Union Construction Workers Wage Gains in Southland 1955
The Labor Department reports a 4.3 percent, 10.3 cent rise in average union construction wages across 28 Southern cities in 1955. Bricklayers top with $3.41 hourly, while plumbers and electricians also show strong scales. In Columbia and Charlotte specifics vary, with bricklayers ranging from $2.25 to $3.62 and other trades varying accordingly.
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Atlantap
South
Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Columbia
S.C
Dallas
Houston
Charlotte
N.C
Judge Cites Proof Mixing Won't Work
A Ft. Bragg paratrooper Roy R. Massey 22 pleaded guilty to attempted breaking and entering with no felonious intent in Charlotte. He received a five month suspended sentence and a judge urged him on race relations noting that mixing with Negroes risks trouble after Massey said two men picked him up, he drank whisky and woke in jail.
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Charlotte
Ft. Bragg
Roy R. Massey
J. C. Rudisill
Massey
Rudisill
Ae Og Court
Bird Named President of Western Carolina College
Dean W. E. Bird was named president of Western Carolina College at Cullowhee succeeding Paul A. Reid who resigned to join the North Carolina Board of Higher Education. Reid led the college since 1949 and will take the post after a career in North Carolina education.
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Asheville
W. E. Bird
Western Carolina College
Curlowhee
Paul A. Reid
North Carolina Board of Higher Education
PD. Hiden Ramsey
Philip Weall
WCC Board of Trustees
Reid
Surry County
University of North Carolina
Raleigh
Needham Broughton High School
Roanoke Rapids
Elizabeth City
State Board of Education
Ramsey
Harris Parks
Defense Presents Evidence in Campbell Murder Trial
In Wentworth North Carolina the defense begins presenting evidence in the murder trial of Maggie Campbell former nursing home operator. The case centers on the death of 88 year old William Thomas Turner moved from the Campbell home to a Reidsville facility where he was bruised undernourished and frightened. Coroner Dr M P Cummings testified Turner was found with bruises after the move and police say a relative moved the paralytic due to alleged mistreatment.
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Wentworth
N.C
Maggie Campbell
Leaksville
William Thomas Turner
Orlg
Campbell
Reidsville
Margaret McMahan
Rockingham County
Turner
Answer key puzzle on page 8A asks seven civics questions
The column poses seven true false style items about segregation, births, wills, crop values, Western Europe politics, union strikes, and basketball founder James A. Naismith. Answers are promised on page 8A.
Youth Temperance Week Designated in North Carolina
Gov Hodges declared April 22 to 28 as Youth Temperance Week in North Carolina. He noted the North Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union set the week and praised the organization as character building and devoted to God and country.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Hodges
North Carolina Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woan’s Christian Temperance Union
Davidson Plans General Improvement at Presbyterian College
Davidson College in North Carolina approved a general improvement program to expand facilities and raise enrollment to 1,000. The trustees ordered salary increases for faculty and staff effective March 1 and outlined plans to raise endowment, plant, and teaching quality with Ford Foundation support and a fundraising drive.
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Davidson
N.C
Davidson College
Board of
John R. Cunningham
Presi
Ford Foundation
Cunningham
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Bird
Interstate Commerce Commission
U. S
Francis
James A. Naismith
Asimtt
Bale
AiMiTeo
Toni
Pive
Vaiu
Pan Om
Woodbury Soap
Prince Albert
Kolynos
Johnson
Icreomullion
Digkinson
Aliantol
Lakes
Bath
Tos
Eversharp-Schick
Eversharp- Schick
Evershorp-Schick
Youth Temperance Week
GRACE
High Point
Wrenn & Howell
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