City in Transition Industrial Revolution Alters Old South Charleston
Charleston faces a clash of eras as industrial growth expands the harbor and tax base while preserving antebellum neighborhoods. The Cooper Santee water project and Bushy Park development spur new factories and a Gulf Oil refinery bid, challenging old South traditions and urban slums. Baltimore?
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Rene Cappon
Charleston
S.C
Dubose Heyward
South
Ashley
Cooper
Great Harbor
Ft. Sumter
Chamber of Commerce
Charleston News and Courier
U.S. Supreme Court
News & Courier
Charleston Industrial Development Board
Cooper-Santee River
Bushy Park
Gulf Oil Co
Field
Slonnie Was Here At Aviation's Birth
Belmont California August 17 Slonnie E L Sloniger an early aviator known for daring cargo drops and tree top emergency landings remains a fixture in aviation lore. From Mexico payroll runs to the Dole Race false start he earned a pilot's pilot reputation and inspired a character in The High and the Mighty.
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Slonnie
Aviation
Belmont
Calif
Charles L. Lindbergh
Jimmie Doolittle
E. L. Sloniger
Mexico
Michigan Forest
Stoniger
Fat Oil Company
American Airlines
San Francisco
International
Moffett Naval Air Station
Slonniec
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Lindy
Michigan
Mildred Doran
Mrs. Sloniger
Dan Roman
Ernie Gann
Gann
Driving Champ Prefers Taxis in NYC Visit
New York The nation s champion teenage driver Charles E Hopkins 19 of Atlanta Ga arrived yesterday for a three day visit He won over other contestants in a national teenage Road e o in Washington D C this week He said he will stick to taxis in the city due to heavy traffic
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New York
New York City
Charles E. Hopkins
Atlanta
Washington, D. C
Teachers Learn Classroom TV Procedures at UNC Workshop
Thirty North Carolina teachers gathered on the University of North Carolina campus for a Workshop on Classroom TV. They will teach in public schools from Rocky Mount to Asheville starting September 9, using WUCN TV and a studio teacher to introduce lessons such as Greek art and architecture.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Asheville
Swain Hall
Wucn-Tv
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Myrtle Brock
Europeans Crave American TV Fare and Mega Channels
In Copenhagen an array of European viewers express a craving for American television shows and advertisement filled schedules. They describe themselves as eager yet restrained as state control limits programming and hours of air time vary by country. France airs roughly thirty hours weekly in summer and fifty in winter.
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Copenhagen
New York
Los Angeles
England
France
Retired Janitor Spent 74 Years At Lewistown School
Lewistown Maryland J William Strine retires as elementary school janitor after 74 years from first grade pupil to age 80. He notes age questions and defies norms about Social Security expectations.
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Lewistown
J. Wiliam Strine
Strine
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