Tax collections rise in North Carolina for September
Raleigh reports gains in income and sales taxes for September boosting general fund to 14.93 million. Fiscal year totals reach 45.94 million, with income tax up 864 thousand and sales tax up 275 thousand while highway fund falls 38 thousand that month but year to date highway receipts exceed last year by 548 thousand.
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James S. Currie
Hodges
Curtie
Currie
Highway Fund
Duke Homecoming Weekend Highlights Face Duke Maryland Game
Thousands of alumni and visitors converge on Duke University for Homecoming Weekend with dorm displays on West Campus by fraternities, a Homecoming Show and Pep Rally in Duke Indoor Stadium, the coronation of the Homecoming Queen, and a Saturday football clash with Maryland at Duke Stadium followed by a dance in the Old Gym hosted by Trinity College, Woman's College and the College of Engineering.
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Duke University
West Campus
Duke
Duke Ambassadors
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Cameron
Durham of Commerce
Hal McElhaney
Robert R. Thomas
Oak Hill
W. Va
Terrapins
University of Maryland
Duke Stadium
Trinity College
Woman's College
College of Engineering
Hearing Set To Fix Bond For J Perc Flowers
Smithfield North Carolina hearing scheduled before Judge Leo Carr to set bond for J Perc Flowers indicted on liquor charges by Johnston County grand jury. Flowers and others were charged after a raid on a Clayton area store owned by Flowers. Witness against Flowers for assault with deadly weapon in custody for safekeeping. Trial possibly October 14 to 21. Grand jury also charged conspiracy to unlawfully manufacture liquor and unlawful purchase of a pistol.
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Smithfield
N.C
J. Percy Flowers
Johnston County
Leo Carr
Flowers
Clayton
W. Jack Hooks
Jack Smith
Hooks
James Sewell
Bill Britt
Pec Flowers
Italian Actress Sofia Loren Weds Carlo Ponti in Juarez Proxy
Juarez court records show Sophia Loren and Italian producer Carlo Ponti married in a proxy ceremony on Sept 17. Ponti obtained a proxy divorce from his Italian wife on Aug 6. Loren, using the name Sofia Scicolone, was represented by a Juarez attorney and appeared for the ceremony.
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Juarez
Mexico
Sophia Loren
Carlo Ponti
Ponti
Miss Loren
Sofia Scicolone
Record of U S Can Production in 18
A historical note states forty two billion cans were produced in the United States in 18, equaling 259 per person in the country.
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United
Bank Robberies in North Carolina Remain A Gamble
FBI officials note North Carolina has had 28 robberies or attempted robberies since 1952, totaling nearly $340000 in loot with most cases unresolved or resulting in prison terms. Amateurs and lone suspects are common, with several bungled heists highlighting the era’s crime pattern.
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North Carolina
Tar Heel
M. P. Chiles
FBI
Charlotte
Bruce Forrest Gibson
Rutherfordton
Bostic
Mao Seeks Americans Moscow
Mao Tse tung received the American youth delegation visiting Red China yesterday as 16 members left Peiping for Moscow on their way home. Moscow radio reported the meeting with the Communist leader but gave no details.
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Mao Tze-tung
Red China
Peiping
Moscow Radio
China
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