Jonas Will Support Ike's Veto
Rep. Charles R. Jonas backs Eisenhower's veto of a large new public works bill. He argues federal borrowing for $9.7 million harbor and reservoir projects in Morehead City and Yadkin River should wait until finances improve, unless emergencies. The House planned to vote on overriding the veto.
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Washington
Congress
Morehead City
N.C
Yadkin
Charles R. Jonas
Eisenhower
North Carolina
Wilkesboro
Yadkin River
Jonas
House
Foreman Killed By High Voltage
Greensboro AP report of James Alfred King, a construction foreman, killed when a raised pole touched a 15,000 volt line. The line surged through the pole to the truck. two nearby workers were knocked down but unhurt. The man in the truck was not injured as he was off the ground.
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Greensboro
James Alfred King
Allan Coggeshall
King
SBI Agents To Testify In Trial
Lumberton North Carolina AP reports SBI agents were to testify in the embezzlement trial of J P Coleman Jr former treasurer of Lumberton city schools Coleman faced 58 counts of embezzlement or forgery totaling about 14000 dollars Auditor S Preston Douglas testified Coleman admitted responsibility for the money in school special accounts but claimed he did not handle it and did not know where it went December request to balance funds referenced
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Lumberton
N.C
State Bureau of Investigation
J. P. Coleman Jr
Coleman
S. Preston Douglas
Robeson Superior Court
Bitter Fight In Seating Expected
An Alabama Democratic committeeman warns of a bitter fight with the national party over seating delegates at the next year’s Democratic convention. Bailes says the South must unite and may not back Paul Butler’s plan. leaders from Alabama and Mississippi set a southwide strategy meeting before the 1960 Los Angeles convention.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Democratic
National Party
Bailes
Paul Butler
Butler
Mississippi
Jackson
Miss
Los Angeles
Delaware Counts Three Counties New Castle Kent Sus
Delaware has only three counties New Castle Kent and Sussex as shown in archival maps and records. The fragment identifies the trio of counties and hints at an incomplete word Sussex.
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Delaware
New Castle, Kent
Sus
Tar Heel preacher faces Louisiana clerical opposition
Episcopal clergy in Louisiana oppose the appearance of Rev. James P. Dees of Statesville N C as he prepared to address a New Orleans Citizens Council rally. The church says Dees speaks as a private citizen and carries no church endorsement. Dees planned to speak Monday but local clergy urged him to reconsider. a second telegram said he would not attend.
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New Orleans
Dees
Louisiana
Orleans
James P. Dees
Statesville
N.C
Episcopal Church
Citizens Council
Lucent
Jones
Private Schools Expensive and Inadequate Says Survey
An AP report summarizes a Virginia survey by the Jay Veeane task force on private schooling as costly and insufficient compared with integrated public schools. It notes countywide white private education experiments in Prince Edward County and cautious private efforts in Charlottesville and Norfolk, with financial and facility shortages cited as major obstacles.
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Atlanta
Jay Veeane
Virginia
Prince Edward County
Charlottesville
Norfolk
SRC
Gas Price Wars Probe Under Way In North Carolina
In Cabarrus County and surrounding areas several gas stations cut prices to match rivals as five major brands Esso Amoco Pure Gulf and Sinclair face a price minimum plan. State Attorney General Malcolm Seawell reviews potential collusion while Gulf pursues injunctions to enforce fair trade prices.
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Gulf
Cabarrus County
Esso
Amoco
Pure
Sinclair
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Office of State Atty. Gen
Malcolm Seawell
Seawell
Power hike asked in Tennessee and two North Carolina stations
A Tennessee station and two North Carolina outlets seek FCC permission to raise daytime power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts. The applicants are WKGN Knoxville WSKY Asheville and WSIC Statesville.
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Washington
Tennessee
North Carolina
Federal Communications Commission
WKGN
Knoxville
WSKY
Asheville
WSIC
Statesville
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Ike
SBI
Bank For Savings
New York
High Point Coal & Oil CO
407 & Commerce ST
Tar Heel
Acadia Lodge
A. F
A. M
Emergent Communication
Roy B. Culler JR
John F. Wilson
Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company
Spring Garden Street
N. C
PepsiCola Company
Davis Patrol
Jack S. Davis
NBC
FORD
U.S.A
U.S
Pacific Northwest
Warner
Troy
Mecklenburg Superior Court
Foster C. Rogers
Gulf District
Charlotte
David Armstrong
Montgomery Superior Court
Piedmont Lodge
Calvin L. Hart
Woodroe
BE. Haywood
L’s Office Equipment CO
S. Main ST
Pine ST
A.M
A. J. Koonce, SR
Fred R. Sherrer
Falcon
University of Maryland
Ford Division
Zand Motor Company
English Motor Company
Washington & Wrenn Streets
High Point, N. C
Thomasville
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