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PAGE TWO LLfltrrww iMffA n V 41 VM I Yf Vi SPRING HATS HAVE A PRETTY LOOK s . . | Xv:vy-• m$ / 1111? ip " jp' The look of the early Thir ties is personified by Betmar in an off-face, head-hugging cloche of houndstooth check silk. Good news, too, is the fact that it is packable. WEEKLY LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY ] 1 1 ,-ii-i-r i—ii—m—l.. -1.-.-, ' NOTE: Tliis is the fourth of a series of weekly summaries prepared by the legislative staff of the Institute of Gov ernment on the work of the North Carolina General Assem bly of 1957. It is confined to discussions of matters of gen eral interest and major import ance. « .. i Still moving along slightly faster than its 1955 predecessor, the Gen eral Assembly spent most of its fourth full week on clearing local calendars—climaxed by a shooting match in the House Friday which saw 33 local bills go wingingl through. So far this session only I two bills have been brought down,. both with unfavorable committee} reports. Meanwhile, the spotlight| of public interest swung from bud get hearings to proposals to reor ganize the State Highway and Pub lic Works Commission and to re-J turn unmarked State Highway Pa-1 trol cars to the state’s highways. [ State Government Reorganization Proposals to reorganize the State Highway and Public Works Com mission (described in our second' weekly‘summary) created the ma-i jor legislative storm of the week,! but only muffled thunder was heard} publicly. The bill passed the Sen ate with little overt opposition, af ter an amendment deleting the pro-1 hibition against political activity! by Commission employees and sevvj eral changes designed to insure] I WANTED I CLEAN COTTON - < I No Woolens Or Scraps I Must Be Free Os PINS And BUTTONS I WILL PA Y 111 II PER LB. HP ■ HH ■ 'tL* gy y JL/f I \j%/ /Vj LJ Ls jLJ A m m\ I IK The Garbo swagger hat is r interpreted by Amrose of sup t pie, feather-weight felt cover ( ed with stitched chiffon in bold ? polka dots. Felt is a favorite material for spring hats. that the switch from district-ori ented to state-oriented commission ers would not deny citizens an op portunity to be heard on local road problems. These changes include requirements that (1) commission ers be appointed from different areas of the state, (2) individual commissioners be assigned to han dle relations with the public in par ticular areas, (3) at least one an nual meeting of the Commission (at which the public will be heard) be held in each of three general geo graphic areas of the state, and (4) final responsibility for decisions as j to secondary roads be in the Com [ mission rather than in the Director lof Highways (a career official). lln the House, the Committee on I State Government recommended identical amendments, except that it would limit politicking by the I Director and supervisors (tboughl I not by other employees) and would ■require thht standards for second-■ J ary roads be a matter of public rec-j j ord. The House did not vote on j the bill or amendments, but refer red them to a second committee, where they are expected to lie un ' til the Senate version is placed be | fore the House. I Two more bills of the Commiss } ion on Reorganization of State (these designed to re vamp the state's building laws and j agencies enforcing tiiem) were in. ! troduced on Monday night. Its ■ | earlieo recommendations have not | yet come to a vote. el 5 >n , r , " Beatrice Martin designs a frothy white bow cap of white organdy. Milliners ’say white hats for Spring should be feminine and frothy, and or, gandy is a favorite fabric. I Motor Vehicles and ! Highway Safety The most extensive floor debate: of the week took place in the Sen- j ate, where most of two legislative days was devoted to consideration of Senator Moore’s bill to restore Highway Patrol* authority to use * unmarked cars. After beating - down three efforts to limit the au thority in various ways, propon t ents finally accepting an amend- / I ment forbidding use of such cars by commissioned officers of the Pa trol and passed the bill. Their most telling argument appeared to t be the possibility # of using unmark , ed cars as a weapon against the spread of drag-racing on the high , ways. ; Two more installments of the . Department of Motor Vehicles’ leg - islative program were submitted. One would make the commission of i two speeding offenses within a 1 year, rather than two convictions t within a year, the basis of a driv , er’s license suspension, and would H let the Department pick up a li -1 cense when a judge suspends sen ., tence on condition that the defend . | ant not drive for a given period. ,'The second would make * plea of . nolo contendere the equivalent of a conviction for the purpose of sus . pension of a license, thus plugging . a hole opened up by a recent Su-j preme Court decision. j Special treatment for speeding j » physicians bumped to a halt, when ; - HB 125 received an unfavorable 1 1 committee report. After lengthy . committee debate on the merits of s abolishing the mandatory one-year t license revocation for drivers con-' victed of drunken driving (and sub- ! i THE CHOWAN HERALD, EDENT6N. WORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1957. This Spring bonnet of pearl ■ grey and white straw features a mobile styaw daisy with rhinestone center. This stun ning hat is designed by Walter K. Marks. ! stitution of a discretionary sus-, (pension period of from 60 days to 'one year), SB 16 was referred to a • subcommittee for further study. I Budget Matters While agency heads were sub-i mitting requests for increased ap propriations during the next bien nium, the central budgetary, issue continued to be the questions of how large a pay raise will be grant ed to teachers and state employees 'and where the money is coming ! from. Teachers were heartened this week when Governor Hodges bowed to demands that they receive great er pay hikes than the 9.1% recom mended in the budget. The Gover- j nor said that he recognized that thej recommended raises were inade quate and that he would lead in helping to find the necessary mon ey to do the job. Most legisla tors appeared relieved by the change in the Governor’s position. Meanwhile, members of the State Board of Education received an “urgent request” from their chair man to appear befofe the Joint Ap propriations Committees on Mar<£ j 19. At that time the State Board is expected to go to bat for its re quest for a 19.31% raise for the teachers. Schools Despite widespread editorial op position in past years to the elec-1 I tion of county school boards by the j * General Assembly rather than by; j the folks back home, the practice , currently required by law continues i ! Straight Kentucky - Bourbon \ • >• : . "„■ r i ■»!