New York City Budget and Mayor Wagner in 1950s Context
The piece surveys New York City's vast budget of nearly two billion dollars and its large administrative machine headed by Mayor Robert F. Wagner. It notes Wagner's four year term, his salary, Gracie Mansion, and his expected re election amid a weak Republican field. It discusses the city's political culture, media spotlight, and pervasive scandals, comparing past mayors and highlighting the Lanza fish market case as a developing issue.
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New York City
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Denmark
Switzerland
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Jimmy Walker
Fiorello la Guardia
Bill O'Dwyer
Robert F. Wagner
Gracie Mansion
Board of Education
Wagner
Carmine DeSapio
Lanza
Frank Costello
Kefauver
Topnotch Theater
Bible Thought for Today and Longtime Sunday School Teacher
A Sunday School teacher spent forty years teaching boys in a college town. Her pupils grew to preach worldwide and write works that reached millions.
Growth Challenge for High Point City Government
Officials and aging council members confront a pivotal growth era as High Point plans orderly expansion to avoid costly backtracking. Annexation debates, fringe-area pressures, and prudent zoning loom while Greensboro and Charlotte push expansion efforts.
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Greensboro
Sco Charlotte
High Point
Charlotte Eyes Experimental Educational TV Site
Charlotte is among 15 U S cities under serious consideration for educational television tests. Schools Superintendent Elmer Garinger notes formal board interest in the project backed by Ford Foundation support. If approved, a closed circuit or VHF beaming system could reach classrooms by telephone lines and boost teaching, addressing teacher shortages and enhancing instruction across multiple schools.
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Charlotte
Elmer Garinger
Ford Foundation O
Board of Education
Dulles Faces Pressure Over China News Access Policy
The secretary of state signals a limited number of reporters may enter mainland China while criticizing press choices. Critics say the shift masks the original ban and fails to justify any partial easing. They urge full removal of all U S restrictions on Red China coverage.
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Red China
Dulles
China
Poe
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Boom in Pleasure Boating Sparks National Study and Rules
A House Merchant Marine Committee study shows recreation boating has surged from 100000 in 1918 to 6 million boats last year and 28 million sailors. It urges registering all boats, penalties for noncompliance, and a national safety conference while noting regulatory gaps and rising boating business across coasts and inland waters.
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U. S
House Merchant Marine Committee
U. S. Coast Guard
C. B. Palmer
New York Times
House Committee
Herbert C. Bonner
D-N.c
Coast Guard
Secretary of the Treasury
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Pacific
Gulf
Corsairs
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Liptons
Astors
Representation at Capitol Square in North Carolina Mirrors National Dilemma
Lynn Nisbet argues inequitable legislative representation mirrors a nationwide trend driven by shifting population and area dynamics. The piece notes Senate and House apportionment changes since 1789, highlighting westward growth, reduced per capita power for Atlantic states, and rising influence for the West and coastal regions in future census adjustments.
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North Carolina
United States
Dean Carroll Weathers
Wake Forest Law School
House of Representatives
Atlantic Seaboard
Rhode Island
House
Senate
West
National
Representa
Reapportionment Debates Shift House Power in South
Notes by Charles Pearson discuss population shifts through the 1960 census and the push to enlarge the House to prevent eastern losses. North Carolina faces reapportionment fights as bills propose 100 counties represented by one senator and a 160 member House, which would boost small counties and Republicans' Senate strength.
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North Carolina
House
Senate
General Assembly
Dean Carroll Weathers
Lee Whitmire
Henderson
Claude Currie
Weathers
Currie
High Point Enterprise Staff Roster From Historic Issue
A fragment shows the High Point Enterprise masthead with roles listed including D A Brawley as president, Mrs R B Terry as secretary treasurer, Holt McPherson as editor, Brown as managing editor, W Patterson Jr as advertising director, and Charles Loflin as business manager. Address and postal details reference 1879 act.
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R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
BROWN
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W. Patterson, JR
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Charles Loflin
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Lass Nee
Mollis Pat N. Cy
Chicago Daily News Wins Puttier Award for Public Service
The Chicago Daily News earned the Puttier Award for exposing a $2,500,000 fraud tied to State Auditor Orville E. Hodge. Reporters followed tips leading to indictments and reforms, including cases against Charles J. Fleck and Tim Canty Jr, showing journalism as a watchdog for taxpayers and public trust.
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Chicago Daily News
Puttier
Orville E. Hodge
Local airstrip racket widens as highway graft probes spread
Indiana scandal links to a broader national probe by the Senate Public Works Committee into right of way profiteering. Investigators say operators used federal funds for land near highways and designated it for airports, with profits rising from small parcels to large resale gains.
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Indiana
Senate Public Works Committee
Senate
Filo M. Sedillo
Waco
Milan
Ind
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