Governor hints at special session on bond plan
Governor Sanford said he would call a special legislative session if public support appears for a trimmed state bond program. A $61.6 million bond issue was defeated last November and a new emergency needs package totaling about $39.5 million includes $13.5 million for Wilmington and Morehead City port expansions and funds for colleges hospitals prisons and hospital construction.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Wilmington
Morehead City
College attic yields potential Cranach painting in Marietta
In Marietta Ohio officials find a painting titled Image of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the old library attic. The work is believed to be by Lucas Cranach or a copy and authentication is underway. Librarian Richard K Gardner notes it may be a copy though its apparent age justifies checks. Cranach works have risen in value, with recent auction records cited.
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Marietta, Ohio
Marietta College
Lucas Cranach
Mariettans
Richard K. Gardner
Cranach
New York
Rembrandt
West German hopes for flexible path to Berlin talks
U.S. officials report Adenauer ready to flexible on issues and decline in Bonn fears about concessions to Moscow. Allies plan French De Gaulle and Macmillan talks, Adenauer may meet De Gaulle, and four powers to meet in Paris to set final policy. If all aligns, exploratory talks with the Soviet government could resume early next year.
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Soviet Union
Charles de Gaulle
Harold Macmillan
Adenauer
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Kennedy
Farlier
Dean Rusk
Andrei A. Gromyko
Thanksgiving Proclamation Read Across Allied Posts
Bruce read Presi ces and Kennedy proclaimed it while an English choir sang Thanksgiv ing hymns for a one hour service attended by military diplomatic and civilian personnel. Americans abroad churches held services in Rome Brussels and across the U S including interfaith gatherings and Protestant Catholic and Jewish observances.
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Bruce
Kennedy
Rome
Brussels
Belgium
U.S
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Canadian Actor Douglas Campbell Elevated to Co-star in Gideon
At rehearsals for the drama Gideon Fredric March proposed raising Douglas Campbell to co-star billing. The idea was quickly adopted by producers Fred Coe and Arthur, altering the lead arrangement discussed at the start of rehearsals.
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New York
Douglas Campbell
Gideon
Fredric March
March
Fred Coe
Arthur
Middle Belt Leaf Prices Set Record in 1961 Tobacco Sales
The Federal State Market News Service reports North Carolina Middle Belt tobacco sales reached 161,870,205 pounds with an average 64.52 dollars per 100 pounds, a record high. Total value rose to 104.4 million, up from 1959 and 1960, as 3.8 percent went to the Stabilization Corp under price supports.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Middle Belt
Federal State Market News Service
Indian Shinnecock Reservation Golf Plan Blocked
New York Attorney General Louis Lefkowitz says the Shinnecock Indians cannot lease any part of their eastern Suffolk County reservation for nonresidential use. He warns a golf course would be an intrusion and not allowed under state law.
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New York
Suffolk County
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Lefkowitz
Turkey Growers Face Glut As Prices Slump
Los Angeles stores hold over 26 million pounds of turkey in cold storage up from 15 million last year amid overproduction. Farmers received 18 to 21 cents per pound, while production costs ran up to 24 cents.
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Los Angeles
Department of Agriculture
Rev Robert B Echols Dies in Olympia at 68
The Rev. Robert B. Echols 68 former rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond Virginia died Tuesday in Olympia Washington where he had resided since retiring two years ago. Born in Atlanta he lived in Olympic after retirement.
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Olympia, Wash
Robert B. Echols
St. John's Episcopal Church
Richmond
Mr. Echols
Atlanta
Olympic
Cannon Is Named To New Post
RALEIGH AP Dana Coltrane retires as Director of the State Department of Administration but remains in government service. Gov. Sanford appoints Hugh Cannon, now the governor's assistant, to succeed him effective Dec 1. Coltrane becomes an advisor on governmental efficiency and joins the advisory budget commission. He will earn about 15000 dollars annually plus a retirement pension and his new consultant salary. Coltrane, 68, has long service in state administration. Cannon, 30, previously worked in Sanford's Fayetteville law office and aided in the governor's campaigns.
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Raleigh
Dana Coltrane
State Department of Administration
Sanford
Coltrane
Hugh Cannon
Advisory Budget Commission
Cannon
Fayetteville
Suit Filed Over Rocket Launcher Damage
Claudia Y. Foster sues Railway Express Co Inc for 150000 dollars alleging her son James 20 suffered damage to an electronic rocket launcher in transit to a national science fair in Indianapolis. She says the device represented 10000 dollars of materials time and talent.
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Memphis, Tenn
Railway Express Co. Inc
Claudia Y. Foster
James
Indianapolis
John T. Momanus Dies at 56 in Montrose
John T. Momanus, 56, general manager of the National Guardian, a left wing weekly journal, died of a heart attack Wednesday in Montrose New York. He ran for New York governor on the Independent Socialist party ticket in 1958.
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John T. Momanus
Montrose
N.Y
National Guardian
New York
Independent Socialist Party
Mrs Kingsley Dies in Kenosha Cerebral Hemorrhage
Mrs Ralph Kingsley wife of the Kenosha Evening News publisher died Wednesday from a cerebral hemorrhage in Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Ralph Kingsley
Rockefeller Plans Plane Search For Missing Son
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York will direct a high flying boat search along the hostile southwestern New Guinea coast for his son Michael, last seen Sunday after their native catamaran capsized. Dutch navy planes may extend the hunt offshore as land units comb mangrove swamps and jungle with artifacts collectors Michael and Dr. R. S. Wassing aiding efforts.
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Merauke
Dutch New Guinea
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Michael
New Guinea
Hague
Netherlands Defense Ministry
P. Platteel
R. S. Wassing
Rockefeller
Mary Strawbridge
Young Rockefeller
Wassing
Farm Bureau backs federal limits on poultry production
The North Carolina Farm Bureau endorsed federal regulation of broiler and turkey output after its annual meeting. Delegates urged a three fourths farm grower composition on the rulemaking panel and proposed a floor-area and bird-concentration plan for 1959 to 1961. The group also favored leasing tobacco allotments but opposed outright sale.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation
Farm Bureau
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Pikesville
North Carolina School For the Deaf
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