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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1957
Page
1
A bill proposes reforms to campaign funding with a total of 12 million dollars in 198. It aims to divide the 62 million prior total roughly in half for national and state local committees. It seeks limits on primary and general election spending and caps contributions at 1000 dollars per year.
Senator Kennedy and four Democratic colleagues oppose stripping the resolution of presidential authority to spend aid funds. He says defeat would embarrass President Eisenhower during a crisis and dismay friendly nations in the area. The group contends the plan would delay emergency assistance.
Waugh outlined a five step plan at the Chicago World Trade Conference to facilitate U.S. goods sales overseas. The program would involve a bank backed financing scheme with credit limits under 50 000, two required buyer documents, and assurances that the plan serves banking needs rather than signaling changes in policy toward the Soviet bloc or Red China. He noted tension with certain allies over agricultural policy and urged policy alignment in the Far East.
Israel appears before the General Assembly to describe troop withdrawals from the Gulf of Aqaba coast and the Gaza Strip. The move faces strong Arab opposition and follows outreach by the United States and Israel to numerous governments seeking broad support for a new status for the strip.
Reporters are summoned in a bribe case centered in Conroe as investigators pursue leads and potential witnesses. Details remain scarce as courts prepare to hear the matter and regional officials weigh next steps.
Nixon arrived in Morocco to a 200000 person welcome as part of a goodwill tour of eight African nations. He rode a 10 mile parade route from the airport with King Hassan then began a rapid handshaking campaign. The visit included a palace stop and a series of receptions and luncheons as Moroccans urged immediate aid and long term economic help from the United States.
The Cape Fear near Elizabethtown rose to almost five feet above flood stage with depths near 25 feet and an expected crest around 31 feet. An inch of rain fell in eastern North Carolina since yesterday as the Neuse River reached 16 feet at Neuse and Smithfield, staying near that level for a day.
In three days of hearings the Joint Appropriations Committee considered requests totaling more than 3.25 million dollars above funding. The State Board of Correction and Training urged approval of added facilities for Negro boys, with plans including Morrison Training School expansion and a Wake County training school. Other asks cover dormitories, new school buildings, and staff salaries across several facilities, plus additional funding for the Morrison expansion and biennium support. Also cited were requests from Mer it System Council and Archives and History, among others, as well as bills on highway construction and pay increases for election officials.
Attorneys Hugh G. Grant of Augusta and Leander Perez of New Orleans appear before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee on civil rights with representatives from Arlington women's groups. Yesterday's session concluded with Mrs Beatrice Young as the sole point of agreement noted amid the discussion.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rules Louisiana's school segregation laws unconstitutional and orders New Orleans to desegregate public schools with all deliberate speed. The Orleans Parish School Board had appealed. Judge Elbert Parr Tuttle writes the opinion.
Rep. B. T. Fails Jr. of Cleveland voices concern as the Felony Measure faces debate. The measure carries penalties including a $50 fine or up to two years’ suspension, with confusion over whether teens may be treated as felons.
Raleigh Guilford lawmaker Rep. Thomas Turner proposes a constitutional amendment to use 90 percent of any budget surplus to pay debts or fund permanent improvements. He says surplus creates a scramble for more appropriations and taxes the people beyond needed government operation.
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