Three New UNC Dormitories To Ease Housing Strain
Completion of three 273 bed dorms on the University of North Carolina campus will add 819 permanent beds and free space for 1948 high school graduates. The A B and C structures sit across Raleigh highway from Woollen gym, marking a major permanent expansion for single men. Roy Armstrong notes UNC aims to accommodate all North Carolina high school graduates as enrollment rises toward a 7 thousand student level with veterans and freshmen.
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Carolina dormitory plan shapes postwar housing mix
The article details University of Carolina housing for freshmen including Alexander Imitory Miller and Nash Halls plus 29 Quonset Huts and Victory Village units. It notes priority for North Carolina veterans, rising lists for married students, and efforts to keep rents low despite overcrowding as postwar enrollment peaks.
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Welkin of Fett Md. Repairs in Local Yacht Basin
The cutter Welkin of Fett Md. arrived from Miami for repairs after a main sail blew out at sea. A 65 foot craft with an 85 foot mast, built in Hongkong of teak and ironwood, belongs to Gerald C. Smith of New York and is bound for Maryland. She is docked at the Municipal Yacht basin.
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Rent control debated as socialist policy in Congress
The remark compares rent control to communist ice state policy. Rep John Rankin of Mississippi is cited in the debate.
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Sub Sightings Reported Near San Francisco Coast
SAN FRANCISCO March 27 An inbound Pan American clipper crew sighted an object 60 miles southwest of San Francisco that Captain Myers described as a submarine. The craft lay surfaced then submerged as the plane passed. No identifying marks were seen. Naval HQ declined comment. Submarines frequently pass San Francisco harbor.
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Film Actor Warren Hymer Dies After Illness
Hollywood mourns Warren Hymer a 42 year old film actor known for soft hearted tough guy roles over a 20 year career. He died after a year long illness and had been largely off screen in recent years following featured parts in Little Miss Marker Born Reckless Up the River Goldie and Meet John Doe.
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Warren Hymer
Two Nickels Missing Change Total Confirms Answer
Reader notes a miscount in a coin problem. After forgetting two nickels the sum becomes 1.14 dollars and the total coin count is 34, yielding the determined solution.
Italians Receive 29 Ships At Wilmington Ceremony
In Wilmington on March 27 the 29 merchant ships seized during World War II were formally turned over to the Italian government. The ceremony aboard the former Ft. Kootenay renamed Mangio la, included representatives from the Italian embassy the State Department and the Maritime Commission. President Truman ordered the transfer March 16 under congressional authority.
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Purse Lost by Virginia Beach Woman Recovered in Charleston
A Charleston attendant found a woman's purse in a service station restroom containing 3000 dollars in cash checks and money orders. The owner, Mrs Grace H Ross of Virginia Beach, reported the loss after arriving in Myrtle Beach. Police recovered the purse intact within 45 minutes with contents undisturbed.
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Grace H. Ross
Virginia Beach
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Ross
Myrtle Beach
B. W. White
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Leonard
Murder Charge Placed Against Young Hungarian
In Santa Rosa California a 19 year old Hungarian Laszlo Varga was held without bail on a federal fugitive warrant for the murder last Monday of Billie Rahe Morning 22 wife of a Nevada minister and an expectant mother. Varga a former divinity student and survivor of Dachau is identified by police and the FBI as the suspect.
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