Ford Foundation officials visit North Carolina for state-wide study
Editorial notes a Ford Foundation delegation visiting North Carolina to assess cultural and educational needs. It recalls the foundation's $500,000 study of the Piedmont Crescent and urban growth dynamics across 19 cities in 16 counties. The piece urges using foundation support to implement the blueprints and raise the state’s development vision.
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Ford Foundation
North Carolina
Ford
Piedmont Crescent
High Point
North
South Carolina
Raleigh
Greenville
Jordan rises to top Senate Rules post in swift ascent
Senator B Everett Jordan of North Carolina moves toward chairing the Senate Rules Committee as Mansfield exits to the Appropriations panel. Normally Hayden would take the post, but age and dual-chair limits prevent that, placing Jordan as third-ranking member on track for one of the fastest ascents in Senate history.
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B. Everett Jordan
Senate Rules Committee
Senate
Senator Jordan
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Appropriations Committee
Carl Hayden
D-Aziz
Jordan
Housekeeping
North Carolina
Greatest Wealth: Reforming Latin America Through Faith and Aid
The piece highlights Richard Cardinal Cushing and General Lucius D. Clay mobilizing Catholic and Protestant networks to raise funds for Latin American social justice. Cushing underwrote a million dollars for rebels held by Castro, aided by Boston archdiocese members, while Clay leveraged banks and corporations to cover the balance. It argues true wealth is the ability to mobilize pledged resources through trusted networks to meet urgent needs.
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Richard Cardinal Cushing
Robert F. Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Lucius D. Clay
Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Clay
U. S
Bobby Kennedy
Latin America
Spain
Portugal
Society of
St. James
Editorial Research Our Segregated Churches
An editorial discusses segregation in churches as a lingering issue, noting church leaders have pushed nonviolent reform. It cites Rev. Charles M. Jones and Rev. Benjamin E. Mays, mentions 1954 school desegregation, and previews a National Conference on Religion and Race in Chicago.
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Charles M. Jones
Community Church
Chapel Hill
N. C
Jones
South
W. B. Selah
Mississippi
Dr. Selah
Benjamin E. Mays
Morehouse College
At-lanta
Dr. Mays
World Council of Churches
United States
South Africa
Chicago
National Catholic Welfare Council
Synagogue Council of America
National Council of Churches
Our Big Defense Gambie Second Dispatch on Anti ICBM Leap
The Pentagon’s scientists predict major anti-ICBM upgrades within a decade including a conventional warhead pellet blast to stop missiles, faster electronically directed radars, rapid multiple firings, and potential satellite networks. Molecular electronics could shrink and harden Minuteman and Polaris systems, enabling longer range and new trajectories while reconnaissance advances shift toward satellite roles. (Next: The Psychology of Weapons.)
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Ray Cromley
Washington
NEA
Pentagon
Minuteman
Polaris
High Point Editor Opposes ABC Stores Referendum Push
A Letters to The Editor criticizes a High Point referendum drive for ABC stores. The writer praises local volunteers, argues alcohol leads to social costs, cites health and tax concerns, and urges aligning with Jamestown to remove wine and beer sales. The piece warns of welfare, police, hospital, and productivity losses from increased drinking and accidents.
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High Point
ABC
Enterprise
America
Scientific Monthly
Jamestown
California official cites alcohol costs far exceeding liquor tax revenue
The official warns alcoholism costs California twelve times tax income and calls the drive for legalized alcohol a threat to civic unity. He cites alcohol as a top killer after heart disease cancer and tuberculosis, urging High Point to resist a referendum and maintain moral stand.
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California
High Point
Waynick Viewed as Versatile Tar Heel Statesman
Guest columnist Jay Jenking highlights Capus Waynick a Tar Heel with a varied career from newspaperman to diplomat and executive director of the Richardson Foundation. Waynick’s career path included adjutant general of North Carolina, ambassador to Colombia, and a return to Raleigh visits, reflecting a lifelong involvement in state affairs.
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Jay Jenking
Charlotte Observer
Raleigh
Capus Waynick
High Point
Richardson Foundation
New York City
Capua Waynick
Waynick
Luther Hodges
Hodges
W. Kerr Scott
Scott
South America
U.S
William B. Umstead
Heaucthy
Columbia
New York
North Carolina
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R.B. Terry
Holt McPherson
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Co. W. Fattereon
Gambie
Department of
Caigernan
Statehouse
Charles Johnson
Dan Tompkins
Tompkins
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