Navy backs North Carolina battleship memorial move
Adm Arleigh Burke endorses turning the USS North Carolina into a war memorial near Wilmington. Gov. Sanford says about 200000 of 250000 needed has been raised, with plans to remove the ship from Bayonne and dock it on Cape Fear River. A Naval spokesman cites one to two weeks for prep and travel, aiming for a pre hurricane season arrival.
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Washington
North Carolina
Sanford
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Tar Heel
Cape Fear
Navy
Adm
Burke
United States
Pentagon
Henry Hall Wilson
Kennedy
Hugh D. Morton
U.S. North Carolina
State Bank Commission fills three of nine posts
Gov. Sanford appointed J C Buddy Johnson of Mayodan Howard M Browning of Charlotte and Manly Wright of Asheville to the State Banking Commission leaving one seat open on the nine member policy board for regulating banks and small loan companies.
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Raleigh
Gov. Sanford
State Banking Commission
J. C
Buddy) Johnson
Mayodan
Howard M. Browning
Charlotte
Manly Wright
Asheville
Charles M. Johnson
John van Lindley
Greensboro
Sanford
Policy Board
Ramey Kemp
Mocksville
State Board of Chiropractic Examiners
Archie R. Davis
Durham
State Board of Architecture
Johnson
Bank of Mayodan
Browning
Georgia
Wright
Prison Work Release Plan Saves Money
Raleigh AP report notes the work release program lets prisoners stay employed while serving time. Prisoners on work release earned 135 580 dollars with 45 051 dollars paid to dependents, reducing welfare needs and covering upkeep while building release savings. Randall argues benefits include reduced stigma and maintained financial responsibility, citing 1961 law enabling wider use.
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Raleigh
George Randall
Randall
General Assembly
Charlotte Gas Price Dips To 13.9 For Regular
Major oil firms trimmed margins on service station sales as Charlotte area regular gasoline fell to 13.9 cents a gallon. Station operators complain of low margins and rising costs while about 60 retailers have gone out of business since January 1 due to the price war led by Sun Oil Co.
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Charlotte
N. C
Herbert B Leith
North Carolina Service Station Association
Leith
Oil Company
Sun Oil Co
Jeering crowd greets first Freedom Riders in Little Rock
A crowd of about 300 white persons taunted five Freedom Riders in Little Rock Arkansas as they arrived at the Midwest Trailways Bus station. Police arrested two Black and two white individuals for refusing to leave the white waiting area while a Black rider was detained briefly and released. The four charged face up to 500 dollars or six months in jail under a 1959 law tested by the Arkansas Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Freedom Riders
Little Rock
Ark
St. Louis
Midwest Trailways
Arkansas Supreme Court
Jackson
Miss
Wolfsohn Washington attorney and Truman aide dies
Joel David Wolfsohn 60 of Washington D C was an attorney and former assistant secretary of the interior under President Harry S Truman. He died Sunday from a heart attack in Gary Indiana.
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Gary, Ind
Joel David Wolfsohn
Washington, D.C
Interior
Harry S. Truman
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