The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-12-15
kotionol News Summary
Busy Session For
General Assembly
Is Predicted
By H. v. LANCASTER. JR.

The volume Of legislation to be
considered by the 1860 General As
sembly may be higher than usual.
The states Division Of Statutory
Research and Drafting. which helps
Assemblymen prepare bills for in
reduction, reports it has already
processed more than 100 pieces CT
legislation. Normally 1900 to l,50O
bills are introduced. and Of this
number 10 to Is per cent are usually
prepared before the session begins.
With the opening session still sew
eral weeks awav, the division has
hired extra help to take care of
the expected increase in presses
sion drafting work.
Prime Minister Nehru of India,
hailed President Eisenhower IL
nation goodwill tour as pilgrim
age in quest of peace" Saturday.
He spoke at an impromptu news
conference during an inspection of
the spraWling press headquarters
set up by the Indian government
for the Presidents stay in New
Delhi. Eisenhower and Nehru had
three hours of private discussions
and several more meetings between
the two leaders were scheduled be-
fore the PRESIDENTS departure for
Tehran Monday.
President Eisenhower has been
greeted enthusiastically IN every
country he has visitedthus far. In
Ankara. Turkey, the second stop on
his tour. crowds of from 100000 TO
700 900 welcomed him. From there
he went to Pakistan, Afghanstan.
and then to India In New Delhi
more than a million Indians IN a
joyous, near histerical, almost Wor-
shipful mood greeetd hi mand he
was proclaimed the prince Of
peace
Secretary Of State Herter Will
Defense Secretary Gates and Treas
ury Secretary Anderson left Wash
ington by plane Saturday to at
tend NATO talks IN Paris this
week. Before leaving Herter said
there is need for further defensive
strength in the North Atlantic al
lance He is expected to ask our
Europ can allies, particularly
France and West Germany, to
make further contribution to the
defense of Western Europe and 10
study ways Of relieving the Y. S.
Of some of the financial burden We
now carry.
Twenty convicts, extremely
dangerous and heavily armed, es-
capted from the North Carolina
prison at Ivy Bluff Tuesday after
smuggling their guards. This set off
a l6-state manhunt. One of the es-
capees was caught in North Caro-
lima. nine in Virginia. four in Ohio,
and three in Kentucky Three are
still a tlarge.
The UN General Assembly
ui!dit1IiiOuSly duOptcO d v o.-OCFlSI
plan Saturday to give the UN a
voice in the peaceful exploration Of
outer space The delegates worked
hard to wind up the l4th ses-
sion Saturday night. One major
item hung over the assembly. the
election Of a country 10 succeed
Japan on the Security Council Pro
Western Turkey and communist Pc
land have been wing for the seat
during the current session. but SO
far neither had received the neces-
sary two-thirds vote. There was
speculation the assembly might ad-
Journ without filling the vacancy and
try again in January.
A new speed record for jet planes
was claimed Saturday by Brig. Gen.
Joseph H. Moore of the U S. Air
Force. Moore said his Fl05 Thunder
chief maintained 1915 m.ph- on a
closed-circle course over Edwards
Air Force Base, Calf, Friday. He
said the plane topped l,4OO m-ph-
on a straight run before entering
the circle. The previous world
record was LOO m-p-h.
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