North Carolina Sets 1950 Workmen Fees Schedule Changes
The North Carolina Industrial Commission releases the 1950 fee schedule for medical dental nursing and hospital charges in workmen compensation cases effective Jan. 1. Main change: doctors receive a full flat fee for major fractures while earlier there was a partial payment for subsequent fractures. About 9,500 bills pass monthly with roughly 160000 dollars approved. Copies will be distributed to professionals by Jan 1 without request.
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Raleigh
J. Frank Huskins
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Huskins
Commission
State Medical Society
Martin Van Buren First U S President Born After Independence
The article notes Martin Van Buren as the eighth U S president and the first born after the Declaration of Independence was adopted, distinguishing him from prior presidents by birth status.
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Martin van Buren
United States
French scientist warns earth’s end far off in six million years
A French scientist projects the earth disaster as distant, about six million years ahead. Separately, historical note recalls Indians teaching American colonists to plant cover crops of squash, pumpkin, and beans between rows.
Rail service cuts urged as railroad offices face closure
North Carolina state hearing set next week on three proposals to trim eastern rail service. Seaboard Air Line and Railway Express 7 seek permission to close Ridgeway agencies, Atlantic Coast Line to close Halifax station, and Atlantic and East Carolina to remove passenger cars from trains 1 and 5 on weekdays and drop trains 12 and 15 on Sundays.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Railway Express 7
Ridgeway
Atlantic Coast Line
Halifax
Atlantic and
East Carolina
Dhe
A.&e.c. Road
Morehead City
Goldsboro
Five Sets of Twins Attend Local High Point College
Five sets of twins enroll at High Point College, four identical. Rebecca and Margaret Southerland of Bahamas are sophomores, Becky studies accounting, Margaret primary education. Jean and Jane Ray of Mebane lead home economics and fall homecoming. The Dull brothers from Mocksville, Richard and Ronald Smith from Reidsville, and William and Bob Marley of Ramseur complete the twin group. one pair absent for the photo.
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High Point College
Dean Dull
Mocksville
Jean and
Jane Ray
Mebane
Rebecca
Margaret Southerland
Bahama
Eugene Dull
Richard and
Ronald Smith
Reidsville
William and
Bob Marley
Ramseur
Otos
Jane
Jean
Margaret South
Erland
Becky
Margaret
Eugene
Dull Brothers
Richard
Ronald
Mother Whale And Calf Die On St Petersburg Beach
In St Petersburg Florida a pygmy sperm whale mother and her newborn died after beaching. A passerby helped move the calf to water while rescuers towed the mother back to the Gulf of Mexico. The calf was placed in a tank for an autopsy at Marineland.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Marineland
St. Augustine
New YMCA to Offer Dormitories and Expanded Facilities
The High Point YMCA plans dormitories for visitors and an all purpose room for banquets reading and film showings. It will include a kitchen a health club room an expanded gymnasium and space for varied activities and provide a home away from home for young men new to the city and a haven for boys and men to pursue recreation.
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YMCA
High Point
No Deportation Rights for Naturalized Citizens
A naturalized citizen cannot be deported to the country of birth or to any other nation. The text states that American citizens, whether born here or naturalized, are not subject to immigration laws.
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United States
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Wee Tiiim
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Penney
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