Assembly Nears Action on Tax and Allocation Bills
Raleigh May 18 The General Assembly moves toward a Friday deadline with key tax and corporate allocation bills facing floor votes. Senate and House plans to meet Monday to resolve minor differences on appropriations and permanent improvements while considering a board to license real estate brokers and agents. The week also holds a Wilkesboro liquor store election and a highway racing crackdown bill.
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General Assembly
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House
Caronext
Mittees
Wilkesboro
ABC Liquor Stores
Telephone Co-Op To Begin Service In Asheboro Area
Telphone Co-Op will start service at 9 a.m. Saturday in Asheboro and the Farmer Exchange area, linking to Central Telephone Co. in Asheboro. About half the subscribers will be installed by June 1 and full membership equity of 50 dollars must be paid by May 27. Construction at Bennett Exchange proceeds, with date announcements to come.
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Telewill
Troy
Farmer Exchange
Martha Exchange
Randolph County
Central Telephone Co
Make Contact Trogdon
Telephone Cooperative
Alvin Shaw
Wallace Garner
W. P. Lassiter
Trogdon
Bennett Exchange
Randolph Exchange
Con- Andrews
Why Hair Turns Gray With Aging
Hair turns gray because pigment cells in hair follicles lose the ability to produce color as people age, leaving hairs colorless or white.
Formosan smallholders yield vast rice and sugar output
The reading notes that roughly half of Formosan farmers manage tiny plots worked by hand, collectively producing about 1.8 million tons of rice and nearly 1 million tons of sugar. The figures illustrate the scale of hand labor in Taiwan's agricultural sector.
Second Day Rescue Underway For Miner Buried In Slide
Rescue teams labor through a second day to free 34 year old David Snyder trapped 25 feet underground after a mine cave in on Short Mountain near Lykens Pennsylvania. About 40 workers remove debris at a rate of a ton and a half every two hours as surface communication comes by hammer taps.
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Lykens
David Snyder
Short Mountain
Pennsylvania
Snyder
Schuylkill County Independent Miner’s Breakermen and Truckers Assn
Woman Held In Shooting Of Man
Bernice Quick Chandler the star witness in a North Carolina murder case faces murder charges after Donnie Cain died of pistol wounds. Sheriff Weatherly said Cain and Chandler had argued over a gun when it discharged twice wounding Cain. Chandler claimed the shooting was accidental amid a plan to resolve a resisting arrest charge. An inquest is set for Monday.
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Bennettsville
D.C
Bernice Quick Chandler
North Carolina
Marlboro County
W. J. Weatherly
Donnie Cain
Clio
Weatherly
Cain
Dillon
Sheriff Weatherly
Washington Woman Killed in Virginia Light Plane Crash
A 21 year old Washington woman, Miss Mary Moss, died when a Cessna 140 crashed into the Roanoke River near Sandywever in Pittsylvania County. Pilot 2nd Lt. W. M. Hemmersmeir of St. Louis, MO, was rescued with serious injuries and possible broken back, after signaling low fuel about 9 p.m. He was taken to a Danville hospital.
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Washington
Roanoke
Mary Moss
W. M. Hemmersmeir
St. Louis
Hemmersmeir
Miss Moss
Miami University
Miami
Sandywever
Here
Pittsylvania County
Woodrum Field
Roanoke Va
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington National Airport
Danville
Javits Says Civil Rights Bill Has Slim Chance
Sen. Javits of New York graded the civil rights bill as 50-50 to pass this session. Southern opposition has stalled it in the Senate Judiciary Committee, with a companion House measure likely to enter debate by early June. Johnson pressed for early action and urged immigration and refugee provisions to counter future upheavals behind the Iron Curtain.
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D-Mo
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Ering
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St Seeek
Johnson
South
McCarran - Walter
Hungary
Armed Forces Day Observed Across North Carolina Bases
Open houses drew about 30 000 visitors to Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base for Armed Forces Day. NC officials led by Frank Crane toured Fort Bragg with paratrooper and artillery demos. The day featured Honest John rocket tests and aerials by F86 Sabrejets from Seymour Johnson.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Ft. Bragg
Pope Air Force Base
Frank Crane
Honest John
Pope
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Goldsboro
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Edenton
Ike's Farm Losing Money
In Indianapolis on May 18 President Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm home to 20 Angus cattle is reportedly unprofitable. Farm manager Brig. Gen. Arthur Nevins said Ike is buying cattle but not selling, reducing Berkshire swine to a small table herd to free facilities for cattle, after attending a Noblesville sale of 250 Angus cattle.
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Arthur
Nevins
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Noblesville
Ind
Nivens
New Signs of Vigor Herald Cautious Economic Upturn
May 18 report says the economy shows improved signals across autos appliances and textiles with housing expecting a comeback though months away. Analysts forecast continued uptick in overall activity through 1957 1958 while price gains pause amid strong consumer income driven by social security payments and wage hikes.
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George Cline Smith
F. W. Dodge Corp
Polish Chief Steps Bid For Power
Warsaw reports that Polish Communist leader Wladyslaw Gomulka spoke for two hours to the Central Committee to rebuke a Stalinist bid for power. He faced criticism from Kazimierz Mijal who accused Gomulka of returning to capitalism and capitulating to the Catholic Church. Gomulka defended his stance arguing dogmatism and Stalinism threaten democracy. The session followed a surge of attacks from the Natalin faction after Gomulka’s unity appeal.
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Wladyslaw Gomulka
Party
Kazimerz Mijal
Gomulka
Mijal
Eee
Spike Jones Solves Parking Woes With Church Note
Hollywood performer Spike Jones rehearses for his CBS show at the Hollywood Athletic Club. He parked in a nearby church lot. a pastor warned it was for church use only. Jones replied with a note reading Forgive us our trespasses and avoided further trouble.
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Hollywood
Spike Jones
Hollywood Athletic Club
Spike
Budget Cut Demands Reach Unprecedented Scale
Washington May 18 unprecedented demands for cutting the budget surge as Congress battles Eisenhower's peacetime budget of 71.8 billion. The House slashes every appropriations bill and the Senate aligns with it, risking large reductions across defense and other programs. The era marks a sharp departure from past politics over spending and deficits.
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Eisenhower
Congress
House
Harry S. Trupeee Ee
River group urges work on North Carolina ports
Washington May 18 The Rivers and Harbors Congress annual meeting backed four major projects and 14 sound recommendations. Key items include deeper channels to accommodate larger ships and a full scale study of water supply programs. Re-elected directors include Sen. McClellan Rep. Brooks and Henry Buckman. New directors James H. Rowland and State Rep. Karl Wisenburg were chosen.
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U.S. Army Engineers
Army
Panama Canal
Rep
Brooks
D-La
Panama
Canal
United Nations
Committee On Irrigation and Reclamation
Rep Miller
R-Neb
Congress of
Norfolk Harbor
Virginia
Morehead City Harbor
Beaufort Inlet
North Carolina
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Henry H. Buckman
Jacksonville
Fla
Martin
R-Mass
William H. Webb
Washington, D.C
James H. Rowland
Cleveland
Karl Wisenburg
Pascagoula
Miss
GOP Conference Pushes Five Point Plan to Cut Spending
Republican leaders from seven states meeting in Cincinnati agree on a five point program including cutting the federal budget, opposing federal school construction aid, and supporting civil rights legislation. Meade Alcorn predicts eight Republican congressional gains from Ohio Indiana Illinois Michigan Missouri Wisconsin and West Virginia.
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Alcorn
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Missouri
Wisconsin
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Beck
Senate
Eisenhower
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