S C Gets Head Start On Segregation Proposals
Columbia new General Assembly session moves quickly on segregation measures. Proposals seek nulling school integration pending constitutional amendment, create a property study committee, require loyalty oaths for officials and workers, ban mixed seating on intrastate buses, and realign park recreation from forestry to the governor amid a pending federal case. The St Lawrence river drainage area is noted but unrelated.
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Columbia
General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
Communist Party
The
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Assembly
State Forestry Commission
State aid sought as coast storm threatens more homes
Kill Devil Hills Mayor Emily Mustian asked state Civil Defense for help to protect properties along the storm battered coast. Five houses were destroyed and six more were endangered though propped up. Deputy director R C Nicholson passed the request to the State Highway Commission, which ordered highway forces to assist without unduly risking prisoners.
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Raleigh
Emily Mustian
Kill Devil Hills
State Civil Defense Office
R. C. Nicholson
Nicholson
State Highway Commission
N C Jails Improve Says Welfare Chief
North Carolina Welfare Commissioner Ellen Winston said jails are getting progressively better as counties raise funds for construction upkeep and meals. She noted ongoing budget pressures and salary scale issues hamper welfare and county efforts to improve conditions.
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Raleigh
Ellen Winston
North Carolina
Winston
Council of State Meets in Raleigh Auction of Farm Land
Senate President Luther E. Earnhardt presides in Gov Hodges absence as the Council of State approves the sale of the old McQuiller test farm property near Raleigh. The land was auctioned in several tracts and brought $120000.
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Raleigh
Senate
Luther E. Earnhardt
Council of State
Luther Hodges
McQullers
Rail Station Closure Sought. Bus Route Rights Sold
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad asked the Utilities Commission for permission to close Currie station in Pender County. The commission also authorized Hendersonville Bus Co to sell rights over 10 routes in Hendersonville and Henderson County to E. C. Owen, operator of Blue Ridge Lines.
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Raleight
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
the Utilities Commission
Currie
Pender County
Commis
Sion
Hendersonville Bus Co
Hendersonville
Henderson County
E. C. Owenby
Blue Ridge Lines
Bassett Sales Hit 48 Million in 1955
Bassett Furniture Industries reported 1955 gross sales above 50 million with net sales of 48.5 million after discounts and returns. President William Bassett said 1956 should rise, noting cool business but a strong backlog and shipments planned through April and May at Chicago shows and New York High Point markets. The firm also supports a $1 minimum wage, already paid to all employees. A separate Los Angeles UC smog study uses a balloon device to etch meteorological data on smoked glass.
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Chicago
Bassett Furniture Industries
William Bassett
Palmer House
Virginia
Bassett
New York
High Point
Los Angeles
University of California
Campus Trustees to Discuss Swap Plan for Meredith College
Raleigh trustees of a proposed consolidated Presbyterian university will confer with Charles Babcock on his Wake Forest area cam pus swap plan. Babcock offers Meredith College 165 acres at Reynolda Estate and a $1 million cash gift, contingent on Baptists selling the Meredith campus to Presbyterians for about $2 million.
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Raleigh
Consolidated Presbyterian University
Charles Babcock
Babcock
Winston-Salem
Baptist Meredith College
Reynolda
Wake Forest College
Baptists
Meredith
Presbyterians
The
Presbyterian Colle
William H. Neal
Presbyterian Board of Trustees
Meredith Presbyterian
Lloyd Griffin
Neal
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St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Canada
Guar Eaa
W. 4. Rogers Jr
N.C
Bill’s Heating CO
D. Howington
N. C
GMC
Entra Cout
Hydra
Payne Truck Sales, Inc
Greensboro
High Point, N. C
Gibson
Gibson Instruments
Nash
N. Main St
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Dr. Pepper
Curtis
Franks
MRS
Baby Limas
Chase & Sanborn Instant
J. N. Kivett Grocery
J. E. Ward Grocery
Brentwood Grocery
E. Green ST
DIAL
E. Green
Green ST
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