North Carolina Considers Tax Reforms and Pay Raises
Rep. Carl Veners chairs the Appropriations panel as lawmakers weigh corporate tax revisions to boost NC productivity and attract industry. Brandon Hodges cites NC’s $1,236 per capita tax level and recalls past losses to high taxes while reform plans include reorganizing the study commission and pushing pay raise considerations for state workers.
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Carl Veners
Onslow
House Appropriations
Brandon Hodges
House
Senate
Appropriations
North Carolina
Hodges
Frank Everett
Martin
Appropriations Committee
Elevator Tragedy Claims Two at Kansas City College
Kansas City reports the death of Patricia Dowell, 23, a cere bral palsy student, and her head janitor supervisor, 66-year-old August E Olson, after an elevator accident at the Kansas City Junior College. Investigators say Dowell stumbled on crutches as she stepped off and Olson accidentally touched the control lever, leading to the fatal crush between the elevator floor and a beam. Dowell later died of internal injuries.
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Kansas City
E. Olson
Totem Pole Found On Sidewalk in San Francisco
An 8 foot tall 350 pound totem pole was found on a sidewalk in San Francisco. Police loaded the pole into a paddy wagon and moved it to the Hall of Justice while owners are being sought.
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San Francisco
Hall of Justice
Taxpayer deductions and state employee pay bill presented
Rep Thomas Turner of Guilford introduced a bill allowing individual taxpayers to deduct their federal income tax payments while excluding corporations. The House also received a bill proposing a 15 percent pay raise for all state employees except school personnel.
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Thomas Turner
Guilford
House
Stocks Rise as Oil, Steel and Chemicals Lead Early Trade
New York buyers pushed the market higher amid up and down sessions with oil shares advancing after the Texas Railroad Commission boosted March oil output. US Steel and Du Pont rose modestly while Hoffman Machinery fell on large volume. The Associated Press average gained 70 cents at noon as industrials, rails and utilities improved.
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NEW York Steels and Oils
Texas Railroad Commission
Wall Street
Federal Reserve Board
du Pont
Ae Ee
Chemical
U.S. Hoffman Machinery
Associated Press
Paper Industry Shows Health Signals for Economy
The 1956 U S paper and pulp sector produced a record 31% million tons, up 5 percent from 1955, aligning with a 22.7 percent rise in gross national product to $159,272,280. Industry leaders cite overcapacity and world conditions, planning a record $900 million in expansion this year to expand markets and absorb slack.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Paper Seadeeeseseet Tolay Gist Gomend
Condiave
Manchester Teachers Seek Court Stop to Citywide Strike
The Manchester Teachers Guild asks the New Hampshire Supreme Court to lift an unprecedented two day public school strike affecting 9,217 pupils. The union argues no imminent danger and cites due process. city contends public employees cannot strike and the injunction was proper.
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Concord
N.H
Manchester Teachers Guild
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Kenneth F. Graf
Jack B. Middleton
Guild
Manchester
Griffith
J. Francis Roche
Roche
White House meet discusses Israel sanctions
President hosts congressional leaders to debate sanctions over Israel Gaza and Gulf issues. Senator Lyndon Johnson opposes a one sided approach while colleagues urge negotiations. Dulles signals various sanction types including moral military and economic.
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Knowland
U. S
U.N
Israel
Gaza Strip
Gulf of Aqaba
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Senate
White House
Egypt
Russia
Democratic Policy Committee
Johnson
Capitol
Rep. Halleck
R-Ind
House
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
R-Nj
Smith
Nixon
Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
United Nations
U. Affairs, Armed Services
Appropriations
Sens. Bridges
R-Nh
Hennings
D-Mo
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Adits
Corton
Heerwine
Socony Mobile
Gulf Oil
Steel
Bethlehem
Bache and Co
International Tel 3Ia
F. W. Woolworth Co
Business Mirror
Meinhard & Company, Inc
Fourth Ave
Southern Rep
von D. Oehmig
Columbus
Housepower
S. Main ST
Loity
Duke Power Company
Charlotte, N. C
Wright
Dean
Mble
Eulghandon
Doan
Wake Forest College
Winston-Salem
Duke Power CO
Greensboro
Dallas
E. Washington St
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