Gore's highway bill seeks 22 billion over five years
Senator Gore pushes a plan to raise federal and state highway funding to about 22 billion for five years starting July 1956, financed by a one cent gas tax increase. The proposal would top President Eisenhower's and expand the interstate program with heavy state matching and emphasis on super roads. Critics warn of burdens on motorists and diminishing returns.
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Gore
Eisenhower
Senate Roads
U. S
Hodges
North Carolina
Uncle Sam
Toll-Free Beauty on Blue Ridge Parkway Opens
Toll free opening of Blue Ridge Parkway facilities thrills visitors as thousands arrive at Doughton Park and Cumberland Knob. Dogwood and shadblow bloom along the Parkway making a prime spring attraction through mid May in the heavily forested mountains. The beauty of the Parkway belongs to the people toll free.
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National Park Service
Doughton Park
Cumberland Knob
Bluff
Parkway
Blue Ridge
Community Council urged to tackle school lunch funding
Work Cut-Out High Point urges the newly formed Community Council to address the school lunch program locally. The editorial argues for local funding over federal support, asserting hungry students hinder learning and urging communities to fund nourishment without Washington aid.
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High Point
Uncle Sam
Washington
Millis Named General Chairman of 1955 United Fund Drive
The article notes James H. Millis will serve as general chairman of the 1955 United Fund drive. It lauds the fund for its leadership, usefulness, and coordination of community projects and urges generous support to sustain unity and expanding impact.
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United Fund
James H. Millis
Dixie Shakes Economic Chain
A federal judge voided the nationwide minimum wage setting for textile mills on government contracts, allowing Southern mills to set wages regionally. The ruling counters New England efforts to standardize Northern wage scales, urging efficiency and market-driven competition. The wage gap between regions is seen as narrowing by natural economic forces.
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Dixie
New England
Uncle Same
South
Two State Departments Shape Formosa Strait Debate
George Sokolsky describes a rift between formal State Department views and White House policy over Quemoy and Matsu. He notes Nationalists on Formosa expected US defense after evacuations with the Seventh Fleet, a view challenged by Radford and Robertson. The piece compares US policy to a double cross and highlights British influence, the risk of a treaty breach, and regional instability.
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Formosa
Tachen Islands
Seventh Fleet
United States
Quemoy
Matsu
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Walter Robertson
Chou En-lai
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Spain
Russia
Germany
Asia
Japan
Japan-Australia
Pearl Harbor
Southeast Asia
Radford
Robertson
State Department
John Foster Rex
Herbert Hoover Jr
White House
Milton Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Nelson Rockefeller
Dulles
Women not on State Board despite past members claim
A North Carolina AAUW note questions absence of women on the State Board of Education. The piece recounts past female appointees Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Ferguson, details board evolution, holds, and pending vacancies as Gov Hodges may appoint new women before adjournment.
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North Carolina
American Association of University Women
Margarette Smethurst
Carolina Cavalcade
State Board of Education
Hodges
E. L.gertrude Dills' McKee
Jackson County
Broughton
R L.sue Romney Ferguson
Alexander County
Cherry
North Carolina Senate
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
J. M. Broughton
McKee
R. S. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ninth
Board of Education
Scott
Umstead
Vietnam in Confusion and the Junior Order A Century
A mixed column notes South Vietnam chaos with Bao Dai ousted and Diem contending with river pirates and Reds. It celebrates the Junior Order United American Mechanics centennial from Germantown, Philadelphia, and promotes a pamphlet to combat Communism.
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Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Bao Dai
Cannes
France
Diem
United States
Premier Diem
United American Mechanics
Concord
Germantown
Penn
Philadelphia
N. Broad St
Mechanics
Public Life Lesson From Two congressmen on Exact Speech
In a late night Capitol Hill exchange Rep. Rooney advises Rep. Tumulty to speak only on committee matters. He stresses that real work happens in committees and warns against commenting on foreign affairs if not on the fisheries panel.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
John J. Rooney
Brooklyn
New York
T. James Tumulty
Jersey City
New Jersey
Rep. Rooney
Rep
Tumulty
Rooney
Congress
Fisheries Committee
William O'Dwyer
Bill-O
Hymie Caplin
Caplin
Lew Jenkins
Lou Salica
Fistiania
Sally Kreiger
Allie Stolz
Bill O
Code of Criminal Procedure
Willie Ketchum
Ketchum
Alumni meeting outburst praised by Frank Leahy
Frank Leahy described a Wolfson meeting as outstanding compared with many alumni gatherings, noting the hubbub and energy of the event as exceptional.
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Frank Leahy
Wolfson
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Dixie Shakes
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Formosa Straits
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Chiang
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Ike
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Claude Farrell
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Clinton
B. B. Dougherty
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Raleigh
St. Augustine's College
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Luther Earnhardt
Santford Martin
Charles Pearson
U.S
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W. A. Bivins
Piedmont
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Israel
Cicero Sides
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Winston-Salem Journal
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