Crissman Proposes Tax Break on Home Sale Profits
Rep. Walter Crissman of Guilford County introduced a General Assembly bill to exempt profits from home sales from state tax if used to buy another home in the same year. He cites a $6,000 purchase and $10,000 resale example and notes federal law already allows the non taxability. The bill, supported by colleagues from two counties, was sent to the finance committee and faces opposition.
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Walter Crissman
Guilford County
General Assembly
Crissman
High Point
Assembly
Welfare Board Seeks Quick Fix for Overspending
Guilford County Welfare Department eyes a partial solution as the state introduces a weekly relief application process in Raleigh. County funds used for emergencies rise as 77 percent of 43 440 dollars in general relief is already spent with six months gone.
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Guilford
Pause and Relax, Says Noted Pastor Dr Julian Lake
Dr Julian Lake of the First Presbyterian Church Winston-Salem urged Men of the Church to pause and relax to ease emotional and physical stress. He explained the heart can work hard by relaxing between beats and urged listeners to turn loose for a firmer grip. Introduced by Dr Roy Watts with Henry V Koonts presiding.
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Julian Lake
First Presbyterian Church of
Winston-Salem
Church of the First Presbyterian Church
Ial
Roy Watts
Henry V. Koonts
Locals to Participate In Winston Concert
The Winston-Salem Symphony Orchestra led by John Seale will perform a pop concert at Reynolds High School in Winston-Salem on Thursday at 8 15 p m Local High Point ensemble members include Dr Lew Lewis William Raper Jr Minnie Lou Raper Grace Cushman Henry Rohde and Deanna Lewis Soloist is Joan Jacobowsky a Salem College mezzo soprano.
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Winston-Salem
Local Resident Called By Sister’s Illness
Fred Whitescarver has been called to Grafton Mississippi by the critical illness of his sister Grace Whitescarver a patient at Grafton City Hospital. She has been ill for three weeks and doctors see no hope for recovery. Miss Whitescarver is well known in High Point where she often visited at her brother’s home.
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Fred Whitescarver
Grafton
Miss
Grace Whitescarver
Grafton City Hospital
Miss Whitescarver
High Point
Miss Della Simmons Dies In Morganton
Miss Della Simmons former Winston Salem resident and sister of Mrs Ola Simmons Ramirez of High Point died yesterday in a Morganton hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at Vogler Funeral Home chapel at 11 a.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Salem cemetery.
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Winston-Salem
Della Simmons
Ola Simmons Ramirez
High Point
Morganton
Vogler
Salem Cemetery
Tobin Honored as Toastmaster of the Year at High Point
John Tobin, local furniture executive and former club president, named Toastmaster of the Year by the High Point Toastmasters. He is the second past-president to receive the title, following Arch Schoch last year.
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John Tobin
High Point Toastmaster Club
Tobin
Arch Schoch
Permit Issued for Grocery Store on English Street
Building permit issued to M. Stadium to construct a grocery store on English Street with an estimated total cost of 7500 dollars. The project details include location English Street and a new commercial building.
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M. Stadium
English Street
Stock Market List Reflects Wide Range of Industrial Stocks
A New York stock list shows varied results with numerous corporations trading at specific percentages. Notable names include American Tobacco, General Electric, Ford, Coca Cola, General Motors, Westinghouse and Union Carbide among others, with overall implied market activity and an estimated investment note of about $8,000 to create a manufacturing job.
