Textbook Row Flaming With Renewed Fury
Raleigh April 3 The fifth grade history textbook controversy grows hotter as Governor Broughton’s visit to Fort Bragg reshapes debate. The state board recalls the Warren book for overhaul while Warren defends his work and a Maxwell analysis is promised. Experts question bias in selection and warn the dispute leaves many citizens with a bad taste as the board weighs alternatives including Ashe Garber history.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
J. Melville Broughton
Mexico
Roosevelt
Fort Bragg
State Board of Education
Jule Warren
Warren
Commission
Board of Education
Clyde A. Erwin
Allen J. Maxwell
Newsome
Newsofe-Lefler
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Maxwell
Newsome-Lester
Mr. Warren
Ashe-Garber
Willie Ashe
Paul Garber
Ahred Wiliams and Company
Fox in the Lamb Pasture Stirs Carolina Screwy News
In Charlotte on April 2 a fox bit Arnold Jones near Sparta as he checked a lamb pasture. Jones escaped, aided by neighbor Mack Jones. The fox pursued them to Arnold’s home where Dan Jones fired, killing the creature during pursuit back toward the pasture.
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Charlote
Carolinas
Arnold Jones
Sparta
Jones
Mr. Reynard
Mack Jones
Mack
Fox
Arnold
Dan Jones
Dan
Fox, Hen Hunt in South Carolina Yard
In Holly Hill Capers Moorer found a fox while searching for two missing hens after a hen roosting in a tree was observed with three birds. Moorer trapped one hen and the fox while the other hen fled. The item sits among odd snippets from the Carolinas Screwy News Gazette.
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Jones Boys
Capers Moorer
Holly Hill
S. C
Moorer
Stateside book battles spark party discredit rumors
The passage notes that attacks on Warren and Newsome-Lester texts aim to derail state approval. It hints at ongoing party efforts to keep tensions high, with more to tell on that angle in a separate report.
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Warren
Newsome-Lester Books
Center and Brighthorse Now Showing Plus Misc News
Center features Dr Kildare crisis and Bradhurst Back in the Saddle with multiple showings. Paramount presents Six Lessons From Madams La Zonga in several time slots. Rialto runs Boom Town and a string of oddities including egg nog tipped dog Lady, a rabies scare, a horse and buggy under the influence, thieving polecats, a kangaroo court remark, and local farm notes with crops and long living curtains.
High Point Students Attend Dramatic Festival at Chapel Hill
A High Point High School delegation led by Miss Ruth Goodman attended the annual Dramatic Festival in Chapel Hill this week. The event runs through Saturday, April 5, featuring delegations from junior colleges, high schools, and elementary schools to compete in makeup, costuming, scenery, scrapbooks, posters, and play writing. Delegates listed include Cathryn Albertson, Sara Ray, Dorothy Price, Robbie Lindsay, Nancy Bennett, Douglas Holbrook, Margaret McIntyre, Eleanor Younts, Betty Jean Culver, Marguerite Murray, and Edward Myers.
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Ca Ofina Dramatic Association
Ruth Goodman
Chapel Hill
Association
High Point High School
Cathryn Albertson
Sara Ray
Dorothy Price
Robbie Lindsay
Nancy Bennett
Douglas Holbrook
Margaret McIntyre
Eleanor Younts
Betty Jean Culver
Marguerite Murray
Edward Myers
Safe Driving Class Will Close Friday
The 39th unit of the Safe Driving Class will hold its closing exercises Friday night at 8 in the city hall council chamber. The 40th unit opens Monday April 7, with the course expanding to four weeks. Registration is at the desk sergeant’s office from Friday through next Tuesday. The program includes 16 hours of classroom work and 24 hours of actual driving, with classes 4 to 6 pm and 7 to 9 pm, five days a week.
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Council
City Hall
Chap Bodenheimer
Bodnheimer
Funeral Held for Albert L. Horne Drowned in River Collapse
In Whiteville on April 3 the funeral was held for Albert L. Horne, age 40, who drowned Tuesday when a bridge collapsed and sent his wagon into the Black River. He was a former resident. Local officials reported the tragedy details as rescuers continued to search the area.
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Whiteville
Albert L. Horne
Black River
Bonds Vote Draws Charlotte Ballot Action
Charlotte citizens voted to issue 60009 dollars in bonds to augment federal funds for a new airport.
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Charlotte
Fox Behavior Notes Climbing Limited to Slanted Trunk
The red fox does not climb generally, except it will walk up a slanting tree trunk. This observation notes the species' limited arboreal ability and specific climbing context.
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Florence, S. C
Oxford
Conway
Goldsboro
St. Vitus
Kinston Way
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Broadhurst
Madams la Zonga
Rialto
Hugh Evans
Evans
J. M. Geary
Durham
Statesville
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Near Fountain Inn
Speirs
E. D. Rector
Hickory
SNE_CIO
Ann Page
A&p
AKP
White House
Fryers
Main Street
East
Washington ST
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Wheaties
Packers No
Sunnyfeld
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Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Autry
Mary Lee
Jacqueline Walls
Broadhurst Theatre
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