Editorial: Chessman’s execution and the death penalty
The May 2 1960 editorial argues Daryl Chessman’s execution could become a martyrdom for abolitionists and spur elimination of the death penalty. It portrays his death as a turning point that might lead to a future where capital punishment is practically unheard of and death assumes new philosophical significance.
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Shakespeare
Macbeth
Daryl Chessman
California
Dunkerque
Chessman
Humphrey Seeks Sympathy Vote In West Virginia Bid
Senator Hubert Humphrey argues he is the only Democratic candidate not a millionaire and with property experience as he campaigns for delegates ahead of the May 10 primary. He counters Kennedy Johnson and Symington, noting their fortunes while suggesting Democrats no longer run as have-nots.
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West Virginia
Hubert Humphrey
Kennedy
Johnson
Symington
Humphrey
Lake
Piedmont City
Mecklenburg
Wake
Guilford
Forsyth
Davidson
New Hanover
Piedmont
Co Eds In Shorts Spark Campus Debate At Barnard
The article recalls a campus flurry as Co eds wore shorts prompting Milicent McIntosh of Barnard to urge skirts for decorum. It notes petitions and demonstrations, arguing students attend to serious study and that vacation attire should wait until break.
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Milicent McIntosh
Barnard College
Columbia University
New York
Paris trade talks aim OECD shield for NATO economy
Editorial notes Paris talks seek OECD to bridge the Six and Outer Seven, linking Marshall Plan nations with the United States for capital and loans. It reports tariff moves by the Common Market and EFTA, with Britain fearing a tariff wall. W. Randolph Burgess helps draft the plan, aiming to safeguard US jobs and markets.
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Paris
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
OECD
U. S
European Economic Community
Common Market
European Free Trade Association
EFTA
United States
Zation For Economic Cooperation and Development
Great Britain
West Germany
Euratom
Coal and Steel Community
Tag Efta
OFEC
W. Randolph Burgess
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Castro revolution judged by its list of men and actions
A critique argues Fidel Castro’s Cuba is a social revolution defined by seizure of land and means of production. It cites Lenin Tito and Roosevelt as contrasts and warns Cuba may mirror dictatorship through a militia, listing key associates and ideological stance.
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Herbert Matthews
The
New York Times
Spain
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Matthew
Russia
China
Hitler
Mussolini
Peron
Lenin
Soviet
Tito
Yugoslavia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Raul Castro
Che Guevara
Antonio Nunez Jimenez
INRA
National Institute of Agrarian Reform
Waldo Medina
Pino Santos
Santos Rios
Socialist Party
Revolucion
Carlos Franqui
Mikoyan
Castro
Trotzky
Red Army
Sun Yat-sen
Who's ahead in the North Carolina governor race
Raleigh reporters survey capitol square chatter on voting trends and the silent majority. Sanford Larkins Seawell and Lake appear, with Lake rising in the cities. Mecklenburg Wake Guilford and Forsyth show varied primary participation. Money flows before the May 3 primary with Florida totals cited for comparison.
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Capitol Square
Raleigh
Northwest
Wilkes
Alleghany
Ashe
Watauga
Sanford
Larkins
Seawell
Lake
Northeast
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Piedmont
North Carolina
Florida
Town notes and church news from High Point area
Social notes report Wesley Memorial budget rise to 167000 for the new air conditioned church plant and cornerstone unveiling of the old church. Local figures such as Harriss Covington and Vera Idol are noted among broad community events and scholarships while Caroline Lewis edits Carolina student handbook and Whitaker art collection at UNC is outlined.
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Oss
Associated Press
Bis
AP News
High Point
N. C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Wesley Memorial
Harriss Covington
Dred Peacock
Vera Idol
Capus Waynick
Asheville
Adjutant Generals Association of
U.S
Linda Morgan
Gardner-Webb College
Ray Taylor
Atlanta
Walter Comfort
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
Norman Weisbecker
Dick Meisky
YMCA
Camp Cheerio
North Carolina
John Foys
Lake Como
Susan Lewis
Carlisle Lewis
Carolina
William A. Whitaker
University of North Carolina
Whitaker
Corinth
Greece
Texas
High Point College
George D. Huffman
New York
Wendell M. Patton
Wrenn Memorial Library
John Davis
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High Point Enterprise
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Taeman Pow Int Enterprise, Inc
High Point suerAfires
D. A. Rawley Eee
R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
RATES
George Sokolsky
Rocky
Road
Washington
Lynn Nisbet
Round the Capitol
Charles Pearson
Sears
Mars
Grace Nell Crowell
Aristotle
Emma Blair
Green Street Baptist Church
E. W. Price
Mary Nell Suggs
Larry Beasley
Kathy Dunning
Virginia Stiles
Escjol Barner
Capper
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