Governor urges development credit firm to aid small NC business
Governor Hodges urged bankers to form a private development credit corporation to promote small industry in North Carolina. He said such a pool of long term bank funds could back startups and expansions without state money, modeled on New England examples, to raise per capita income and boost local prosperity.
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Hodges
North Carolina
State Bankers Association
Pinehurst
New England
Confederacy
Georgia
Fortress Monroe
Virginia
Horace Greeley
Pres. U. S. Grant
Mississippi
Jeffereson Davis
State Magazine
Jefferson Davis
Avery Quits Ward Chair After Decades Of Defiant Leadership
Sewell L. Avery steps down from Montgomery Ward as he approaches 81, having long defied NRA rulings and political currents. The stockholders confirmation shows a fading grip. his daughter weeps at a failing meeting. He won a Supreme Court victory but lost the broader struggle with aging and change.
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Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery Ward & Co
Avery
Louis E. Wolfson
Ward
U. S
U. S. Supreme Court
Sewell Avery
Mental Health Week highlights North Carolina needs
The Ford Foundation funds 15 million for mental health research during Mental Health Week. In North Carolina one in sixteen have a mental disorder, with 250 000 affected and only about 10 000 treated at once. Nine clinics exist, three with medical schools, and funds could expand four more to cut hospital patients and stays.
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Ford Foundation
Jonas Salk
North Carolina
High Point
State Board of Health
U S Buying Habits Warn of Endless Market
The Carlsbad News Argus reports researchers find that current owners are prime prospects for new purchases. Automobile, home, and appliance owners are seen as likely buyers of replacements or second units, implying an expanding market as wealth increases.
Washington notebook mixes flights and fumbles in DC buzz
Congressmen at Indian Springs learned PX rules forbid civilian purchases and faced a blunt clerk. The piece notes pink slips at party HQs, a Navy altitude advantage for USAF cadets, and a B 36 test delay due to engine failure. Sequoia cruise humor and a Johnson Anderson Texas editors supper highlight Washington social scenes.
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Washington
Indian Springs
Px's
Army
Navy
Air Perce Academy
Hore
Colorado Springs
Colo
USAF
Republican National Committee
Leonard Hall
White House
Charles S. Thomas
Sen
Lyndon Johnson
Dtex
Robert Anderson
Eisenhower Democrat
Texas
Why have teen gangs been allowed to grow in cities
George Sokolsky argues that violent teen gangs in New York City reflect systemic failure in discipline and schooling. He notes high school honor student William Blanken ship Jr was killed by rival teen Frank Santana, and suggests gangs, many Puerto Rican or Black, have grown with adult direction and widespread neglect of reform. He calls for analysis of origins, organization, and societal response.
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Hall
Democratic National Committee
Paul Butler
South Bend
Ind
Butler
Paul Willis
Paul
Bloomington
William Blankenship Jr
Frank Santana
New York City
Five Points
Hell's Kitchen
Mafia
Black Hand
Paul Kelly
Assimilation and education limits for immigrant youths in New York
The piece argues public schools aid assimilation of immigrants, but compulsory education to age 18 is flawed. It notes teenage gangs seek activity beyond classrooms, and vocational high schools could channel energy into work rather than crime. It cautions against overextending compulsory schooling for youths from struggling families.
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Kid Twist
Gurrah
Lepke
Our City
New York
Longest serving members in North Carolina General Assembly
Seniority questions highlight Bruce Ethridge as earliest lawmaker since 1903 with nine terms. Ed Johnson holds most terms with 13 regular sessions plus specials, followed by George Uzzell with 11, and limb of leaders Moore and Worthington with nine consecutive terms. John Umstead and Alonzo Edwards tie for eight, while Umstead matches Moore and Worthington on consecutive service. Libby Ward cites tax policy debates and calls for a comprehensive tax overhaul based on decades of road and school funding history.
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General Assembly
Bruce Ethridge
Dare
House
Senate
Ed Johnson
Currituck
George Uzzell
Rowan
Larry I. Moore Jr
Wilson
Sam Worthington
Pitt
John W. Umstead
Orange
Rep
Alonzo Edwards
Greene
Bruce Etheridge
Larry Moore
John Umstead
Ward
New Bern
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Advisory Budget Commission
Libby Ward
Umstead
Luther Hodges
Caih
Confederate Memorial Day Remembers Stonewall Jackson
The piece honors Confederate soldiers on Memorial Day North Carolina style. It marks the 92nd anniversary of General Thomas J. Jackson's death after Chancellorsville, notes Lee’s praise, and reflects on the Old South, Reconstruction, and the new industrial South. It includes a Jefferson Davis obituary excerpt by Rev. Needham Bryan Cobb and a poem praising Davis.
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Thomas Jonathan
Stonewall
Virginia
Jackson
America
Europe
South
Confederacy
Annals of the Republic
Lee
Beaureguard
Longstreet
Pickett
Hill
Johnston
Johnson
Needham Bryan Cobb
Jeff Davis
Richmond
Pope
Memor
Walser
Shelby
Lucy M. Cobb
Raleigh
Jefy Davis
Needham
Bryan Cobb
Jet
Davis
Quote on Cold War conflicts and neutrality
The passage cites Senator Knowland on Western capitulation to Communists and notes India’s stance on neutrality amid war. It also references Adlai Stevenson and Governor Harriman, reflecting partisan views on freedom, allegiance, and policy during the era.
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B Borg
USA
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Roosevelt
Defense Department
Potomac River
NEA Service, Inc
George Sokolsky
Charles Pearson
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
D. L
Libby
W. A. Bivins
Gra
Southland
Edward Fitzgerald
Webster
Andy Calhoun
William Knowland
R-Calif
India
Jawaharal
Adlai) Stevenson
Gov
Averell Harriman
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