Hodges Promotes Level-Headed North Carolina Leadership
Governor Hodges frames public school challenges as a joint state effort and warns against quick drastic changes. He defends voluntary segregation as a policy debated by citizens and criticizes NAACP activity as harmful to Negro traditions. He praises calm cooperation over rabble-rousing.
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North Carolina
U. S. Supreme Court
Hodges
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Deep South
High Point Board Sets Cautious Desegregation Pace
The High Point school board adopts a calm, gradual desegregation plan aligned with 1955 state policy and Supreme Court rulings. No pupil assignments change next school year, with 1956-57 as the first adjustment period. The board will study administrative steps needed to integrate, aiming to preserve public schools without lowering standards and avoiding inflammatory actions.
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High Point
General Assembly
Supreme Court
Strike negotiations cited as hopeful step for city industry
The article notes both management and labor sat together for first talks, with a second session planned. It warns that prolonged strike harms High Point’s hosiery mills, payrolls, merchants, and workers, urging quick settlement to restore industrial peace and local income.
Ike Will Survive Now We Like Ike Says Grandmother
The Knoxville News Sentinel notes Theresa Blalack a Hollywood grandmother waited six days at the White House to present a 4000-name petition urging grandmother’s day and to convince Rep Jimmy Roosevelt. The piece jokes Ike’s grandmother following remains intact despite his stance.
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Lywood
White House
Jimmy Roosevelt
Ike
Hollywood
Harry Truman
High Point Enterprise Advertisement Notice
Public notice from the High Point Enterprise referencing the publisher arrangement and Associated Press rights. Includes publication cadence and terms for carrier and distributer responsibilities.
Herbert Hoover Seen Through Age and Duty in Public Life
George Sokolsky writes on Herbert Hoover at 81 80 and 79 Konrad Adenauer Toscanini and other elders who pursue public service over personal gain. Hoover’s 40 years of service, daily work ethic, and faith frame a life above politics and reward.
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Pierre Monteux
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
Fritz Kreisser
Harriet
Herbert Hoover
Commission On Organization
Executive Branch
Congress
New York
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Toscanini
America
Hoover
Lou Henry
Brannan Plan revival dominates North Carolina farm talk
The article notes a revived two price farm program and potential direct subsidies as core Brannan Plan ideas, with Governor Kerr Scott among few Tar Heel leaders who favored it. Olla Ray Boyd announces a gubernatorial bid as a segregationist on a platform supporting separate schools, predicting a Boyd Lake ticket could sway voters.
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Charles H. Grannan
Kerr Scott
Scotth
Olla Ray
Olla Ray Boyd
Pinetown
Capitol Square
State Board of Elections
Beverly Lake
Boyd
Lake
U. S
Capito l Square licenses new doctors and lawyers
The Board of Medical Examiners granted licenses to 206 new doctors last week while the Board of Law Examiners passed 144 aspirants for the bar. An official noted more new lawyers than doctors for North Carolina as many medical candidates were out of state students. Beach operators complain tax drives and liquor boycotts divert patrons to North Carolina beaches as a 3 percent sales tax ruling spreads.
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Board of Medical Examiners
Card of Law Examiners
Law Board
North Carolina
Bowman Gray
Carolina
Duke
Myrtle Beach
South Carolina
Carolina Beach
Wrightsville
Tax fuelled cottage rentals stir North Carolina protest
Notes on the News cover a 3 percent tax dispute over rental cottages exempt policy altered by a 1939 statute interpretation. Protests by beach property owners prompt a Friday meeting and potential court action to restore the old exemption. The column also describes office space changes at the state capitol, adding private work areas for the governor and staff and reconfiguring older buildings to improve privacy.
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South Carolina
North Carolina
Commissioner of Revenues
Ed Rankin
Hodges
Chicago
Rankin
Capitol
State Auditor's Office
Governor's Office
Budget Bureau
Auditor's
High Ground and Constancy in Victorian Verse Reflections
A column ponders enduring values from Victorian poets, duty and constancy, and the idea that love and devotion outlast modern gadgetry. It cites Shelley's One Word is Too Often Profaned and discusses Governor Hodges on school integration alongside NAACP reaction and life expectancy trends.
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Keats
Wordsworth
Talbott Case Highlights Government Talent Dilemma
President Eisenhower faces the long standing issue of recruiting top executives for government at lower pay while enforcing a conflict of interest law. The Talbott affair involves secretarial approvals for a management firm profits and a resignation he defends as ethical. Other cases include Gen. White and Hugh Stewart raising questions about current duties versus private interests and a zinc contract probe tied to various government and industry ties.
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Uncle Sam
Talbott
Air Force
Eisenhower Administrtion
Congress
W. W. White
Dept. of Defense
Esso Export Corp
Gen. White
Standard Oil
Esso
Hugh A. Stewart
Oil and Gas Div
Dept. of Interior
Truman
John 4. Williams
R-Del
Joseph Campbell
Mid- Continent Supply Co
St. Paul
General Services
Jess Larson
Howard S. Young
American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Co
St. Louis
American Zinc Co
Illinois
Young
R. A. Young
Campbell
Larson
Youngs
Quote on layoffs and family priorities from AFL crew
A wall of quotes touches on layoffs. Patrolman Redmond O'Hanlon is noted for winning a $16 000 prize on a New York quiz show. The text also references nationwide job growth and a Labor Secretary Mit.
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Redmond O'Hanlon
New York
Mit
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