House Expected to Pass Veterans Pension Bill
In Washington on March 23 the House moved toward rapid passage of a large veterans pension bill. The Rankin measure aimed at paying 90 dollars monthly to all World War I and II veterans at age 65 faced stripping of World War II coverage and possible restriction to World War I veterans, with amendments under discussion to require honorable discharge and add needs-based eligibility and expanded disability benefits.
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Washington
House
Rep
Rankin
Dmiss
Huber
Ohio
Ber
Kearney
RNY
Hinshaw
R-Calif
Rankin Bill
Rankin Bill Backers
Allen
D-La
Suit for 105000 Filed Against Gantt and Wife
Three Greensboro men sue R B Gantt and Ella H Gantt in Guilford County Superior Court for 105000 alleging a skating rink built for them was defective. They claim 2000 bond, 100000 lost profits, 3000 skating equipment damages after leakage roof and structural faults led to abandonment.
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Guilford County Superior Court
R. B. Gantt
Ella H. Gantt
Stanley L. Mills
Elizabeth L. Mills
Robert D. Weant
Helen FE. Weant
Milford H. Smith
Carol E. Smith
Gantt
Greensboro
Need for New VA Hospitals Is Stressed
North Carolina veterans told a senate committee that deaths and jail detentions result from inability to access VA hospitals. Witnesses from Charlotte Salisbury Albemarle Raleigh protested cancelation of 921 bed Salisbury neuropsychiatric and 500 bed Charlotte general medical hospitals.
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Washington
North Carolina
Senate
Charlotte
Salisbury
Albemarle
Raleigh
Veterans Administration
General Medical
Senate Public Welfare
Pepper
D-Fla
Preston White
Paul Sanger
Agnecy
Arlotte Hospital
Kerr Scott
Pedden
D-Nc
Nash McKee
Veterans Service Office
Heywood Robbins
Robbins
Paul G. Noell
Durham County Veterans Service Office
Fayetteville
Karl A. Muschette
David A. Young
North Carola
Surprising 3rd Reading Vote Prompts Debate on Rural Roads
The senate calendar tomorrow includes reports on three rural roads measures after finance committee approval. A $200,000,000 rural road bond issue tied to a one-cent gas tax increase is under consideration, with related house bills moving independently. A showdown looms on amending the anti closed shop law.
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Scott
Senate
H. P. Taylor
Senate Finance Committee
House
House Committee On Manufacturing and Labor
John Larkins
Vocational Guidance Panel Discusses Altrusa Program
Altrusa International marks its 25th vocational guidance program with Nile Hunt, dean of boys, as guest speaker at the High Point dinner. Miss Margaret Flintom and Mrs. Evelyn Sutton led the event. Sutton noted April milestones and district events including a tri city birthday banquet and a president’s banquet in Thom asville.
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Altrusa International
High Point Altrusans
Sheraton
Nile Hunt
Margaret Flintom
Evelyn Sutton
Hunt
Edna Ross
Ann Johnson
Jackie Meekins
America
Altrusa
Sutton
Ada Blair
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Salisbury
High Point
Starmount Country Club
Edith Nelson
Richmond
Thomasville
India Russia trade talks yield two barter deals
New Delhi says negotiations have produced two barter agreements with Russia. The first swapped 5 000 metric tons of India tea for 50 000 tons of Russian wheat. The second covers India supplying 5 000 tons raw jute 5 000 tons tea and 1 000 tons castor oil in exchange for 81 000 tons of Russian wheat.
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New Delhi
Inferma
Russia
K. C. Neagy
Legislative Assembly
India
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing suit for $300 in unpaid merchandise
The plaintiff alleges the defendant owes $300 for merchandise delivered and unpaid. Alarms answered by the fire department between noon yesterday and noon today included an auto fire at Cloverdale school with slight damage at 6:36 a.m. and an acetylene torch incident at Southern Motor Co. on South Main Street with no damage at 11:15 a.m.
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Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company Manufacturing Company
Cloverdale
Southern Motor Company
South Main Street
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South Dakota
National Society For Crippled Children and Adults
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Trenton
House Roads Committee
Art Wilson
Birmingham
Ala
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Cleveland Indians
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San Juan
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Oak Ridge
Elza Gate
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Tennessee
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Andrei Gromyko
Saluting
A. L Mikoyan
Gromyko
Kim Il Sen
Pak Hen En
U. S
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Altrusans
Asheboro
Westinghouse
Eli
COROX
Rose Furniture CO
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