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The Daily Chowanian Murfreesboro, North Carolina Gov. Hollings Asking Legislature To Enact Income Tax Relief Plan COLUMBIA AP —Gov Ernest F. Hollings today asked the Legislature to enact income tax reliei, increase teacher pay and improve physical plants at state institutions. The 38 year old chief execu tive recomnnended to the open ing session that lawmakers re store a $500 exemption to state income tax-payers for federal taxes paid. The exemption was eliminated last year, effective with taxes due on 1959 personal income. He described his proposal as “the only tax relief that can be practically and immediately giv en. . . “it would cost the state about 2 million dollars a year. The governor figured this would leave a surplus of some 8 million. He said 3 million of this should be retained in the reserve fund and the other 5 million should be kicked back to the counties for educational purposes. I'he capital improvements program carried a 5 million prico tag. It included a new $2, 350,000 state office building and improvements at the state’s in dustrial schools, the sanatorium, Winthrop College and the State Penitentiary. Hollings called “substantial and wise” a proposed teacher pay increase that would average about 10 per cent, including raises undeJ" the certification program. The pay increase, backed by the Budget and Con trol Board, would be about 6 per cent, not counting automatic state aid pay raises under the certification program. Hollings said college facul ty salaries have “lagged far be hind those in other fields” and commended to lawmakers a Budget Board recom^mendation for a 10 per cent increase for faculties at Winthrop, the Uni versity of South Carolina, Clem- som and The Citadel. It would be financed in part by raising student activity fees $50. Will Soviet Union and US Debt For American Help Be Settled? Prisoners To Be Processed In Va. LYNCHBURG, Va. AP — Cases against nine Ivy Bluff, N.C. prison escapees will be processed in western Virginia before the men are returned to North Carolina, District Atty. John Strlckler says. The escapees were indicted Monday on such federal offenses as interstate transportation of stolen automobiles and unlaw ful possession of firearms. The U.S. District Court in dictment'; w’re returned against these escapees: Douglas Ray Anderson, 24, Atlanta; James W. Strickland, 34, Columbia, S.C.; William Mit chell Vaughn, 39, Halifax Coun ty, Va.; James Edward Christy, 2G, Concord, N.C.; Ralph Doug las Byers, 27, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Charles W. Steward, 52, Wilmington, N.C.; Wyle Frank Cummings Jr., 34, Winston-Sa lem: Johnnie Lee Miller, 26, Al bemarle, N.C.; and John Richard Kilbourne Jr., 34, Winston- Salem. i'liey were among 20 prison ers who fled the Ivy Bluff pri son last month. From the origi nal group only Willie Shaw,29, Rougemont, N.C., and Cleve land McNeill, 27, Fuquay Spr ings, N.C., are still at large. Pilot Loses Life Bidding Freedom TAIPEI, Formosa AP — A Chi nese Communist pilot lost his life today in bidding for freedom with a crash landing of his MIG jet fighter on Formosa, an Amer ican source said. The Nationlist Defense Mini stry announced a Red flier had defected to Nationalist China and with-out reporting his fate—said his plane was damaged slightly in landing at an emergency air strip in northeast Formosa. The American source, who re fused to identified by name, said Nationalist officers near the crash site told him the plane landed in a beach area and buried its nose in the sand, kill ing the pilot. Ministers Disagree PHILADELPHIA AP — The United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. pprrted today that in a poll sjsloi its ministers dis agreed that “the religious affili ation of a presidential candidate is irrelavant.” Only 57 ministers agreed. The church said ministers were asked to indicate their opin ions about a Roman Catholic candidate in multiple choice statements in the Nov. 16 issue of Monday Morning, a maga zine for Presbyterian ministers. Responses totaled 1,047 out of a possible 10,947. Sen. John F. Kennedy D-Mass. who is a Catholic, has announced his candidacy for the Democra tic presidential nomination. Eisenhower Calls For Congress To Remove Interest Rates WASHINGTON AP — Presi dent Eisenhower today called on Congress to remove what he called the archaic 4Vi per cent interest rate ceiling on long-term government bonds. In a brief and forceful message —the first special message of the new session of Congress—Eisen hower blamed congress for boost ing the cost of carrying the na tional debt. “I deem it imperative, there fore, that this restrictive ceiling be removed,” the President wrote. “I am asking the secretary of the Treasury to transmit to the Congress proposed legislation de signed