Slow Down and Live Highway Safety Campaign Declared
Governor Hodges joins 48 states in a Memorial Day to Labor Day safety drive to cut highway deaths and injuries. Officials warn 36,000 annual fatalities and urge motorists to slow down, noting potential lives saved with improved interstates and reduced congestion.
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Hodges
North Carolina
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
United States
Carl E. Fritts
Automotive Safety Foundation
Crises of Life and Leaders Who Stand Fast
A religious reflection on crises as turning points in personal and national life. It cites Hezekiah’s rallying of Judah against Assyria, stressing faith, preparedness, and courage, and urges steadfast trust in God amid peril. Anecdotes illustrate resilience shaping character through suffering.
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Hezekiah
Judah
Sennacherib
Assyria
Near East
Jerusalem
Paul
The
Corinthians
Moffatt
I Corinthians
Britain aims to survive as global middleman economist
George Sokolski assesses Britain as a first class power clinging to a niche as world middleman. He argues Britain's economy survives on narrow margins under a potential Labour government, fearing war and hydrogen weapons, while seeking markets in Asia, Africa, and South America to offset dependence on the United States.
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London
Great Britain
Washington
New York
Japan
Commonwealth
Elizabeth T
George Venade
England
Strom
AC Batter
United States
Asia
Africa
South America
Europe
America
China
Nehru
India
Automations in the Kitchen and Health Forecasts
A National Institute of Health authority predicts possible flu outbreaks this year or next, tempered by vaccines and improved treatments. Reports on kitchen automation introduce a pancake frying machine with automated batter metering and bell signals. Hollywood headlines note an actress having a baby three days after an Oscar. A legal note recalls the 1883 standard time adoption and Congress approval in 1918. A joke about matrimonial life and a shift toward pre sliced butter packaging are also mentioned.
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National Institute of Health
Bethesda
A.M.A
Hollywood Citizen-News
Oscar
U. S
Benjamin Brewster
Congress
Education and initials spark lighthearted newsroom banter
A columnist riffs on leadership lessons from education, the flame or fire image for fast pitches, and odd initials usage as with JS Gray. A city job ladder tale and Peeping Tom curiosities prompt wry observations about public figures and manners in a small town editor’s note.
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Yankees
Bob Turley
Fire Department
Harry 8S. Truman
Mr. Truman
Monroe
Mich
JS Gray
J. S
Thomasina
Quotes on Eisenhower, politics, and postwar policy
A collection of statements from political and public figures, including Margaret Chase Smith, Don Cockell, Rocky Marciano, Harry Byrd, Clint Murchison, Conrad Hilton, Thomas E. Murray, Robert Carney, and Winston Churchill. They comment on re election, defense spending, foreign aid, loyalty, atomic diplomacy, and nuclear powered ships.
Controversy Over School Promotions Debated by City Leader
The piece discusses false complaints of grade manipulation by teachers, Dr. Dean Pruette denying quotas, and notes on promotion in grammar school levels. It contrasts with highway patrol rules and mentions polio insurance, local Chamber efforts, Memorial Day observances, and memorial reflections on local leaders.
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City
Dean Pruette
Pruette
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Sen
Harry Byrd
D-Va
Clint Murchison
Hisenhower
Red China
Matsus
Joseph McCarthy
God
Conrad Hilton
Thomas E. Murray
Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
Adm
Robert Carney
Naval Operations
Sir Winston Churchill
Eustace
State Highway Patrol
Ed Mendenhall
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Veterans’ Organizations
Legion
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Kroger
N.C
Hugh Morton
Grandfather Mountain
Hugh
Texas
High Point
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Col
R. B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
Charles F. Carroll
Public Instruction
Carroll
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