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New York
Magnavox Radio
Adams Express
Missouri Kansas Texas
Admiral Corporation
Montgomery WH Iictimate
Alleghany Co’ation Perp Res
Motorola Radio
Allied Chemical & Dye
Murray Corporation
Allis Chalmers Mfg
Nash Kelvinator
Sssseeeses
American Can Seeengos
National Biscuit
American Car & Fdy
National Cash Register
American Smelt & Ref
National
Ssseseses
American Tel & Teleceedeeesaunes National
New York Central
Ccseseses
Avia
Armour & Coee A
Atchison, Top & SF
Cseeeses
Northern Pacific
Ceseseseesee
Atlantic Coast Lineate
Ohio Oil Company
Secsesssees
Atlantic Refinery
Otis Elevator
Atlas Powder
Pacific Gas & Elec
Baldwin E Lia
Paramount Pictures
Baltimore & Ohio
Eeeseees
Penney J. C. Co
Bendix Aviation
Ccecccseses
Pennsylvania
AR Wesesssesees
Bethlehem Steel
Pepsi Cola
Boeing Airplane
Philco Corporation
Eeeeeeense
Borden Company
Phillips Petroleum
Borg Warner
Remington Rand
Canadian Pacific
Revol Steel
Cannon Mills
Reynolds Tob B
Carolina Power & Lt
Sane
Seaboard al RR Varekcatieiac
J. I
Sears Roebuck
Eeveresreresy
Caterpillar Tractor
Socomy Vac
Coca Cola
Standard
Columbia Gas & Elec
Standard Oil Calif
Standard Oil Ind
Standard Oil N. J
Consolidated Edison
Swift & Company
Continental Ei
Sylvania
Texas Gulf
Textron Corporation
Dow Chemical
Timken Det AX
Dupont de Nemour
Trans & Western Air
Peacees
iEastern Airlines
Trans America
Eastman Kodak
Union Carbide
Electric Auto Lite
Union Pacific
Emerson R&p
United Airlines
Firestone Rubber Sece TL
United Aircraft
Freeport Sulphur
United Corporation
United Pee
United Gas Imp
United States Pipe
United States Rubber
U. S. Smelting & Ref
United States Steel
Eves
Vanadium Corporation
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
Gillette Razor
Glidden Paint
Goodrich Rubber
Goodyear Rubber
Great Northern Ruef
Vick Chemical
Jachel Hudson Motor
Virginia-Care Chemical
Illinois Central
Warner Pictures
Coos
West Maryland
Int
Nickel Can
Western Union
Tel & Tel
Western Electric
Johns Manville
Wilson Packing
Ccsceess
Lorillard & Company
Louisville & Nashville
Mack Trucks Et Eee
Kitten ad in Kalamazoo sparks big response
In Kalamazoo Michigan Louella Warner placed an ad offering a free kitten and five dollars to the three most deserving children. The Want ad drew a crowd as she spent the day interviewing applicants before all kittens found homes.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Louella Warner
Strike Halts A-Bomb Plant Construction in Tennessee
In Oak Ridge, AFL engineers and truck drivers halted work at the $464 million atomic bomb plant addition to the K series facilities. Night and day shifts were affected as miners walked off over drainage pump requirements. AEC officials awaited a full shift return to assess impact.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
AFL
AEC
Maxon Construction Co
Ein
Sagan
Morse Faints After Jaw Operation And Meds
Senator Wayne Morse fainted in a Senate lobby after a two hour speech opposing Charles Wilson for secretary of defense. Dr. George Calver attributed the faint to a jaw operation, two pain pills, and Senate stress, saying Morse soon recovered and returned to vote against Wilson before going home.
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Washington
George W. Calver
Capitol
Wayne L. ‘Morse
Senate
Oregon Independent
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Morse
Amnesia veteran returns home after long wandering in 1919
Napoleon Mayotte, 73, who vanished in September 1919 after an amnesia episode on the way to a Ottawa grocery, is back in Toronto near Sunnybrook Hospital. He explains 34 years away as a befuddled dream and recalls his daughter Eva Laurin, who found him, restoring memory and family reunion. His wife expresses overwhelming joy.
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Ottawa
Napoleon Mayotte
Mayotte
Toronto
Eva Laurin
Sunnybrook
Widespread Flu Outbreaks Moderating In Most Areas
Mid winter influenza outbreaks were moderating nationwide though Georgia remained active with schools closed in several counties and the president and first lady affected by mild colds. Europe reported easing but West Germany still listed influenza related deaths.
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United Press
Eisenhower
Mamie
Georgia
White House
Europe
France
Pius XII
England
Italy
Switzerland
West Germany
America
Louisiana
New Orleans
Missouri
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Indiana
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Tennessee
Florida
Vanishing Americans in New England Harness Shop
Edwin S. Marshall runs one of the region’s last harness shops in Danvers Massachusetts. The 115 year old shop features a pot bellied stove and beamed ceiling as it stands among dwindling craft trades. In a separate note, Japan papers total about 170 titles with a combined 30,000,000 circulation, roughly one copy per 2.7 people.
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Danvers
Mass
Edwin S. Marshall
New England
Marshall
Japan
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Kitten Market
United States
Tobias
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Greensboro
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Kinston
Augusta
Norfolk
Union Bus Station
Broad & Lindsay
F. C. Bonner
Gilliam
Carthage
Turk Chamness
Bonner
Offi
Cers
East Texas
Amness
Grace Flower Shop
N. Wrenn & Howell
Sts
Reid
Doane
Joe
Hes
Warren’s Radio & Television Service
S. Main ST
Wachovia
Venience
Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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