Symphony Day Signals North Carolina Symphony Visit to High Point
The North Carolina Symphony returns to High Point for three performances in the next two days. The youth oriented educational orchestra, founded 14 years ago, brings free concerts to children and communities across the state, with High Point hosting events at the Senior High auditorium and William Penn School.
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North Carolina Symphony
High Point
North Carolina
Benjamin Swalin
William Penn School
Short Summer and Frost Warnings Darken May Greetings
The piece notes an unusually warm welcome for the frozen Food Locker convention but forecasts a frost tonight. It recalls late killing frosts and cites Goldsmith on May’s lingering chill. The tone hints at an early, abrupt end to summer.
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Goldsmith
Moral duty conflicts in government and conscience
George Sokolsky argues that a scientist serving the government must not sabotage policy and that personal conscience does not override official decisions. He contends employment creates obligations to the employer while recognizing individual judgment and moral responsibility beyond mere conformity.
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United States
Congress
Murrow McCarthy clash draws national attention in New York
Don Bishop reports on the McCarthy Murrow feud with Murrow defending decency and exposing tactics while McCarthy offices flood with tips. Joshua James attacks state Treasurer Edwin Gill over a Duke Power tax settlement as part of a Democratic primary contest.
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McCarthy
Edward R. Murrow
New York
Don Bishop
Tar Heel
Murrow
George Foster Peabody
Will Rogers
Joshua James
Edwin Gill
Duke Power Company
Gill
Internal Revenue
James
Treasury
Greensboro
PLACE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS IN AMERICAN LIFE
The aging population grows with eight of every hundred over 65, as urban living weakens family cohabitation. Gerontology studies urge action by state federal agencies and organizations to address elder care and the shrinking role of grandparents in family life.
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Grandpa
Grandma
1955 North Carolina General Assembly Seen Shaping Up
The 1955 General Assembly will be led by experienced lawmakers with most senators and representatives returning from prior service. Key leaders include Speaker hopeful Larry Moore and veterans such as John Kerr Jr and Clarence Stone, while Hodges presides in the Senate and Earnhardt is eyed for President pro tem.
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General Assembly
Senate
HOUSE
House of Representatives
Assembly
John Larkins
Grady Rankin
John Kerr Jr
Clarence Stone
Capitol
Advisory Budget Commission
Eugene Best
Joe Branch
Larry Moore
George Urzell
Lonnie Edwards
Kemp Doughton
Bill Rodman
John Umstead
David Clark
Lincoln
Adison Hewlett
New Hanover
W. W
Tee) Taylor
Warren
Henry Hall Wilson
Union
Luther Hodges
Luther Earnhardt
Cabarrus
Larry I. Moore Jr
Wilson
Moore
Edwards
Greene
Hewlett
Rodman
Beaufort
Taylor
Cameron Weeks
Edgecombe
Paul Jones
Pitt
Tle Bunn
Nash
Joe Eagles
Carl Hicks
Ed Summersill
Onslow
Adam Whitley
Johnston
Hawley Poole
Jimmy Poyner
Wake
Claude Currie
Durham
Clarance Stone
Rockingham
Ralph Scott
Alamance
Arthur Kirkman
Guilford
Otis Poole
Montgomery
Max Thomas
Nelson Woodson
Rowan
Calvin Graves
Forsyth
C. V. Henkel
Iredell
Marvin Leatherman
Roger Kiser
Scotland
Kelly Bennett
Swain
Henry Wilson
W. W. Taylor
W. P. Kero
Wayne
G. D. Jordan
Davie
Lloyd Bryan
Madison
Ralph Fisher
Transylvania
T. E. Story
Wilkes
Smith Williams
Yadkin
Alexander
Catawba
Davidson
Henderson
Randolph
Sampson
Elliot
Massachusetts Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
America
Frederick W. Faber
Christian Science Monitor
Ike urged to discipline McCarthy and Stevens crisis
George Dixon argues President Eisenhower should publicly censure Senator McCarthy and Secretary Stevens to end the Army McCarthy clash. He criticizes Army probes into Pvt. Schine and notes White House social excesses while urging sharper political theater and more disciplined courtesy card controls on Capitol Hill.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Ike
Pvt. Schine
Schine
White House
Congress
Spessard Holland
Florida
Chavez
New Mexico
Capitol
Capitol Cops
Republican
Senate
McCarthy
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
Chiefs-Of-Staff
FBI
Armed Services
Weather and World News and High Point Editorial
Weather notes detail two days of temperatures with snow in Minnesota and storm patterns from Gulf to New England. McCarthy hearings draw Republican critique while Indochina aid debate unfolds at Geneva. A spring cleanup pushes for city beautification in High Point and reflections on humane treatment of animals frame a local editorial segment.
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Minnesota
Tion
Mississipi Valley
Tropics
Sub-Tropics
Gulf Area
Florida
New England
Greensboro
High Point
Tate Park
Central Park
New York
Babylon
Polio Bridge
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George Sokolsky
Jerry H. Simpson Jr
Washington Post
Times Herald
Oppenheimer
Senator McCarthy
Park Lane
The
Memphis Press
Scimitar
Teplouse
Congres
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
George Dixon
Rep
Noah M
Mason
Ilinois
United States Senate
Len Hall
Republican Party
Joe
National Republican Committee
Hall
United Sates
Sena
Wisconsin
W. A. Bivins
U.S
Indochina
Siam
Burma
Asia
Pete
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