Decertification Drive Sought for Western Electric Technicians
Greensboro workers launched a bid to remove the Council of Western Electric Technical Employees as bargaining agent for 1800 plant employees. J C Stewart chaired the decertification push arguing professionals need not be represented by unions. The NLRB state office this week denied a decertification petition by workers in Winston Salem Greensboro and Burlington.
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Greensboro
Council of Western Electric Technical Employes
J. C. Stewart
Committee For Decertification
National Labor Relations Board
Western Electric
Winston-Salem
Burlington
State Attorney General seeks dismissal in Chapel Hill segregation suit
Greensboro based Attorney General William B. Rodman filed for dismissal in Middle District Federal Court arguing the State School Board lacks authority to assign or bar a child from a specific school. He contends the 1955 Legislature codified education law transferring student placement responsibility to local boards.
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Greensboro
w—State Atty
William B. Rodman
Chapel Hill
Rodman
Middle District
Gardner Award To Be Made At Greensboro Dinner
The Oliver Max Gardner award for the faculty member with the greatest contribution to human welfare will be presented tonight at Woman's College Greensboro. Professors from the three UNC branches attend a dinner and citation ceremony. The prize includes a citation and income from a $25 000 trust fund established by former Gov. O Max Gardner.
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Greensboro
Oliver Max Gardner
Consolidated University of North Carolina
The
Woman's College
O. Max Gardner
Decision On School Land Sought in 4th Circuit
Attorneys for Eliza Jane Doby and J Lillian Doby ask the 4th Circuit to rule if land can be condemned for a high school to serve only white children. The Dobys allege bond funds for segregated schools violate the Supreme Court ban on separate facilities.
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Richmond
Davidson County
N.C
Eliza Jane Doby
J. Lillian Doby
4Th Circuit
Federal Court of Appeals
Dobys
Albemarle
Supreme Court
Pelican Name Traced to Greek Pelikus Origin
The pelican’s name comes from Greek roots, with its large beak likened to the Greek pelikus ax. This etymology links the seabird to ancient language and tool imagery.
Paola Bolognani Captures Italian TV Spotlight
An 18 year old high school student Paola Bolognani from Pordenone rises to national fame on Italy’s top quiz show after stealing the limelight with talks of a movie contract and marriage proposals. She is described as platinum blonde with a tomboy streak and soccer know how amid heavy fan mail and public attention.
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Paola Blognani
Venice
Rome
Marilyn Monroe
Gina Lollobrigidia
Sophia Loren
Paola Bolognani
Paola
Italy
Pordenone
Discovery of Saccharin by Remsen and Fahlberg at Johns Hopkins
In 1879 chemists Remsen and Fahlberg at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore Maryland first prepared saccharin marking a milestone in sweetener research.
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Remsen
Fahlberg
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Maryland
Phonograph Needle Traverses Half Mile for One Record Side
A phonograph needle moves about half a mile while playing one side of a 12 inch vinyl disc. This illustrates the fine mechanical motion involved in analog record playback and the extent of stylus travel during a single side.
WSCS Closes Annual Meeting in Durham
The North Carolina Methodist Conference of the Woman's Society of Christian Service closed its annual meeting in Durham after a business session and officer elections. Miss Gertrude Feely of Shelbyville Missouri, a missionary to Japan, told delegates that workers must know the needs of the country they go to and study to help it.
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Durham
North Carolina Methodist Conference
The
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Gertrude Feely
Shelbyville
Japan
Father Faces 10-12 Year Term in Manslaughter Case
A 49 year old father of 11 pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the March 3 shooting of Daisy Harris at a friend’s home. Arthur Holloway testified there was no reason for the fatal pistol slaying and described a doomed plan to take Harris to Pineville. He stated Harris warned of violence before he drew and fired.
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Charlotte
Daisy Harris
Arthur Holloway
Holloway
Daisy
Pineville
Medical Lecture Series Attracts Tar Heel Physicians
In Greensboro a series of medical lectures was staged under the Greensboro Academy of Medicine with over 200 attending physicians from North Carolina. Speakers included Dr Porter P Vinson of Richmond internal medicine, Dr C Everett Koop of Philadelphia, Dr Paul Gross of New York, Dr Fred J Hodges of Ann Arbor University of Michigan, and Dr Julian M Ruffing Duke University Medical Clinic director.
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Greensboro
Coe
Greensboro Academy of Medicine
Porter P. Vinson
Richmond, Va
C. Everett Koop
Philadelphia
Paul Gross
New York City
Fred J. Hodges
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Julian M. Ruffing
Duke University
Student Body President Named at Woman's College
Greensboro report says Sadye Dunn, a Bladensburg born physical education major, was elected yesterday to lead the Woman's College Student Government Association as more than 2 000 students cast ballots.
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Greensboro
The
Woman's Collegetudent Government Assn
Sadye Dunn
Bladensboro
Suit Filed Against Sheriff in Hamlet North Carolina
A Hamlet resident sues Richmond County Sheriff James R. Barbour Jr. for 19 461 dollars claiming improper payments to Sheriff Raymond W. Goodman between 1951 and 1955 while he served as tax collector and sheriff. The suit seeks accounting and recovery of excess commissions and wrongful tax sale fees.
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Hamlet
N.C
Richmond County
James R. Barbour Jr
Raymond W. Goodman
Goodman
Barbour
Two Men Arrested For Break-In In North Carolina
Raleigh police reported the arrest of John W. Willis 27 and his brother Robert Lee Willis 20 for a Lexington pawn shop break in. They were taken into custody in Roseboro Sampson County. Robert Willis faces burglary charges and John Willis faces receiving and disposing of stolen property charges.
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Raleigh
Lexington
SBS
James W. Powell
Powell
John W. Willis
Robert Lee Willis
Roseboro
Sampson County
Robert Willis
Baney
John
Haywood County Man Dies After Severe Crash
A 40 year old Haywood County man died in a hospital after his car ran a stop sign at the NC 110 and US 276 intersection six miles south of Canton and crashed into a bank. Sherrill Greene Plemmons of Bethel Route 3 was alone in the car.
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Waynesville
N.C
Haywood County
Canton
State Highway Patrol
Asheville
Sherrill Greene Plemmons
Bethel
Rt. 3
NC. 110
U.S. 276
Plemmons
Kemp to not seek reelection to Wayne County seat
William P. Kemp Sr., president of a Goldsboro furniture company, will not seek renomination to the North Carolina House of Representatives. He has served in the House since 1952, citing business and personal reasons for stepping down.
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Goldsboro
William P. Kemp Sr
Wayne County
North Carolina
House of Representatives
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Kester Bros
Sels
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Frank Byrum
W. M
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Ralph Gaddy
Russell Brendie
Otis Hampton
Fred Ingram
Gene Kester
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