North Carolina Floats in Azalea Festival Parade
The state float from Washington represents NC forests and industries and will appear Saturday in Wilmington for the Azalea Festival. It will also travel to Rowan Bicentennial Salisbury April 14 and other events including Farmers' Day in Fairmont April 16 and Potato Festival in Elizabeth City May 30, among others.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Washington
Wilmington
George Ross
Conservation and Development Department
Rowan
Salisbury
Fairmont
Farmville
Elizabeth City
Siler City
Monroe
Swine disease halts sales at four NC hog markets
Four North Carolina cash hog buying stations were quarantined as a vesicular exanthema outbreak prompted suspension of sales. Dr. H J Rollins, state veterinarian, said VE symptoms appeared in hogs moved from Smithfield to Fair Bluff Tabor City and Clarkton. Of 118 animals examined about a quarter showed foot or snout lesions typical of VE.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
H. J. Rollins
Smithfield
Fair Bluff
Tabor City
Clarkton
Rollins
North Carolina House Deliberates Open Meetings Resolution
Rep. Joseph Warren of Caswell asks the House to require open committee meetings. He says public suspicion will linger over the General Assembly while committees meet in secret. A similar measure in the past was killed by a House committee.
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General Assembly
House
Joseph Warren
Caswell
Warren
Three Defense Myths Challenged by NC Official
Chapel Hill reports CD director William F. Bailey from Raleigh debunking three civilian defense fallacies. He warns the public that belief in no attack, in guaranteed prevention, or in postattack recovery without preemptive effort is mistaken.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
William F. Bailey
Raleigh
Ward murder trial set for Davie County Courthouse
John J. Ward, 43, indicted for the Aug. 31 shooting of neighbor Edward Lee Ward, 19, will face a Davie County Superior Court jury tomorrow after being held in Albemarle jail.
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John J. Ward
Davie County Superior Court
Ward
Edward Lee Ward
Albemarle
Senate kills bill to add judges while approving district redraw
In Raleigh the Senate Committee on Courts and Judicial Districts killed the House backed measure to add six regular Superior Court judges while approving a plan to redraw districts boosting total regular judges from 21 to 32. Gov. Umstead supported the House bill but signaled backing for the substitute only if it proves better. If the House persists, a two-thirds vote will be needed to push the measure to the Senate floor.
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Raleigh
Umstead
House
Senate Committee On
Hamilton Hobgood
Franklin
Senate
Senators weigh FBI file review for Bohlen Moscow post
Washington Senate panel considers one Republican and one Democratic probe of Bohlen FBI files amid Dulles praise and McCarthy push for testimony. In Korea, U.S. troops inch forward on Od Baldy Mountain as Chinese assaults press toward Seoul with heavy shelling and mixed gains.
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F.B.I
Bohlen
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FBI
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Moscow
Sens
Taft
Ohio
Sparkman
Ala
Senate
Dulles
Seoul
Korea
Od Baldy Mountain
Yonchon
Uijongbu
Soviet Reject U.S. Protest Over Kamchatka Air Incident
Moscow government rejected Washington’s protest regarding a March 15 air clash near Kamchatka. The Kremlin said the Alaskan based B50 bomber violated Soviet borders twice and fired first, while Moscow claimed Soviet fighters were acting in self defense after the American aircraft opened fire.
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U. S
Far East
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Siberian
Air Force
Siberia
Kamchatka Peninsula
Capestovoi
Kamchatka
Zhupanovo
Petropavlovsk
Ussr
Legislature Backs Higher Funds for UNC Memorial Hospital
The appropriations subcommittee voted to recommend a 713 765 increase for operation of UNC Memorial Hospital at Chapel Hill for the next biennium. The request comes atop 823 190 from the Advisory Budget Commission as the 400 bed hospital operates below capacity amid salary concerns and nurse pay differentials.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill
Advisory Budget Commission
Consolidated University of North Caroline
Consolidated University
Ed O’herron
Mecklenburg
O’herron
Charlotte Memorial Hospital
University Hospital
Charlotte Memrial
C. K. Bryant
Gaston
Umstead Urged Issues Bond Bills Totaling 85 Million Dollars
The North Carolina House received bills proposing 85 million dollars in bond issues to fund Gov. Umstead’s recommendations. Fifty million for county school construction aid, 22 million for mental institution improvements, and 13 million for other state institutions. A special election may be set for school and mental institution bonds. 13 million for other institutions could be approved without an election.
