High Point Men Will Accompany Hodges To Europe
Raleigh reports the governor will not have space for all Tar Heels joining Gov Hodges on an industry-hunting trip to Europe next month. Ed Rankin said over 60 were selected from the State Board of Conservation and Development and the State Ports Authority. The trip leaves Oct 31 and returns mid November with several other participants planned for multiple European stops.
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Raleigh
Governor's Office
Gov. Hodges
Europe
Rollman
Rankin
State Board of Conservation and Development
State Ports Authority
John Akers
Gastonia
W. A. Allen
Farmville
J. Frank Alone
Winston-Salem
Alex B. Andrews
Vinton E. Fountain
Tarboro
Richard Anderson
M., A. Arnold
Greensboro
N. E. Aydrett
Elizabeth City
Orton A. Boren
Pleasant Garden
Phillip K. Buchanan
Colon
Cooper D. Cass
inston-Salem
Gas Firms Seek Higher Rates In North Carolina
North Carolina gas companies request rate increases subject to Utilities Commission approval. Transcontinental would raise costs about two million dollars annually. Piedmont about 631 thousand, with residential hikes of 13.75 cents per 1000 cubic feet and other sector increases. Carolina Natural Gas forecasts only two thirds of Transcontinental's rise. Piedmont serves multiple North Carolina cities including Charlotte and Winston-Salem.
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Raleigh
North Gas
Cor- Charlotte Gas Co
Hickory
State Utilities Commission
Transcontinental
Raymond J. Nery
The
Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Piedmont
Nery
Carolina Natural Gas
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
High Point
Greensboro
Burlington
Newton
Conover
Morganton
Valdese
Lincolnton
France approves De Gaulle plan to end Algerian revolt
Paris officials report the National Assembly backed President De Gaulle’s peace plan by a 441 to 23 vote after Premier Debre asserted France will keep Algeria. The motion grants De Gaulle a free hand to end the five year rebellion, with abstentions and a notable communist opposition.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Michael Debre
France
National Assembly
Debre
de Gaulle
Georges Bidault
Boy
Broadcaster Says Industry Can Clean Up
Harold E. Fellows president of the National Association of Broadcasters urged a careful study of testimony before FTC Chairman Earl W. Kintner. Fellows said the industry can clean its own house after four decades of service and Kintner indicated anger and a lecture was likely.
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Washington
Harold E. Fellows
National Assn. of Broadcasters
Earl W. Kintner
Federal Trade Commission
Clemeny hearing on Chessman case tests Brown stance
Gov. Edmund G Brown closed a three hour clemency hearing in Sacramento amid debate over Caryl Chessman’s fate. Brown opposes capital punishment and signaled a ruling soon, while Chessman’s lawyers urged commutation. The case centers on kidnapping charges with no direct murder, a 1948 conviction tied to two death counts.
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Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Caryl Chessman
Brown
Chessman
Los Angeles
J. Miller Leavy
Rerun Of Fixed TV Quiz Proves Fascinating
The piece reviews a filmed NBC Twenty-One episode from December 5 1956 as part of a House probe into rigged quiz shows. Herbert Stempel and Charles Van Doren are profiled with observations on acting, stress, and scoring details.
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Charles van Doren
Herbert Stempel
Stempel
Saul Pett
NBC
House
Pett
New York
Charlies van Doren
van Doren
Paddle Wheel Satellite Loses Voice
NASA reports Explorer VI, the Paddle Wheel satellite, went silent on October 6 after two months of operation. The 142 pound satellite used four solar paddle vanes to recharge its radios, and officials had hoped signals would resume.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
60000 GM Workers Are Idled by Steel Strike
DETROIT AP GM announced that more than 60,000 of its hourly workers were idled due to a steel strike. At that time GM total hourly staff reached about 330,000 with no plant breakdown. The Framingham Chevrolet assembly plant was to close, idling 500 workers, as several GM parts plants had already shut down.
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van Doren
Stempel
Detroit
Gen. Motors Corp
Chevrolet
Framingham
Mass
Industry Accepts Plan For Study
Washington The Steelworkers Union and industry opened direct talks on a strike settlement the first session lasting 1 hour 45 minutes with David J McDonald stating a new union proposal would be studied. A Saturday meeting is planned as negotiators seek a collective bargaining agreement amid reports of a 21 cent per hour two year package.
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Washington
Steelworkers Union
Govern
David J. McDonald
R. Conrad Cooper
Cooper
McDonald
Kaiser Steel Corp
Edgar F. Kaiser
Kaiser Steel
Governor Stresses Science in Southern Growth
Governor Luther Hodges of North Carolina told the eighth annual Legislative Work Conference of the Southern Regional Education Board that science is essential to the South's industrial rise. He cited universities like Duke and UNC and noted the Research Triangle as a planned industrial and government research complex to boost regional science resources.
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Louisville
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Hodges
Southern Regional Education Board
South
Raleigh
Duke University
Durham
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Sents
U S Plans Week of Research Rocket Launches
The United States will fire ten research rockets in a week during November as part of International Rocket Week from Nov 16 to 22. Launch sites include Wallops Island Virginia and Fort Bliss with one rocket possibly lighting the Eastern Seaboard, according to the National Academy of Sciences.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Wallops Island
National Academy of Sciences
Tax On Big Fish Protested In Baltimore
Baltimore AP bill Simmons held a 10 pound rockfish named Diamond Jim III caught Aug 6 1958 under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Tax authorities seized 6230 dollars claiming income. Simmons argues the luck was windfall and not taxable. His lawyer Sheldon Braterman says the tagged fish was for recreation, not income.
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Baltimore
Bill Simmons
Simmons
Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Internal Revenue Service
Sheldon Braterman
Diamond Jim III
Internal Revenue
Bkaterman
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Charles C.heath
Shelby
Robert D. Higgins Jr
Watts Hill Jr
Harvey Hines Jr
Kinston
Howard Holderness
Lewis R.holding
Smithfield
W. E. Horner
Sanford
Ralph T. Isley
Edwin L. Jones Jr
Harry
Lexington
Cortez Colp
Goodman Point School
Steel Union
Morrie Landsberg
San Quentin
Leavy
George T. Davis
San Francisco
Nerse
Davis
United States Supreme Court
Okey
T ED
Pees Eee Ees
Marty
Paddle Wheel
R. Heath Larry
U.S. Steel
John H. Morse
Bethlehem Steel
H. C. Lamb
Republic Steel
Oward Hague
I. W. Abel
Adrensurer
Athan 2. Goldberg
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