Hi Pt High views on exams and GM scholarship plans
The article notes semester exams in periods 2 3 6 and 7 with finals looming for periods 1 and 4. Principal D P announces a General Motors National Scholarship Plan for 100 four year grants with deadlines in March 1955 and a WBT WBTYV two scholarship program offering $625 annually for UNC and NCSU applicants with April deadlines.
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General Motors
Hi Pt
United States
Spain
Wbt-Wbtyv
UNC
N.C State College
Local High School Displays Achievements And Scholarship Winner
Students showcase prize entries and orchestra success as the Kodak contest deadline nears March 31. Senior nominees include a Herbert Worth Jackson scholarship candidate, named by March 15, with a $500 yearly award for scholastic leadership and merit.
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Sational High School
Herbert Worth Jackson
University of North Carolina
Girls choose winning name for contest
In a recent name contest the girls settle on Choral ettes as the final title while a smaller entry Blue Notes is named runner up and awarded the $5 prize.
Treasury course helps high schoolers learn income tax basics
The United States Treasury Department distributes special student handbooks on income tax returns. The federal course aims to explain how and why to fill out returns and pay taxes, with copies given to students for study alongside related subjects.
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United States
Treasury Department
Hi Pt Hi
Pemican Staff Prepares February 1956 Annual Issue
Pemican staffers push to meet February 1 deadline for the 232 page yearbook as they finalize edits and plan next year’s Pemican. National Forensic League topics for February include Junior Town Meeting discussions on WHPS FM with six topic categories and assigned chairpersons. Barbara Madison leads state topics, Linda Groome community topics, Jamie Mathews national topics, Anita Eagle international topics, Margaret Haworth school topics, Patsy Hogg personal topics. Planned NFL discussions cover international democracy as an export, fighting Russian propaganda abroad, voting age, party differences, youth civic involvement, and driver license age.
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Whps. FM
Barbara Madison
Linda Groome
Jamie Mathews
Anita Eagle
Margaret Haworth
Patsy Hogg
NFL
False testimony claimed in Clinton Jencks trial
Harvey Matusow, known for Communist case testimony, says he gave false testimony in Jencks trial. Jencks, a mine union official, was convicted of false swearing. his lawyers seek a new trial based on the Matusow affidavit dated January 20, 1955. Matusow’s present whereabouts are unknown. bond on appeal is $10,000. A New York City filing notes the affidavit. Also noted: a pipe maker announces corrosion resistant irrigation aluminum pipe from two to five inches via continuous welding.
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el, Paso
Tex
Harvey Matusow
Matusow
Clinton Jencks
Jencks
New York City
King Carnival Festival In Nice Riviera Winters
Mardi Gras celebrations begin February 10 in Nice with street processions and the King of Misrule. Grand Ball at the Nice Opera February 19 features a Follies Bergere revue. Riviera prices drop. winter tours offer ski and sea options, perfumery and pottery centers nearby, and year round casinos and cultural events.
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Nice
France
Nice Opera
Follies Bergere
French Riviera
Alps
Aaron
Sun Valley
Mediterranean
Riviera
de Sabata
Mitropoulos
Barbieri
Tagliavini
Cannes
Monte Carlo
Europe
Grasse
Vallauris
Picasso
United States
Monaco
Columnist Campbell Dies After 28-Year Garden Column Run
Greensboro Daily News columnist Walter Campbell a longtime garden writer died in the hospital on Friday at age 7. Funeral planned Sunday with cremation. His final garden column is slated to appear Sunday morning.
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Greensboro
Walter Bdewin Campbell
Greensboro Daily News
Campbell
Woman Recovers Century Old Gold Piece From Meter
Police in East Haven find a century old $2.50 gold coin in a parking meter and return it to a woman who says it belonged to her late son.
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East Haven, Conn
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