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House
Umstead
Legisa
J. K. Doughton
Alleghany
House Appropriations Committee
W. B. Rodman
Beaufort
House Finance Committee
State Board of Education
State Board of Eduction
Goldsboro
Butner
Morganton
Caswell Training School
Kinston
Kaiser-Frazer Plans Willys-Overland Merger to Boost Auto Power
Kaiser-Frazer Corp plans to buy Willys-Overland Motors for about 62.3 million dollars creating the world’s fourth largest auto company with assets exceeding 200 million. The deal hinges on Willys stockholders approval at a meeting on April 24 and is expected to close next month. Edgar F. Kaiser says the merger will add Jeep and Aero Willys output to Kaiser-Frazer’s Henry J and Frazer lines, expanding production and markets.
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Kaiser - Frazer Corp
Willys-Overland Motors, Inc
Kaiser-Frazer
Willys- Overland Common
Edgar F. Kaiser
Hery J. Kaiser
A Motors
Ford
Chryser
Willys - Overland
Kaiser- Frazer
Willys Overland
Willys
Kaiser and Frazer
Stocks Move Raggedly Up
New York markets opened quietly with Willys-Overland up 154% on 35 000 shares and Kaiser-Frazer takeover talks lifting the stock. Hudson rose on strong earnings while Chrysler and GM held steady. Amusements led gains with Paramount and 20th Century Fox hitting new highs.
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Willys- Overland
Willys-Overland
Kaiser-Frazer
American Stock Exchange
Hudson Motor Car
Chrysler
General Motors
Graham-Paige
Paramount
20Th Century- Fox
Milk Bill Hearing Set in North Carolina Senate
A Senate Agriculture Committee hearing was scheduled today on a milk marketing control law. Senator Ralph Scott of Alamance led the bill, backed by dairy committees of the Farm Bureau and State Grange and the Milk Producers Federation executive committee. The proposal would establish a five member commission to oversee milk and cream production and distribution.
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Raleigh
Senate Agriculture Committee
Ralph Scott
Alamance
North Carolina Farm Bureau
State Grange
North Carolina Milk Producers Federation
Bugs Bunny Easter Coloring Contest Opens for Kids
The Enterprise invites girls and boys up to 12 to color three Bugs Bunny sketches and mail or bring all three with name age and address. Prizes include five $1 honorable mentions and a top prize. entries due by March 31 and winners announced April 4.
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Bugs Bunny
Ugs
Enterprise
Queen Mary's Condition Worsens Amid Coronation Hopes
London reports Queen Mary, 85, has grown gravely ill with a weakening heart action. Royal family and Elizabeth II watch for changes as Duke of Edinburgh rushes back from Germany and crowds gather at Marlborough House in Buckingham Palace vicinity.
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Queen Mary
Queen Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Germany
Buckingham Palace
Marlborough House
Brilliant Nevada Atomic Test Involving 53 Aircraft
Nevada desert blast marks a record with 53 aircraft including 12 B36 bombers overhead. AEC reports no casualties among troops near Ground Zero as bio medical and animal studies proceed. Observers note a brighter, red pink mushroom cloud and a divided plume moving northward.
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Nev
Nevada Desert
Atomic Energy Commissions
AEC
Yucca Flat
William C. Bullock
Ground Zero
John J. Ballantine
Navy
Air Atlantic
Harold M. Martin
Air Pacific
Weather outlook with temperatures and sun times
The forecast lists a low of 42 tonight and a high of 62 tomorrow. Today's high reached 65 with a low of 51 overnight. Sunset is 6 35 p m and sunrise tomorrow 6 17 a m.
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Denver
Detroit
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Raleigh
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Wilmington
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