AS OTHER EDITORS SEE IT Socialism And Paternalism Big But Work Remains
A Waynesboro editor condemns rising socialism and paternalism in the United States. He argues private enterprise built the nation and warns government expansion dulls ambition, noting increased federal aid, regulation, and payroll fringe benefits as signs of creeping socialism and loss of individual initiative. The piece urges personal responsibility and continued labor to sustain the nation.
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United States
Internal Revenue Service
All-Number Numbers Replace Old Letter Codes
The piece argues that switching to all-number phone numbering may boost dialing speed by ten percent but makes recall harder for seven-digit numbers. It notes loss of charming letter-name prefixes and quirky number-title phrases like Dial 6 for Murder and Gramercy Five.
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H. L. Mencken
Mr. Bell
Mantic Exchange
Smiths
Murray Hill
Artie Shaw
Gramercy Five
Gramercy
Governor-elect chooses Major General Bowers to lead North Carolina Guard
The Winston-Salem Journal reports Governor-elect Terry Sanford will name Major General Claude T. Bowers of Warrenton to succeed retiring Adjutant General Capus Waynick. Bowers brings 40 years of Army and Guard service, with WWI and WWII duty, and is expected to calm the debate over civilian versus career Guard leadership. Waynick, a versatile public servant, may continue in some public role.
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Terry Sanford
Claude T. Bowers
Warrenton
Capus Waynick
Bowers
Guard
Hodges
Waynick
High Point
State Highway Commission
United States
Nicaragua
Colombia
President Truman
North Carolina
Kerr Scott
Truman
Someloy
General Bowers
North Carolina National Guard
Graceful Exit for Adjutant General Capus Waynick
The News and Observer notes Capus Waynick will bow out in January and departs after a controversial tenure. Critics questioned his lack of military experience but he proved capable in a long career including ambassadorships to Nicaragua and Colombia. His performance as Adjutant General is now widely recognized.
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Capus Waynick
Waynick
Legion
Nicarauga
Colombia
Local Newspaper Staff Roster Listing Executive Editors
The list shows D. A. Rawley as president Mrs R B Terry as secretary treasurer Holt McPherson as editor Joe Brown as managing editor A. A. Batteron as advertising director W Idol Jr as business manager LorLin and Ward-Griffith Company as circulation and national advertising representatives.
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D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Aes
Joe Brown
Kennedy Youth Peace Corps plan faces campus questions
Berkeley and other campuses debate how to teach democracy and avoid envy during the Kennedy era Peace Corps proposal. Students, professors and military officers raise concerns about draft immunity, language training, and the plan’s political implications in emerging nations.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Berkeley
Calif
Kennedy
Youth Peace Corps
U. S
Univrsity of California
Berkeley Peace Corps
Eugene Burdick
Brandeis University
U. S. Army Language School
Monterey
Peace Corps
Kennedy aide rewards a smile and a simple favor
Washington notes recount Hy Raskin a Chicago lawyer who declined government posts after Kennedy’s win, choosing a favor to walk with the president elect to his Georgetown doorstep. The column blends humor about gifts, GOP digs, and office lore with light political jests.
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Washington
Chicago
Hy Raskin
Raskin
Windy City
Kennedy
Baron Rothschild
Georgetown
For Such a Time as This in Washington
Guest columnist Dr. Robert Kazmayer reflects on Esther's gamble and applies the Biblical plea "Perhaps it was for such a time as this" to Washington and America's responsibilities. He urges personal duty, humility, and vigilance as the nation faces future decisions in the capital.
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Robert Kazmayer
Israel
Ahasuerus
Persia
Vashti
Esther
Hamon
Mordecai
Washington
London
Paris
Rome
Ankara
New Delhi
Leopoldville
Moscow
Free World
Request for North Carolina geographic names project
William S Powell invites readers to supply historical details for a forthcoming North Carolina gazetteer. He seeks current and former names, locations, dates of settlement and incorporation, and origins of place names. Submissions should distinguish fact from tradition and be sent to the University of North Carolina Library.
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University of North Carolina Library
William S. Powell
Chapel Hill, N. C
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