Inaugural Day Opens 1957 North Carolina Session
Justice Winborne takes oath as Hodges hosts the first party of the year. Gov Hodges and his wife attend a pre inauguration ball with dignitaries in Raleigh. The legislature convenes with Supreme Court justices administering oaths to state officials including Gold Grane Ballentine Carroll Gill Eure Patton and Bridges.
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Executive Mansion
Hodges
Fayetteville Street
J. Kemp Doughton
Alleghany
Senate
Claude Currie
Durham
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Charles F. Gold
Frank Grane
Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
Sept of Public Instruction
Charles F Carroll
Edwin Gill
Henry L. Bridges
Thad Eure
George B. Patton
Barn Hardt
B'nai B'rith Forum Set Saturday
Alexander F Miller will address the North Carolina advisory board and the B'nai Brith executive board in Winston-Salem. The program opens 8 p.m. Saturday at Temple Emanuel with the North Carolina Freedom Forum on raising children free from prejudice. Participants include Reed Surratt Raymond Sabo and Rabbi Ernst Conrad. A public forum follows with a reception hosted by Moses Shapiro Lodge. Sunday covers state association business at the Hotel Robert E Lee.
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Alexander F. Miller
Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith
League
North Carolina
B'nai Brith
Winston-Salem
Temple Emanuel
ACL
North Carolina Freedom Forum
Reed Surratt
Winston-Salem Journal
Twin City Sentinel
Raymond Sabo
Forsyth County
Rabbi Ernst Conrad
Tom Frazier
Highland
Murray Friedman
Richmond
North Carolina-Virginia
ADL
Moses Shapiro Lodge
B'nai Brith State Association
Robert E. Lee
Guilford Units Back River Flood Control Plan
Guilford County and city officials from High Point Greensboro Jamestown and Greens boro plan to speak at a Fayetteville hearing on dam proposals for Deep River near Randleman and Haw River at New Hope in Chatham County. About 200 people and 50 cars expected to join a caravan from Randleman to attend.
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High Point
Jamestown
Greensboro
Guilford County
Fayetteville
Deep River
Randleman
Haw River
New Hope
Chatham County
George Covington
James R. Townsend
Victor Higgins
Seven Cities Water Committee
Harry B. Werberly
Guilford
Sam Strickland
Soeme
Randleman 5
Mirror of Your Mind
Not intentionally, many withhold truth and dramatize distress over work or responsibility. Physicians probe casual questions to uncover stress factors behind emotionally induced headaches and hidden family or job troubles.
Man Handed Sentences On Three Counts
A defendant Wade A. Johnson of Route 3 High Point faced assault on an officer resist ing arrest and drunk and disor Judge Byron Haworth set appeal bond at 500 dollars. Johnson drew 90 days on assault 90 days on resisting arrest and 30 days on the drunkenness count. Billy J. Williams of Osborne Street received a four month suspended sentence for drunken driving plus 100 dollar fine and costs and no driving for a year. He also paid 25 dollars and costs for driving without a license. North Carolina drought losses in 1954 reached 50 million dollars.
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Mani
Wade A. Johnson
Route 3
High Point
Byron Haworth
Johnson
Billy J. Williams
Osborne Street
Williams
Competition to sharpen across apparel firms in spring
The Business Mirror notes competition among industries may intensify this spring if the economy cools. Apparel makers and retailers seek gains as tight money strains financing big-ticket items, nudging stores toward soft goods promotions while discount houses see mixed impact on margins. The National Coat & Suit Industry Recovery Board plans a $600,000 campaign to boost women’s and children’s garments, and the American Institute of Men’s and Boys’ Wear likewise funds efforts to promote better male dressing.
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New York
Senan Sen
National Coat & Suit Industry Recovery Board
American Institute of Men's
Boys’ Wear
Convicts End Prison Riot After Hostage Situation
The riot prompted 43 inmate complaints including better food and a new corrections board. Prisoners seized a guard turret, gaining gas guns and ammunition while hostage guards described limited actions. Billy Randall emerged as a key negotiator with Gov Clyde amid promises of no explicit punishment for inmates.
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Buck Nielsen
Washington
Graham
Chris D. Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Wilford Tuttle
Clair Kilps
Brigham Young University
BYU
Billy Randall
Gov. Clyde
Senate debate on price and wage controls in 1950s era
Senator Byrd urges adoption of a Specific Plan to curb prices and wages, comparing to 1953 budget cuts. Senator Saltonstall warns against rushed controls and doubts a pending message to Congress. Senator O Mahoney questions effectiveness of controls, citing Hoover era failures, while Gore sees no need for action now.
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Truman
Byrd
Sen. Saltonstall
Massachusetts
GOP
Congress
Saltonstall
America
Sen. O'Mahoney
Sen. Gore
D-Tenn
One Death One Injury In Fires Report
A local fire department monthly report shows 72 alarms and 36 building fires last month. One death, Miss Violet Johnson, 57, died of suffocation from a house fire on Ton Street. Fireman J D Walters was injured at Pearson Memorial AME Church when a wall collapsed. Oil burners were the leading fire cause, followed by electrical appliances and defective wiring.
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Violet Johnson
Thurston Street
Guilford County
W. W. Harvey
J. D. Walters
Amos St
Pearson Memorial Ame
E. Washington Street
Walters
City reports lower fire losses per person this year
For the first seven months of the fiscal year the city records a total fire loss of 88 488 dollars, down from 176 803 dollars a year earlier. The per capita fire loss stands at 2 22 dollars versus 4 43 dollars at the same date last year.
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B’nai B'rith Forum
Bla
Meinhardt & Company, Inc
York
Southern Rep
von D. Oehmig
Columbus
Tel
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Sosern Warrvey
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Bruno Bettelheim
University of Chicago
Business Mirror
By Sam Dawson
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Borden Company
Borden
Bordens Cherry
ALL America
Briggs & Stratton
Bieets Ater
DUKE
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W. Main
Thomasville
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