First President Named for North Carolina Wesleyan College
Thomas Asa Collins 37, a NC minister with Methodist credentials, was named the college’s first president as the institution near Rocky Mount moves forward. Trustees praised him as an able executive and forceful speaker while outlining plans for administrative offices lecture rooms classrooms and laboratories to support 2400 students.
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Rocky Mount
N.C
Thomas Asa Collins
North Carolina
North Carolina Wesleyan College
Collins
North Carolina Methodist Conference Board of Missions and Church Extension
Raleigh
L. W. Hill
Recommendations Followed Uniform County Property Tax Plan
Bills to provide uniform assessment of property taxes in North Carolina’s 100 counties were introduced in both houses. One bill would establish a uniform plan while another proposes eight year systematic revaluation. The Senate also moved to hold a joint session to confirm Hodges appointees to the Board of Higher Education. The Work-Release Bill, passed by the House, awaits Senate final action.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Tax Study Commission
Senate
Gov. Hodges
Board of Higher Education
Hodges
Dallas Herring
Rose Hill
Thomas R. Easterling
Rocky Mount
House
Firemen Plan Controlled Burn Of School Building
Los Angeles officials announce a staged fire drill at an old school building next month. Fire experts from across the nation will observe as crews set and extinguish flames to study safety and evacuation procedures.
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Los Angeles
Eisenhower Budgets Face Senate House Budget Clashes
The Senate and House moved to alter the fiscal year 1957 budget, rejecting President Eisenhower's balance plan. The House approved a 297 million dollar four year airport aid program, and the Senate charged 1.375 billion against the new budget for a port program, signaling a tough conference path ahead.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Eisenhower
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
United States
Seennanthe House
Rules Committee
Banking Group
Senate House
Paying Your Income Tax Five Digs Deductions
Editor notes deductions and how to claim them to reduce 1958 income tax. Explains home days sick pay exclusions, dividend credits, and pension refunds. Advises form 1040 versus 1040A handling and points to instruction pages for details.
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Mys
James Marlow Washington
Mae Gales Sree
Henderson Mills Strike Intensifies Amid Picket Clashes
in Henderson North Carolina tensions rose as the Harriet Henderson Cotton Mills strike entered its fourth month. police reported masked pickets and non strikers clashing while two dynamite blasts occurred near a worker’s home. mill officials said talks with the Textile Workers Union of America yielded no settlement as federal involvement intensified.
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Leah
Boyd E. Payton
Carolinas
Direc
Four Killed As Bus Hits Automobile Near St Augustine
A Greyhound bus traveling north in a rainstorm struck a car near St Augustine Florida. Four occupants of the car were killed and eight bus passengers were hospitalized. Names include Sanford D Bodrow of Newark New Jersey and Ernest W Davies aged 22.
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ST. Augustine
Fila
Greyhound
Sanford D. Bodrow
Newark
N.J
Ernest W. Davies
Randall
Jacobson
Eisenhower and Macmillan Meet to Shape Berlin Policy
President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan travel to Camp David for talks with Secretary Dulles at Walter Reed. They plan four daily discussions to forge a unified Allied stance on Berlin and Germany, facing disagreements on timing, summit plans, and German unification.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Berlin
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Selwyn Lloyd
Dulles
Camp David
Maryland
White House
James Hagerty
Walter Reed
Catoctin Mountains
Hower
Christian Herter
Ussr
Ottawa
West Berlin
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
de Gaulle
United States
West Germany
East Germany
Prison Industries Bill Clears House Debate
In Raleigh the House approved a bill to require state agencies to buy from prison industries if quality and price meet standards. The 71 vote followed a lengthy floor debate with opponents worried about competing with private firms. The measure moves to the Senate as supporters frame it as rehabilitation and job training for prisoners.
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Raleigh
House
Student Dies Amid Test Tubes At Redlands
A University of Redlands biochemistry student, Michael Hawks, 18, was found in a coma among test tubes and vials. A toxicologist report may determine if his death last Tuesday was caused by a hallucinogenic drug. Coroner Edward Doyle oversees the case.
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Redlands
Calif
University of
Pleasant Robber Uses Only Note
Charles Roy McCrory 19 admits to robbing Farmers & Merchants Bank in Krum Texas with no weapon after planning to reclaim a repossessed tractor. He handed a note to cashier Ruth Hillard seeking 2000 dollars for two years and obtained 1865 from the glove box before highway patrol arrested him an hour later. He farms with his parents near Boyd in Wise County and faces armed robbery charges that may be amended due to the lack of a gun.
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Krum
Tex
Charles Roy McCrory
Farmers & Merchants State Bank
Texas
McCrory
Claud Hogue
Dallas
Pasapery Bs
Modi
Ruth Hilliard
Boyd
Wise County
R. B. McCrory
Krum Bank
Pilate Faces Crowd Over Christ Condemnation
An account of Pilate presenting Jesus to the crowd and the priests pressing for crucifixion. The crowd shows pity, then the cry To the cross! echoes as Pilate perceives the dilemma of authority and consent. The narrative ends with a note that more follows on page Eleven-A.
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Pilate
Caiphas
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