ROTC Programs At Carolina Seek Career Men
UNC ROTC units aim to boost career appeal with a proposed pay raise for military personnel. Air Force and Naval programs emphasize training for post graduation careers, with contract and regular paths offering college funding, cruises, and commissions in the Navy or Marines.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
UNC
Air Force
Armed Forces
Air Science
F. W. Swann
Col. Swann
Naval Program
Alex M. Patterson
Frank Graham
Consolidated University
Navy
Naval Rotc
Marines
Quantico Marine Base
Virginia
C. P. Barnes
Navy of Marines
NROTC
Air Force Base
Flight Angels
Tobacco Auctioneers Chant Returns In Southeast
In North Carolina the tobacco auctioneer season revives with a rhythmic chant heard from Florida to Maryland and Kentucky. Veterans like W L Currin describe the grind, pay ranges from six to fifteen thousand dollars, and the toll of heat on the throat while noting the craft’s unique vocal style and signals used by buyers.
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Bryan Haislip
Raleigh
N.C
Florida
Maryland
Kentucky
W. L. Currin
Currin
Durham
Louisburg
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
W. Phil Hedrick
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Auc
Wake Forest to Require Freshman Admission Test
Wake Forest will require a standard admission test for all freshmen including evening students. Admissions Director A L Aycock said tests are one factor among high school records, character, and activities. More than half of 1958-59 applicants have taken an admission test already. Transfer students are not affected.
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Wake Forest
A. L. Aycock
College Entrance Examination Board
Louis Braille Inventor of Braille System
Louis Braille, the creator of the tactile writing system for the blind, was born sighted and became blind by age three due to an illness or injury.
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Louis Braille
New View on Testing Apparent in U S Disarmament Debate
In Washington cracks appear in the Eisenhower push to end nuclear tests without halting weapon production. Hans Bethe of Cornell, within the Killian group, joins dissenters amid public disputes over U S disarmament policy and testing oversight.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Harold E. Stassen
Senate
James Killian Jr
New Lakes Created by Columbia Basin Project in Washington
The Columbia Basin project in Washington is creating many new lakes. Some of these lakes are opened for juvenile fishermen to access and fish under local rules.
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Columbia Basin
Washington
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