Chapel Hill Board Faces Plea on Racial Integration
Chapel Hill NC school board meets to decide if it will join token integration as the eighth NC system. Stanley Vickers 10 appeals transfer denial to Carrboro Elementary for whites. Dean Brandis resigns in protest but stays to rule on appeal. White parent letters favor Negro placement at Glenwood Franklin Estes Hill areas and Havelock. Other districts including Durham High Point Wayne County Greensboro Charlotte Winston-Salem have begun token integration this week.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
North Carolina
Stanley Vickers
Carrboro
Henry Brandis
University of North Carolina Law School
Vickers
Glenwood
Franklin Street
Brandis Young Vickers
Estes Hill
Havelock
Cherry Point Marine Air Base
Durham
High Point
Wayne County
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
Greensboro
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Sister-In-Law Testifies At Stocks Trial
In Pitt County North Carolina a witness testifies that Thomas Abner Stocks broke into a home on December 20 chased his ex wife from the kitchen and the victim was found dead. The trial includes a shooting at a dinner guest and charges of murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
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Greenville
N.C
Thomas Abner Stocks
Stocks
Pitt Superior Court
Helen Edwards
Mabel Minges
Miss Head
Miss Edwards
Lewis
William Bundy
Governor's Nephew Dies After Illness in Washington
Howard Berkely Hodges 48, nephew of North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges, died in Washington after illness. A Leaksville native, he lived in Alexandria, Virginia, and managed the Middle Atlantic Conference of Washington dealing with truck tariffs and routes. Survivors include his widow three sons a sister and six brothers. Funeral 11 a.m. Tuesday at Del Ray Methodist Church Alexandria burial there.
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Washington
Howard Berkely Hodges
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
George Washington University Hospital
Leaksville
N.C
Alexandria
Middle Atlantic Conference of
del Ray Methodist Church
Alexandria, Va
Tobacco Market Receipt Trace Found by Mrs Tucker
Ms Bessie Pope Tucker of Burton Street Ext discovered a receipt in family effects showing High Point as a tobacco selling area for nearby farmers. The document references C L Pope as Tucker's great uncle. It compares January 17 1887 notes with current Carolina Border Belt market prices ranging from 30 to 70 dollars for various leaf quality.
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High Point
Bessie Pope Tucker
Burton Street
C. L. Pope
Tucker
Carolina
Border Belt
North Carolina City Police Faced Manpower Crunch
Across North Carolina major cities struggle to recruit officers as economics lure workers away from policing. Charlotte seeks 35 more for annexation work. Winston-Salem drops to 172 with rising crime. Greensboro loses 22 this year amid resignations. Wilmington reports six vacancies.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Charlotte
Jesse James
James
Winston-Salem
James I. Waller
Greensboro
Ibeset
Wilmington
J. J. Padrick
North Carolina School Boards Vary On Married Students
North Carolina boards debate limits on married students. Winston-Salem adopts strict rules: marriage during year or summer leads to drop or year suspension. pregnancy extends by at least a year. Other districts enforce milder or no special policies. officials cite state opinions and local practice.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
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Charles Chewning
Charlotte Central High
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