Withholding Pushes North Carolina Tax Revenue Higher in February
Revenue Commissioner reports February collections rose to 53.3 million from 42.9 million a year earlier. Major gains stem from withholding and estimated income payments, with income tax at 14.8 million versus 5.0 million last year. Highway fund and gasoline taxes also edged up, aided by better February weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
W. A. Johnson
Sanford
Johnson
General Fund
Highway Fund
Tremendous blast as military plane crashes near Biggs Air Base
A KB50 refueling aircraft from Biggs Air Force Base crashed near the base on a return flight from the Pacific, killing all nine aboard. The wreckage covered a half mile area northeast of the runway. an official inquiry is underway to determine the cause. All victims were Biggs personnel.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Air Force Base
Pacific
Air Force
Biggs
New Mexico-Texas Line
431St
Tactical Air Command
TAC
McClellen Air Force Base
San Francisco
Get Out Vote Drive Prompts Sparse Lazy Lake Council Race
An election March 14 will fill three village council seats in Lazy Lake Florida. Mayor Charles H. Lindfors leads a get out the vote effort targeting the village's 30 registered voters in a community of 31 adults. The lone resident is not listing Florida as a legal residence.
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Lazy Lake
Fla
Charles H. Lindfors
Fort Lauderdale
Florida
Peel Battles For Life In Court
Joseph A. Peel Jr. faces trial in Fort Pierce on charges he masterminded the Chillingworth murders. Jurors sworn as Peel and attorney Carlton Welch deny the allegations, with Peel’s wife expressing confidence in an acquittal. The case centers on a alleged underworld death sentence and a6-year police probe.
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Seph A. Peel Jr
Chillingsworth
West Palm Beach
D. C. Smith
Peel
Carlton Welch
Jacksonville
Welch
C. E. Chillingworth
Marjorie
St. Lucie County
Imogene Peel
Joseph A. Peel Jr
Chillingworth
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Elizabeth Taylor Improves in Pneumonia Struggle in London
Elizabeth Taylor showed slight improvement in her pneumonia battle in a London clinic. Doctors reported anemia requiring blood transfusions and a throat tube to aid breathing, with a long recovery expected and Cleopatra filming in question amid delays.
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Raymond E. Palmer
London
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Carl Heinz Goldman
Hollywood Star
Middleton Price
Cleopatra
Spyros Skouras
20Th Century-Fox
New York
Eddie Fisher
Goldman
Barnet
Hertfordshire
la Genene
Tornado Toll Rise in Midwest Storms Across Several States
A spree of tornadoes in the Midwest killed three people near Stahton Tennessee and injured others while causing extensive property damage. Destructive winds hit Illinois Indiana and Tennessee with housing projects trailers and a theater damaged.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Stahton
Tenn
Gerald Giles
Flerman Randle
Emily
Illinois
Indiana
Litchfield
Jerseyville
Effingham
Chicago
South Side
Kokomo
Peter Lawford Recovering After Severe Nosebleed in Palm Springs
Actor Peter Lawford, brother in law of President Kennedy, is hospitalized in Palm Springs with a severe nosebleed. Hospital spokesmen say he will probably be released in a few days. Lawford, 38, and his wife Patricia had been staying at entertainer Frank Sinatra's home since Saturday.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Peter Lawford
Kennedy
Lawford
Patricia
Frank Sinatra
Japanese Prime Minister Ikeda to visit U S in June talks
Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda will visit Washington in June 1962 for talks with President Kennedy and senior officials. Tokyo sources say China policy will top the agenda and Ikeda may seek U S views on recognizing Red China while exploring potential visits to New York San Francisco Los Angeles and Hawaii.
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U.S
Washington
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Tokyo
China
Ikeda
U. S
Red China
Asia
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hawaii
Adlai Presses Congo Crisis Talks at U N
U S Ambassador Adlai Stevenson met Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah in New York on Congo tensions and planned a later talk with Soviet Andrei Gromyko. Hammarskjold and Nkrumah aim to keep Congo African controlled, with U N actions and discussions at the General Assembly resuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Ste
Venson
New York
Waldorf Towers
Nkrumah
UN General Assembly
Adlai
Gromyko
N.Y
Adlai Stevenson
Congo
Andrei Gromyko
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Mpus
Security Council
Matadi
Banana
Hammarskjold
Kitona
Dag Hammarshjold
U. N
Stevenson
United States
Nkrum
Kennedy Measures Taken Up
Washington AP Kennedy plans a farm message Tuesday and a housing message Thursday as Senate action looms on a $394 million unemployment relief bill. Senate Finance Committee to hear a House passed bill extending benefits for jobless claimants who have exhausted payments. Mansfield expects substantial approval this week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate Finance Committee
Mansfield
Congress
UN forces withdraw from Matadi after 24 hours of fighting
U N soldiers abandon the Congo port of Matadi after a 24 hour battle with Congolese forces. Two Sudanese are dead, thirteen wounded, twelve missing, and a Canadian signal captain is missing with grave safety fears. The port’s loss endangers U N supply operations and negotiations resume with the Congolese government.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U. N
Matadi
United Nations
Congo River
Boma
U.N
Ottawa
State Tax Battle Looms as Sanford Pushes School Plan
Gov. Sanford plans to urge new revenue to fund a 106 million dollar school improvement program and faces opposition from brokers of tax hikes as the General Assembly debates tobacco taxes and sales tax boosts. House leadership foresees a fight while sessions also consider ratifying the 23rd Amendment giving DC residents presidential voting rights. Claude Hamrick to replace the late Rep. Gobble in Forsyth County.
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Raleigh
Sanford
General Assembly
J. Shelton Wicker
Lee County
Wicker
House Finance Committee
B. C. Mangum
North Carolina Farm Bureau
North Carolina Merchants Association
House
North Carolina
U.S
District of Columbia
Claude M. Hamrick
Winston Salem
Fleetus L. Gobble
Chile Reds Win Seats In Senate
Communists won their first Senate seats in 14 years as partial returns showed President Alessandri's coalition leading in Chile's congressional race. About 1.8 million voters were eligible. 780,000 had voted in 1957. One election death occurred in Codegua, and volcanic ash fell at Osorno during balloting.
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Santiago
Chile
Pune
Jorge Dri
Alessandri
Chamber of Deputies
Codegua
Heel policy battle ends with low heel compromise
Judith Elwell returns to the Norwich Department of Public Utilities in low heel shoes after a doctors note, following a dispute over a ban on certain footwear. The City Pension Board upholds manager Philip White’s no-sloppiness rule while allowing flats with medical approval.
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Norwich, Conn
Judith Elwell
Department of Public Utilities
Philip L. White
Mrs. Elwell
City Pension Board
Elwell
Bus事故致18人受伤波及 Bay City 学校
Bay City消息，一辆载有50名高中生的校车在雨天路滑中驶出公路坠入12英尺深沟渠，造成18人受伤，其中4人伤势严重需送医院治疗。其他学生继续上学。校车由郊区门格驶往 Bay City Central 与 St. James 天主教高中，司机右转时车轮打滑导致事故。
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Munger
Bay City Central
St. James Roman Catholic High Schools
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Ben Funk
Fort Pierce, Fla
Boyd A
Lucky) Holzapfel
George
Bobby) Lincoln
J. R. Novell
Salinger
Oly
U.N. Command
Gabon
Rep
Angola
J. William Copeland
Murfreesboro
Hamrick
Forsyth County
Democratic Executive Committee
Gobble
Reds
Frank N. Manitzas
Osorno
Puyeshue
Bay City
Mich
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