General Fund Revenue Report Awaited For October
Raleigh NC October general fund revenue figures are awaited to gauge the impact of July 1 1955 sales tax increases. Eugene Shaw notes receipts run ahead of 1955 but with a slower rise after early fiscal months. Budget panels plan a semi final review before tax study commission results due around November 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
General Fund
General Assembly
Eugene Shaw
Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina Colleges Report 25 866 Students, Up Five Percent
North Carolina’s 12 state supported colleges report 25 866 students this year, a five percent rise from 1955. Enrolments increased at most schools led by Pembroke State College for Indians with 221 students versus 152 last year, while four of five Negro institutions declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
J. Harris Parks
Pembroke State College
Woman's College At
Greensboro
N.C. State College
The
University At
Chapel Hill
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
East Carolina College
Greenvile
Western Carolina College At
Cullowee
Accused Murderer Is Confined in State Hospital
A 24 year old man, John W. Patrick, charged with murdering Deputy Sheriff Loftin Floyd near Roanoke Rapids July 24, was found sane by a Halifax County Superior Court jury. Judge Henry L. Stevens Jr. ordered Patrick confined to the State Hospital for the Insane in Raleigh until he is mentally capable of making a plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.C
Raleigh
John W. Patrick
Halifax County
Henry L. Stevens Jr
Patrick
Loftin I. Floyd
Roanoke Rapids
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Bing Benson
Kansas City
Stanley
Kan
FFA
Tax Study Commission
Greece
Belk
Taffeta
Lillian Knitting Mills CO
Albemarle
N. C
A. L. Patterson, Treas
Ubedt Sehegy
Serta
Belk’s
Birdseye
Snowy
S-M-L
Belk - Beck
N. Hamilton and
E. Broad
Tiege
Serte Argacianes, Inc
Seete
Journal of the American
Bom
Alman-Bass Furniture CO
Aluminum
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