Truman and Johnson push unity over U-2 fallout
The piece argues Republicans and Democrats should rally behind Eisenhower during the U-2 crisis. It credits Eisenhower as the sole leader through a hard six months and criticizes Truman and Symington for partisan attacks. Johnson’s Idaho Falls speech reinforces support for the President and cautions against using the incident to derail foreign policy.
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Laos
Viet Nam
Socialist Party
Japan
United States
Latin America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Truman
Senator Symington
Adlai Stevenson
Mr. Truman
Los Angeles
Lyndon Johnson
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Johnson
Stevenson
Symington
Senate
Eli Ingram Shaped High Point Fire Department
Eli Kirkman Ingram, active 78 years, led High Point fire service for nearly two decades. He transformed a volunteer unit into a paid department with a two platoon system, while managing other ventures including a grocery and meat market and serving Piedmont Savings and Loan as first vice-president and director. A steady churchman, family man, and Democrat, he helped build the city he believed in.
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Eli Kirkman Ingram
High Point
Ingram
Piedmont Savings and Loan Association
Democratic Party
Broadway in crisis as actors strike drags on
Weary commentators warn that the Broadway blackout harms all sides. The battle between Actors Equity and New York theater producers risks a costly stalemate that could ruin summer tourist business and produce no clear winner. Settlement is urged for a quicker, more sensible end.
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Broadway
Actors Equity
League of New York Theaters
New York
Who Leaves North Carolina, Who Comes In, And Why?
Interview with Rupert Vance, Kenan Professor of Sociology at UNC, on North Carolina population shifts. He notes long term out migration exceeds in migration since 1880, driven by farm mechanization, shifting from manual to brain labor, and expansion of manufacturing and services. He stresses gradual policy-driven industrialization and skilled immigration as remedies.
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Khrushchev
Potsdam
Geneva
United Nations
Lebanon
Peiping
North Carolina
Rupert Bayless Vance Kenan
University of North Caroline
Vand
University of North Carolina
American Sociological Society
Arkansas
Vanderbilt
Dr. Vance
North Caro
Lina
Phan
Tate
Vance
New York City
Chicago
West Coast
California
New York
Sunday Sermon on The Fifth Horseman Ignorance
The preacher argues ignorance is the fifth horseman, oppressing nations with stupidity and closing minds. He cites Jesus, prophets, and modern examples to urge learning, understanding, and truth as the path to freedom, urging education to dispel fear and prejudice. He recalls personal tragedies from ignorance and calls for a future of knowledge.
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Christ of God
Adolph Hitler
America
Christ
Detroit
William Penn High School rooted in Quaker aid and growth
History notes High Point school tracing back to 1891 as a Quaker run institute for Negroes. From a single 1897 building to four brick and two frame structures by 1910, the school broadened from primary to junior college levels before switching to city system in 1923. annual Quaker Oratorical Contest funds a $150 scholarship, with five students presenting Friday night.
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William Penn High School
High Point Normal and Industrial Institute
Society of Friends of New York
Mark H. Smith
New York
Alfred James Griffin
New York Quakers
High Point
Institute
Fairview
C. E. Davis
Leonard Street
S. 5. Whitted
Hampton Institute
Society of Friends
City Schools
Friends
William Penn
Barbara Brothers
America
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Wrarth Mail Itreet
N. C
W. Idol
BLESS
Pete Ivey
Robert Marks
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