Downtown Development plan lacks bold vision for future growth
The meeting of merchants and property owners explored a CBD plan seen as patchwork. While it improves present conditions, it falls short of the bold, future-focused vision needed for High Point Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The seminar may spark ideas for a 20 year plan and stronger urban renewal.
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High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Ethics Shakeup at U S Government After Doerfer Resigns
Editorial overview of a string of ethics cases in the Eisenhower administration. Focus on FCC Chairman John C. Doerfer’s resignation and related figures, including Adams Talbott Mansure Strobel Mack, plus the yacht controversy and calls for higher integrity in regulatory agencies and tax rules limiting entertainment deductions.
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John C. Doerfer
Doerfer
Sherman Adams
Harold Talbott
Air Force
Edward F. Mansure
General Services Administration
Peter A. Strobel
GSA
Richard A. Mack
FCC
Big
Broadcasting
House Committee
Baltimore Sun
Eisenhower
Internal Revenue Service
Sunday Selling and the Battle Over Blue Laws
Editorial reviews Sunday selling's rise from church days to warehouse and bargain center contrasts. The piece weighs religious liberty, equality and economic impact, citing court cases in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and notes church leaders and denominations opposing or revising blue laws while commerce expands.
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Sometown
Supreme Court
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Conformity as a Debate Across American Identity
George Sokolsky argues conformity is a complex social force, not a fixed enemy. He cites laws and norms, praises individual rights, and recalls figures like Emma Goldman, Eugene Debs, and Ward Bond while questioning Stanley Kramer’s defense of conformity in film and politics.
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Stanley Kramer
Mike Wallace
Kramer
United States
Emma Goldman
Eugene V. Debs
Big Bill Haywood
John Brown
Nathan) Douglas
Nathan Douglas
Nedrick Young
Ward Bond
Political analysts seek pattern in 1959 General Assembly retirements
Analysts note no clear rule explains voluntary retirements in the 1959 North Carolina General Assembly. Some leaders decline reelection while others shift between House and Senate. Local issues and county acts shape legislative races more than statewide trends, with filing deadlines looming and governors’ race dynamics adding to the uncertainty.
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House
General Assembly
Senate
North Carolina
United States
Foundations of a 1975 Economy Doubling Gains Forecast
The American Marietta Company study led by C. S. Beaver projects a 1975 economy nearly twice today’s output with GNP rising from $480 billion to $925 billion in today's dollars. Family income avg rises to $9,400, population to 235 million, and discretionary spending to over $300 billion.
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U.S
American-Marietta Company
C. S. Beaver
American-Marietta
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