Graham's Surprise Senate Appointment Shocks North Carolina
Governor Scott named Dr. Hank Porter Graham president of the Greater University of North Carolina as the new U S senator replacing the late J M Broughton. Reactions ranged from enthusiastic support to cautious no comment with many praising his liberal record and public service. Senator Hoey called Graham an outstanding educational statesman likely to influence national and international affairs.
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Raleigh
Mar
Scott
Hank Porter Graham
North Carolina
U. S
University of North Carolina
J. M.,. Broughton
Graham
Capus Waynick
Jonathan Daniels
Edwin Pate
Scotland
R. Grady Ee
Gaston
Wilkins P. Horof Pittsboro
Democratic National
Tom Pearsall
Rocky Mount
House
Brandon Hodges
Senate
Larry Moore
Wilson
Wade Barber
Pittsboro
U. S. Senate
Washington
Hoey
America
Senate confirms Boyd to lead federal mine safety
The Senate voted 50 to 11 to confirm Dr. James Boyd as director of the Federal Bureau of Mines, a move seen as conflicting with UMW head John L. Lewis as miners face a threatened work stoppage and coal mine shutdowns east of the Mississippi. The Interior Committee had approved Boyd 10 to 1. The walkout and federal safety policy clash loomed as Congress acted.
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United Mine Workers
Senate
Lewis
James Boyd
Federal Bureau of Mines
Mississippi
Truman
Dr. Boyd
Boyd
Interior Committee
Surprise third reading defeat blocks Currituck gambling bill
In Raleigh on March 23 the North Carolina Senate killed a Currituck county bill legalizing dog racing and pari mutuel betting. The measure failed 24 to 21 on its third reading after a 46 to 0 vote to approve earlier that day, amid bitter House debate and broader gambling proposals in play.
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Raleigh
Senate
Currituck County
Currituck
House
Hardy Talton
Wayne
Lee B. Weathers
Cleveland
Julian R. Allsbrook
North Carolina
Carteret County
Morehead City
Racing Commission
House Committee On
Dare County
Pasquotank
H.B. Perry
Watauga
Dr Graham Named North Carolina's Junior Senator
Gov. W Kerr Scott names Dr Frank P Graham longtime UNC president and civil rights advocate as North Carolina’s next U S senator to replace the late J Melville Broughton. Graham, 62, will take office after certification and faces Republican and Democratic scrutiny over his liberal leanings and civil liberties record. He previously led the Greater University of North Carolina and worked with F D Roosevelt during World War II.
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House
Kerr Craige Ramsay
Graham
H. P. Taylor
U. S
W. Frank Taylor
Wayne
W. Kerr Scott
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
J. Melville Broughton
University
Senate
Congress
Hebert
D.-La
Communist Party
Atomic Energy Commission
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies
Fulton Lewis
AEC
Dr. Graham
Roosevelt
Selling Pressure Against Three Stocks News
Market reports pressure on three stocks dominated trading with American Woolen and Gambel Bros. at 1948 49 lows. Magnavox hit a new bottom for the year but failed to reach the 1948 low. Other declines included VA 5 Steel Goodrich Montgomery Ward Consolidated Natural Gas Westinghouse Union Pacific Standard Oil NJ and United Air Lines. Some gains were seen in Packard U S Rubber J I Case Schenley Jones Dodge Eastman Kodak in Pacific and Texas Co.
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New York
American Woolen
Gimbel Bros
Magnavox
Steel
Goodrich
Montgomery Ward
Consolidated Natural Gas
Westinghouse Electric
Union Pacific
Standard Oil (Nj
United Air Lines
Packard
U. S. Rubber
J. I. Case
Schenley
J One Dodge
Eastman Kodak
Pacific
Texas Co
Ex-convict linked to Baltimore slaying pawned items in High Point
Baltimore police say Aldine Carroll involved in the murder of George Washington Thompson, whose body showed a razor wound. Stolen goods found in High Point included two watches a radio and a knife after tips from Baltimore authorities. Carroll visited High Point after the assault and was captured in Baltimore. Constance Janney alias Constance Dewane is held as a witness.
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Baltimore
High Point
Aldine Carroll
Carroll
Greensboro
Franklin Street
C. C. Stoker
George Washington Thompson
Thompson
Park Avenue
Constance Janney
Constance Dewane
No Charlie Will Not Be President Of Greater UNC
Rumors spread after Dr. Frank P. Graham was named to the U S senate. A caller asked if Charlie Justice had been elected university president, and the Gastonia Gazette said the presidency remains vacant and Justice will continue playing football.
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Charlie
Greater Unc
Gastonia
Frank P. Graham
U. S. Senate
Gastonia Gazette
Charlie Justice
Esso Cuts Home Heating Oil and Kerosene Prices
Esso Standard Oil Co reduces home heating oil and kerosene prices along the Atlantic Seaboard effective last Monday. Tank wagon rates fall in Charleston to 11.1 cents per gallon, with Boston Newark and Baltimore also trimming prices. New kerosene tank wagon rates set for Newark and Baltimore, while Charleston gains a tank car price of 9.23 cents. In Spartanburg, James F. Byrnes to receive the VFW Good Citizenship Medal at a banquet tonight with National Commander Lyall Beggs presenting.
