Legislative Conference Forecast Faces Deadlock Strain
Raleigh March 21 legislative leaders may meet with Governor Scott to resolve a standoff over a biennial 42 million dollar revenue gap. The session also debates rural roads and a 200 million road bond plan plus a one cent gas tax hike as school and state employee pay measures draw mixed support.
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Raleigh
Mar
Scott
Joint Appropriations Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Appropriations
Joint Committee
J. C. Little, Jr
Wake
New Treaty In Hands Of Senate
President Truman seeks full congressional authority to fund Western Europe arms aid under a proposed billion dollar program tied to the North Atlantic treaty. Senate ratification faces a favorable tilt, while a two thirds vote is required to approve the treaty for U S participation.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Capitol
North Atlantic
Senate
State Department
Department
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
America
Associated Press
United States
West
Westerners Split Berlin's Economy Amid Currency Split
Western powers outlawed the Russian East mark in their Berlin sectors splitting the city economy. The east mark ceases to be legal tender in the west while remaining usable for certain closely controlled needs. Rumors of Russian retaliation and a drift of exchange rates followed the move.
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Berlin
Mar
United States
Britain
France
Moscow Publishes Full NATO Treaty Text
Moscow papers publish the full text of the North Atlantic Treaty for Soviet readers and comparatives with communist press comment. Moscow radio broadcasts ensured provincial papers would print it, signaling authorities view the alliance as aggressive and inviting scrutiny by millions.
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Moscow
Russia
Third Death Case Before Governor Scott
Governor Scott weighs a third death case this week. Roy Cockrell, Nash County sharecropper, awaits execution for the shotgun slaying of Mrs Eva Batts Cockrell. The North Carolina Supreme Court upheld Cockrells Nash Superior Court conviction last December.
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Raleigh
Scott
Roy Cockrell
Nash County
Eva Batts Cockrell
Supreme Court
Cockrell
Nash Superior Court
Wise Defends Peace Pledge After Sermon Remark
Rabbi Stephen S Wise defended his claim that the largest Christian church favors war saying he will speak for peace to his last breath. He spoke at a March 21 dinner for his 75th birthday amid Catholic professors denouncing his remark as untrue and calling for unity to avoid sectarian conflict. He promised a written elaboration of his sermon comment and reaffirmed his stance against silence.
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New York
Stephen S. Wise
Catholic Church
Episcopal Church
Ican Jewish Congress
Rabbi Wises
Church Body Sets Meeting For Tonight
EVANSTON NL March 21 North American Protestants meet tonight to discuss why churches failed in an industrial society and what they can do about it The session is the American section of the World Council of Churches the first since Amsterdam A spokesman tied the attack to the disorder of society and the loss of meaning in modern life noting the rise of fate gambling astrology and superstition as signs of the problem
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Evanston
World Council of Churches
Full Council
Amsterdam
Fire destroys garage. man burned to death near Shelby
Shelby reports Hal Mintz age 45 burned to death when a small garage 14 miles southwest of Shelby burned today. Sheriff Hugh Logan said a fire origin investigation is underway to determine how the blaze started.
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Shelby
Hal Mintz
Here
Hugh Logan
Great Day For MacLachlans
Glasgow report notes the first woman MacLachlan chief in 600 years has a son and heir named Fuan. The chief, born from George S. Rome who adopted her name after marriage in 1948, remains clan head and will claim succession for the boy. Jubilation spreads among clansmen.
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Glasgow
Scotland
MacLachlan
George S. Rome
Fuan
Rail wage settlement ends 11 month dispute
Final terms in a 11 month rail wage dispute set a 40 hour week for railroads starting Sept 1, touching 1,000,000 workers. A 7 cent hour wage boost retroactive to Oct 1 and overtime at 1.5x are included. yardmasters keep a six day week with 10 cent raise. Overtime and weekend days shift to limit extra costs.
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Chicago
Trans-Jordan asks Britain for military aid
Trans-Jordan asked Britain for military aid to defend its southern border with Israel. A foreign office spokesman said Britain is studying the request under the 1946 alliance treaty, seeking troops to patrol parts of Trans-Jordan’s southern border amid alleged Israeli incursions.
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London
Mar
Trans-Jordan
Britain
Israel
Trans- Jordans
Federal Rent Control Bill Begins Race Against Time
A modified extension of federal rent controls races through the senate as the current law expires March 31. Senator Maybank cites a 12 to 15 month extension with possible 10 percent rent increases later, while battles loom over six month vs twelve month terms and phased decontrol thresholds. The bill faces house passage, conference, and final approval amid party splits.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Senate
Senator Maybank
D-Sc
Maybank
Senate Banking Committee
Reblican
Cain
Wash
Ricker
Ohio
Senate Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
Streeton waives preliminary hearing in fatal Greensboro case
Charles Streeton Streeton the confessed slayer of 28 year old Carl Davis appeared in municipal court to waive the preliminary hearing for trial in superior court. He was bound over to the May term and likely to be moved to Guilford county jail. Streeton confessed to shooting Davis and demanding $5 000 from his parents via two anonymous calls and a ransom note after leading officers to the body following 18 hours of questioning. He was awaiting trial under a calm plea and without a lawyer.
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Charles Gonzaga Streeton
Carl Davis
Balding Streeton
Charles McAnally
Greensboro
Davis
Streeton
Windy mild weather with thundershowers forecast
The Associated Press notes today’s cloudy warm conditions followed by windy mild weather and thundershowers tomorrow as a low pressure area from Texas moves toward the Carolinas. Temperatures rise with rain. a cold front exited the Atlantic coast. North Carolina readings include Asheville 25, Mt. Mitchell 25, Hickory 82, Raleigh 35, Charlotte 38, Wilmington 41, while South Carolina locations range from Spartanburg 36 to Myrtle Beach 46.
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Texas
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Atlantic Coast
North Carolina
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
Hickory
Rocky Mount
Greensboro
Elizabeth City
Lumberton
Winston-Lak
Raleigh
Charlotte
Hatteras
Cherry Point
New Bern
Wilmington
South Carolina
Spartanburg
Charleston
Columbia
Florence
Greenville
Anderson
Myrtle Beach
Coal Miners and Operators Watch Washington Standoff
Pittsburgh dispatch notes the second week of John L. Lewis led coal miners' shutdown over Boyd nomination. Senate interior committee approved Boyd's nomination, while miners and operators weigh potential continuation or end of the strike as stockpiles hold for weeks and eastern Pennsylvania faces fuel shortages.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
John L. Lewis
Senate
United Mine Workers
Lewis
James Boyd Astor
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Interior
Boy
Boyd
Mississippi
Pennsylvania
Rain and Tornado Arrive With New Season
The nation sees spring arrive with warmer trends except New England and the middle Atlantic states which stay cool. Across the Midwest to the Gulf states temperatures run above normal while North Dakota and the Rockies report light snow. Portland Maine notes temperatures about 10 degrees below normal.
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Chicago
New England
Middle Atlantic
Middlewest
Gulf
North Dakota
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Portland
Governor Kerr Scott withholds formal proclamations
Governor Kerr Scott shows reluctance to issue formal executive proclamations on special occasions, preferring statements endorsing worthy projects such as National Boys Club Week and Wildlife Restoration Week. He reserves proclamations for truly serious matters while debate grows over a proposed hundred million dollar World War II veterans bonus bond issue. veterans favor road, school, health and welfare improvements instead.
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Kerr Scott
Scott
Leroy Scott
Beaufort
ABC
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