Legislative Fireworks Seen In State Assembly
North Carolina lawmakers head into the second half of the 1953 General Assembly with a high chance of fireworks. A public hearing on the statewide liquor referendum is set as House leaders struggle over timetables. Governor Umstead’s budget and proposed bond issues dominate debate, with tax questions and a second veterans bonus under study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
General Assembly
House Committee On
Adam J. Whitley
Johnston
House
Enn
E. T. Bost Jr
H. M. Moore
Clay County
Cce&t
Whitley
Assembly
William B. Umstead
Desares
Tom Allen
General Motors Offers Workers Pay Raise
General Motors proposed raising base wages by 14 cents an hour to shield 385,000 workers from cost of living declines. The offer would not change current pay yet, and the CIO UAW chief Walter Reuther deemed it inadequate, seeking 20 of 25 cents added to base with five cents as a floating adjuster.
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Detroit
General Motors
U.S
CIO
United Auto Workers
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Reuther
Bureaup Rane
Bell Weather
Teacher Kills Man At Play Rehearsal
Sundown Texas February 28 UP Jack Killingsworth 36 confessed to killing Richard McChristian 37 during a play rehearsal. He said the victim raped his wife and fired 12 rifle shots into McChristian. Killingsworth charged with murder bond set at 2500 but unpaid and jail.
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Sundown
Tex
Jack Killingsworth
Killingsworth
Richard McChristian
Weir Clem
McChristial
Clem
Russell Urges Unity in Democratic Party Across South
Sen. Russell D Ga says self styled liberals threaten Democratic gains in 1954 if they push the South out of the party. He warns extremists seeking to mold the party have driven Southern Democrats away and could yield a disastrous defeat next year. He praises Stevenson and Sparkman while denouncing those who ally with outside groups.
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Raleigh
N. C
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Democratic Party
South
Kisawake
Jefferson. Jackson
North Carolina
Democratic National Committee
Committee
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
John Sparkman
Alabama
North
Congress
Americans For Democratic Action
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Kidnapped Expectant Mother Returns After Night Of Abduction
Three men were charged with kidnapping Mrs. William W. Pelham 19 after she was taken on a night ride and left near West Blocton. Pelham, husband of the abducted woman, said no sexual assault occurred during the eight hour trip. The group toured taverns and at one point attempted to coerce a date with Mrs. Pelham.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Birmingham
William W. Pelham
West Blocton
Pelham
John Corley
Bessemer
Corley
K. C. Boyd
Cedar Cove
Giles
Boyd
Woods
Toet
Ward
Pelhams
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MILLS
Thomasville
Larry Hansen
Winston Salem
J. B. Vorcannon
R. K
Stewart and Son Construction Co
High Point
Garrell Stinson
Winston-Salem
O. R. Hodgin
Glenn Pennington
Thomasoni
Marie Grant
Guilford
G. W. Swinney
Glen Hope Baptist Church
Burlington, N. C
Albertson Road Baptist Church
Peningscription Specialists
Sam
Koonts-Mcghee Drug CO
S. Main ST
Postoffice
N. Wrenn
Leonard Cleaners
Hone
RCA Victor
Teletronix
Deagaville
Home Owned and Operated
Eletronix
Bill Bivins
Main ST
Greensboro
S. Greene ST
Northern
Australia
Door Buster
Rayon Crepe
Rib Rep Rayon
Slub Rep Rayon
Penney
Rondo
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