Greensboro’s Place in a Billion Dollar Manufacturing Belt
A regional reflection on Greensboro as the center of a vast multi county manufacturing area. The piece notes Winston-Salem High Point and other cities like Raleigh Durham Lexington and Asheboro as part of the diverse economy. It argues true significance rests on community integrity rather than mere scale.
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Winston-Salem
High Point
Greensboro
Raleigh
Durham
Lexington
Thomasville
Asheboro
Reidsville
Siler City
Mt. Airy
Slow drivers blamed for highway tragedy rise in deaths
A state committee of Illinois traffic engineers studies slow moving traffic on expressways to fix minimum speed limits and reduce crashes. Police report disciplined vigilance caught hundreds of speeders over the holiday, but deaths rise beyond 1955 toll. Speed remains a major menace alongside drunken driving as motorists weave to pass slow drivers. Hearse traffic has grown as tragedies mount on high speed roadways.
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Illinois
Youth versus age shapes future Congress and White House
A youth oriented electorate watches Kennedy and Nixon both in their forties while Lyndon Johnson is older. In Congress age affects policy as chairmen like Spence 86 Cannon 81 Smith 77 Vinson 77 Dawson 74 Celler 72 hold power and aging congressmen bow out. Younger Democrats will rise as youth presses for influence amid a changing leadership dynamic. The presidential campaign foreshadows a broader shift as youth asserts itself.
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Kennedy
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Spence
Banking
Currency
Cannon
Appropriations
Smith
Rules
Vinson
Armed Services
Dawson
Celler
Judiciary
Carl Durham
Atomic Energy
Graham Barden
Labor Education
Congress
Washington
Editorial probes bonds and costly schemes in U S savings notes
The piece critiques continued American use of Series E and H savings bonds while lawmakers push costly inflation hedges like cost of living bonds and lottery bonds. It notes low yields, high redemptions, and proposed schemes from Pat McNamara and Roman Pucinski, contrasting them with Britain and the Soviet Union lottery bonds.
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Congress
Pat McNamara
Mich
McNamara
Pearl Harbor
Paul A. Fino
N.Y
Fino
House
United States
Roman C. Pucinski
Pucinski
Great Britain
Soviet Union
How Darvas Found Luck In Stocks And Life
The interview profiles Nicholas Darvas, Hungarian born trader, who credits hard work and timing over luck for his two million dollar stock market gain. He explains his four step method: right stocks, right timing, small losses, big profits, and notes luck still played a role in his birth and heritage.
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Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise Assn
New York
Nicholas Darvas
Darvas
Paris
Letters to the Editor Problems of a Policeman
A former officer commends a Sunday article on police pay. He quits due to $230 monthly take home after taxes and argues salaries must meet those of similar towns. He cites FHA loan issues, a cheaper house, and the risk of a department filled with 12 to 18 month veterans.
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Bickerton
FHA
Notes On The News By Charles Pearson
The author argues police work is a vocation requiring passion and fair pay. He asks readers to consider salary, conditions, and hours, urging appreciation for law enforcement as High Point officials and residents expect continued protection. He frames blue-collar respect as essential to retaining talented officers.
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High Point
Protests Rally Against U S Japan Security Treaty
Thousands of Japanese demonstrators gathered outside the Diet Building to oppose the U S Japan security treaty while quotes from officials urged correcting errors rather than abandoning international commitments.
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Eisenhower
U.S
Diet Building
Government saves money yet spends for health justice
Guilford County debates medicolegal autopsies and coroner costs noting 45 autopsies in 355 deaths last year at a cost of 161,200 as a needed modern safeguard. The piece praises larger appropriations to improve death investigations and public safety while praising UNC journalism renovation and national events shaping local concerns.
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Guilford
Weight loss craze swells as new fat-cutting method touted
A new weight loss concept from a national drug firm is highlighted as tearing pounds from many, with Amos Kearns claiming 22 pounds shed and others including Earl Phillips Lynwood Smith and Mayor Jess Washburn reporting notable belt-line reductions. The piece notes the method’s broad appeal and questions its long term safety and efficacy while hinting at a light political edge with a reference to a Moscow visit.
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Amos Kearns
Earl Phillips
Lynwood Smith
Jess Washburn
Soviet Union
Moscow
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