Second Television Station Favored For Greensboro
FCC examiner recommended Tri-Cities Broadcasting Co. receive a channel 8 permit for Greensboro North Carolina ahead of Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co. and High Point Television Co. and Southern Broadcasters Inc. The decision favors ownership by four partners all to devote full-time operation and notes a new competitive mass media entity in the Greensboro High Point Winston Salem area. The ruling is subject to appeal and would take effect 50 days from today's date if unchallenged.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Tri-Cities Broadcasting Co
Greensboro
N.C
Elizabeth C. Smith
Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Co
High Point Television Co
Southern Broadcasters, Inc
High Point
Ralph C. Price
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co
Tri-Cities
Hargrove Bowles Jr
James G. W. MacLamrock
Robert Hamilton Nutt
Jefferson and
Southern
Salem
Examiner
Examiner Smith
Jefferson Standard
North Carolina
South Carolina
Southern Broadcasting
Puerto Rico
Thomasville
Burlington
Tri - Cities
Jefferson
Africans Press for Immediate Congo Debate at U N
At the United Nations in New York African delegates urged immediate debate on the Congo crisis. They argued delaying the discussion would stall the Assembly while major powers haggle over the agenda. Ghana and others seek a vote early next week with Yugoslavia reportedly backing the move.
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United Nations
N.Y
U. N General Assembly
Congo
Assembly
Ghana
Yugoslavia
Koca Popovic
Kwame Nkrumah
U.N
Navy Bomber Found No Trace Of Crew In Lake George
A P2V patrol bomber crashed during a night anti submarine drill five miles west of Seville Florida. The wreck was found in 10 to 15 feet of water in the Lake George practice range. Eight crewmen aboard the aircraft were missing.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Lake George
Boldt
Navy
Seville
Special Judges Get Approval In 1961 Session
Raleigh AP The General Assembly approved a bill backed by Gov. Sanford to appoint four more special Superior Court judges bringing total to eight. The measure also lets Sanford seek beer and wine sales and ABC store openings in Sanford via separate voter referenda between March 25 and April 15 with 15 percent petition. Rep Shelton Wicker led the liquor bill. Rep A A Zollicoffer cited clogged dockets with thousands of cases in Mecklenburg Guilford and Cumberland. The House sent to the Senate a nine member commission study on how local boards of education are named amid debates on education authority and racial integration. Bills advancing state government reforms were introduced as sessions closed.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Sanford
Shelton Wicker
Lee
ABC
Rep
A. A. Zollicoffer
Vance
House
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Cumberland
Senate
PB. I
Satterfield
Person
Roger Kiser
Scotland
Gov. Sanford
Commission On
Smith Hired as $250 Weekly Consultant by Development Loan Fund
Stephen E. Smith age 33 hired as a $250-a-week consultant by the Development Loan Fund. He is the brother in law of President Kennedy and married to Kennedy's sister Jean. AP Wirephoto.
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The
New York Herald Tribune
Washington Dispatch
Stephen E. Smith
Smith
Kennedy
Jean
Lawmakers Propose Raising North Carolina House Seats
Raleigh AP Roy Coates of Johnston and Frank Wooten of Pitt unveiled a plan to raise the State House from 120 to 150 members with automatic reapportionment. The plan details how many seats each county would gain or keep, and would require a three fifths vote in both houses and voter approval to take effect. Both sponsors stand to lose seats under the current formula.
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Raleigh
Roy Coates
Johnston
Frank Wooten
Pitt
State House of Representatives
Coates
Wooten
Mecklenburg
Guilford
Wake
Forsyth
Buncombe
Cumberland
Gaston
Durham
Cleveland
Catawba
Iredell
Davidson
Rowan
Cabarrus
Rockingham
Randolph
Alamance
Robeson Johnston
Nash
Wilson
Wayne
Lenoir
Craven
Onslow
New Hanover
General Assembly
Pitt and Johnston
Kennedy Urges Khrushchev to Cooperate in Laos
President Kennedy urged Premier Khrushchev to help make Laos completely neutral to prevent a larger East West clash. He asked Khrushchev to halt Soviet arms to the pro Communist rebels before a Western counterbuildup under Boun Oum. The approach would involve mutual screening by a neutral commission. Thompson conveyed the request after a four hour meeting in Novosibirsk.
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Kennedy
Khrushchev
Laos
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Boun Oum
U. S
Llewellyn Thompson
Novosibirsk
Indian Mother And Six Children Die In Farmhouse Fire
An Indian mother Mamie Brooks 34 and her six children Rosie Mae 8 Lena Mae 6 Joyce 5 McLellan Brooks Jr. 5 Helen 3 Kathleen 19 months died in a fire at a small frame rental near Fairmont North Carolina. Father Tobby McLellan Brooks 34 was away watching TV when flames overtook the dwelling. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors sheltered nearby. Funeral services were planned at New Bethel Methodist Church.
