Swords Into Plowshares Ten Years of Fulbright Exchange
The Fulbright Act's ten year mark shows 12 000 foreign participants and 9 000 Americans connected through the international exchange. The program is praised as a major peaceful investment, likened to a cultural Marshall Plan and viewed as cheaper than war with some 22 000 exchanges across 28 countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of State
Marshall Plan
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Congress
YMCA Executive Secretary Max Cooke Assumes Post
A letter from George W. Isenhour of Gilvin Roth YMCA Elkin announces Max Cooke as executive secretary of the High Point YMCA. Cooke previously led Elkin’s Gilvin Roth branch and is praised as a devout leader whose good works will be remembered in Elkin.
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High Point Ymca
Max Cooke
Cooke
Gilvin Roth Ymca
Elkin
High Point
Max
George W. Isenhour
Gilvin Roth
YMCA
Elkin, N. C
Sharp Texas Divisions Heat Up A Tough Governor Fight
The Texas Senate race tightens as U S Senator Price Daniel edges Ralph Yarborough by under a tenth of a percent. A Yarborough win could tilt the state executive committee toward the national party, while a Daniel victory might shift it to a pro Democratic alignment. If Daniel wins the governorship he says he will resign from the Senate, leaving a Republican nominee to face several Democrats in a split vote. The Texas political scene remains fiercely partisan and unsettled amid national implications.
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Dixie
Texas
U. S
Price Daniel
Ralph Yarborough
Daniel
Yarborough
Alan Shivers
Eisenhower
Senate
United States Senate
John D. Larkinw Jr
United States
Denman Thom
David Warfield
Ezra Kendall
Katherine Osterman
Miss Petticoats
Neil Burgess
Chicago
Marshall Field
Tedious Platforms Highlight GOP and Democratic Declarations
The article notes the Republican platform being longer than expected and quotes Senator Bush reaffirming faith in God Lincoln and Eisenhower. It contrasts with the Democratic platform, calling both pious yet tedious and aimed at avoiding intra party squabbles while seeking public support.
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Bush
Eisenhower
San Francisco
Aoes
Lincoln
Senhower
Labor Endorsement Prospects for Stevenson Kefauver Ticket
Editorial surveys big labor trends toward Stevenson Kefauver in 1956. Meany pursues broad action while CIO and AFL leaders weigh labor planks on Taft Hartley and civil rights. Union voting patterns favor Eisenhower era shifts with spouses influencing attitudes.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
George Meany
Chicago
Labor
GOP
William F. Schnitgler
Executive Council
Forest Park
A. F. L-C. 1. O. General Board
American Labor Movement
Reuther
Stevenson
Kefauver
Washington
International Union of Electrical Workers
Meany
High Point Enterprise Publication Details and Staff
The High Point Enterprise announces its establishment details and lists staff positions including president secretary treasurer advertising director and other roles. The fragmentary text references office address 305-307 North Main Street High Point and names several individuals associated with management and operations.
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THE
High Point Enterprise
INO
North Main Street
High Point Enterprise Subscription Notice
Published every afternoon and Sunday morning rate details and carrier options printed. Associated Press rights noted. Entered as second class matter at the High Point Post Office under March 3 1879. Local carriers and distributors are contracted and responsibilities outlined.
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High Point
N. Y
High Point Enterprise
Mot
Ward-aris
Governor Hodges backs school amendment turnout push
The Governor's Committee for the Public School Amendment mobilizes supporters from the Sir Walter Hotel to urge a vote for the Pear sall Plan. Analysts note historic turnout patterns show wide variation by election, with projections around half a million voters for September 8 and a high favorable share for the amendment.
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Pearsall
Sir Walter Hotel
Hodges
Eisenhower
Jevenson
North Carolina
al Smith
Loyalists and Highlanders in North Carolina revisited
A column by Charles E Stuart discusses Kenneth Roberts Combat at Cowpens and argues the Revolutionary War was a colonial revolt. It highlights Sailor Hector McNeill of Robeson and Red Springs, loyalist actions, and views on loyalty taxation and insurgent rhetoric.
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Kenneth Roberts
Cowpens
South Carolina
Colliers’ Magazine
Roberts
Encyclopaedia Britannica
United States
George of Hanover
Cape Fear
Hector McNeill
Down
Robeson County
Hector
Wilmington
Red Springs
George
North Carolina
Diversified Shopping and Oddities Highlight a Rural Column
A Lexington Kentuky store offers eight color phone sets with home installation by the telephone company. The column also notes common headaches and a gag about Indians, plus reflections on fashion, theater, golf, finance, and a cartoonish Army language quip.
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Lexington
General Telephone Co
Pittsbur
John R. Kilpatrick
New York
Madison Square Garden
U. S
New Mexico
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Good Cooke
Enterprise
Republican Daily Chronicle
Republic
Alfred Kohlberg
New York City
America
Democracy
Danny Garcia
Editorial Reseach
Walter Reuther
Barry M. Goldwater
Senate Republican Campaign Committee
Cook County
Wayne County
Detroit
Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
United Auto Workers
Wayne University
Europe
Ike
High Point, N. D
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Sessseses
Most McPherson
W. Patterson
Caan
Mall
Carrier
Associated Press
Livy
Valle
Earth
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Supreme Court
Kerr Scott
Scott
Luther Hodges
Fac
Holt McPherson
Charles E. Stuart
Colonies
George III
Sailor Hector
McFall's Mill
David Fanning
Hillsboro
Thomas Burke
D.A.R
South
Neal O’hara
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