«■ J&M /< widJ 9 ei*dis&**' Oj ■ - STRAIGHT KENTUCKY 10Ptt0lOj| df’txcuyfit, ja du/iegu/ytif cUbtitMeil J& theJtineAt M I ■3| 9 V B M ** 1 PP Silky strate rolls gently back off the face in a Damozel Or iginal that recalls the hats of the early ’thirties. It has a rounded ami head - hugging crown. \-'fa ■ unchanged. This week the bien nial measure (appointing such members ’ for all counties except Forsyth, Gates, Iredell, Lincoln, and Madison) reached the' legisla tive hopper. Apparently designed to prevent a city administrative school unit from “raiding” adjoining county school areas, a bill sent forward by Senator Currie would make it ne cessary that a petition for annexa tion have the endorsement of both the city and the county schffol board before an election would be called. School teachers with money to save will be enabled to participate in a payroll deduction plan for buy ing U. S. Savings Bonds, under a measure submitted by Representa tive Uzzell. Municipal Streets In 1955 mountain legislators submitted a bill authorizing the State Highway and Public Works Commission to pay the entire cost of rights-of-way for highways through municipalities, where the only feasible route is through town. This week a “down-Easter,” Representative Etheridge of Dare Cpunty, put in a bill which would extend the same benefit to any town under 5,000 population when the Commission finds that the town cannot assume its normal burden of one-third of the right-of-way cost. Another modification of ex isting law would authorize expendi ture of Powell Bill funds for shel- . Ks * . Wkmi* If • f H 'i AIR CONDITIONING STANDARD Eighty-four-year-old Tom William Thurban sits in his “Thurbanette,” an odd-looking car he built mostly out of scrap motorcycle puts. Thurban of Ewell, England, claims the car can reach a top speed of 80 miles an hour, despite its looks. And, more attractive still; it gets 45 miles to the gallon. ;. ' terihg road-building equipment. * Miscellaneous The oft-discussed proposal to. lower- the voting age to 18. years came in again this week.. It would submit a constitutional amendment to the voters at the ' 1958 general flection. Widows whose annual income does not exceed $4,000 would get a $2,000 state income tax exemption under TB 145, introduced by Repre sentative Yarborough of Cumber land. A similar measure which he introduced in 1955 died in commit tee. Members of the armed forces and of the merchant marine, who received exemption from city and county poll taxes during the war and for a year thereafter, would re ceive continuing exemption under HB 138. SB 87, introduced by Senator Copeland, would permit banks to operate on a shortened week, but at the expense of “Bankers’ hours.” At the request of all banks in a city or town, the Commissioner of Banks could authoize them to op erate on a 5-day week, but they H- .* , .. . -■.;' i..f'T '' ■ • *»**' V?vlv?Sr *■" ■ IlpC I has made a remarkable I I NEW RINSING | DISCOVERY I I to get dotbei d&atfier than ever before R I ! —y : • I WiN•/ I LJ 1 # °re washed and before * U m •fj 'ft the dirty wish water is .^R r • directed into tobfortiwg fc. N still loosely Iwwirsod Ui •* | CAN BB MOUNffO ONCASTERf al. nCW Speed Queen I V AU-PORCELAIN TOO «*d INTERIOR # * o«o*MM*M<«MtMMM<MtM g|jj CLOTHES CLEANI •* P\ *• TUAN EVER BEFORE! •* suos WpA e # UWn 5,Ul SAVER ‘ /m&et/ l&e> pre-selection STAUMSS STEM !«• . /T, . . GUARANTEED fOR «P* WP •»■* any fabric A UFRTIME • M« mm «l .T.VMH .••••«**•••••*••••••••••*■• wcac ««c mm .jiii ■ ■ MuofciMif ttptt ~r • |K| r?jj| A • .. ■ ■ would halve- to remain open at least seven houts on the day preceding the* closeddiy, and special facilities Such as sftfe deposit vaults would have to be open for an hour on the morning of jclosed days. Catfish in the lower Cape Fear River ate in far a shock if a bill introduced -by Representative Britt is enacted. The bill (characterized by the Charlotte Observer as (“as sault with battpries”) would permit the use of electrical devices to take the fish. “Telephoning” for fish is a well-known technique; how to get only catfish to answer may pose a problem. REALTY HOLDINGS OF LIFE COMPANIES AT $2.8 BILLION With the purchase of $353,000,- 000 of additional real estate dur ing 1956, realty holdings iii all U. S. life insurance companies at the start Os thig yegr, rose to $2,809,- 000,000, the Institute of Life Insur ance reports. Largest block of the real estatei purchases Qf the life companies was in commercial and industrial pron erties to he hold for rental purpose **.’ The year’s acquisitions ofsuMt • teal estate *ere $236,000,000 apd •the holdings of such properties at; the start of 1957 were $1,677,60!0,-' ,000. V ■ . «, . 'j tv Let’s fear no storm, before we feel a show’r. —Drayton ■CVWVN/WVNA—WrtA IAA/Se>; Dancing Contest ... at SLABE’S TEENAGE [ CLUB every Monday and Wednesday nights. Winner will receive prize and name to appear in this ad every i week. ; t WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF CONFECTIONERIES 1.. * I “A Nice Place for Young f . * People .... Come on . (• out and have fun!” * SLADE’S Teenage Club’ . r 608 N. 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