State Supreme Court Rules voting questions moot in Halifax suit
The North Carolina Supreme Court remanded the Halifax County Board of Elections case after ruling the issues on single shot voting are moot. James R. Walker Jr. had challenged the law as unconstitutional following a primary for the board of education. The legislature acted March 27 appointing education boards including Halifax.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Halifax County
Halifax
James R. Walker Jr
College Budgets Approved for Nine State Colleges
RALEIGH The joint appropriations subcommittee approved operational budgets for nine state supported colleges for 1957-59. East Carolina College and North Carolina College at Durham are among those funded, with totals including nearly seven million for agriculture and specific amounts for Woman's College, A T College Greensboro, Western Carolina College, and Appalachian State Teachers College. Two budgets remain to be considered, North Carolina College at Durham and Fayetteville State Teachers College.
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Raleigh
Joint Appropriations
Carolina State College
Ion
Woman's College
A&t College
Greensboro
Western Carolina College
Appalach
Ian State Teachers College
Winston - Salem Teachers College
East Carolina College
Pembroke College
Elizabeth City State Teachers College
North Carolina College
Durham
Fayetteville State Teachers College
Justice Sought For Little People Leader Calls for Rights
Asheville report profiles Danny Turner of Black Mountain, president elect of the Little People of America, urging nationwide action for accessible menus, better clothing options, half fares on travel, and easier telephone and post office access.
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Asheville
Danny Turner
Black Mountain
Little People of
Episcopal Women End Convention With Immigration Resolution
The 75th annual meeting of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina Women’s Auxiliary in Tarboro approved a resolution urging Congress to liberalize immigration laws. Delegates voted 98 to 69 in favor, led by Mrs. J. P. Hall of Oxford, who cited the Hungarian refugee crisis as justification.
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Episcopal
Tarboro, N.C
Wom
Episcopal Diocese of
North Carolina
Congress
J. P. Hall
Oxford
Storm Cellar Club Proves Popular in Mangum
In Mangum Oklahoma the Shortgrass Storm Cellar Assn gathers during storms in underground shelters. Members meet in home cellars with blankets and coats with 37 attending a recent get together in the Houck residence. Other chapters meet in Avery and Heatly cellars where capacity reaches 46 to 50. Neighbors trade visits while storms echo and sirens sound.
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Mangum
Okla
Oklahoma
Shortgrass Storm Cellar Assn
Sherman Houck
Mrs
Avery
Bob Heatly
Lamonai Volcano Signals Impending Eruption Near New Guinea
Lamonai Volcano off Fergusson Island shows signs of eruption with disappeared swamp near the crater and intensified tremors, heat, and steam. Authorities plan to move about 5,000 island residents within ten miles. Notes likeness to 1951 Mt Lamington eruption that caused thousands of casualties.
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Port Moresby
New Guinea
Fergusson Island
J. Gunther
Mt. Lamington
Liquor Referendum Bill Faces Likely Dead House Vote
In Raleigh the House Committee on propositions and grievances heard arguments for and against a statewide liquor referendum bill. Committee chair Dwight Quinn said a vote would come later. Dry backers presented petitions with 293,716 names urging a statewide vote, while mass raids in Mecklenburg and surrounding dry counties were cited to portray enforcement issues.
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Raleigh
House
House Committee
Dwight Quinn
Cabarrus
Mecklenburg
Tiny Swiss screws and aging workforce share pages
The article notes ultra small watchmaker screws require 50 000 per thimble and cites that more than a third of women employed in the United States are over 45, reflecting labor and craft themes.
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United States
Seek To Reduce Accidental Drownings in NC Waters
A Raleigh program seek to reduce farm and stream drownings was mapped at a day long conference at North Carolina State College. Authorities reported 35 drowning deaths in the state last year, 24 of them in farm ponds among about 33 000 ponds.
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Yosemite
William Wallace Mein III
Isolde Constantini
Merced
Calif
Yosemite National Park
San Francisco
Mein
Marine Corps
Isolde
Woodside
Raleigh
Lina State College
North Carolina
Greensboro Appeals Court Ruling on Gillespie Park Golf Club
Greensboro appeals a federal ruling that struck racial barriers at Gillespie Park Golf Club. The city owned course, leased to a private operator, faces a June 5 deadline to appeal the decision and allow Black players. the private operator and club also plan appeals.
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Greensboro
Gillespie Park Golf Club
U. S
Johnson J. Hayes
Golf Club
Nightmare With Happy Ending in Holyoke
Mrs James P Joyce and her husband planned a March Ireland tour when an auto crash injured her in Holyoke Massachusetts A nurse Elisabeth Mayer from Dublin cared for her and later sent love letters to Jimmy now in insurance work He proposed after receiving a diamond engagement ring from Jimmy The story blends travel misfortune with a wartime romance and a fishing trotline detail.
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Holyoke
Mass
James P. Joyce
Ireland
America
Jimmy
Holyoke Hospital
Elisabeth Mayer
Newspapers in Colonial America at Revolutionary War Start
About 25 newspapers were published across the colonies when the Revolutionary War began, reflecting a growing press network. The exact count signals a vibrant print culture as tensions rose and independence movements formed.
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America
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Discount House
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Firestone
IVY League
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Greensboro Appeals Court
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