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Fairmont
N.C
Mamie Brooks
Rosie Mae
Lena Mae
Joyce
McLellan Brooks Jr
Helen
Kathleen
Leroy Freeman
Tobby) McLellan Brooks
Brooks
Cotton Oxendine
Funeral Home
New Bethel Methodist Church
Income Tax Cutting Plan Explained At Textile Symposium
Rep. A B Herlong and Rep. Howard H Baker outlined a joint bill to reform federal income taxes. They propose a five year gradual rate reduction from 91 to 47 percent top rate and 20 to 15 percent bottom rate to boost business expansion and family income without deficit spending. Baker urged country of origin labeling on imports while noting quotas as a real solution. The two day Tax Symposium covered 1961 tax legislation IRS rules pensions and profit sharing plans.
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Herlong
Baker
Internal Revenue Service
Dinner for HST sparks nostalgia and bipartisan praise
Former President Harry S. Truman marked his anniversary at a Washington dinner that drew Kennedy faces and lawmakers from both parties. Kennedy promised to attend a May 27 fund raiser while Bailey noted a 2.8 million dollar party deficit. Truman pledged to work for Oscee and to speak in Washington May 27, as executives and guests toasted the Truman era at Independence mural ceremonies anticipated April 15.
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Ernest B. Vaccaro
Washington
Harry S. Truman
Kennedy
Senate War Investigating Committee
Truman
Charles Patrick Clark
Oscee
Robert F. Kennedy
Independence
Lyndon B. Johnson
Earl Warren
Sam Rayburn
John M. Bailey
Truman Kennedy
Thomas H. Benton
Henry A. Wallace
Sen
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Senate
GOP
Bridges
Warren
Girl Locked In Room Seven Years Except School Hours
Elaine Kensinger was confined to a 10 by 12 foot room with a nailed shut bathroom door and a coffee can toilet, for seven years except during school hours. Her parents Elmer and Mrs Kensinger are jailed on child neglect and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. siblings Mary, Frank, and Robert were placed in Juvenile Hall.
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Santa Cruz
Calif
Elaine Kensinger
Elmer J. Kensinger
Elaine
Mary
Frank
Robert
Santa Cruz County
Sue Curtis
Kensinger
Curtis
Elsine
Congo Rebels Release Kivu Leaders in Stanleyville Jail
U N says 11 captured Kivu leaders, including former president Jean Miroho, were freed from a Stanleyville jail after rebel gains. The UN noted no confirmation on Gizenga depose reports as negotiations continue over U N troop return to Banana and Matadi ports and possible joint air traffic control.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Kivu
Stanleyville
United Nations
U.N
Antoine Gizenga
Victor Lundula
Jean Foster Manzikala
Oriental Province
Patrice Lumumba
Stanley ‘Ville
Lumumba
Katanga
Manzikala
Gizenga
Jean Miroho
Miroho
Oriental
Bukavu
Banana
Matadi
Sean McKeown
U. N
VU. N
Bills push reorganization measures in North Carolina
In Raleigh brief sessions, lawmakers introduced bills from the Study Commission on Reorganization of State Government. Sen. Claude Currie proposed staggered terms for State Ports Authority members and state publication rules. Rep. E. M. Hicks urged a heritage square and a State Capital Planning Commission.
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Claude Currie
Durham
State Ports Authority
Department of Administration
State Library
Department of Archives and History
Museum of Art
Museum of Natural History
State Capital Planning Commission
Raleigh
House
Senate
Reorganization Commission
Currie
Scientists Drill Into Inner Earth Space Mission
Scientists push into inner space with Operation Moho off Southern California aiming to reach the mantle. Drilling from a ship, 3,000 feet of pipe holes into sediment as cores from the ocean bottom may reveal Earth's early surface and the life-origin clues.
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San Diego
Calif
California
North America
The
National Science Foundation
Pressure heavy in Legislature in Missouri House
In Jefferson City Missouri lawmakers face mounting scrutiny as a bill introduced in the Missouri House of Representatives is described with a curious detail a string of eight paper dolls cut from newspapers still tucked between its pages.
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Jefferson City
Missouri House of Representatives
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Hunt
Christine Sanderson
Lumberton
Hoke Smith
Rowland
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Predatt Funeral Home
HST
Ter Eet
Study Commission
State Senate
Leonard W. Lloyd
Graham
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