State departments seek nearly half million more than proposed
The Joint Appropriations Committee heard requests totaling about 495000 more than Gov Hodges and the Advisory Budget Commission proposed for 1955 57. Eight departments sought extra general fund and highway fund spending while 11 others would operate on the recommended amounts. The committee plans further hearings next Tuesday as it reviews demands from SBI archives tax research and other agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Hodges
Budget Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
Highway Fund
Ed Scheidt
Biet Commission
Commission
Scheidt
Probation Commission
Paroles Board
State Bueau of Investigation
Local Government Commission
State
Department of Archives and History
Department of Tax Research
SBI
James W. Powell
Appropriations Committee
Joint Finance
Officials Speculate Als May Be In Red Slave Camps
U S officials speculate that about a score of American soldiers and Navy fliers may be in Soviet slave labor camps. The Army says 12 soldiers have been missing from Berlin for years, some possibly in arctic gulags. Eight Navy airmen from a Baltic downing in 1950 may also be there. Verdine’s release raises questions about other captives and possible court martial actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.S
Navy
Kremlin
Arctic
Baltic
John H. Nobile
Detroit
William A. Verdine
Starks
Soba
Moscow
William T. Marchuk
Norristown
Noble
Verdine
West Germany
House Votes to Repeal State Secrecy Law in 1955 Session
The North Carolina House unanimously approved a bill to repeal the 1953 secrecy law after adopting rules allowing committees to hold closed or open sessions by majority vote. The Senate Rules Committee quickly moved a favorable report on a parallel repeal bill, with Sen. Adam J. Whitley among sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
House
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
House Committee
Paul E
B. I. Satterfield
Person
Satterfield
J. A. Speight
Bertie
Adam J. Whitley
Johnston
Sens
Evacuation Talk and School Return in Mixed News
The Boston segment reports Barbara Toby Green urged by Girls Latin headmaster to return to school after her prison family ties. she had asked her father to surrender, which he refused. In Washington, Senator Alexander Smith says Congress may approve President Eisenhower's request for authority to use air and sea power to aid a possible offshore Nationalist evacuation near Formosa amid Chinese tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Barbara
Girls Latin School
Toby
Louis McCoy
Miss Green
Washington
Sen
H. Alexander Smith
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S
Yikiangshan
Tachen
Chiang Kai Shek
Formosa
Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
State Department
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Woman Dies In Burning House
An insurance executive's estranged wife, about 60, died in a fire caused by an explosion and gasoline, found in a Los Angeles home. Police suspect self harm, with gasoline cans and matches located near the body in a hall closet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Furnae
Yetta Weisstein
M. A. Stephenson
L. B. Seigel
Loyalists Reported In Gains In Costa Rica War
Costa Rican general staff says rebels captured La Cruz and Puerto Soley are now trapped by Loyalist forces closing from north and south. Inter-American Peace Commission patrols the 18 mile buffer zone as talks continue between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Costa Rica
la Cruz
Puerto Soley
Pacific
Nicaragua
Inter - American Peace Commission
Frank Marshall
Marshall
Ghway
Commission
The
Organization of American States
Jose Figueres
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
United States
Editor In Plea For Better Coverage Of Desegregation
C A McKnight editor of the Charlotte News urged broader desegregation coverage during a midwinter Newspaper Institute panel in Chapel Hill. He cited the need to report all dimensions including school redistricting and teacher supply while stressing the public deserves informed interpretation of events. Senator Sam J. Ervin condemned unjustified suppression of news by officials amid Raleigh talks on closed legislative sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N.C
C. A. McKnight
The
Charlotte News
McKnight
Midwinter Newspaper Institute
William F. Bailey
Southern Education Reporting Service of
Nashville, Tenn
South
Supreme Court
Sen
Sam J. Ervin
D-Nc
Ervin
Raleigh
House of Representatives
House
America
State Supreme Court
Morganton
Lower Food Prices Cut U.S. Living Costs in 1954
Government data show December prices lowered living costs to the lowest level since May 1953. Substantially lower eggs pork chops and poultry drove the December decline with the Labor Department index at 114.3 of the 1947-49 base, about one percent below October 1953 peak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Committee Talks With Convicts End Prison Rebellion Effort
A seven man committee including two editors and prison officials conferred with four rebel convicts at Massachusetts State Prison Boston to secure release of hostage guards and others. The group plans another meeting as efforts to end a four day uprising continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Bar Assn
Massachusetts State Prison
Fort
Sumner H. Babcock
John J. Grant
The
Pilot
Archdiocesan
Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Monitor
Edward Hartigan
Kellett
Samuel Merlin
Patrick McDonough
Canham
Purchasing Agents Convene Regional Meeting in North Carolina
About 40 leaders of the Carolinas-Virginia Purchasing Agents Assn. met at the Sedgefield Inn near Greensboro to plan activities. The gathering includes advisory and executive committees with eight other committees represented and continues through tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
L. B. Whitehouse Jr
Morton Manufacturing Co
Lynchburg
Paisley Boney
J. P. Stevens & Co
Greensboro
J. Blake Boyd
Sonoco Products Co
Hartsville
D.C
Jack T. Holt
Erwin Mills, Inc
West Durham
High School Cheerleaders Break Sonic Barrier Claim
The remark credits cheerleaders with pioneering sonic barrier feats years before jet planes, a claim noted with curiosity and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onne
Red China offers relative visits to U.S. prisoners
The Red Chinese announce they will provide facilities for relatives to visit 17 American detainees, including aviators convicted of spy charges, with arrangements to be made by the Red Cross. The U.S. government has not granted travel visas or diplomatic recognition, and officials noted protection limits for families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Carpe
United Nations
N.Y
Red Red
China
United States
Peiping
Chou En-lai
Dag Hammarskjold
People’s Republic of China
Red Cross Society of China
U.S
Hammarskjold
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Dulles
Washington
Assur
Yikiangshan Guerrillas Wiped Out
Formosa reports 720 Nationalist guerrillas on Yikiangshan Island wiped out to the last man after a night of heavy bombardment and amphibious assault. Peiping and Tokyo broadcasts claim victory with hundreds killed and captures described, highlighting the island action in the Taiwan Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipeh
Formosa
China
Yikiangshan
Tachen Islands
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Russia
Peiping
Tokyo
Taiwan
Red China
Tounmen
Tienao
Cat Frozen To Ground In Cold Night Rescue At Sewage Works
Fluffy a two year old cat was found frozen to the ground outside a mouse hole after a bitterly cold night in Walsall England Workmen at the sewage works thawed him free with a tea flask and warm care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walsall
England
Fluffy
Scales Admits Lying In Forsyth County Slayings
Richard Scales confessed to lying about Law Gaston’s involvement in the knife slayings of Mrs. Bertha Cook and her daughter Betty in Greensboro. Gaston, 26, denied any connection and was released after deputies found no corroborating evidence. Barbara Jean Cook identified Scales from photos, while Betty’s sister testified against Scales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Richard Scales
Bertha Cook
Law Gaston
Betty K
Gaston
Scales
Forsyth County
Cook
Forsyth
Gant Street
Barbara Jean Cook
Seales
Movors
Guatemala Uprising Put Down
Guatemalan government arrests at least 100 Communist and Arbenz supporters after suppressing an uprising against anti-Communist President Castillo Armas. Loyal troops hold Guatemala City and key centers with a state of siege in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala City
Castillo Armag
Aurora Air Force Base
Arbenz
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William Verdine
Germany
Everett G. King
West Berlin
Pvt
Vorkuta
Toby’ Green
Mansfield
D-Mont
Tachens
U.S. 7Th Fleet
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