Probing Light Turned On Churches Report On Growth
A broad study by Rev. Dr. Roswell P. Barnes notes church income reaches 2 041 908 161 dollars for last year and a crime syndicate earns about 2 280 000 000 from narcotics gambling and extortion. Church membership rises faster than population. denominations must build 2000 churches yearly for two decades. President Eisenhower urges churches to speak clearly on current issues and uphold spiritual guidance.
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Roswell P. Barnes
Eisenhower
North Carolina Girls Win 4-H Scholarships
Two North Carolina farm girls Barbara Tew and Linda Lee won 400 dollar scholarships for 4-H club work and expense-paid trips to the 36th national 4-H Club Congress in Chicago. Tew, in frozen foods, froze thousands of packages and boosted freezer sales. Lee, in health, promoted fire safety and polio immunization, aiding school attendance and community health efforts. A third winner, William Bates, 17, from Derita near Charlotte, received an expense-paid trip for forestry work.
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Chicago
North Carolina
Barbara Tew
Linden
Cumberland County
Linda Lee
Polkton
Anson County
Miss Tew
Whirlpool Corp
Lee
Fin
Eli Lilly & Co
William Bates
Derita
Charlotte
Shelby Rutherfordton Kings Mountain seek four lane U S 74 expansion
Leaders of the chambers of commerce in Shelby Rutherfordton and Kings Mountain met to ask the State Highway Commission for an improved highway into the Western North Carolina mountains. They proposed extending U S 74 in four lanes from Shelby to Rutherfordton or rerouting a four lane section west from near Mooresboro to the Hendersonville area.
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Shelby
N.C
State Highway Commission
North Carolina
Chambers of ‘Commerce
Rutherfordton
Kings Mountain
Mooresboro
Hendersonville
Ee Ae
Prominent Baptists Plan Post Convention Meeting
Greensboro leaders Rev. Parker and D. M. A. Huggins invite 35 Baptists to a 10:30 a.m. Thursday gathering at First Baptist Church to review the recent Baptist State Convention and resolve misunderstandings about its actions. The Raleigh statement notes aims to clarify the convention’s stance on campus dancing and associate members and to discuss future implications.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Leroy Parker
New State Convention
D. M. A. Huggins
Raleigh
First Baptist Church
Huggins
W. R. Wagoner
North Wilkesboro
Extradition of Wetzel Cleared for Murder Case Return
North Carolina prepared to bring Frank Edward Wetzel back from California to face a first degree murder charge in the November slayings of Highway Patrolmen Wister Lee Reece and J T Brown. California signed extradition papers as three officers were set to travel to Los Angeles to secure Wetzel.
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Raleigh
Frank Edward Wetzel
North Carolina
Harold Powers
California
Wetzel
Bakersfield
Calif
Powers
Goodwin Knight
New York
Wister Lee Reece
J. T. Brown
The
Motor Vehicles Department
Patrol
James R. Smith
Greensboro
Dexter E. Steel
Richmond County
Reece
Hodges Addresses Governor's Appointment Power
Gov. Hodges at a Duke seminar says appointive power is a major source of political influence and that a four year term yields over 1,000 appointments. He describes the governor as budget chief with control over finances and agency supervision, and calls for leadership and state welfare focus.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Duke University Department of Political Science
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Edsel
Edsel Division
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Citation
Hylton Motors, Inc
Main Street
High Point, N. C
DEA
whiteston-Salem
Charlotte and Greess
Winboro
High Point
East Commerce Street
Winston-Salem
North Cherry St
Park
North Elm St
Gr. Fl
Broadway
Asheville
Concord
Durham
Gastonia
Salisbury
Wilmington
Lifek
Wachovia
Washington Street
Main
Linden Streets
West End Office
English Street
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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