Withdrawal shifts North Carolina governorship race
Editorial analyzes Robert Scott of Jaw River withdrawing from the Democratic nomination contest, narrowing the field to a three way race with Guilford and High Point contenders among Republicans. It notes Richardson Preyer’s cleansing controversy, conservative figures Dr I Beverly Lake and Judge Dan Moore, and warns of a costly primary in a spring campaign shaping up in North Carolina.
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Robert Scott
Jaw River
Scott
Kerr Scott Mantle
Charlotte
John L. Stickley
Guilford
Donald Radsley
High Point
O. H. Doggett
GOP
North Carolina
Palieay
Richardson Preyer
Junius Irving Scales
I. Beverly Lake
Raleigh
Dan Moore
Sylva
Democratic Party
Lake
Terry Sanford
Moore
Frank Lambeth
North Carolina National Bank
S. Main and Commerce
Commercial National Bank
Ed Pleasants
Progress Without Spotlight on School Desegregation
In the tenth year since the 1964 Supreme Court ruling, desegregation in 17 Southern and border states plus DC shows progress. About 9 percent of Negro public school students attend schools with whites, and 27 percent of Negro students in the 11 Confederate states are in desegregated districts. During the past year 146 districts in those states desegregated for the first time, 22 in North Carolina, with the South moving toward compliance as emotion ebbs.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Confederacy
North Carolina
South
Editorial Research Communists On Campus
A proposed Virginia bill to bar Communist or Nazi speakers from tax supported colleges faces little chance of passage but signals a trend. The piece cites Ohio and Minnesota examples, notesGovernor Harrison’s opposition, and recounts campus censorship debates and past bans. It notes UNC faculty opposition and NC press consensus against campus bans, and predicts discreet enforcement until 1965.
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Washington No Big White House Shake-Out
President Johnson aims for a durable blend of his staff with Kennedy holdovers. A mid February test will reveal if top aides like O'Donnell O'Brien Sorensen and Kennedy's circle stay, while others may depart. The goal is a stable core to carry through 1964 and beyond.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assa. Washington
Johnson
White House
Congress
Kenneth O’donnell
Kenedy
Sovn
Lawrence O’brien
Theodore Sorensen
Kennedy
Sorensen
Robert F. Kennedy
McGeorge Bundy
We Feldman
Lee White
Johnson faces 1964 as the greatest strain of his life
Washington AP reports President Johnson, 46, poised for a brutal 1964 marked by relentless activity and stress. The piece compares his pace to a constant workout, noting his rapid return to leadership after a 1955 heart attack and his intensified 1960s schedule under Kennedy. It argues 1964 will be his year of extreme strain, with physical tolls and mental tensions rising.
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Washington
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson’s demanding pace fuels White House push
The President endures constant activity including receptions, speeches, and travels while planning campaigns. He meets aides, holds news conferences, visits Texas ranch, hunts, and assigns orders. Doctors say eight years after his heart attack he has performed remarkably, despite ongoing stress and ultra busy schedule.
Quotes on Britain's nuclear pledge to ally
Lord Home, the British foreign secretary, said that when a country with nuclear weapons pledges support to an ally it pledges its life. The remark underscores commitment to allied defense and deterrence in the nuclear era.
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Britain
Quotes on debt, marriage and industry from public figures
A collection of brief sayings from Mildred S Boyd, Victor Neumark, Dorothy Sarnoff and Britain's Lord Chandos. The notes touch on mortgages, home life, work life balance and industrial confidence, contrasting old maxims with modern realities. The source presents compact, aphoristic reflections rather than a connected narrative.
Banner torn flag laments JFK death and nation’s grief
A reader-turned-poet recounts the nation’s shock after President Kennedy’s assassination. The piece links a tattered flag to national sorrow, urging teachers to instill freedom’s duty in youth, while noting local tributes and reflections from Betty Brockmann Briggs.
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Betty Brockmann Briggs
Kennedy
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