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New York
Esso Standard Oil Co
Atlantic Seaboard
Charleston
S. C
Boston
Newark
Baltimore
Norfolk
Spartanburg
James F. Byrnes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Lyall T. Beggs
Madison
Wis
Samuel McClure Dies at 92 in New York Rites Tomorrow
Samuel Sidney McClure 92 of New York will have funeral services Thursday. He rose from poverty to international literary influence and helped launch Rudyard Kipling and Sherlock Holmes fame. McClure paid Conan Doyle $40 for early Holmes stories and supported writers including Henry, Jack London, Booth Tarkington, Anthony Hope, and Ida Tarbell.
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New York
Samuel Sidney McClure
Rudyard Kipling
Robert Louis Stevenson
McClure
Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock Holmes
Henry
Jack London
Booth Tarkington
Anthony Hope
Ida M. Tarbell
Umstead Sends Congratulations To Dr Graham For Senate
Durham March 23 William B Umstead former U S senator and possible appointment candidate sends congratulations and best wishes to Dr Frank P Graham of Chapel Hill upon his selection to the seat left vacant by the death of Senator J Melville Broughton Umstead notes the late senator s death shocked state and the governor faced a difficult task in filling the vacancy
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Durham
William B. Umstead
U. S
J. Melville Broughton
Frank P. Graham
Chapel Hill
Scott
Umstead
Graham
Former governor Cherry backs Dr Frank Graham for Senate
Gregg Cherry lauded Dr Frank Graham as a well qualified liberal with national and international experience. He said Graham’s leadership as a university president will translate into useful public service in the U S Senate, offsetting the local loss in education.
Trout on Exhibit Tours From Waynesville to Atlanta
Waynesville resident Max Rogers shows a 33 inch 14 pound trout caught near Waynesville. The fish is on display in Atlanta, Georgia during a traveling exhibit.
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Waynesville
N. C
Max Rogers
Waynesville Electrician
Atlanta
World Peace Conference Seen as Moscow Maneuver
Washington reports describe the New York World Peace conference as a Moscow strategy to oppose the North Atlantic pact and push Soviet aims. Officials note the United States limits delegates, cites a series of anti Western moves, and link Paris next month to a broader world congress of peace partisans.
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Washington
Mar
New York
State Department
Soviet
Russia
Eastern
Europe
Chesen
Harlow Shap
Harvard Astronome
National Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professons
Paris
Ussia
Senate fights to save rent control bill amid amendments
Senate leaders pressed to salvage a rent control extension as amendments threaten to curb federal controls. A Fulbright amendment would let states remove rent limits with gubernatorial approval, while the agenda includes a 12 to 15 month extension and selective New York and Chicago residential hotel controls.
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Senate
Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Banking Committee
New York
Chicago
Lucas
Bunche Charges Violations of Palestine Truce
Dr. Ralph Bunche, acting UN mediator, told the Security Council that Britain Israel and Trans-Jordan violated the Palestine Truce. He cited Israeli and Trans-Jordan troop movements and the Aqaba reinforcement as breaches with observers finding no forceful border crossing.
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Rhodes
Ralph J. Bunche
United Nations
Britain
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
Bunche
United Nations Security Council
Aqaba
U. N
Dead Sea
Gulf of Aqaba
Security Council
Trans- Jordan
Separation Suit Stirs Capital Social and Political Circles
A Washington divorce suit centers on Naval Captain Harold Latta Lawrence and Rep. Edith Rogers. The complaint seeks separate maintenance and an accounting, with a possible future claim for alimony. Latta Lawrence's former wife Eilene Latta-Lawrence alleges undue influence and long affair between the captain and the Massachusetts congresswoman.
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Washington
Edith Lourse Rogers
Massachusetts
Eilene Diana Latta-Lawrence
Harold Alexander Latta-Lawrence
Congress
Roosevelt
White House
Los Angeles
Dr Steelman to Confer With Governor on Port Development
RALEIGH March 23 The governors office announced Dr John R Steelman executive assistant to President Truman will come to Raleigh tomorrow to confer with the governor and legislative leaders on port development The national administration is pushing development of smaller ports as a national defense measure A meeting in the governor's office is set in the afternoon for informal discussion Bills to fund state port development are before the general assembly.
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Raleigh
Governors Office
John R. Steelman
Truman
Steelman
General Assembly
Budget talks as Governor seeks to loosen appropriation lock
Governor Scott spent over an hour Tuesday in conference with legislative appropriations chairmen and budget officials to find ways to break the hold in the appropriations committee. He remained hopeful but offered little optimism about progress as later meetings were arranged. About 200 students toured the capitol during the press conference and left messes in the corridors cleaned by janitors afterward.
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Scott
Legislative Appropriations Committees
Revenue and Budget
Appropriations Committee
Senate
House
Capitol
Charles Parker
Road Bill Showdown Sets Up Senate Debate
Raleigh March 23 The Senate faces a floor fight over Governor Scott's rural roads program as the Finance Committee backs a $200 million rural road bond issue with a one cent gas tax hike tied to voter approval. A minority report would let the gas tax rise without bond approval and the chamber may decide tomorrow which path to take. The budget fight also presses as leaders seek a compromise on the biennial appropriation bill.
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Raleigh
Senate
Scott
Senate Finance Committee
House
Edwin Gill
R. G. Deyton
Board of Trustees
The
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
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