High Point Hospital Considers Interns to Boost Emergency Care
The High Point Memorial Hospital plans to hire Bowman Gray School of Medicine interns on a three month rotating basis to provide constant emergency coverage. Substitutes are in their final year and not licensed yet, but this move aims to reduce delays and improve patient care while rates may rise modestly to fund the program. The editorial urges an outside review of hospital services and efficiency to justify any price increases and guide improvements beyond emergency care.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Baptist Hospital
Winston- Salem
High Point Hospital
Deyton Named Wake Forest Comptroller and VP
Wake Forest College appoints Robert G. Deyton as vice president and comptroller with duties centered on building the new plant and relocating to Winston-Salem. Former head of the State Budget Bureau, Deyton earned praise for fiscal leadership and is expected to ensure value for the college’s expenditures.
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Wake Forest College
Robert G. Deyton
Winston-Salem
State Budget Bureau
Bob Deyton
Wake Forest
Friends of the College
Thomasville Strike Underlines Need for Open Officials
The Thomasville Chair Company strike shows suffering across manufacturers workers and residents. The editorial blasts secret meetings between mill executives and police and criticizes mayor and police chief for closed doors while urging frank public discussion to reduce violence and prevent further disputes.
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Thomasville Chair Company
Thomasville
High Point
Harry Truman
Walter Rapp
Turpentine Drippings and Civic Duty in North Carolina
A Sandhill Citizen column discusses citizen participation in party conventions from precinct to county. It recounts a Madison County campaign anecdote, notes weather delays at a housing project, and observes local residents and contractors at the Coates residence with brief portraits of figures like Mrs. Coates and workers amid a district build.
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Sandhill
North Carolina
Auhors Saba
The Flowers Know by Billy Arthur
Mrs. Ramon Askew recounts a tale at a Garden Club meeting about Mrs. Reed who talked to her flowers by name and praised their growth. After Mrs. Reed died the flowers withered, suggesting in her view that flowers respond to affection as well as care.
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Billy Arthur
News & Views
Ramon Askew
Garden Club
Askew
Reed
Caswell Training School
Short Years For All Taxpayers Echo Timeless Musing
Old and young alike remark that time flies as years pass, a sentiment now common among taxpayers. The line underscores how the pace of life feels accelerated in recent seasons. Taxpayers voice the sense that aging and obligations blend, quickening the passage of each year.
Super Service at Cen ter Street Shell Prompts Customer Call
Gus Lippard offers extra service at his Cen ter Street Shell station. A customer called requesting a car wash and pickup, but the car remained on the street as time passed and concern grew.
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Statesville
Gus Lippard
Center Street
Gus
Diplomat Joe Hamilton Reflects on Bird Hunting Misfortune
The Leder Brothers manager Joe Hamilton recalls a hunting outing with a farmer friend. He admits he was off that day and says to his companion I didn t do so well. The other man asserts the shot was fine but the Lord spared the birds.
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Joe Hamilton
Leder Brothers
Joe
Stump Hole Saboteur Near Beach Tower
A young Air Force guard at a 625 foot tower near Snow's Cut reported an attempted breach of security after a large hole was cut in the surrounding fence. A vehicle rolled in a three foot wide gap and a dug hole was found inside the enclosure. Local officials suspect moonshine secretly buried on the land prior to government control. They note possible additional barrels in the area.
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al Dickson
Star News
Air Force
Carolina Beach
Snow's Cut
Seabreeze
Shotgun Remedy Draws Worms Out of cabbage Patch
Wataugan Democrat reports Buster Eggers of Route 1 describes a homemade remedy for cutworms. He says firing two shotgun shots across the cabbage patch at sunrise forms a cross that stops the worms and claims no trouble since using the method. Chapel Hill Weekly notes locals inspecting a new house and chatting with workers about timing.
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Wataugan Democrat
Buster Eggers
Route 1
Mr. Eggers
Florida Governor challenges Kefauver to debates
Gov. Fuller Warren calls for joint public debates with Senator Estes Kefauver on Kefauver fitness for the Presidency. Warren proposes Jacksonville or Miami as first sites and pledges most debate proceeds to the Red Cross, while detailing alleged Kefauver profits from his crime committee and asking a long list of campaign and funding questions.
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Fuller Warren
Estes Kefauver
Florida
Kefauver
Warren
Coonskin
America
Lincoln
Douglas
United States Senate
The
United States
Jacksonville
Miami
Bayfront Park
Aes
Tegil
Red Cross
Saturday Evening Post
Chattanooga
Paradise
Tennessee
Washington
Gangester
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
Arco Publishing Company
Lexington Avenue
New York City
New York Times
New Hampshire
Biggs County
Polk County
FEPC
Sentencing Finnegan for fraud faults two years in prison
U S District Judge Rubey M. Halen sentenced James P. Finnegan, 51, a former Internal Revenue collector, to two years in prison and a $10,000 fine in St. Louis. The judge condemned greed and corrupted honor, contrasting it with the North Carolina motto Esse quam videre. An editorial section then critiques crime and punishment, citing local cases and social issues, including strikes and rising meat prices.
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U. S
Rubey M. Halen
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
St. Louis
Lars
Finnegan
North Carolina
United States
Olivier quips on American accent in England
The article recalls Sir Laurence Olivier stating the ease of understanding the American accent in England. It also mentions Justice Fred Vinson replying to a friend about political prospects, noting a remark tied to a Democratic presidential path.
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England
Laurence Olivier
Aoten
Fred Vinson
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