Highway Surplus Funds Allocated Across North Carolina Roads
The state plans to distribute surplus highway funds across multiple routes including US-301 US-70 and the Pigeon River road. Allocations total 11.85 million with 10.85 million for primary projects and 1 million for secondary work. Major boosts include US-301 relocation near Rocky Mount and Dunn and a new Cape Fear River bridge in Fayetteville. The Pigeon River route receives a million for survey work and potential early construction. The governor and highway commission expect further allocations after survey dates.
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Tennessee
Charles M
State Board of Elections
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Poole
Nash County
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Cumberland County
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Alamance
Guilford Counties
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Grooma
McDowell County
Old Fort
Crest
Wake County
Durham
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Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
Avery County
Netherlands Votes in Third Postwar General Election
Netherlands voters cast ballots to decide a new 100 member lower house as the socialist cabinet of Premier Will iam Drees resigns, Queen Juliana asks for a caretaker government, and the election is expected to prompt little change in the balance of power.
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Netherlands
William Drees
Juliana
Aneme
Atlantic Treaty Organization
European Army
Scott Addresses Kinston Air Force Graduates
Gov. Scott spoke to the Kinston Air Force Base Basic Pilot Training graduates praising military and civilian aviation as synchronized to build air power. He highlighted North Carolina as a fitting site for the training base, noting the Wright brothers origin in the state and its aviation heritage.
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Kinston
Air Force
Kinsteneke
America
North Carolina
Wright Brothers
Lost Colony Seeks Senators Aid in Tax Case
Atty Gen Harry McMullan urged help from senators via a letter yesterday. He said federal law or tax act changes may be needed to ensure Lost Colony programs such as Unto These Hills and One Lost Colony are not taxed as admissions. Chautauquas are taxed based on nonprofit educational status, and Horn In The West seeks relief as well.
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Harry McMullan
McMullan
North Carolina
Smith Named to Committee on Williams Nomination
Sen Willis Smith of North Carolina joins a Senate Judiciary subcommittee to review the Ashton Williams nomination to the Eastern District seat in South Carolina. The panel meets July 1, with Chairman Pat McCarran and Sen Robert Hendrickson also on board. Williams, a Lake City South Carolina attorney, is Truman’s nominee to succeed retiring Judge J Waites Waring.
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Willis Smith
North Carolina
Senate Judiciary
Ashton Williams
Carolina
Truman
Williams
Lake City
C.wyer
J. Waites Waring
Pat McCarran
Nevada
Robert
New Atomic Plant Planned in Ohio Valley Cost Upward
The Atomic Energy Commission plans a new atomic plant possibly in the Ohio Valley with an estimated cost of 1.197 billion dollars. It proposes to spend an additional one percent of that amount on two existing plants and two more under construction as part of a broader stepped-up atomic weapons program urged by President Truman.
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Atomic Energy Commission
Ohio Valley
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Congress
Ton Rae
Fremont Council Seat Decided by Coin Toss Tie
In Fremont Nebraska Kenneth Kimble won a seat on the city council after a coin toss resolved a 253 253 tie with Republican rival C R Harriss. Mayor Carl Olson presided over the coin toss to break the deadlock.
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Neb
U.P
Kenneth Kimble
Kimble
R. C. Harriss
Republian
Carl Olson
Hill to push GI Bill of Rights for Korean veterans
Acting Senator Hill on the Senate Labor Committee announced a new GI Bill of Rights for Korean veterans. The measure, approved by a Senate committee, proposes monthly education subsidies and tuition payments with different rates for unmarried and dependent veterans. A House version would provide direct checks and tuition coverage, pending a conference to reconcile differences.
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Washington
Sister Hill
D-Ala
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
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Senate House
Senate
House
Gen” Meener Ferguson
R-Mich
Negro to Get Out of Jail Year Early
In Raleigh the parole chief said a prisoner named N Thomas Cler will be released a year before his sentence due to the defendant’s hardship in raising funds. The case involved temporary larceny of a truck leaving the scene of an accident no license and intoxication related charges in Burlington.
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Commissioner of Paroles
N.F. Ransdell
Thomas Cler
300 Educators Meet at Duke in Centennial Conference
About 300 teachers and educators gathered at Duke University in Durham to mark the 100th anniversary of teacher training at the college level in the South east. Dr Theodore C Blegen urged creation of a common framework for subject matter specialization and advanced degrees, calling for expanded roles for education departments and state supervision. The conference closes tomorrow with remarks from Duke officials and the controller.
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Duke University
North Via
University of Minnesota Graduate School
Theodore C. Blegen
State Department of Public
Duke
Oes Gross
C. D. Douglas
Troller
Start Farm Leader Upholds The Co-Operative System
A Greensboro conference featured state farm leader Caldwell praising co operatives as legitimate private entities as American as baseball He argued co operatives pose no threat to ordinary citizens and benefit communities while notes from economists and farm leaders highlighted cooperative promotion across the state
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Greensborow
Caldwell
Columbia, D. C
Bank For Co Operative
den Caparte
Waas
Wadienten
Ridgway Arrives in Heidelberg on Germany Trip
General Matthew B. Ridgway arrived in Heidelberg to inspect American units on a tour toward the West. The Allied commander flew from Baden Baden after visiting crack French divisions under his command and had previously toured the British zone.
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Germany
Matthew B. Ridgway
Baden-Baden
Jack Trainor Heads to Trip With Nickel Loot
Amherst reports Jack Trainor, a World War II veteran, preparing travel today carrying more than nickels. The stranded sentence mentions Switzerland and a curious travel souvenir, reflecting a quirky wartime tale from a local source.
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Mass
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Trainor
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