Ambassadors Abroad by Bem Price
Fred Sacksteader served as vice consul in Lyon France in 1955 as a major storms hit the city. The piece outlines FSOs career paths salaries promotions and perilous duties including evacuations and interrogations. It notes historical incidents from Mukden to Hungary and discusses rotation and merger proposals for the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BEM Price
Washington
Fred Sacksteader
United States
Lyon
France
Sacksteader
FSO
Fsos
The Bible for Today Faith and Human Color Reflections
A devotional passage discusses faith transforming lives and asserts that race is less important than inner character. It notes colored people can be virtuous and influential just as white people can be.
Governor Hodges cites pay raises without new taxes
Governor Hodges voiced optimism at the North Carolina Citizens Association meeting, urging the General Assembly to approve raises for teachers and state workers without raising taxes. He argued a revised tax structure could fund higher salaries while stimulating growth, noting potential midterm revenue and long range economic benefits for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodges
General Assembly
North Carolina Citizens Association
Raleigh
North Carolina
Dictatorships and economic ruin lesson from Argentina
Egyptians might ponder a lesson from South America where Juan Peron’s long rule ended in upheaval. Argentina’s finance minister warns of a fiscal collapse by year’s end if decline continues, while President Aramburu calls for austerity to avert disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Armed Services
South America
Argentina
Juan Peron
Aramburu
Peron
Cairo
Well Placed Gardner Award Honors Wells for Humanitarian Medical Work
Dr. Warner Lee Wells of the University School of Medicine receives the O. Max Gardner Award for a year’s standout contribution to human welfare. He edited and translated a Japanese doctor’s account of Hiroshima, turning all proceeds to educate Japanese war orphans. The piece notes public praise for humanitarian impact beyond medical merit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. Max Gardner
University of North Carolina
Warner Lee Wells
University School of Medicine
Wells
Hiroshima
Consolidated University
Proxy clash roils Fairbanks Morse annual meeting
A high profile proxy battle over Fairbanks, Morse & Co. and Penn Texas spawns lawsuits and political scrutiny. Leopold Silberstein’s Penn Texas seeks control via stock purchases and asset sales, with figures including Oscar Chapman and Dave Beck cited in a widening three ring fight amid Senate and House probes and internal dissension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks, Morse & Co
Leopold D. Silberstein
Penn-Texas Corp
Chicago
U. S
Dave Beck
Senate Banking
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Penn- Texas
House
Ways and Means
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Fairbanks-Morse
Senate
Francis E. Walter
D-Pa
House Un-American Activities Committee
Congressional Record
Penn-Texas
Walter
Leopold Dias Silberstein
Netherlands
England
Australia
China
Pennsylvania Corporation
Pennsylvania Coal & Coke
Silberstein and Associates
Silberstein
Fairbanks
Landa
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Beck
Union
Louis E. Wolfson
Montgomery Ward & Co
Landa Group
High Point Enterprise Publisher and Network Credits
The High Point Enterprise notes its publication details and rights for local AP news use. It lists carrier independence and subscription terms along with its South Main address and contact notes for advertising and distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Enterprise
Ward-Criffith Company
Dulles Gaza Double Cross Theory Widespread
The piece argues that Ben-Gurion, Mollet, and earlier Ike era leaders suspect a Gaza related double cross by Dulles or others. It critiques Hammarskjold and Bunche, notes UN authority attempts, and cites strained Britain and France views of Dulles amid American anti colonial stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben-Gurion
Israel
Guy Mollet
France
John Foster Dulles
Gaza
Aqaba
Dulles
Henry Cabot Lodge
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Haman
Nasser
United Nations
United States
Soviet Russia
General Assembly
Notes on The News by Charles Pearson
Political column discusses postwar U S foreign policy shifts under Truman and Eisenhower, the Suez crisis, Dulles's pacifist stance, and Israel's survival. It debates alliances with Britain and France, Arab states, and Soviet involvement, warning of risks to Israel and regional stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Supreme Court
John Marshall
United States
Eisenhower
Great Britain
France
John Foster Dulles
Israel
Dulles
Charles Pearson
Africa
Asia
Truman
Soviet Russia
Nasser
Jordan
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Local bills sneak through to chip away at state laws
The piece cites Rep. Sam Whitehurst and Sen. Luther Hamilton pushing local bills masking general changes. It notes a highway block on US-70 and a Rockingham County peti tion restriction, arguing such acts undercut statewide policy. It also discusses a work release plan for state prisoners and how probation parole concepts blend into a new administrative framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Whitehurst
Luther Hamilton
The
Highway Commission
Jule MacMichael
Rockingham County
Director of
Raleigh
Welfare Department
North Carolina
Col
W. F. Bailey
Joint
House Senate Committee
Col. Bailey
Birds Nest in Rosebush Sways Spring Planting Plans
Hoosier-like chatter fills the column as a pair of redbirds building a nest in a rosebush near a trellis disrupts a spring shrub planting schedule. The note-writers seek humane, undisturbed coexistence while replacing the marked bush.
Quotes and denials from notable figures on war, divorce, and diplomacy
A compilation of brief remarks by John A. Hannah urging U S force build up in Korea, Anita Ekberg denying divorce plans, Dr Marion Langer on widower numbers, Harold Macmillan on Anglo American unity, and Pope Pius XII praising goodwill as a tool for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Korea
John A. Hannah
U. S
Korea
Bermuda
Britain
United States
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Pope Pius XII
Nixon
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Mukden
Angus Ward
Italy
Egypt
Es Seee
Hungary
Winston
Lou Henderson
Gardner
Stastian
Ohio Turnpike
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Mein Street
High Point, N. C
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Conneess Docretary
Holt McPherson
Associated Press
High Point
N. C
George Sokolsky
Ralph Bunche
Alaska
Suez Canal
Masser
Soviet
Russia
Shepiloy
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
James Hoffa
Washington Senate
Hoffa
Miles Hughey
State Civil Defense Office
Enterprise
L. Y. Ballentine
Luther Hodges
Alton Lennon
C. M. Vanstory
Greensboro
Lee Hannah
Greenville
C. Max Gardner, Jr
Shelby
Gordon Maddrey
Ahoskie
Hugh M. Efird
Charlotte
Walter Carr, Jr
Durham
Earl Phillips
Frank Williams
Amos Kearns
J. E. Millis
Joe Hollingsworth
Louis Fisher
Paul Ingle
Willis Slane
Seborn Perry
Jesse Washburn
Fred A. Thomas, Sr
C. B. Bonner
Mama
Tony
Anita Ekberg
Copenhagen
Denmark
Anthony Steele
Marion Langer
New York
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