Postal pay bill approved with eight percent average raise
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee endorsed a new postal pay bill offering about 8 percent average raises for 500,000 workers. President Eisenhower vetoed an earlier 8.6 percent proposal. The measure costs about 162 million dollars annually and includes a 6 percent floor and job reclassification provisions, with some upper level salaries unchanged.
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Washington (P
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Eisenhower
Senate
Post Office Committee
Olin D. Johnston
Dp. SC
Ser. Carlson
R-Kan
Carlson
Johnston
Assembly Nearing Windup as Longest Session Looms
The North Carolina General Assembly pressed toward adjournment with a possible end tomorrow, potentially making the 195th session the longest in state history. Senate leaders plan a resolution for simultaneous final adjournment at 11 a.m. tomorrow as lawmakers have served since April 4 without pay. The body enacted measures, including an anti kickback bill on insurance premiums and state aid to four municipally sponsored colleges, amid talks of constitutional pay changes for future legislators.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Paul Jones
Pitt
Senate
State Board of Health
Charlotte College
Asheville- Biltmore College
Wilmington College
George Washington Carver College
Charlote
Carver
Twelve Held On Narcotics Charges At Fort Bragg
Ten soldiers and two civilians were arrested on illegal marijuana dealings with Ft. Bragg. Three soldiers held for court martial. others face federal warrants. Montgomery described as major source. about 100 cigarettes per tin, six tins found. Bond set for Montgomery at 1500 dollars for Sept term. other arrestees include Lester Guzman Lewis Eldridge Hunt Flanigan Foley Robinson.
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Fayetteville
N.C
Army
Ft. Bragg
Army Criminal Investigation Division
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
David A. Montgomery
Roger, Evans
Fort Meyers
Fla
Gerald G. Spitzengal
Kansas City
J.C. Samuel Pashall
Henderson
Montgomery
Harlem
U.S
T. L. Hahn
U.S. District Court
Richard J. Lester
Minneapolis, Minn
Librado Guzman
el Paso
Tex
Charles Lewis
Jersey
City
N.j.y
Thomas Eldridge
New. York City
Bennie
T. Hunt
Jackson,Miss
Arthur Flanigan
Fayette
Atlanta
Pic
Robert J. Foley
Salem
Mass
Pvt
Arnell Robinson
Hobby outlines 28 million plan for free polio shots
Secretary Hobby proposes a 28 million federal fund to provide free polio vaccine to about 13.35 million children, about 22 percent of America's youth, with guarantees against denial due to inability to pay. Assistant Secretary Perkins presented the statement before the House Commerce Committee, while President Eisenhower urged the appropriation.
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Washington
Hobby
House Commerce Committee
Eisenhower
Commerce Committee
Priest
Dtenn
Welfare Department
Distillers Hint Bootleggers Kept Distance In Pursuit
Four Wayne County deputies traced a still in Fork Township finding cut trees across a path and a flooded area. The operators fled as deputies entered, destroying the whisky factory. A planted spike hoard and barbed wire delayed the pursuit before the distillers escaped.
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Goldsboro
Wayne County
Fork Township
Tax Measure Enacted Into Law Today in North Carolina
The North Carolina Senate approved a tax bill on third reading by 42 to 0, enacting a measure to raise nearly 10 million dollars annually. It broadens the sales tax to liquor wine beer building materials hotels motels and motor vehicle and airplane sales, imposes a 3 percent rate on hotels, and raises insurance premiums.
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Raleigh .P
Senate
House
Polio Cases Reported in North Carolina Counties
The State Board of Health reported two new polio cases last week from Cherokee and Cleveland counties, bringing year to date totals to 21. Four cases were added the previous week, with 27 for the same period in 1954, and none of the current cases had received Salk vaccine.
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Raleigh P
Cherokee
Cleveland
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Vaccination Safe but Cutter Lots Under Review
U S Surgeon General Leonard A Scheele endorses the polio vaccine used in mass school inoculations with caution about two Cutter Laboratories lots. He notes progress on safety checks and says a final clearance announcement is possible soon. He cites six million first doses given and hopes for full inoculation to resume after further reviews.
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Washington
U.S
Leonard A. Scheele
Cutter Laboratories
Scheele
Public Health Service
Berkeley
Calif
Cutter
U.S. Public Health Service
Basil O'Connor
National Foundation For
National Institutes of Health
Horse Race Overshadows Big Election
Britain on eve of national elections watches the Conservative Eden and Labourite Attlee contest the House of Commons as voters focus on a Derby horse race. Polls show Tories favored over 50 percent of decided voters while Labour lags around the mid forties amid a quiet campaign.
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London
Britain
Eden
Attlee
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Laborite
Daily Express
Gallup
Express
Labor
Electro Stethograph Revealed In S C
A new device by the Medical College of South Carolina and GM Research Laboratories detects faint heart sounds unseen by the human ear. Dr. Dale Groom and GM expert Charles Kettering led development using a surfage pickup attached to a stethoscope to record high fidelity heart vibrations. The instrument, moved to Charleston, offers potential signs of normal function or disease via oscilloscope recordings.
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Charleston
S. C
Medical College of South Carolina
General Motors Research Laboratories
Dale Groom
Charles F. Kettering
GM Research Consulta
Groom
John A. Boone
The
Medical College
Miami
Fla
Kettering
Arthur F. Underwood
GM Research Laboratores
Florida
Charles L. McCuen
GM Research Laboratories Division
Dr. Groom
Underwood
Joseph B. Bidwell
Earl E. Lindberg
Medical College of
South Carolina
Pornography Probe Seeks Dealer Records Before Kefauver Panel
Irving Klaw known as King of the Pinups defies a subpoena for his business records as the Kefauver subcommittee resumes hearings on pornography and juvenile crime. Kefauver asserts the records are needed. Klaw calls the subpoena vague and illegal. The panel estimates a 350 million dollar annual market in explicit material and hears teen distribution concerns from school official William Deerson, who links pornography to delinquency.
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New York
Senate
Irving Klaw
King of
Sen. Kefauver
Dtenn
Kefauver
Klaw
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
William Langer
R-Nd
William Deerson
Haaren High School
Deerson
U S Officials Defend Air Superiority Amid Soviet Progress
Washington officials insist U S air power remains ahead of Russia despite Sen. Jackson reporting alarming Soviet gains. Secretary of Defense Wilson and Air Force leaders cite flexibility to boost production, with notes on B52 expansion and jets demonstrated over Moscow.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
Russia
Sen. Jackson
D-Wash
Wilson
Air Force
Roger Lewis
Ten. Jackson
Senate House Atomic Energy
Harold Talbott
Nathan F. Twining
Jackson
Helileves
Soviet Union
U.S
U.S.S.R
Boeing Airplane Co
Lewis
Seattle
Wichita
Moscow
Hearings On Wage Increase Move Forward Yet Again
Washington House Labor Committee plans hearings by Tuesday on proposals to raise the federal minimum wage from 75 to 90 cents an hour. Chairman Bard en says the push should last a week or two, while debates over school construction funds continue in a separate track.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Barden
D-Nc
Mrs. Dickson Buried in Greensboro After Suicide
Mrs Granbery Dickson 63 was buried in Greensboro following a coroner s inquest that concluded she hanged herself yesterday Her husband a 15 year veteran of The Charlotte Observer staff has been ill for months and formerly worked at Greensboro papers.
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Charlotte
Granbery Dickson
Greensboro
Charlotte Observer News
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