Alamance Drys Fail In Attempt To Call Election
Alamance County election board chair H. Clay Hemric says petitions to continue beer and wine sales failed as only 2,703 of 4,273 names were registered voters. A 15 percent sign requirement would be 3,700 names, and the effort was pushed by the Association For A Better Alamance County which previously opposed ABC Stores.
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Burlington
N.C
Alamance County
H. Clay Hemric
County Board of Elections
The
Association For A Better
ABC
Profit-Sharing May Replace Bonus at Chatham Mills
Elkin North Carolina. Chatham Manufact Co may replace its bonus plan with a profit sharing program as Hugh G Chatham president noted a stronger year with earnings rising to 3.1 percent of gross income. The firm employs 2340 workers this year up from 2058 and Christmas bonuses will be substantially larger than last year.
Consolidation Plan Opposed by Officials in Mecklenburg County
Mecklenburg County Commissioner Sam McNinch urged merging Charlotte and county governments to curb rising taxes and bigger budgets. Other commissioners resisted, and Charlotte Mayor Phil Van Every called the proposal impractical and unfeasible.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
Sam McNinch
Phil van Every
Wingate Seeks $60,000 to Match Anonymous Gift
Wingate College president Budd E. Smith urged alumni and friends to raise 60 000 dollars by January 1 to match a 100 000 dollar anonymous gift. He noted 40 000 had been raised toward the goal since last summer as the Baptist-supported college of about 475 students pursues the deadline.
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Wingate
Smith
Agate
Montreat College Receives $115000 Gift Total
Dr. J Rupert McGregor Montreat College president announced gifts totaling 115000 from the estate of Mrs Amelie McAlister Upshur. A 100000 bequest funds the McAlister recreational social hall with 15000 allocated for library books. Trustees aim to raise 75000 more for a memorial recreation center.
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Montreat
N.C
J. Rupert McGregor
Montreat College
Amelie McAlister Upshur
McAlister
McGregor
Memorial
Governor Hodges Limits Out on Mattamuskeet Goose Trip
Governor Hodges and Smith Richardson bagged four geese and three ducks on the first day at Mattamuskeet, quitting two hours before the 4 p.m. deadline. They planned another hunt the following day with Hodges returning to Raleigh Thursday.
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Raleigh
Hodges
Smith Richardson
Mattamuskeet
Richardson
Vick Chemical Co
Raleigh Thursy
Highway policies studied by state commission this week
The commission authorized by the 1955 Legislature at Gov. Hodges request led by Sen. Claude Currie of Durham will study all phases of the highway program. It planned to visit Ahoskie Greenville Wilmington and Wilson this week.
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Aioe P
Lides
Gov
Stocks edge higher as rails and aluminum lift market
The New York stock market inched up today reversing yesterday's downtrend though gains were modest and uneven. Rails motors aircrafts copper and aluminum led advances while notable gainers included Kaiser Aluminum Studebaker Packard Southern Railway Johns Manville American Telephone Anaconda Allied Chemical American Can and Chrysler. The Associated Press average rose to $180.10 as noon quotes showed mixed results across major issues.
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Studebaker-Packard
Kaiser Aluminum and Aluminium, Ltd
Southern Railway
Johns Manville
American Telephone
Anaconda
Allied Chemical
American Can
Va, &. Steel
Chrysler
Glenn Martin
J. I. Case
Associated Press
Bache & Company
American Can Co
Allied Chemical & Dye
American Tobacco Co
the Borden Co
Bethlehem Steel
Burlington Mills Corp
New York Central RR
Cone Mills Corp
Carolina Light & Power
Douglas Aircraft
DuPont de Nemours
Dow Chemical
Eastern Airlines
Con Edison
Eastman Kodak
Greyhound Corp
General Mies
General the
Gulf Oil
General Motors
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
International Harvester
International Tel. & Tel
Standard Oil Co
Jones Laughlin Steel
Loew's
Norfolk & Western Ry
Phillips Petroleum Sl'e
Pennsylvania Railway
Proctor & Gamble
Tobacco
Republic Steel
Sears Roebuck
oPens
American Tel & Tel
S Co
Union Carbide & Carbon
United Aircraft
John Returns To West in Memoirs of a Controversial Figure
A long profile outlines John a 46 year old former Lufthansa trustee and clandestine liaison with Gestapo and Red networks. It notes he vanished after being seen in Leipzig near Ulbricht allies, speculates on a border crossing, and recalls his postwar roles in Britain and Bonn including aiding war crimes trials and a bid to head West Germany’s security office.
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John
Hesse
Bavaria
West Berlin
Leipzig
Ag Ae
Walter Ulbricht
Otto Grotewohl
Potsdamer Tageszeitung
Potsdam
East Berlin
Soviet Zone
Lufthansa
Gestapo
Peenemuende
London
England
Eric von Manstein
Bonn
Federal Security Office
Konrad Adenauer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Johnson
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
James C. Hagerty
United States
Congress
Government Sues Over Dixon-Yates Contract Debt
The government faced a suit claiming Dixon-Yates acted as financial agent and that the contract remained in force for over six months. The complaint lists numerous contractors and seeks upwards of three million dollars plus interest from June 11, alleging the government failed to meet contract conditions and funds owed to sub…
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Dixon-Yates
Dixon
No Ill Effects From Water Fluoridation
New York health commissioner Dr E Hilleboe says fluoridation is safe and effective based on the Newburgh Kingston study. Findings show significant reductions in tooth decay among Newburgh children while no adverse effects on growth bones or senses were found.
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New York
T . E Hilleboe
Newburgh - Kinston
Newburgh
N.Y
Kingston
Brantford
Canada
New York Institute of Clinical Oral Pathology
Hilleboe
United States
Plane circles Oxford airport amid mystery over missing craft
An over Oxford last night circling for two hours as a multi engined plane roared over the field. townspeople lit cars and searchlights. The Raleigh Durham CAA tower noted no missing plane while SAC said all aircraft were accounted for and none were near Oxford. Patrolman D P Darden said the engines appeared to run rough and the plane flashed a low pass.
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Oxford
N.C
CAA
Raleigh- Durham
Strategic Air Command
D. P. Darden
North Carolina Farm Counts Decline in Five Years
Washington reports North Carolina’s farms fell from 2838,508 in 1950 to 267,906 last year with acres dropping from 19,317,937 to 18,260,346. Land values rose, averaging 98.65 dollars per acre in 1934 and 1950. farms over 1,000 acres increased from 598 to 695.
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Washington
North Carolina
U.S. Census Bureau
North Coreen
North Caroline
U S Policy Discussion Highlights Global Peace Efforts
The Washington briefing reports President Eisenhower and aides reviewing disarmament plans and open sky proposals amid a United Nations vote showing world interest in peace. Key participants include Dulles Wilson Stassen Hollister Hagerty and Senators George Johnson and Johnson.
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United Nations
Eisenhower
State of the Union
Arere
White House
Sen. 4
D-Va
D-Tenn
Reed
R-Ny
Sens
Clements
D-Ky
Henanes
D-Mo
Millikin
R-io
Gettysburg
GOP
Congress
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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