High Pointer of the Week Dr. Wendell Patton
Dr. Wendell Patton named High Pointer of the Week at High Point College as he begins his presidency. The article traces his life from Spartanburg birth in 1922 through aviation, academia, and leadership roles, noting his future goals to raise faculty salaries and foster student engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Patton
Shuford Mills Inc
Hickory
Bruce Payne and Associates Inc
Patton
Shuford Mills
Dennis Cooke
High Point College
Dr. Patton
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Rotary Club
String and Splinter Club
United Fund
Community Concert Association
American Management Association
American Marketing Assn
American Psychological Assn
N. C. Psychological Assn
N. C
Sisters Horvath Found Dead in East Side Flat
Helen and Margaret Horvath two sisters about 65 were found hanged in their 406 East 72nd Street apartment. Police say death by own action occurred more than a month earlier and a Hungarian note hinted at demolition fears and joint suicide. Neighbors had not seen them in eight weeks.
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New York
Helen
Margaret Horvath
East Side
E. 72Nd St
Adam Sellman
Horvath
Gibson Girl
Greensboro lunch counter protests clash as stores reopen
At Woolworth and Kress in Greensboro, Negro student leaders vow return to lunch counters if stores open on Monday while police arrest several demonstrators. A two week cooling off proposal is rejected by A and T students as larger crowds disrupt South Elm Street traffic and taunt patrons.
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Woolworth
Variety
YWCA
Greensboro Daily News
A&t
South Elm St
Grady Lester Hackett
Rt. 1
Pleasant Garden
Kress
Woolworth’s
Robert Carlton Reddick
Guy Walter Richman
Bernell Edison Free
Guilford College
Robert Changeman Creed
Carsee Hunt
Ulysses T Barksdale
Widow Maintains 23 Dogs Are Pets in San Francisco
Juanita Romero, 66, says she is innocent of operating an unlicensed kennel and that her 23 dogs are pets. Municipal Court Judge Andrew J. Eyman set her trial for Thursday. Charges were filed by the City Health Department and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Juanita Romero
Andrew J. Eyman
City Health Department
The
Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Tell Us About the Free World Seeks Public Support
A letter from Romania urges readers to fund Radio Free Europe to keep truth on air behind the Iron Curtain. The piece, published in cooperation with The Advertising Council and Newspaper Advertising Executives Association, appeals for dollars to support transmitters announcers and news analysts.
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Romania
Iron Curtain
Free World
Radio Free Europe
Reds
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
Writer dies as poison mystery grips North Carolina
Edward Cummings Harvard graduate and Phi Beta Kappa dies after alleged poison in mountain cottage near Sylvan. His wife Patricia 27 is in critical condition. Coroner says death likely from unknown poison mixed with food. Cummings was son of Davidson College professor William Cummings and Elizabeth Cummings. He and wife had moved to the cottage with two young daughters to write a novel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvan
N.C
Jackson County
Here
Edward Chandler Cummings
Harvard University
Patricia
P. E. Dewees
Cummings
Harry Shelton
Bryson City
Young Cummings
William Patterson Cummings
Davidson College
Elizabeth Cummings
Woman's College
Mark Rose
Egmont Arens
New York City
Converse College
Spartanburg
D.C
Nation's Weather Mixed Across Regions
The Associated Press reports mixed precipitation with rain in the northeast and western Washington, snow in Michigan Indiana Ohio and Pennsylvania, and flurries in the Rockies Northern Plains and Dakotas. Michigan saw three inches in Pellston and Traverse City, with Sault Ste. Marie at two inches and upper peninsula snow averaging one foot. Alamosa recorded 8 below zero.
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Washington
Rockies
Plains
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Canada
Great Lakes
Pellston
Traverse City
Mich
Sault Ste. Marie
Upper Peninsula
New York
New England
Mt. Washington
N.H
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New Hampshire Primary Turbulence Shapes 1952-56 Talk
The scene turns on debates over a long term government bond rate rise and party control as Adlai Stevenson resurfaces in New Hampshire filing. Delegates align with Stevenson Kennedy Symington and Humphrey camps, while Nixon leads GOP slate with several Rockefeller backers despite his non candidacy.
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Gore
Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
New Hampshire
James L. Farley
Cornish
Stevenson
Farley
Kennedy
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Humphrey
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Vandals damage two paintings at McNay Art Institute
Vandals inserted tacks into two paintings at the McNay Art Institute in San Antonio. The works are Prairie Fire by Charles Deas on loan from the Brooklyn Art Museum and Rosalie by Raoul Dufy from the permanent collection. staff estimate damage at about 7000 dollars, with restoration possible.
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San Antonio
Tex
McNay Art Institute
Rosaie
Luis Burkhalter
Institute
Charles Deas
Brooklyn Art Museum
Rosalie
Raoul Dufy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vera Idol
Wendell Melton Patton Jr
S. C
Wendell Melton Patton Sr
Cross Anchor
Georgia Military Academy
South Carolina
Georgia
Wendell
Emily Jane Harris
Robert H. Patton
Red Stone Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
West H. Patton
Farmer's Cooperative Exchange
Raleigh
Wofford College
Palmetto Air School
Wofford
Southern Airways
Delta Air Lines
Atlanta
U. S. Army Air Force
4Th Ferry Group
Air Transport Co
Weather Bureau
Jane Matthews
Wendell III
Northeast
Leland
Montlieu
Melissa Lee
University of Georgia
Purdue University
Colgate
University of North Carolina
Georgia Tech
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Xi
Psi Chi
Kappa Delta Pi
Lamba Chi Alpha
Lander College
Greenwood
Lander
Connie Maxwell
Adjutant General's Department
U. S. Army
Wendell M. Patton JR
U.S. Weather Bureau Son
Washington Coast
Oregon
Montana
New
Associated Press
John D. Rockefeller
Great Basin
Alamosa
Colo
Northwest
Pacific
Cadillac
Cadillac Quality
Highland Motors, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
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