Bailey Named As State Prisons Director Sparks Political Clash
Governor Umstead appoints William F. Bailey former High Point mayor and ex civilian defense director to head North Carolina prisons. Bailey faces pressure from supporters of Walter Anderson and calls of politics amid plans to separate highway and prison directions and continue reform efforts.
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Bailey
Umstead
State Prison Advisory Council
Walter Anderson
High Point
William F. Bailey
Anderson
Edward Scheidt
North Carolina
State Bureau of Investigation
Scott
Bill Bailey
City Hall Drops Plan for E Green St Widening
City plans to widen E Green Street have been dropped due to land purchase costs far exceeding funds. Residents fear increased traffic with any delay and urge negotiations to resume for a cross-town east west boulevard.
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City Hall
E. Green St
Eastwest
Whiteoak
Springfield
Secretary Durkin Urges Teens Back To School This Fall
Secretary of Labor Martin P Durkin urges employers and parents to push teenagers to quit summer jobs and return to school. He notes a rise in 16 17 year olds staying out of school after summer work and cites census data on higher lifetime earnings for high school graduates versus those with only eighth grade education.
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Secretary of Labor
Martin P. Durkin
America
Forgiveness Arises in Dominican Dictator’s Forgiveness Volume
The Dominican Republic Embassy in Washington issued the volume Trujillo Forgives His Enemies. It describes former opponents reconciling with the regime and receiving favorable posts while omitting mention of those who died opposing the dictator.
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Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Washington
Perma-slats promised to end bed slat troubles
A Hickory springs firm introduces perma-slats a new bed slat system that locks onto rails in four directions and fits full or twin beds. Makers claim it eliminates warping breaking and faulty sizing while reducing jokes about loose slats and misloaded beds.
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Springs Manufacturing Company
Hickory
McKay clarifies Eisenhower power policy in San Francisco talk
Secretary McKay said the interior department will continue to plan reclamation facilities and generate power where feasible. He endorsed a middle road on federally owned transmission lines and pledged to sell power at low, sound-basis rates while not setting resale rates for public bodies or cooperatives.
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Washington
Douglas McKay
Monwealth Club
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Department of Interior
McKay
Ralph A. Tudor
Fred G. Randahl
Clarence A. Davis
Denver
MeeKay
Tle
National Electric Light Association
Purcell L. Smith
Georgia Power and Light
Southwest Power Administration
U. S
K.W
Department
Letters on mental retardation and Soviet policy pages
The Enterprise prints a reader letter urging support for the North Carolina Association of Parents and Friends of Mentally Retarded Children and detailing needs for services and a new school. It contrasts with a second letter criticizing Anglo-French pressure on Russia and warning against elevating a Soviet leader through external conference diplomacy.
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Enterprise
High Point
North Carolina
United States
Caswell Training School
Kinston
Caswell
Goldsboro
Association of Parents and Friends of
Pearl Buck
Starvation and conservation themes mirror postwar policy
The piece surveys global hunger maps showing two thirds of nations malnourished and argues proper food distribution could save lives and curb communism influence. It critiques Soviet East Berlin strategy, US power policy shifts toward private capital, and recalls conservationists like Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson era dams. It notes North Carolina prison reform at Butner and the role of rehabilitation for youth.
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Ee Butner
Don Wharton
North Carolina
James Waite
Salinaste
Logy
Orton
Freeman
Raleigh
Butner
American Prison Association
Waite
Grimy Solon Says PX Sales to Civilians Persist
Secretary Charles E. Wilson faces a lighthearted jibe from Vince Barnett at a Washington garden party while Gen. Nathan Twining endures a string of jests on air power. Retail groups accuse PX’s of selling to civilians, but Rep. Jack Brooks defends the exchanges after a Nevada visit.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Motors
White House
Vince Barnett
Nathan Twining
Air Force
Gen. Twining
Mr. Barnett
Elaine Shepard
Washington Star
Franistan
Cambodia
Navy
Germany
Mr Barnett
John F. Simmons
State Department
Sre
Congress
American Retail Federation
House
Px’s That Were Selling To Civilians. But Rep. Jack B. Brooks
Texas
Indian Springs
Nevada
Brooks
Post Exchange
Convi
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Wayne Morse
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