Courts Aim to Reform North Carolina Justice System
Governor Hodges launches a comprehensive study of North Carolina’s courts funded by 70 000 from the Richardson Gardner and Cannon Foundations. The NC Bar Association committee led by Spencer Bell will assess administration and speed of justice, urging reforms beyond courts to reflect public will and accountability.
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Judicial Department of
North Carolina
Hodges
Richardson, Gardner and Cannon Foundations
North Carolina Bar Association
Spencer Bell
Charlotte
Myrtle Beach
Washington Notebook on Invitations and Drinks in D.C.
A Washington note discusses Eisenhower inviting Soviet officials to America and quips at a Chilean embassy reception. Other items cover hotel parties, vodka trends, and a Capitol meeting with Interior Secretary Fred Seaton.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
U. S
Moscow
Frederick A. Groves
DAR
Daughters of the
Pete Borlo
Jim Bennet
U. S.S
Shay
Table Four
France
Fred Seaton
Fred
Harry Laurie
National Association of Alcohol Beverage
Imco
Why Print Editorials Why Editorial Pages Still Matter
A Nashville Georgia editor argues that editorials remain essential beyond the rapid news cycle. He defends the editor as a rational, principled voice drawing on history to provide structure for readers and to reflect community, national, and international interests.
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Nashville
Herald
Georgia
Farmers Face Coffee Price Hike Across Retail Chains
Editorial notes planned price increases for coffee as roasters raise wholesale costs by three cents per pound on June 14, pushing some retailers to about 1 10 per pound. May boosts of 2 to 4 cents followed a general level near 1 07, with markets citing artificial scarcity and optimistic crop reports as factors. The U S Department of Agriculture cites world production rising at least 18 percent from 1954 55 to 1955 56 and warns that purchases may have reflected pessimistic crop prospects.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
United States
High Point Enterprise fragment shows historical notice
A scrambled OCR fragment from the High Point Enterprise lists names and roles such as President Mrs. R. B. Kv een ener Secretary-Treasurer and references a date in March, indicating a local organizational notice or directory entry from an old issue.
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D. A. Rawley
R. B. Kv Een Ener
Iby
Mai
Vader
Coffee Prices Rise Spark Scarcity and Debate
Coffee costs have created a temporary scarcity of milds as prices climb due to higher green bean costs. Brazilian forecasts cut 1956-57 crop to 11.85 million bags from 20.35 million, frost blamed. Critics accuse the National Coffee Association of underestimating supply and overestimating demand amid regulatory probes. Margins for margarine and shortening also expected to rise in autumn.
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Brazilian Coffee Institute
Hanson
Surgeon General Scheele Criticizes Cock Crow Wakeups
Dr. Leonard A. Scheele told a Senate subcommittee he tolerated hospital wakeups at cock crow for feedings and questioned if there is a real reason for the practice. He noted the early rising mainly benefits the last shift and shared discomfort from dawn awakenings as a patient.
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Washington
Leonard A. Scheele
Scheele
Senate Appropriations
U. S
Altimore
Solons
Hill
Dr. Scheele
Charles E. Potter
Michigan
Public Health Service
Wallace JF. Bennett
Utah
Senate
Bennett
Notes on the News spoof about senators and candy
Charles Pearson satirizes senators and proposed bills while joking about missing caramels. He lists Humphrey pushing wilderness protection, Butler on jellyfish, Watkins on walruses, and Payne backing fishing courses, mixing political satire with light personal misdirection.
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Bennett
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
John M. Butler
Maryland
Arthur A. Watkins
Utah
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
Payne
Watkins
Humphrey
Paneer Butler
Open Letter to Victor Riesel From Henry Belk of Goldsboro News Argus
The column praises editorial power and presents Henry Belk’s open letter to Victor Riesel. Belk, nearly blind, shares his own experience with blindness, perseverance, and adaptation with tools from the American Foundation for the Blind, urging hope, patience, and self trust for Riesel. He recalls touch typing, Talking Books, and practical aids like Braille calendars and canes, ending with encouragement for Riesel.
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Victor Riesel
Henry Belk
The
Goldsboro
Viola Titus
American Foundation For the Blind
New York
Blind Foundation
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National Coffee Association
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Federal Commodity Exchange Authority
Federal Trade Commission
Latin America
Mace
George Dixon
Glendon Johnson
Charles Pearson
Walter Reuther
Holt McPherson
Riesel
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