Assembly Debates Broad Appointments Reform in Raleigh
In Raleigh on March 28 a move to require general assembly confirmation for most executive appointments is under Senate consideration. Proponents say the bill would standardize confirmations for boards and commissions, while critics view it as a potential rebuke to Governor Scott. Some fear uneven legislative approval across boards and potential delay of vacancies. The measure may not pass this session but could reappear in coming years.
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Wild Life Resources
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Final Efforts Made to Avert Textile Strike
Mediation panels meet with Cone Mills and Textile Workers Union of America as labor and management press for wage gains. Union seeks about 12 percent increase with benefits to 12 13 cents an hour, while Erwin Mills offers 2 percent. Further talks planned with Fieldcrest Mills Dan River Mills and M W Lowenstein with wage limits tied to January 1959 levels.
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Greensboro
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Erwin Mills
Durham
Clyde Mills
Federal Mediation Service
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Wage Stabilization Board
Fieldcrest Mills
Spray
Dan River Mills
Danville
M. W. Lowenstein
New York
Southern Mills
Trustees to Appeal Racial Admission Court Decree
North Carolina University leaders plan to ask the U S Supreme Court to review a Court of Appeals ruling against admitting Negro students. The trusteesmeet in Raleigh to seek review after the district court injunctions and the UNC denial of Negro applicants. Governor Scott urged taking the issue to the nation for a final settlement.
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Carrboro Man Faces Bribery Charge in Visa Case
The State Department disclosed that former vice consul Williams confessed to accepting gifts totaling about 10 000 to speed visas for Chinese nationals. Three other Hong Kong associates were reportedly involved in homosexual cases but not in visa corruption. investigation led by Julian Harrington and Carlisle Humelsine.
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Johnee Williams
Williams
Couny
State Department
Wiliams
Hong Kong
Julian F. Harrington
Foreign Service
Charlisle Humelsine
Acheson
Crackles Money Talks But You Cant Make It Repeat
The fragment presents a cryptic line about money and repetition attributed to M. L. P. It appears as a brief, enigmatic quote without clear event context or identifiable entities.
State budget committee advances $506 million two year appropriation
The appropriations group endorsed a state budget totaling about 506 million dollars for the next two years after three weeks of hearings. It recommends a 2200 to 3100 dollar pay scale for public school teachers, higher operating budgets, and a reworked employees pension fund. The house committee meanwhile rejected two proposed anti gambling bills targeting dog tracks at Morehead City and Moyock after hearings. A delegate argued the Morehead City track is seen as recreation, not betting.
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Moyock
W. L. Derrickson
Gambler Charged on Income Tax Violations
James J. Carroll of St. Louis, a gambling commissioner, was charged in Kansas City with 26 counts of failure to report payments totaling 52,688.15 made in 1948 and 1949. The informations cite section 147 of the internal revenue code requiring reporting of payments over 600 to others.
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James J. Carroll
St. Louis
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Sideswipe Admit Ted By Negro In Riverside Shooting
Riverside investigators report air force sergeant Lawrence J. Walker has admitted sideswiping Richard Cook's car before Cook was found shot to death. Walrath says Walker claimed he went after the accident, saw Cook in the road, and drove away. Green paint on Walker’s right fender and matching bumper bolts link his car to the crime scene. Cook’s 45 caliber killing matches the weapon found on Walker, who is held on a concealed weapon charge.
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Walrath
March Air Force Base
Earthquake Shakes Wellington and Regions of New Zealand
An afternoon quake centered about 350 miles distant was felt in Wellington at 1 57 p m Tuesday. Waiouru and the Bay of Plenty reported heavy shocks lasting 30 seconds with a faint tremor in Auckland. No damage was reported per Carter Observatory.
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New Zealand
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Waiouru
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Bay of Plenty
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Record cucumber price at farmers market shocks Florida
Pompano Beach Florida March 28 Grade A cucumbers sell for 18 25 a bushel at the farmers market. Manager J L Warren says the high price may be the record breaking value previously at 18 dollars. A cold weather shortage is blamed for the spike.
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Trial of Rosenbergs Goes To Jury On Espionage Charge
Defense attorneys press for acquittal hingeing on conspiracy to commit espionage in the atom spy case. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell face a jury after 5% hours of summations. Key testimony from David Greenglass and other witnesses shapes the trial in New York.
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Senate Crime Probe Faces End or Extension
Senate crime investigation hearings stalled after a tense session. Contempt cited against two witnesses while a balky witness is held on bond. Kefauver seeks closing the probe. Tobey urges continuation and a possible heart to heart with Kefauver.
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D. Tenn
Repaints License Tags To Harmonize With Car
In Salt Lake City on March 28 police seized a set of black and white plates repainted to match a car’s color. Utah’s 1951 plates are green and white. Vernon H. Cannon, head of the motor vehicle department, warned motorists must repaint cars to match plates if color conscious.
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Utah
Vernon H. Cannon
State Motor Vehicle Department
Stock Market Trade Mixed in Narrow Gains and Losses
A mixed day on the New York exchange featured a narrow swing of about a dollar with gains led by Southern Railway U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Boeing American Smelting Dome Mines Texas Co and Certain Teed while losses included Pennsylvania Railroad Union Pacific Celotex Studebaker Kennecott Copper J I Case United Aircraft American Can and International Paper.
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J. I. Case
United Aircraft
American Can
International Paper
Senators oppose TV for sessions dispute grows
Veteran lawmakers split over televising senate sessions as the Senate Sales Committee weighs Wiley’s proposal for a broad study. Chairman Hayden signaled the resolution may linger in the Rules Committee.
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Senate
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate Sales Committee
Congress
Hayden
D-Ariz
Rules Committee
ROKs Advance Six Miles Beyond 38th Parallel
American artillery pounded Communist lines as UN forces pressed along the 38th parallel in central Korea. South Korean troops crossed north of 38 on the east coast, taking four North Korean towns and a border village. Allied patrols fought Reds amid rain while naval support hammered Wonsan and Songjin for days.
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