Laurinburg Lands Presbyterian College Site and Prize
Laurinburg won selection as the site for a new coeducational Presbyterian college after a campaign among North Carolina towns. The town pledged 2.8 million dollars toward a six million dollar plant and four million dollar endowment, with praise for the effort and notes on broader educational impact across the state. The project merges three existing colleges and aims to stimulate higher education statewide.
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North Carolina
Laurinburg
William H. Neal
Red Cross asks for voluntary contributions in High Point
High Point local chapter launches a voluntary appeal to fund the Red Cross National Relief Fund after a $2,900 shortfall in last fall’s estimate. Donations support disaster relief for about 20,000 homeless people in the East and reflect the community’s private responsibility and generosity.
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Red Cross
High Point
Red Cross National Relief Fund
United Fund
Charlies Mendenhall
East
Red Cross Chapter
High Point Bonds Sell At Low Rate In Raleigh Issue
A $250000 bond issue sold in Raleigh drew 2.0727 percent, signaling improved access to money for High Point. The piece recalls earlier six percent funding and urges prudent, solvent investment to sustain growth and expansion of government facilities.
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High Point
Raleigh
Eisenhower faces GOP test over OT C trade bill
Editorial notes Eisenhower’s renewed candidacy appeal to Republicans and warns a potential House clash looms over the bill authorizing U S participation in the Organization for Trade Cooperation. It explains OT C’s GT T ties and Dulles’ stance against congressional approval of detailed GT T terms.
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Eisenhower
Congress
House
U. S
Organization For Trade Cooperation
O.T.C
Geneva
G.A.T.T
Truman
John Foster Dulles
High Point urges GOP support as trade bill advances
The March 1 vote on the Upper Colorado River development bill shows strong cross party backing with 120 in favor and only 73 Republicans opposing. The administration plans cabinet push on the O.T.C. bill to sustain the pro trade majority amid GOP hesitations.
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White House
House
Senate
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Reed
Endless 1956 Campaign Echoes From Personalities to Polls
George Sokolsky argues the 1956 presidential fight blends personalities and policy. He notes Republican risks, Democratic digs into dissent, and the unresolved foreign policy questions from NATO to Middle East oil. He questions Ike’s self nomination, GOP secrecy, and Brooklyn oil politics shaping votes.
North Carolina seeks $5 million more in civil defense funds
Governor Hodges and U S civil defense director Val Peterson clash over disaster relief allocations with North Carolina asking for about $15 million more total. Congressmen Bonner Barden and Carlyle defend questions as necessary to obtain a realistic approach while advising a possible late summer special legislature session amid constitutional and ballot timing concerns.
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Hodges
New England
North Carolina
Val Peterson
U.S
Congress
Herbert Bonner
Graham Barden
Eric Carlyle
Bonner
Peterson
Ress
United States
Meneie Protemiaiens
Tobacco Associates
General Assembly
Notes On The News On A Possible Extra Session
The piece discusses a potential legislative extra session to address taxes budgeting and education issues. It notes surplus projections from the Revenue Department and the risk of actions beyond the regular session. It highlights debates over school segregation the Board of Higher Education and university consolidation and warns of conflicting scopes between the extra and regular sessions.
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Revenue Department
Advisory Budget Commission
Board of Higher Education
Consolidated University
Council of State
Pearsall Commission
Venezuelan Drug Stores Open All Night By Turno Sign
The piece notes Caracas practice of rotating 24 hour drugstores with conspicuous Turno signs so one is open in every neighborhood. It recalls a noisy highway trip, Venezuelan radio songs, and a joke about the Charleston misheard as a folk tune. It cites growth to 225 high schools and teacher pay from 658 bolivares plus increments for marriage and children.
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Eisenhower
Caracas
Paris
Florence Nightingale
Turno
Georgetown
de Noche
la Victoria
Mountain
Luisa Ceballos
Valencia
You Chang Yang
U. S
Miami
Papa Dionne
Democrats Confident to Beat Ike in 1952 Campaign
Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Butler argues Republicans will face a tougher fight against Eisenhower or a successor. He disputes the notion of Ike's broad popularity and plans new small-donor fund-raisers, five minute radio slots, and panel TV shows to reach voters. Butler forecasts a three million dollar presidential bid plus a similar congressional fund, compares budgets to the GOP, and supports face to face debates if health allows.
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Chicago
San Francisco
Eisenhower
Ike
Washington
Democratic National Committee
Paul Butler
Indiana
Butler
U. S
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
National Guard
Republican National Committee
Hooper
CBS
Frank Stanton
Quotations on Civil Rights and Defense Leaders Cited
A compilation of remarks from figures including Martin Luther King Harold Stassen Val Peterson and Johnny Guyton. The quotes touch on civil rights bus boycott arms control civil defense and presidential leisure.
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Martin Luther King
Montgomery
Ala
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Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
House Committee
Dulles
High Point Enterprise
Ki Saree Ae
B. CO
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry Veee
Freee Ow
Charles B. Loflin
Tration
George Sokolsky
America
Russia
Alger Hiss
Harry Dexter White
Republican Party
Joe McCarthy
McClellan
Eastland
Democratic Party
NATO
SEATO
METO
Harry Truman
Saudi Arabia
Brooklyn
State Department
Capitol Square
Lynn Nisbet
Charles Pearson
George Dixon
Peter Edson
Harold Stassen
Johnson
Lenfon Johnet
Johnny Guyton
Thomasville, Ga
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