Mecklenburg Drops Opposition To Paper Plant
Mecklenburg County commissioners withdraw their earlier resolution to block Bowaters Southern Paper Corp plant near Charlotte. They apologize for the action and say they have no evidence the multimillion dollar project would harm local citizens.
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Mecklenburg
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
South Carolina
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Palmetto State Chamber of Commerce
Bowaters Southern Paper Corp
South Carole
Improvement Proposals To Be Viewed
Greensboro Finance Committee of the State Board of Higher Education meets to review requests for 50 million dollars in permanent improvements by 12 state-supported colleges. First official step of the new board in reviewing budget requests before they go to the Advisory Budget Commission. Past trends show requests will be pared down. aims include classroom and laboratory upgrades and 16 million for dormitories and housing.
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Greensboro
State Board of Higher Education
Advisory Budget Commission
Education Board
Ane
Furniture Plant in Damascus Closes Leaving 300 Jobless
Damascus Virginia faced sudden job loss as Lincoln Industries shut down all operations on June 1. About 300 workers are affected with wages owed to production staff for two weeks and salaried workers for a month, totaling roughly 28000 dollars, while ownership traces shift away from David Shapiro and Ben Spevak to Arthur Johnson and others.
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W. P. Sheffield
Abingdon
United Furniture Workers of America
Lincolns
David Shapiro
Ben Spevak
New York
Mr. Sheffield
Arthur Johnson
Shapiro
Spevak
Lincoln
Garner Keeps Hunting Spirit Despite Sight Decline
Dallas report says former Vice President John Nance Garner plans to hunt with help as he visits Uvalde. State Highway Engineer DeWitt Greer asked if he still hunts, Garner replied his vision limits him but he still drives the truck and lets others hunt.
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Dallas
John Nance Garner
DeWitt Greer
Garner
Uvalde
First North Carolina School Bus Roadeo Winners Named
Alice Faye Pritchett of Greensboro and Robert M. Dunn of Aycock School Orange County were named best girl and boy drivers in the state's first school bus roadeo. Each won a $500 scholarship as awards were presented by Motor Vehicles Commissioner Edward Scheidt.
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Chapel Hill
N.C. i
Alice Faye Pritchett
Greensboro
Robert M. Dunn
Aycock School
Orange County
Roadeo
Edward Scheidt
Snake Battle Ends in a Rattler Kill Near Granville Wake Line
Stag Ballentine, agriculture commissioner, and aide John Reitzel killed a 30 inch rattler after a roadside chase using a Buick and two rocks. The encounter occurred while they discussed crops and North Carolina politics along a road near the Granville Wake county line. Reitzel keeps seven rattlers and a tail button as desk mementos.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Eisenhower Calls Wide Observance of Citizenship Day
President Eisenhower urged a broad observance of September 17 to deepen Americans appreciation of the Constitution and national heritage for all citizens.
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Washington
Eisenhower
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Ed Sullivan
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Mercury
Mercury Phaeton
Elgin American
Phaeton
WFMY/TV
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
Id Belks
Belk
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