Surplus 25 Million for North Carolina School Building Plan
Raleigh AP report details a $25 million surplus funded school building program proposed by Rep. Austin Jones to be apportioned among North Carolina counties by the State Board of Education based on average daily membership. The session also advanced court reform measures, a 50,000 office for supervision, a 16 member commission, and a statewide voter registration bill.
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Raeigh
House
Senate
Ation
Austin Jones
Ashe
State Board of Education
Tive
State Commission
H. J. Hatcher
Burke
North Carolina
Sanford Avoids Public Stands On Key Issues
Gov. Sanford declined to declare positions on highway bonds, state worker pay, and tax relief. He favored studying proposed bills and hinted a decision next week. He supports a rise in the personal income tax deduction for dependents and noted merit pay and working hours as factors in state employee pay reform. He will monitor utility law changes and emphasized protecting the public.
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Raleigh
Sanford
General Assembly
Lond
Merrill Evans
Sen
John Jordan
Wake
Jordan
Legislative Appropriations Committee
General Statutes Commission
State College Name Change Is Approved
The Senate Higher Education Committee unanimously backs renaming North Carolina State College to North Carolina State, the University of North Carolina at Raleigh, as part of a higher education package. Alumni oppose, preferring North Carolina State University. Senator Ralph Scott pushes to end wrangling and move forward.
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Senate Higher Education Committee
North Carolina State College
Ralph Scott
Alamance
North Carolina State
University of North Carolina
State Board of Elections
Senate
Charlotte
Senate Committee
Sen
Cicero Yow
New Hanover
Scott
Yow
Three May Be Dead In Powder Plant Blast
A Trojan Powder Co. plant near Allentown Pennsylvania exploded possibly killing three men and injuring eight. Officials could not be reached for confirmation and workers declined to comment. The building housing the blast was destroyed and the plant covers a wide area with about 400 employees.
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Allentown
Trojan Powder Co
Trojan
American soprano found dead in Rome hotel room
Frances McCann Rodgers 41, famed American soprano, was found shot in her room at the Bernini Bristol Hotel in Rome. Ernst Arthur Boxmann 54, a U.S. citizen of German birth, shot her then wounded himself with the same pistol and later died? police said. The incident occurred Thursday night, with hotel guests unaware until a porter found Boxmann in a corridor and staff notified authorities. Police noted both occupied rooms on the same floor and that McCann was believed to be her impresario? authorities added uncertainty.
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Rome
Frances McCann
Ernest Arthur
Boxmann
U.S
Via Veneto
Mario Luglie
Rome Homicide Bureau
Miss McCann
Frances McCann Rodgers
West End Ave
New York
Italy
Berlin
United States
Dr. Luglie
Civil Rights staffer arrested in Mississippi over segregated bus facilities
Chester F. Relyea assistant general counsel for the Civil Rights Commission was arrested in Greenwood Mississippi for refusing to use segregated facilities at a bus station. He was released after about an hour while investigating voter intimidation shootings and discrimination in the surplus food program.
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Washington
Civil Rights Commission
Greenwood
Miss
Chester F. Relyea
Relyea
Memphis, Tenn
Wilbur Smith
Police Istration
Walter
Gray Dailey
Mississippi Desegregation Complaints Filed With Agencies
General counsel Clyde Ferguson announced formal complaints would be lodged with the Justice Department and the Interstate Commerce Commission. He stated the commission will pursue an end to the unconstitutional and illegal practices still extant in Mississippi.
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Clyde Ferguson
Justice Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi
Cubans Attempt To Crash Into Uruguayan Embassy
Four Cuban refugees in a stolen car tried to crash the Uruguayan Embassy residence in Havana Cuba. Cuban militiamen opened fire killing one and wounding another, with unclear outcomes for the others. The incident strains Uruguay Cuba relations and the refugees on the balcony and roof drew arms. About 250 refugees believed in the compound as tensions flare amid a past Dec incident.
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Havana
Asylees
Cubanacan
Uruguay
Hosiery-Making Machinery Plant to Open in High Point
Selection of High Point as the center of hosiery making machinery manufacturing for Singer Fidelity announced by Ted Toole president of the firm. About 300 workers to be hired by year end with 35 to 40 specialists from Philadelphia. A 15 acre site will host a new plant to cover 86 000 square feet initially with payroll of 2.7 million. by 1967 plans call for 300 000 square feet and payroll of 3.16 million. Executives to move July 1 with offices transferred to the former Alderman Studio facilities.
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High Point
Singer-Fidelity, Inc
Philadelphia
Ted Toole
Singer Manufacturing Company
Alderman
N. Hamilton Street
Toole
Alderman’s
Paul Haas
George Pearcey
Snew
Chamber of Commerce
Publishers Offer Opposed by Daily News Unit
New York AP Officers of the AFL CIO New York Newspaper Guilds Daily News unit voted 47 to 3 to reject publishers offer aimed at ending a 98 day newspaper shutdown. Publishers of eight major papers hope to resume next Tuesday. a united return hinges on Guild agreement.
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NEW York
Daily News
Aflcio
New York Newspaper Guild
Thomas J. Murphy
Guild
Amory H. Bradford
Bradford
The
New York Times
Robert F. Wagner
Central American leaders meet in Costa Rica to counter Castro
A high level meeting opens in San Jose with Central American presidents to discuss unity against Fidel Castro's influence. Moscow broadcasts call the conference a plot while Costa Rican Communists warn against provocations and pledge responsibility for any violence. Leaders plan talks on economic cooperation and the Central American common market with U S support anticipated.
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Communist World
Kennedy
San Jose
Costa Rica
Fidel Castro
Communist Party
Manuel Mora Valverde
Moscow
Ameriy
Ica
Cuba
Peoples of of Nations
Central America
Daniel Oduber
Latining
America
Ple
United States
Honduras
el Salvador
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Panama
U.S
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State College
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Calif
Uruguayan
Prensa Latina
Red World
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