Seat Belt and 65 MPH Limit Backed by Senate Panel
Raleigh AP reports the Senate Committee on Highway Safety backed House approved measures for mandatory seat belts and a 65 mile per hour speed limit on certain highways. The panel also approved a constitutional amendment for popular election of the state board of education and discussed bills on insurance proof and traffic law. The committee rejected a bill to lower minor beer sales restrictions and deferred action on a capital punishment referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Senate Committee On Highway Safety
State Board of Education
Charles Strong
Donald Badgley
Guilford
House
Senate
Strong
Bidault Flees to Portugal in De Gaulle Campaign Move
Former French Premier Georges Bidault flew to Lisbon after West Germany barred his campaign against Charles de Gaulle. He traveled undercover with aide Guy Ribeauld and faces potential entry restrictions in Portugal. Police reported a nationwide search as officials awaited confirmation of his entry under false documents.
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Lisbon
Georges Bidault
Portugal
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Heinrich Junker
Bidault
Guy Ribeauld
Zurich
Auberger
Offrey
Germany
de Gaulle
Foreign Ministry
Latin America
Brazil
Uruguay
Argentina
Ribeauld
Munich
France
Junker
Medical Service Disputed in Outpatient Bill Hearing
In Raleigh a split over a bill to provide outpatient services at hospitals for medically indigent patients surfaced during a House Health Committee hearing. Rep Rachel Davis argued the plan would save state funds, while Rex Hospital administrator Joseph Barnes contended it would raise costs and draw funds from inpatient programs. The State Medical Society supported the measure, saying it meets an unmet medical need at no extra cost, potentially creating outpatient clinics at hospitals in time.
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Raleigh
Rachel Davis
Lenoir County
Joseph Barnes
Rex Hospital
House Health Committee
Davis
Barnes
Council On Government Relations
North Carolina Hospital Association
Asene
State Medical Society
E. T. Beddingfield
Stantonsburg
Rescued Pilot and Coed Rest After Subzero Ordeal
Helen Klaben and Ralph Flores, in Whitehorse hospital, recount seven weeks surviving on melted snow after their February plane crash in the Canadian north. Klaben gained weight, Flores lost weight, and both speak of faith and repentance guiding their ordeal. Flores faces possible toe loss from gangrene while awaiting discharge in about five days.
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Whitehorse
Yukon Territory
Klaben
California
Brooklyn Coed
Helen Klaben
Ralph ‘Flores
San Bruno
Calif
Flores
Miss Klaben
Miss Kladen
Ralph
Brooklyn N. Y
Margaret Barry
Edward
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
Hong Kong
New York
U.S
Fort St. John
British Columbia
Brazilian Rally Threatened With Jail by Governor
Pro Castro protest organizers in Rio confront possible arrest as Guanabara State Governor Lacerda moves to block the Rio rally. The effort comes amid mixed support and a broader Latin American stance on the Cuba Solidarity Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
Rio
Congress
U S
Lacerda
Uzzell Proposes Shifting Patrol From DMV to Raise Morale
Rep. George Uzzell of Rowan told the House Highway Safety Committee morale among highway patrolmen is at a very low ebb. He supports a bill to remove the patrol from the Motor Vehicle Department to improve morale and keep officers on the road rather than performing extra DMV duties. He cited patrolmen not receiving merit pay increases due to not meeting arrest quotas.
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Raleigh
George Uzzell
Rowan
House Highway Safety Committee
Hopes to Free Homeland Professor Who Taught Castro Seeks Union
Dr. Carlos Marquez Sterling, who taught Fidel Castro at Havana University, calls for a united front of all Cuban factions to overthrow Castro. He says five groups cannot succeed alone and offers to lead if Cubans back him. otherwise he will support another acceptable leader. He has long opposed multiple Cuban regimes and now voices calm, nonpersonal opposition to Castro.
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Cuba
Carlos Marquez Sterling
Andrew Meisels
NEW York
Fidel Castro
Havana University
I Carlos Marquez Sterling
Castro
Marquez Sterling
Gerardo Machado
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel
Manhattan
Unity Among the Revolutionar
Strikers Weigh New Proposal in New York Newspapers Strike
Photoengravers weighing terms amid a 109 day shutdown of eight New York papers. Mayor Wagner mediated a proposal accepted by publishers. workers debate a 35 hour week with payoff in year two. Four unions joined the strike, leaving photoengravers as the final group to decide.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Father of five ABC agent shot after card game argument
James Roy Wacaster, 47, an undercover ABC liquor board agent and father of five, was shot to death at the home of beer inspector William H. Alcon in Fayetteville after a card game argument. Alcon, 29, was charged with murder and held without bond. Autopsy planned. preliminary hearing set.
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ABC
James Roy Wacaster
ABC Liquor Board
William H
Bill) Alcon
ABC Board
Alcon
Asheboro
Wacaster
Morganton
Burker County
ABC Bboard
Burke County
Fayetteville
W. G. Clark
Cumberland County
County Recorder's Court
Sheriff's Department
Billy Gene Langley
Cary
N.C
Langley
Hoke County Recorder's Court
Raeford
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Joe A. Watkins
Granville
Ed Lanier
Watkins
John Jordan
Wake
Senate Judiciary Committee
North Carolina
Charles W. Strong
God
Kladen
Brooklyn
Nesta James
Theresa
Shery Flores
Ralph Flores
San Bruno Calif
Goulart
Washington
Congress Organizing Committee
Luis Gonzaga Leite
Sao Paulo
Communist Party
Pravda
Soviet Union
Almino Alfonso
Labor Party
Chamber of Deputies
Bocayuva Cunha
Fairbanks
Alaska
Seattle, Wash
Uzzell
DR. Marquez Sterling
Fayetteville, N.C
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