What Is a Celebrity and the Celebrity Register
A critic reflects on the Celebrity Register defining celebrity as popular rather than enduring achievement. It contrasts with Who's Who and the Social Register while noting varied entries from Carmel Snow to Pitirim Sorokin and Jacques Soustelle, and laments missing authentic names for many celebs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Amory
Celebrity Register
Social Register
Carmel Snow
Harper's Bazaar
C. P. Snow
Louis Sobol
Arkady A. Sobolev
United Nations
Soraya
Shah
Pitirim Sorokin
Jacques Soustelle
Soustelle
de Gaulle
Remembering the Sabbath and God’s mercy in freedom
A meditation recalling Deuteronomy 5 15 about freedom from Egypt and religious oppression. It urges observing the Sabbath as a sign of gratitude for God’s mercy and freedom, asking if setting aside one day in seven for worship and service is too much.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Policing Annexed High Point Demands More Tools
The High Point Police Department faces staffing and equipment shortages after annexing 19.6 square miles. Only four of the needed twenty-two officers were hired, leaving thin ranks. Officials urge training in the new area and distribution of maps. Radios and six new cars are ordered but not ready, risking inability to call for help. A recent bombing incident shows existing officers responding well, but future coverage could worsen without adequate manpower and gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Guilford County
Sheriff's Department
Bottoms-Fiske
Mother's Day reformers form SAPS to seek Mother's Week
A humorous note critiques a proposed Mother’s Week by the Society for the Appreciation and Preservation of Soviet? no. SAPS. It mocks turning one day into a week, citing masculine labor and consumer merchants who would profit from extended celebrations while highlighting overworked mothers and housewives.
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the Society For the
Dad
Mama
Ior
New Society
SAPS
Time And The Bomb Negotiations At Geneva
Editorial examines Geneva talks on a permanent nuclear test ban with a January restart tied to France set to explode its Sahara test. Warns many nations may not join a total ban this decade while China and France complicate inspection plans and Soviet pressures.
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Geneva
France
Sahara
United States
Great Britain
Russia
Red China
Atomic Club
Atomic Energy Commission
John A. McCone
Senate Disarmament Subcommittee
China
Philip Noel-Baker
Peiping
Kremlin
Moscow
Britain
U.S
Eisenhower
U. S
United Nations
Soviet Union
Western Alliance
Retirement benefits eyed for Col James R Smith
Col James R Smith, retiring commander of the State Highway Patrol, may receive benefits under the State Law Enforcement Officers' Fund. He has 30 years service but is under 65, with two associations under consideration of waiving age or July 1 requirements to grant eligibility. Kennedy draws mixed reception locally over civil rights and labor views, with NC Democrats signaling concessions ahead of a national contest.
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James R. Smith
State Highway Patrol
North Carolina Police Voluntary Benefit Association
Col. Smith
Halla-Balloo
L. R. Fisher
Voluntary Association
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Capitol Square
Big Labor
Robert
North Carolina
Notes On The News By Charles Pearson
Governor Hodges expected to steer the delegation to Los Angeles with strong personal interest in developments. North Carolinians will hedge their bets, playing a cagey game until balloting results can be anticipated. Capitol offices show changes as Ev elyne Yelverton and Ed Rankin leave C&D and the fresh routines settle in. L. B. Parker and Max Abernethy retire after long tenures, Abernethy famed as “Mr. A” in state service since 1923.
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Hodges
Los Angeles
Capitol Square
Ed Rankin
Director of Conservation and Development
Evelyne Yelverton
C&d
Yelverton
Rankin
L. B. Parker
Secretary of State
Max Abernethy
Parker
Abernethy
Wells Fargo's Rise and Fall From Frontier Express to Armored Cars
The Winston-Salem Journal recounts Wells Fargo & Co from its 1852 San Francisco birth through bold express ventures and gold shipments to later years of decline after bank and railroad rivalries. It notes mergers, government seizures, and current shifts into armored car service and Mexico ventures, with American Express now guiding its fate.
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Winston-Salem
Wells Fargo
Howard Mylers
Winston-Salem Journal
U. S
New York
Henry Wells
William G. Fargo
American Express Co
Express
Mississippi
California
American Express
Adams Express
Messrs
Wells and Fargo
San Francisco
Wells Fargo & Co
Adams & Co
Montgomery Street
Gold Coast
Adams
Big Page
Bacon Banking House
West
Adams Building
California Mother Lode
Comstock Lode
California-Nevada
Tales of
Jim Hardie
Lucius Beebe
Charles Clegg
Comstock
Pony Express
Overland Stage Company
Southern Pacific
New York Exchange
Wells Fargo Bank
American Trust Company
American Trust
Edward Hungerford
U.S
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Wells Fargo, Adams, American and Southern
American Railway Express Company
Railway Express Agency
Railroads
Mexico
Colorado
New York City
Armored Motor Service
Memphis
Fender
American Express Company
American
Charles Haas
Armored Transport Company
Nashville
Spartanburg
South Carolina
Principal Desk In Capitol Quietly Emptied
In the northeast corner office Thad Eure’s 23 year tenure ends as Max Abernethy assumes the Secretary of State desk. The line notes that Will Everett Jim Hartness and Stacey Wade helped run the department while acknowledging the State government will continue despite the absence of L. B. and Mr. A from the capital.
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Will Everett
Jim Hartness
Stacey Wade
Thad Eure
Max Abernethy
Capitol
Secretary of State
L. B
Mr. A
Capital
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Palestine
Israel
High Point Enterprise
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North Main Street
N. C
A Iregon, JR
W W. Iba JR
Charles B. Lgflin
Post Office
N.C
Rocky
Lynn Nisbet
Round the Capitol
Charles Pearson
U.N. General Assembly
Pheienecarettiat Has
Holt McPherson
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