Hodges Shows Plain Speaking As Governor Faces Tasks
The governor speaks plainly at Morehead City urging North Carolina to advance beyond self congratulations. He presses the State Water Resources Commission to move beyond meetings and notes reforms in the tax structure while signaling steady appointments and an evolving leadership style.
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Board of Conservation and Development
Morehead City
North Carolina
State Water Resources Commission
Hodges
Anti trust suit against General Motors sparks controversial broadcast
Attorney General Herbert Brownell announces an anti trust suit against General Motors on a network sponsored program centered on corn products and cooking oil. The televised event raises questions about the action the sponsorship and the publicity circus surrounding the probe.
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Associated Press
Herbert Brownell
General Motors
Corn Products
Justice Rtment
Senate “Big Business
Ofa Ler
Nation to test civil defense readiness in week long drill
Editorial notes the third annual Operation Alert civil defense exercise starting July 20 with 63 targets in a five hour mock raid. President Eisenhower will be in Panama for opening phases. larger federal evacuations are planned and analysts say shelter and evacuation both needed for survival amid evolving nuclear threats.
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United States
Eisenhower
Washington
Panama
Val Peterson
Congress
Growing certainty yet lacking action in civil defense plans
The 1956 overview notes no national shelter program and slow evacuation prep. The Federal Civil Defense Administration funds warns and trains but congressional refusals curb progress. Witnesses urge stronger federal role, with proposals to place civil defense under the Defense Department or grant cabinet status.
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Federal Civil Defense Administration
Congress
House
England
Defense Department
Armed Services
High Point Enterprise Name Changes Reported
D. A. Rawley and Mrs. R. B. Terry are listed with roles as president and secretary treasurer in a local enterprise record. The header shows a formal organizational update or corporate filing from the High Point area.
Local newspaper masthead with publication and distribution note
Publication information lists edition times and prices, carrier terms, and AP copyright notice. It notes Entered as second class matter at High Point post office and references advertising representation.
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High Point
Diverging Democratic Views on 1960 Strategy
Two rival camps shape Democratic thinking. One sees 1956 victory assured for Eisenhower Nixon and seeks party unity and a Stevenson retirement plan. The other, led by Carmine DeSapio, argues to fight and win, targeting New York New Jersey Connecticut Massachusetts and the Solid South while courting AFL CIO influence.
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Harry Truman
White House
Hower
Lieve
Eir
Campa
Eisenhower
Harriman
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Northwest
Adiai Stevenson
Dubinsky
Stevenson
Democratic Party
Afl-Cio
Franklin Dyelt
Wendell Wilbie
Tom Dewey
Republians
North Carolina State Lands as a Major Farm Entity
Lynn Nisbet argues the state governs the largest farming area in North Carolina, with 91 0215 acres used for farming, woodlands, and farmsteads. He contends these operations mainly provide prison and hospital employment rather than immediate monetary profit and criticizes interagency coordination.
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Rene
State of
North Carolina
State Board of Education
Morrison School
Officers May Wear Uniforms or Civvies At Potts
The policy allows officers to choose between uniforms or civilian clothes, but prohibits wearing both at the same time. The rule emphasizes consistency in dress while on duty at Potts.
Vocational Training Seen as Key to Piedmont Growth
Greensboro luncheon speaker urges expansion of trade schools to supply skilled labor for a diversified industrial base in Guilford, Forsyth, and surrounding areas. He links education, water resources, air service, and economic strength to a stronger labor pool and national competitiveness amid Cold War pressures.
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Greensboro
Gneral
Piedmont
South
Golden Triangle
Jamestown
Belmont
Navy Poster Youth Spotted by Speaker Rayburn
A Capitol hallway anecdote describes Speaker Sam Rayburn noticing a Navy poster page boy. The young man explains he posed for Navy recruitment pictures and hopes for Annapolis, hindered by height rules. Senator Ellender, at a wedding, jokes about beets influencing golf.
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Washington
Sam
Rayburn
Capitol
Navy
Bligh
Mr. Sam
Pecker
Congress
Ing
Annnapolis
Quotes and quips from Eisenhower and allies on praise and policy
A collection of attributed remarks about football coach Paul Brown, Otto Graham, Secretary Dulles, Robert Wagner, and President Eisenhower. The statements touch on defense discipline, Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulpo, and U S stance on Communist China in the United Nations.
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Paul Brown
Cleveland Browns
Otto Graham
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High Point Enterprise
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
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Imos
Porenente
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George Sokolsky
Eisen
Jacob Javits
Thomas E. Dewey
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Welfare
Caswell
Butner and
Goldsboro
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Blaine Madison
Charles Pearson
Holt McPherson
Russia
Stalin
Free World
George Dixon
Allen J. Ellender Sr
Louisiana
Beter
Dulles
Robert F Wagner
President Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Bulpo
Lincoln
William F. Knowland
China
United Nations
A. William F. Knowland
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