Macbeth dominates Emmys as five awards go to tragedy
Macbeth wins five Emmys including best direction for George Schaefer and acting honors for Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson. Barbara Stanwyck grabs her first TV award amid a torn dress, while Bob Hope faces a surprising setback. Fred Astaire reaches 11 Emmys. Huntley and Brinkley top Kennedy's news conferences.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
Barbara Stanwyck
Bob Hope
George Schaefer
Maurice Evans
Judith
Fred Astaire
Television Academy
NBC News
Chet Huntley
David Brinkley
Kennedy
Watershed project funds voted by North Carolina Legislature
About 3 to 4 million dollars in federal funds would fund 16 watershed planning projects across multiple counties. The joint appropriations subcommittee added 176,903 to the State Soil Conservation Committee budget and approved 2.8 million from the general fund for the Agriculture Department. Named project sites include Tusquittee Creek Clay County French Broad River Transylvania Henderson Fourth Creek Iredell Rowan Dutchmans Creek Davie Yadkin Raft Swamp Pitt Broad Creek Beaufort Gumneck Swamp Tyrrell Pollock Swamp and others.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Soil Conservation Committee
D. S. Coltrane
State Department of Administration
General Fund
Department of Agriculture
Tusquittee Creek
Clay County
Shooting Creek
Clay
French Broad River
Transylvania-Henderson
Fourth Creek
Iredell
Rowan
Dutchman's Creek
Davis-Yadkin-Iredell
Turner Creek
Davie - Yadkin
Forbush-Logan
Raft Swamp
Hoke-Rutherford
Crabtree Creek
Wake-Durham
Moccasin Creek
Johnston
Conetoe Creek
Edgecombe-Pitt-Martin
Johnson's Milltail
Pitt
Broad Creek
Beaufort
Gumneck
Tyrrell
Pollock Swamp
Chowan
Jonas May Be Included In Districting
In Raleigh AP report sentiment grows in the North Carolina General Assembly to include Republican Charles R. Jonas in redistricting. Sen. Dalls Alford questions protecting only Democrats and cites Cooley's district pairing with Fountain. House panel favors linking Jonas with Basil Whitener, while another plan would pair Fountain with David Henderson as NC reduces districts from 12 to 11.
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Raleigh
Charles R. Jonas
General Assembly
Senate
Sen
Dalls Alford
Nash
Alford
Harold D. Cooley
L. H. Fountain Alford
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
North Carolina
House Committee On
Jonas
Basil L. Whitener
House Committee
Fountain
David Henderson
Industry Hunt Expenses Questioned In North Carolina
Raleigh AP reports state industry hunters were reimbursed above legal limits for expenses. State Auditor Henry Bridges said the audit covers all expense accounts since January 1 and funds will be repaid. The probe follows prior coverage of the Conservation and Development Department spending to attract business.
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Raleigh
Henry Bridges
Bridges
State Department of Conservation and Development
Drivers Earn Three-Point Relief At State Driver Clinic
The North Carolina DMV operates the Driver Improvement Clinic in 34 locations to reduce point totals on driving records. Eligibility requires seven or eight points, with sessions weekly for two hours until eight hours are completed. Instructors focus on attitude change rather than driving skills, and volunteers may attend but cannot remove points without DMV recommendation.
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Department of Motor Vehicles
D. Griffin
North Carolina
Griffin
Lumberton
Charlotte
Canada
Penn develops flicker fusion device for early sclerosis detection
University of Pennsylvania researchers unveil a machine that may allow early diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Melvin W. Thorner says the flicker fusion device detects retrobulbar neuritis before symptoms appear, aiding early intervention though no cure exists.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Melvin W. Thorner
Thorner
First basic patents to make artificial leather date back to 1855
A note traces the origin of synthetic leather to 1855 when the first basic patents emerged. The record highlights early chemical methods and the industrial push behind imitation leather materials.
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Ware
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