Rockefeller calls tax rise his biggest political blooper
In Albany with Frank D. O Connor challenging him Rockefeller calls his 1950s promise not to raise taxes his biggest blunder. He notes the 2 percent sales tax and higher levies on motor vehicles liquor and cigarettes while arguing tax proceeds funded state aid and curbed local property taxes.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York City
Frank D. O’connor
O’connor
Ataakkefeller
New York
Post Office Dedication Highlights Payment Claims
U S Postal Official O H Martin spoke at the Asheboro post office dedication about claims tied to the building contract. He said moral responsibility exists to see bills paid, with two claims already settled and others awaiting action from the bonding company and contractors in the area.
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Asheboro
U. S
O. H. Martin
Atbuilding
Martin
Office Department
New Jersey
Post Office Department
Shelby
Sanford
Randolph County to form motor sports club meeting set
Asheboro reports efforts to organize a motor sports club for Randolph County with Jesse Warner leading a Thursday meeting at the Randolph courthouse. The club would include drivers of sports cars motorcycles and hot rod vehicles and promote races safety programs and driver rules. Support from the State Highway Patrol county sheriff and Asheboro police is anticipated. The group plans a future on site shop and potential in house mechanic and encourages youth aged 16 and up to join and compete locally.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Jesse Warner
Randolph
Warner
Varner
Asheboro Board Faces Possible Appeal Over Negro Teacher Rehiring
Federal Judge Eugene Gordon dismissed the suit against the Asheboro Board of Education finding no due process violation in the non rehiring of Negro teachers for 1965 66. The suit by the North Carolina Teachers Assn sought reinstatement for nine teachers with Gaines W H Price added as a plaintiff.
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Greensboro
Asheboro
The
North Carolina Teachers Assn
Gaines W. H. Price
Asheboro Board of Education
Price
Middle District
Gordon
Flue-Cured Markets Entering Homestretch
Flue-cured tobacco markets in North Carolina and Virginia trend downward as the homestretch begins. Over 60 percent of grades fell $1 to $5 per hundredweight, with Old Belt averages about $65.49 for the week and $65.36 season. Stabilization Corp. purchases reached 12 percent of last week’s sales under government price support.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Stabilization Corp
Middle Belt
School Grading Period Ends and Student Reports Due
The first six weeks end Oct 14 with report cards to be issued next week. A committee of the Council will meet Tuesday at 7 p m at Kaye Steelman s home to review projects. Junior Civitan elects John Shelton president and other officers. FTA and Library Club meetings noted with Miss Kay Yow in charge.
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Kaye Steelman
Haney
Junior Civitan Club
John Shelton
Dennis Honeycutt
Tom Rees
Trea
Tom McRae
Mr. Smith
Library Club
High School
Absentee Ballots Probed in Yancey County
Raleigh AP reports state investigators probe irregularities in Yancey County absentee ballots. SBI receives absentee ballot register, affidavits and a petition remain confidential. Elections Board will weigh findings and may invalidate disputed ballots if warranted. Republican officials allege threats used to secure ballots.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Yancey County
State Bureau of Investigation
State Board of Erec
Alex Brock
State Elections Board
Adrian Buchanan
Yancey Elections Board
SBI
Brock
Attorney General
Elections Board
Billy Wilson
Republican Party
Fred P. Robinson
Thomasville High Senior Adopts Motto for Class of ’67
Thomasville High announces the class motto With faith in God we in our hearts love for mankind and determination to succeed we face the future chosen by the senior class of 1967. Senior colors baby blue and white with a blue carnation. Jim Boyles and Mary Beth Goodman selected as mascot.
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Thomasville
Jim Boyles
Mary Beth Goodman
Vickie Regan
Janice Russell
Segregationist lauds rival states and endorses GOP slate
South Carolina independent leader L M Bessinger says Alabama and Georgia voters rejected civil rights activists and urges similar action in South Carolina. His executive committee endorsed most Republican statewide and congressional candidates for the November election, omitting Greenwood’s Marshall Mays for lieutenant governor with no reason given. A concurrent suit challenges Piggie Park drive eating places in Columbia for integration.
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Columbia
L. Maurice Bessinger
South Carolina
Independents
Alabama
Georgia
LBJ
Bessinger
Piggie Park Drive
Yancey Elections Board Member Alleges Unnotified Meetings
A member of the Yancey Elections Board asserts that board meetings occurred with changes in time without notifying him, raising concerns over access to meeting details and procedural transparency.
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Yancey Elections Board
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