Assembly Nears Tax Report With Spending Revisions
In Raleigh on May 11 the General Assembly edged toward a tax and spending report. Subcommittees refined corporate tax changes backed by Gov Hodges and the Tax Study Commission while weighing state agency budgets and minor appropriations. Public hearings are planned on a statewide liquor referendum minimum wage motor vehicle inspection and constitutional revision proposals.
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations Committee
Gov. Hodges
Tax Study Commission
Senate
Nelson Woodson
Rowan
House
Eee
Press Group Hears Plea For Industry
The Eastern North Carolina Press Assn. closes its two day meeting in Wilson with a warning about the region s industrial status. Thomas A Willis calls for a General Assembly study commission to review what other states do to attract industry and for a financing plan and an eastern North Carolina industrial promotion council to spur development.
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General Assembly
North Caromunities
Raleigh
North Carolina
Industrial Promotion Council
Sharpe Voted New Jaycee President
H Jack Sharpe Jr of Kannapolis won the NC Junior Chamber presidency on the fourth ballot at the state convention ending in Asheville Raleigh Dingman and John W Googe trailed narrowly in the race Cox hosted the event and five national directors were chosen by acclamation Henry Bernhardt Tuck Gudger Sandy McClamrock J P Smith Jr and Stover Dunagan were elected Inaugural banquet at City Auditorium delayed three hours Lois Lambie of Fayetteville was named outstanding educational worker for the year
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Asheville
H. Jack Sharpe Jr
Kannapolis
Bob Cox
Chapel Hill
N. C
Charlotte
Sandy McClamrock
J. P. Smith Jr
Greenville
Stover Dunagan
Rutherfordton
City Auditorium
Lois Lambie
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
High Point College Towers Stage Anastasia Play
HPC Tower Players present Anastasia in the college auditorium on Thursday and Friday. An interviewed claimant details a life linking her to the murdered Czar family and escape via a guard to Romania then Berlin, later seeking identity and royal funds.
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High Point College Tower Players
Anastasiia
Anastasia
Nicholas
Russia
Tower Players
Bill Swaim
Army of Occupation
Germany
Stars and Stripes
Stuttgart
Romania
Berlin
Editors Jailed In Turkey For Press Law Offenses
In Istanbul on May 11 two Turkish editors were sentenced under the press law. Nusret Safa Coskun, publisher of Zaman, and editor Rifat Ekinci received one year and four months probation. Both, supporters of the opposition Republican People’s party, will appeal. exact offenses not disclosed.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Nusret
Business leaders see 1957 rising modestly, with risks
Government and industry officials forecast a gradual upturn in 1957 after a meeting of business advisory council members. They expect production to rise slightly quarter by quarter, with gains in steel chemicals and construction though railroads housing and autos face softer trends and inflation remains a concern.
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Commerce Departments’ Business Advisory Council
BAC
Treasury
Randolph Burgess
T. W
Houser
Spears, Roebuck & Co
Eugene Holman
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Unity Methodist Church Plans New Construction
Thomasville on May 11 Unity Methodist Church organizes a four day drive May 28 to 31 to raise 30000 for a new building. Land donated by Fremont Mendenhall lies behind the church cemetery across from the church. Kirby Groome named general chairman with an executive committee including Mrs Reid Rumree Carl Harris and Mrs Harris.
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Thomasville
Unity Methodist Oe
Fremont Mendenhall
Kirby Rr Groome
Reid Rumree
Carl Harris
Harris
Floyd Money
Rueben Bovender
Everette Russell l
John Hughes
Northwestern plains to cool. Mississippi Ohio valleys warm
The forecast calls for cooler conditions over the northwestern plains and warmer temperatures over parts of the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys. Elsewhere only slight variations are expected across the United States.
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Plains
Mississippi
Ohio Valleys
U. S
Southwest
Canadian
Western Lakes Area
Maine
Sandy Ridge To Get New Prison Work Release Unit
The state announces an 8 man brick work release unit at Sandy Ridge Prison Camp near Highpoint as one of four facilities. The plan, described by Prison Director W. B. Bailey, includes strict eligibility, home-city work commutes, full wage remittance to prison, and gradual expansion beyond Raleigh Charlotte and Asheville.
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Sandy Ridge
State
Raleigh
Guilford
W. B. Bailey
Charlotte
Asheville
Bailey
Ekwenlagueanane Prief
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