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BATTLESHIP — The acc of the battleship USS North Caro* lina by the State of North Carolina, to be preserved and maintained as a memorial and shrine for Tarheel naval veterans of all wars seems assured. Orville Campbell, chairman of the advisory committee named by Governor Hodges, reported to the Governor at his latest news conference that the committee had unanimously recommended taking over the famous ship, without cost to the State for its acquisition or maintenance. In the same report the Governor was requested to ask for an extension of time until July for completing the arrangements. Original deadline was January 3.•Members of $ie committee hadvisited Bayonne, N. J., where bhe North Carolina is in mothballs and inspected it. Also theyhad visited Houston, where the battleship Texas has been on display for 12 years. Nominal admission fees have enabled the Texas commission to install and maintain bhe vessel — and build up a reserve of some $65,000.The North Carolina committee is working out plans for a campaign to raise funds from nonpublic sources to move the famous ship from New Jersey to North Carolina and install it at some strategic point. Details will be worked out later, but the Texasexperience leads to conclusionthat the Norbh Carolina would be a great historic attraction. Unless some responsible State agency assumes responsibility for acquiring and maintaining her, the grand old ship will be consigned to the junk yard early »n 1961. Navy officials do not want that to happen, but they’ve got to get rid of the ship. The present advisory commission is handicapped in authority by forthcoming change in administration, henc^ the request for extension of the deadline for acquisition19Ic%1I
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Rocky Mount Evening Telegram
Rocky Mount, North Carolina, US
Mon, Dec 19, 1960
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