to attain this objective.” Because of objections by many members to high and rising in terest charges. Congress did not approve last year ceiling—re moval action which Eisenhower described as the most urgent business before the lawmakers. “Congressional inaction on that request has resulted in a much more rapid increase in short term debt than would otherwise have occurred,” today’s message said. “As a result, short-term Treas ury borrowing costs have risen to the highest levels in several decades and the ability of debt management to operate in a manner consistent with sound principles of sustained economic growth has been seriously imder- mined.” The ceiling, enacted during World War I, applies to govern ment securities which mature in five years or longer. 1960-61 Budget Recommended COLUMBIA AP — A $325,379,- 268 state budget for 1960-61 was recommended to t h e General Assembly today by the Budget and Control Board. The board appraised the state’s financial situation as one of “rapid recovery” from a de ficit situation a year ago. It warned however that it should not be “assumed that the recent rapid gain in business ac tivity will continue.” WASHINGTON AP —For the third time in 13 years the United States and the Soviet Union are trying to settle the Soviets’ lend-lease debt for A- merican help during the war. But don’t read too much into an agreement, if there is one. The two sides talked about it in 1947-48 and again in 1951-52, without success. They started talking again Monday, but this this time under different circumstances. Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when he was here last Septem ber, made a pitch for trade as part of better relations in a number of fields between the U.S.S.R. and the United States. He was told a lend-lease settle ment might remove a major ob stacle, and the new lend-lease talks are a result of his urging. So there may be a settlement. If there is, trade between the two countries should increase a bit, but probably not on a large scale for a good while. Agreement on trade doesn’t necessarily mean agreement on other big issues such as disarma ment or the Soviets’ delmand that the Western Allies get their troops out of Berlin. It has been past Soviet practice to hag gle on each issue individually, as if none was related to any other. During the war this country privided the Soviet Union with $10,800,000,000 worth of mili tary and civilian equipment. Af ter the war the United States wrote off the military equip ment and concentrated on get ting paid for the civilian goods still in Soviet hands. The value of the civilian goods was pegged at $2,600,000,- 000 by this country. After the two previous talks the United States had scaled down its claim to 800 million dollars. The So viets offered 300 million. There are various legal re strictions on trade with the U. S.S.R. Some go back to before World War I, because the Com munists have never paid on loans made to the Russian gov ernment before the Soviets took over. The result is trade between the two countries is in liny terms, compared with their eco- omies. Last year the United States exported three and Oiie- h a 1 f million dollars worth of goods to the Soviet Union and imported about seventeen and one-half million dollars worth. When Khrushchev met Pre sident Eisenhower last fall at Camp David he was reportedly very upset over American re strictions on trading with the U.S.S.R. He was said to feel the Soviet Union was being treated like an outcast. Undersecretary of State Douglas Dillon said last Sep tember Khrushchev was told at Camp David that if the Soviet Union is reasonable about pay ing off on its lend-lease debt it may pave the way to easing American restrictions. He said the Eisenhower ad ministration may ask Congress- provided there is a settlement to remove some legal prohibitions against dealing with the Soviet Union and to extend more favored tariff treatment. But one of the main road blocks to any big increase in trade with the U.S.S.R. soon- even if there’s a settlement-is that goods that American pur chasers want from abroad in substantial quantities, and which the Soviets have available, are already being supplied by free world countries. KCAA to Invest/gate Charges Hurled Against Texas After Cotton Bowl Game AUSTIN, Tex. AP — The Uni versity of Texas has asked the NCAA to investigate the charges of “dirty play” hurled against Texas following the Cotton Bowl game. Dr. Logan Wilson, president, said Monday he was convinced after investigation “that the charges are irresponsible, false and slanderous.” He wrote H. J. Darricott, presi dent of the National Collegiate Atliletic Assn., Gunnison, Colo., requesting the NCAA to name a committee to study the game f i I ms and tp investigate the charges. Dorricott said he had not re ceived the letter and