Seal Harvest Declines as Fleet Shrinks from Newfoundland
A century ago 400 vessels with 13 000 men sailed from Newfoundland to hunt seals. This season only three Newfoundland seal vessels sailed.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1957
Page
3
A century ago 400 vessels with 13 000 men sailed from Newfoundland to hunt seals. This season only three Newfoundland seal vessels sailed.
In Raleigh the State Board of Education prepared to present its case for higher teacher salaries to the Legislature’s Joint Appropriations Committee. The hearing follows a meeting on budget recommendations for next two fiscal years as the education fight over pay continues.
Winston-Salem New York engineer Joseph P. Shotland asks a temporary court injunction to halt Bowman Gray School of Medicine Wake Forest College and the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation from all research on his theory that juvenile delinquency stems from bodily imbalance. He alleges the foundation promised funds for a first phase test and that he was hired to direct it but later removed, staying on as a consultant only. The plan, titled the Shetland shoes and glasses theory, would cost about 15 million dollars for the initial phase testing if approved.
Sen. W. Kerr Scott denounced court driven race disputes as “worthless” if they destroy goodwill. He criticized civil rights bills and urged better white and Negro cooperation in Person County where residents received a rural progress award. Scott recalled appointing Raleigh Dr. Harold L. Trigg to the State Board of Education.
Raleigh state officials discuss a program to train mentally handicapped children with uniform state standards. Proposals shift responsibility to the state superintendent and seek funding via an appropriations bill. A Kannapolis committeeman warns of initial costs up to a million dollars and two million in the second year.
Raleigh lawmakers consider creating a Personal Loan Agency to license small loan offices. Rep. Tom White of Lenoir County says firms must hold at least 15,000 in assets to qualify, with a 300 ceiling on certain small loans. The plan would appoint a governing board including the state treasurer and two governor appointees.
The 11th annual North Carolina Safety School in Winston-Salem moves into its second day with a focus on training for small and large fleets. About 50 trucking industry supervisors attended lectures on selecting good drivers with speakers from Gastonia, Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Burlington. Tomorrow sessions shift to manufacturing and utility industries.
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