February 18. The stock market showed little direction with small fraction gains and losses. After a brisk advance on higher volume yesterday US Steel declined about 2 points and stayed down along with Chrysler Goodrich Montgomery Ward Deere and several others while GM Caterpillar Douglas Radio and others edged ahead or held position.
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Opposition to Road Bond Bill Grows In North CarolinA
In Raleigh on February 18 the House Roads Committee approved a 200 million dollar county roads bond bill but debate signals a tough path ahead. Officials presented a chart of rural paved mileage as of January 1 1945 showing progress and definitions, including rural roads outside towns and cities.
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State Tobacco Tax Receipts Show North Carolina Lead 1948
North Carolina's federal tobacco tax collections in 1948 more than doubled any other state, totaling 726,399,656. Virginia and North Carolina together accounted for over 1,046,000,000 of the national 1,311,539,649. Virginia rose to 320,213,099 in 1948 from 296,929,722 in 1947. Kentucky ranked third with 149,046,341 in 1948.
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Flood Threat Growing Daily In Snow Belt
Colder weather shaved floods and snow slides in the Pacific northwest while a new cold front battered Wyoming. Winds and snow blocked roads in the northeast, with Montana and North Dakota posting subzero readings as the storm moved south and east. Temperatures dropped to minus numbers, while rain persisted mainly in Washington, Oregon, and along the Gulf coast.
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Corn-The North Carolina Virginia corn contest heats up
Governors Scott and Tuck clash over a yield based contest comparing 1949 performance to the 1937 46 average. Virginia posted 43 bushels per acre, 55 above the ten year average, while North Carolina produced 31 bushels, about 42 percent over the period.
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Critics Say More Taxes Not Needed
President Truman defends tax boosts while critics urge restraint to keep business conditions steady. Market gains spur optimism as railroads announce layoffs and furloughs and Kaiser-Frazer plans Willow Run plant closure. Chamber urges resisting wage hikes to curb living costs.
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House Group Approves School Aid and Teacher Scholarships
The House Education Committee endorsed a $50 million state school building program and a scholarship bill to recruit teachers. A separate measure to abolish the motor vehicle mechanical inspection program passed by voice vote. The Senate Roads Committee referred rural roads plans to a sub committee for amendments and backed a bond election for $200 million. The local workers retirement system amendment was also moved forward.
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