Never Were Schools So Much In Need Of Friends
The National Citizens Council for Better Schools plans the final phase of a 10 year drive to boost grass roots interest in public education. Aimed at informing citizens and measuring school quality, the effort includes a pamphlet series and continued Better Schools advertising.
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National Citizens Council For Better Schools
John Hersey
Henry Toy Jr
National Citizens Council
Nationa Council
YMCA
Christ
Christian Church
High Point
World Service
High Point Y
Captive Nations Week Sparks Controversy and History
The piece criticizes the Captive Nations Resolution of July 17 and President’s approval, listing nations claimed under Soviet control. It argues the plan exposes Kremlin imperialism, contrasts U.S. leadership hopes with Russia’s expansion, and laments Western naivety about Russia.
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Congress
Nixon
Khrushchev
Poland
Hungary
Lithuania
Ukraine
Czechoslovakia
Latvia
Estonia
White Ruthenia
Rumania
East Germany
Bulgaria
China
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
North Korea
Albania
Idel-Ural
Tibet
Cossackia
Turkestan
North
Viet Nam
Soviet Russia
Union of Socialist Soviet
Kremlin
United States
Treitschke
Stalin
Kaganovich
Soviet
Russia
America
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas G. Masaryk
Charles R. Crane
High Point Regulates Charitable Solicitations
The piece praises a new High Point ordinance to curb unauthorized fund solicitations, noting Greensboro and Winston-Salem had banned such activity. It argues the law will weed out unworthy causes while allowing legitimate charitable patriotic religious and educational motives to seek permission. The writer hopes enforcement will finally close the loophole.
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Greensboro
Winston-Salem
High Point
Rail unions face new solidarity push amid strike risk
Editorial notes a proposed industry-wide insurance plan backed by Nassau based insurer to cover railroads fixed charges during strikes. It compares to a recent airline scheme and cites union mergers and broader industry trends as leverage grows. Rail labor contracts expire November 1 with wage and cost disputes looming.
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Gency Hag Y Argent
Nassau
Brotherhood of
Association of American Railroads
H. E. Gilbert
High Point Enterprise Staff Roster Noted
The High Point Enterprise lists key staff on Main Street High Point N C including D A Rawley as President and Mrs R B Terry as Secretary Treasurer along with De Brown as Managing Editor W P A as Advertising in Pa mt Manager LoFlin as cee Manager.
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Orth Main
ABC Resignations Prompt Questions On State Agency
Lynn Nisbet notes forced resignations of two veteran North Carolina ABC district supervisors and the fired malt beverage chief follow earlier director discharge. He argues loyalty and policy clashes erode morale and raise questions about accountability in liquor regulation.
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ABC
State Board of Alcoholic Control
Walter Stacy
High Court
State
John Gordon
North Carolina
BAC
Board of Alcoholic Control
Frank Graham
Graham
Dis
Highway Commission
Hodges
W. F. Babcock
W. S. Hunt
The
Highway Patrol
Babcock
Hunt
North Carlina
Bill Rogers
Ronald Hocutt
Claire Taylor
John Buck
YMCA World Service praise and quirky desert anecdotes
Athens greeting from Reverend Arlo Newell extols YMCA World Service in Beirut Damascus Jericho and Jerusalem with refugee figures and a call for continued giving. The piece blends travel notes with humorous vignettes about uranium seekers ballet goers and Wright brothers anniversary antics.
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Athens
Greece
Arlo Newell
Paul
YMCA
Dick Meisky
Evangelical Christian Church
Beirut
Lebanon
Ibrahim Chemayel
Damascus
Jerusalem
High Point
Chemayel
Jericho
Rockefeller weighs 1960 run as polls loom in GOP
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller signals possible presidential bid while weighing public opinion polls on Nov. 1 1960. Vice President Richard M Nixon insists polls on election day count. Rockefeller meets with Dewey and discusses New Hampshire primary amid mounting speculation.
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Washington
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
White House
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Nixon
Harry Truman
Albany
New Hampshire
Candi
Sen
Styles Bridges
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Better Schools
Advertising Council
George Sokolsky
Eduard Benes
Hitler
Bohemia
Red Square
Moscow
Nevsky
Leningrad
Kiev
Gimbels
Civil Aeronautics Board
High Point Enterprise
Associated Press
N. C
Niki
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
General Assembly
Charles Pearson
Bettsa
Holt McPherson
Self Defenee
Aiace
Kentucky
Mummy
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
Monument
Dern
James Marlow
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Seraie
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