More Efficient Air Force Contract Action Called For
Rep. Hebert urged the Air Force to boost efficiency in defense contract negotiations after auditors found General Motors overstated costs on a 375 million dollar fighter plane contract and kept 17 million dollars in alleged excess profits. GM defended the pricing as fair and reasonable. The Air Force declined to comment.
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Washington
Rep
Hebert
D-La
Air Force
Armed Services
General Motors Corp
S.iebert
Joseph Campbell
Congress
Detroit
General Motors
Kansas City
Threatening Letters Sent Over School Integration in Raleigh
The Raleigh School Board and a Negro parent, Joseph Holt, received veiled threat letters signed by the Executive Committee, Wake County Patriots of North Carolina. The letters urged rejecting Negro admission to Broughton High and warned against desegregation, copies sent to two newspapers. The board will decide Holt’s transfer request Aug. 6. it is the only Negro application for 1957-58.
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Raleigh
Raleigh School Board
White Broughton High School
Wake County Patriots
North Carolina
Joseph Holt
Ligon
Broughton High School
Wake Executive Committee
Flowers Tax Trial Progresses
RALEIGH The tax evasion trial of J. Percy Flowers may reach a jury on Thursday. Dist Atto Julian Gaskill said the government neared the end of its evidence and hoped to begin its summary. Flowers and his wife allegedly evaded 18060 in income tax. evidence discussed net worth, and invoices for delivering 40000 pounds sugar and 130 gross fruit jars in November 1949. A former wholesale grocer testified payments of 3689 by check. He also paid 1500 in lawyers fees in 1950. A previous jury found Flowers innocent. Conviction could bring up to five years and a 10000 fine per count.
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Raleigh
J. Percy Flowers
Dist
Julian Gaskill
Johnston County
Flowers
J. T. Hobby Jr
Postal Pay Raise Veto Expected by Opponents
House members from both parties predict a presidential veto of a 318 million dollar postal workers pay raise if the Senate approves. The measure would grant about 518000 workers a 546 dollar yearly increase, roughly 12 percent, while President Eisenhower opposes general federal pay hikes to curb inflation.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Murray
D-Tenn
Post Office Committee
Halleck
Ind
Arends
Grange Leaders In Conference Enter Final Day
Greensboro NC regional Grange leaders enter the final day of two day conference. Twenty five delegates from Carolina Virginia Tennessee and West Virginia gathered under Herschel Newsom national Grange master to discuss membership legislative proposals and national projects for the coming year.
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Greensboro
N.C
Carolinas
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Herschel Newsom
Governor and Budget Commission Fix State Salaries
The Governor and the Advisory Budget Commission set salaries for about 35 to 40 state employees between 5000 and 15000 dollars under a 1957 act. The move shifts positions from Personnel control, creating tension among division heads in the State Auditor's Department and Water Resources Commission.
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Lynn Nisbet Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Department of Personne
General Assembly
Governor and Budget Commission
State Auditor’s Department
Water Resources Commission
C&d
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