Two Senators Back Govs Food Tax Plan
Senators Dennis Cook and Luther Hamilton voiced strong support for Gov. Sanford's plan to impose a 3 cent sales tax on food. Senator Adam Whitley opposed a 1 percent tax on seeds fertilizer and insecticides for farmers arguing it would hurt farming resources. Both finance committees continue hearings with no decision date.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
Senate Finance Committee
Dennis Cook
Caldwell
Luther Hamilton
Carteret
Adam Whitley
Johnston
Senate
House Finance Committees
Sanford
Whitley
Sen
Cook
Amendment Defeat By Voters Seen
In Raleigh the Senate passed a one-senator per county constitutional amendment 35-13, but Rep. Currie predicts a House defeat and a voter referendum. The measure, dating from Currie’s redistricting bill, faces committee review and prior 1954 statewide defeat.
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Raleigh
Claude Currie
Durham
House
Currie
Senate
Point System Tightening Is Favored
RALEIGH AP A bill to tighten the point system for habitual traffic violators cleared a House hurdle and goes to the Senate. The plan would suspend licenses after 12 points in three years and raise points for several offenses, with an amendment exempting out of state violations.
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Raleigh
House
Senate
North Carolina
Carson Gugory
Harnett
State Motor Vehicles Department
James C. Davis
Rowan
Motor Vehicles Department
House Judiciary Committee
Oil Resources Committee
State Wildlife Commission
House Appropriations Committee
Pulitzer Prize Highlights Amarillo Paper Corruption Campaign
The Amarillo Globe-Times received the Pulitzer Prize for meritorious public service in a campaign against local government corruption led by former editor Thomas Hazzard Thompson. The effort spurred gambling convictions, county judge resignation and disbarment, and reform elections, prompting publisher S B Whittenburg to call the award a challenge to stay vigilant.
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Amarillo
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Amarillo Globe-Times
S. B. Whittenburg
Globe- Times
Thomas Hazzard Thompson
Municipal Elections Bring Surprises Across North Carolina
Raleigh elected its first Negro City Council member John W Winters. Wilmington chose its first woman councilor Hannah Block. Winston Salem elected three Republicans and five Democrats to the Board of Aldermen. Concord saw GOP gains on the school board, while Henderson faced a mayoral upset. Charlotte rejected a woman mayor candidate Martha Evans, and High Point saw mixed results with two Republicans on the council. Greensboro welcomed a Negro council member Waldo Falkner, as Davidson re elected Dr F L Jackson mayor. Lenoir voters ousted long time mayor Earl Tate. Sanford approved ABC stores and alcohol sales. Greensboro approved a $1 million park bond and Jonesville a $338k water bond Chapel Hill a $160k hall bond.
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Hannah Block
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
James Booker
Lalderman
Luther Hodges
Ew of
Commerce
John Surratt
Terry Sanford
David Carr
Concord
GOP
James G. McCachern
W. B. Ward
George H. Brown
Frances Tomlin
Raymond Snyder
George Lambert
E. E. Barrier
Peter E. King
Henderson
Carroll Singleton
Clyde Finch
Singleton
Finch
Harriet-Henderson
Charlotte
Martha Evans
Stan Brookshire
Chamber of Commerce
Evans
High Point
Carson Stout
Lawrence Hancock
Robert Davis
Floyd Melhan
Waldo Falkner
Greensboro
Davidson
F. L. Jackson
Jerry L. Abernathy
Davvidson College
Jackson
Abernathy
Davidson College
Lenoir
Earl H. Tate
J. Harper Beall Jr
Beall
Tate
Sanford
ABC
Thief Returns $40 With Interest Note Reveals Apology
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a thief returned $40 he stole plus $5 for trouble. Police said the cash, intended to fund a driver’s vacation for Freider Cigar Co, disappeared from a glove compartment and reappeared with a note apologizing for the theft.
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Wilkes-Barre
Freider Cigar Co
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