would have no comment until he did receive it. Athletic Director Lew Andreas of the University of Syracuse, Texas’ foe in the Cotton Bowl, said at Syracuse: “No member of the Syracuse University ad ministration, nor any member of its coaching staff, ever has accused the Texas team of play ing “dirty football in the Cotton 3owl game.” President Wilson said the false ’harges had damaged the univer sity’s reputation as well as hurt ntercollegiate athletics general ly- Syracuse trimmed Texas 23-14 in a hard-fought game New Year’s Day. Charges of “dirty play” were tossed about follow ing the game by various news media. “Such charges were broadcast on a national television program, were made in news stories by some sports writers and were ac cepted as bases for derogatory comments in influential newspa pers and magazines. Ike’s Plan Calls In Postal Rates For An Increase WASHINGTON AP — President Eisenhower plans to call again for an increase in postal rates. Rep. Charles A. Halleck Rind said today. Halleck and other Republican congressional leaders were given a preview at the White House of Eisenhower’s budget for the new fiscal year starting July 1. In his State of the Union mes sage last week, the President said, his budget going;’ to Congress next Monday will call for spending $79,800,000,000. He also predicted a $4,200,000, 000 surplus. At a news conference today, Halleck was asked whether the President’s forcast of such a sur plus was predicated on an in crease in postal rates. Elliot Champion Miler Not Allowed To Run In U. S. Mother Accused of Lashing Daughter BERKELEY, Calif. AP—Ilona Basse plans to plead innocent Wednesday of battery in the dog- leash whipping of her daughter, Ursula Wecel, 17. Mrs. Sasse, 37, a German shoe clerk, is free on bail of $1,050. A charge of child beating was re duced Monday to battery. The mother—daughter conflict broke into the open last weekend after Ursula showed police welts and bruises. She said her mother beat her with a dog-leash after she came from work and found Ursula had not prepared dinner and then refused to eat. “I don't like my mother,” said the girl. Mrs. Sasse concedes she hit Ursula with the dog-leash but in sists “I did not beat her.” Mrs. Sasse says the girl dis obeys, will not study and cannot hold a job. “I don't w£int her in my house any more,” she told reporters. “She lies, she teUs people she has no shoes, no dresses, nothing to eat. That’s not true.” Mrs. Sasse and her daughters Ursula, then 3 and Renate, then 4, were separated by a 1945 bombing of Breslau. The daugh ters were reported killed. Mrs. Sasse remarried and came to the United States. She and the girls were reunited in 1957 with the aid of the Red Cross. Her hus band is a machinist. SYDNEY, Australia AP — World champion miler Herb El liott will not be allowed to run in the United States next week, the Australian Amateur Athletic Union announced today. Union Secretary Arthur Hodsdon an nounced the decision after more than a week of conflicting state ments on whether the Australian, ace would be permitted to run in New York and Los Angeles. At the same time Hudsdon criti cized Elliott for delays in notify ing the AAAU of his plans. Virginia General Assembly Asked For Tax Program By JOHN F. DAFFRON RICHMOND, Va. AP — Gov. J. Lindsay Almond Jr. asked the opening session of the Virginia General Assembly today to adopt ^ new $142,600,000 tax program to meet government costs that “continue to rise at an alarming rate.” The new money, he told a joint session of House and Senate in his prepared state of the com monwealth address, was needed to provide more ftmds for educa tion, health, public buildings and highways and financial assist ance to the localities. To get the money he asked for Virginia’s first sales tax, with a 3 per cent rate. Almond’s budget for the next two fiscal years will be disclosed Thursday. Notable in the governor’s ad dress was the absence of any ref erence to the school segregation battle that divided the Assembly into opposing camps at the spe cial session last year, which en acted the so-called freedom of choice school operating plan. There was only an oblique hint of the racial problem stiU at the forefront in the view of some leg islators. This came when he re ferred to the 45 million dollars of the sales tax take he wants di vided among the counties, cities and towns during the 1960—62 bi ennium. “I am recommending that the distribution be made for pur poses of general government without any earmarking by the state. The school situation makes this course absolutely neces sary.” AJmond did say Thursday’s budget message would request $195,873,000 for public education, an increase of almost 35% mil lion dollars over present school appropriations. “This is a staggering amoimt,”
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