Equality's Battleground More Northern Southerners Face Civil Rights
The Civil Rights Commission report argues that the Negro's path to equality is national, not regional, with the North lagging in integration and maintaining segregation through "gentlemen's agreements." It urges the nation to confront cold realities rather than blame the South, noting contrasting regional attitudes after the Emancipation Proclamation centennial event.
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White House
North Carolina
Marine Corps
Elizabeth City
Kitty Hawk
Whitener bills push federal access and state rights
Congressman Basil L. Whitener offers nine bills to reform court practice and preserve state authority. One measure would let top court attorneys practice before all federal agencies without separate admissions, while others reaffirm state court jurisdiction to enforce local laws against subversive activities, resisting federal preemption.
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U. S. House of Representatives
Basil L. Whitener
The
Gastonian
U. S. Supreme Court
District Courts of Appeals
Whitener
Redistricting Debate Ties Stokes and Guilford District
The piece argues NC legislature flouts a constitutional mandate on 22 years of redistricting and notes federal courts watching. It warns that tying Stokes and Guilford counties into one Senate district strains credulity and calls for fair workable solutions.
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North Carolina
Stokes
Guilford
Editorial Research Lewis And Union Unrest In Kentucky
The article portrays John L. Lewis as controversial in eastern Kentucky coal fields. It notes welfare fund disputes over 40 cents per ton royalties and hospital closures in Hazard McDowell Middlesboro and Whitesburg. It describes automation reducing union mining and ongoing wildcat strikes amid economic hardship and potential hospital shutdowns.
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John L. Lewis
Kentucky
United Mine Workers of America
Welfare and Retirement Fund
Lewis
UMW
Hazard
McDowell
Middlesboro
Whitesburg
Julius Duscha
The
Washington Post
John Ed Pearte
America
Lewis’ Board of Directors
Eastern Kentucky
High Point Enterprise Information and Rates
The High Point Enterprise is an independent newspaper established in 1884. It lists staff including D. A. Rawley as president and Holt McPherson as editor, with advertising and circulation details and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions.
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
C. W. Patterson, JR
Vv. W. Idol, JR
Charles B. Loflin
Associated Press
N.C
AP News
Elderly Swindling Racket Exposed by Congress
A congressional probe outlines a $2 billion yearly trick on seniors, detailing scams from fake free land offers at fairs to costly dance-studio memberships and questionable sea water cures. It highlights vulnerable elderly targets and aggressive monthly payment schemes.
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North Carolina
National Better Business Bureau
Pat McNamara
Committee On
Kenneth B. Willson
Willson
Post Office Department
Strictly Personal: The Wishing Creature and Choice
Sidney J. Harris argues that humans differ from other animals in always wanting more yet often misdirect their wishes. He cites fairy tales with three wishes to show how easy desires turn foolish and notes Ortega y Gasset on how wealth can leave one unable to decide what to wish for, needing a middleman to guide choices.
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Ortega Y Gasset
Ortega
Crisis of wishing in modern culture analysis
Ortega argues that mass culture drives fake desires shaped by others wishes, while true fulfillment depends on a clear self vision. With abundance, genuine happiness fades as people chase spectral desires and pseudo wishes rather than authentic self realization.
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Ortega
Flu vaccine of 73 nursing students shows strong protection
High Point Memorial Hospital reports only one flu case among 73 nursing students amid a near epidemic that affected staff including the directing administrator. Superintendent Miss Frances Burgess notes vaccines pay off as Asian flu recedes with dry weather.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Frances Burgess
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