History Highlights: UN Charter Signed in 1945
On this date 1945 the United Nations charter was signed in San Francisco by 30 nations to create a framework for peaceful world dispute resolution. The column recalls Lincoln, emancipation, Victorian empire, and wartime changes, noting ongoing global tension and war threat.
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The
United Nations
San Francisco
Sig
Abraham Lincoln
Charles Newt
Burlington
Vermont
Victoria
British Empire
Queen Victoria
Eng
Africa
Mother
Russia
Toops
France
Nazi Germany
Britain
Harry S. Truman
Eisenhower
United States
Invasion of North Carolina by Yankee cabbies imminent
Raleigh column by William A. Shires laments a busy week as 25 New York cabbies visit North Carolina before adjournment of the General Assembly. He rants about youth culture, parental authority, societal decay, and the era of fast cars and flagging morals while predicting an impending clash with an unusual state visit.
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North Carolina
William A. Shires
Raleigh
North
Carolin
Brooklyn
Bronx
Cab drivers tour North Carolina as ambassador salesmen
A four member New York cab crew will fly to North Carolina for a week long itinerary promoting the state. They will visit Winston Salem Old Salem Asheville Biltmore Cherokee Blue Ridge Parkway Maggie Valley and the outdoor drama Unto These Hills along with an ox cart wagon train reenactment. They will meet Gov Sanford tour the Legislative Building Wilmington Wrightsville Beach and the USS North Carolina then return via Kitty Hawk to view the Wright Memorial and Outer Banks scenery.
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North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Old Salem
New York
Asheville
Biltmore Estate
Cherokee
Blue Ridge Parkway
Maggie Valley
Roone
Hickory
Raleigh
Gov. Sanford
Legislative Building
Wilmington
Wrightsville
Orton Plantation
Ovier Banks
Wright Memorial
Kitty Hawk
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General Assembly
Shires
New York Times
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Honey
Tancy Grocery
Liber
Cynthiana
Ernest Gillispie
Gillispie
Roan Mountain
Bakersville
Terry Sanford
Mitchel County
Blue Ridge
Daniel Boone
Watauga County
McRae Meadow
Grandfather Mountain
Weldon
Virginia Electric and Power Co
Gaston Dam
Roanoke River
National Park Service
Portsmouth Island
Core Banks
Shackleford Banks
Boone
Manis
IPS
Traveloans
Lime
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E. Commerce St
John Garnett
Mgr
Manuseryo M
Sears
Sears Heating
North Main Street
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