State Agencies Seek Nearly One Billion for 1959 61
Gov. Hodges and the Advisory Budget Commission disclosed total agency requests amounting to 982 million 640 thousand 980 dollars for the 1959 61 biennium. Requests cover expanded operations and capital improvements, with general and highway fund increases noted. The commission, after two weeks of hearings, drafts a budget to present to the next Legislature.
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Raleigh
Gov. Hodges
Advisory Budget Commission
Hunted Kids Draw Crowd on Idaho Canal Search
A bridge crowd in Idaho Falls watched searchers probe a canal as two mothers of three missing children looked on. The group swelled when three youngsters, later identified as five year old Bobby Curran and siblings Gail and Mark Walpert, joined the crowd prompting questions about their whereabouts.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Bobby Curran
Gail
Mark Walpert
Democratic Split Seen By Alcorn
National Republican Chairman Meade Alcorn says the Democratic Party is splitting into factions and will run a president on both sides in 1960. He predicts a new Southern Democrat third party forming by the next election and cites liberal and regional divides across the party. He spoke in Asheville after stops in Greenville and Winston-Salem and Statesville.
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Asheville
National Republican
Meade Alcorn
Democratic Party
Alcorn
Carolinas
Greenville
S.C
Winston- Salem
Statesville
Harry Truman
Paul Butler
Walter Reuthers
Soapy Williams
Wayne Morses
Hubert Humphreys
Wildlife controversy prompts governor to comment
Gov. Hodges defended Wildlife Commissioner S I Stewart amid Guilford County dispute over a state car use for a fishing trip. The case followed the firing of game protector Robert Wiles and wildlife protector Charles Webb after a hearing, with the commission backing the executive director and enforcement chief. He urged the commissioner to act as a statewide policy maker and avoid local interference.
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Raleigh
Guilford County
Hodges
S. I. Stewart
Greensboro
The
Wildlife Commission
Stewart
Robert Wiles
Wiles
Charles Webb
Clyde Patton
Ben James
Annulment Granted Over Shared House With 20 Dogs
Mrs Anna Diaz won an annulment of her Valentine's Day marriage to Miguel Diaz after claiming she could not live with his 20 dogs. She left the couple two days after the wedding.
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San Diego
Calif
Anna Diaz
Miguel Diaz
Tar Heel AP Broadcasters In Meeting
Doris B. Brown of WKBC North Wilkesboro was elected president of the North Carolina Associated Press Broadcasters. New officers include Norman Young and Alden Baker. Awards honored stations for Excellence in news coverage across multiple categories with several named reporters and stations.
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N.C
Doris B. Brown
WKBC
North Wilkesboro
North Carolina
Associated Press Broadcasters
Louis J. Kramp
New York
AP Broadcasters
J. Norman Young
WEGO
Concord
Alden Baker
WGAI
Elizabeth City
Paul Hansell
Carolinas
Kramp
Superior
WIST
Charlotte
John Holliday
WAIR
Winston-Salem
Larry Patrick
Weed
Rocky Mount
Bill Anthony
WSTP
Salisbury
Russ McIntire
Jack Aylis
WBBB
Burlington
E. Z. Jones
Lois Kansler
Graham Crusade Prep Taps Charlotte Coliseum
Preparations for Billy Graham’s home town crusade proceed at the Charlotte Coliseum and Ovens Auditorium. The Crusade runs four to five weeks starting Sunday with 12 500 seats in the Coliseum and 3 400 in the auditorium. Rental remains 1300 a day with free parking.
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Billy Graham
Audi
Torium
Charlotte
Coliseum
Graham
Christ
School Bus Gets Deputy As Escort
Currituck County deputy sheriff resumed bus escort duty to guide 32 Church's Island children to school. Road safety repairs promised next week by Harold Makepeace, with a 38 mph speed limit and highway patrol enforcement. Church's Island residents seek safe road without property damage.
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Currituck
N.C
Church's Island
Harold Makepeace
State Highway Department
Makepeace
W. F. Babcock
Blanton Saunders
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