Budget Work Nears Completion on State Budget Bill
Raleigh AP reports committee work on a record budget for the next two fiscal years nears completion. The Joint Appropriations subcommittee will act tonight on capital projects and bonds totaling 33 million dollars for voter approval plus other bonds and direct appropriations. The full Appropriations panels are favored to finish this week with adjournment likely by mid June.
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations
Hodges
Advisory Budget Commission
William Copeland
Hertford
Senate Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Currituck
Carteret
North Carolina College Graduations Begin as Spring Commencements Start
The Associated Press reports North Carolina colleges opened spring commencements with North Carolina State starting before 10 000 in Raleigh and Duke University set to confer degrees by June 6. Governors and senators addressed graduates urging civic participation and educational strength while campuses across Boone Greenville and Cullowhee marked ceremonies and awarded diplomas.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Duke University
North Carolina State
Carey H. Bostian
Raleigh
William C. Friday
Consolidated University of North Carolina
State
B. Everett Jordan
Western Carolina
Greenville
Edwin Gill
Appalachian State
Boone
Gill
Er- Raleigh
Wake Forest
University of North Carolina
Hidden Script of Touch: Peruvians Use Quipu as Braille
Ancient Peruvians used quipu a tactile knot system to convey words through knot sizes and spacing. This early method served blind readers by turning string knots into meaningful text and numbers.
Defense Bid Called For a North in Five Hearts
Milton Unger of New York presents a bridge hand where South opens three hearts and West overcalls, leading clubs then shifting to spades. Jacoby notes East should bid five diamonds over North four hearts, predicting that five diamonds would not harm East and could limit an overtrick.
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Milton Unger
New York
Milton
West
East
North
Father Dies After Helping Injured Son in Boise
Boise AP report says James E. Hinderliter 40 collapsed and died of a heart attack after kneeling beside his unconscious son James L. 15 in the street. The rider lost control of a motorcycle avoiding a dog and was hospitalized with internal injuries.
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Boise
Idaho
James E. Hinderliter
Hinderliter
James L
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