Sylvania Electric comes to High Point in Strickland plant deal
The High Point Chamber of Commerce industrial development division helped lure Sylvania Electric Products to relocate a television cabinet plant. Phil Clark led the push, with support from Chamber President George Hutchens, Frank Sizemore, Scott Parker, and others who pursued the Strickland plant and its town. Credit is shared by the chamber and its development unit.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Sylvania
Phil Clark
High Point
Clark
George Hutchens
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Frank Sizemore
Scott Parker
Strickland
Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Taft and Eisenhower battle for New Hampshire primary momentum
The editorial argues Taft and Eisenhower face a pivotal New Hampshire primary. It notes Taft risks losses against Eisenhower if he fails to gain strong support, and that Eisenhower’s campaign style is to rely on organization rather than personal effort. It stresses the need for Taft to directly appeal to voters.
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New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Dwight Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
United States
Europe
Truman
Bob Taft
Ohio
All-Southern conference team 1951 leans Yankee heavy
The United Press All-Southern conference football squad for 1951 features five Pennsylvanians three New Jersey natives and one Washingtonian among eleven players with only Neal Petree of Hopewell Virginia and Billie Hair of Walterboro South Carolina as southerners. Maryland supplies 60 of 97 players.
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Asheville
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Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
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Oklahoman
Mad House GOP Style Critics Cheating Thrown Back
Washington column notes Chief J Edgar Hoover faces a new insult from an FBI case involving a woman who calls herself Goldie Silverman and has a lengthy criminal record. The piece mocks partisan rhetoric and public indignation.
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J. Edgar
FBI
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General Lee Honored At West Point Portrait Unveiling
A United Press report recalls the Confederate commander Robert E Lee, born 1807, honored at West Point with a portrait in the United States Military Academy. Attendees included descendants, officers, and figures like Gordon Gray. The ceremony contrasted Lee with General Grant and reflected on Civil War issues.
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Lee
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Morck Irving
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Ely
New York
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Cullum Memorial Hall
Mexico
Comanche
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New York Women GOP Club in Swivel Over Endorsement Rumors
Walter Winchell's temporary absence prompts Adack Lait to write. The New York Women National Icon Club wavers over endorsing Bob Taft for president while Governor Dewey is linked to Eisenhower. At a Waldorf luncheon a large turnout heard Taft discussed. Mrs. Robert Low Bacon attended as a sponsor, noting no pledged support. The piece weaves in police irregularities, politics, and social notes from New York City's cultural scene.
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Walter Winchell
Women's National Icon Club
Bob Taft
Waldorf
Dewey
Taft
Homburg
Robert Low Bacon
Washington
New Taft Emerges as a Fighting Campaigner in New York
A veteran observer describes Senator Robert A. Taft as a transformed, combative candidate. Taft handles sharp jibes with humor at a Saints and Sinners event and later faces intra party tension at a Waldorf Astoria banquet, signaling a more assertive, uncompromising stance toward Eisenhower era influence and domestic issues.
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Robert A. Taft
Taft
Will Rogers
New York
William Howard Taft
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