North Carolina Colleges Set Large Graduation Weekend
Across the state more than a score of colleges and universities held commencements this weekend. The largest class in UNC Woman’s College and UNC led the totals with about 2,000 graduates. Wake Forest totaling 430. Duke and NC State also contributing sizable numbers. Speakers included Ver mont C Royster at UNC and Dr Francis P Gaines at Wake Forest. Belmont Abbey and Livingstone Tuesday commencements feature Charles Malik and Frank P Graham.
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North Carolina
Unieee Olina
Woman’s College
University of North Carolina
Wake Forest
Duke
N.C. State
Grestoro Colete
North Carolina A & T
Queens College
Davidson
Lenoir Rhyne
Guilford
Catawba
Elon
Salem
North Carolina College
St. Mary's
Meredith
Peiffer, Johnson
Smith University
Bennett
Ed Wall Street Journal
Vermont C. Royster
Raleigh
UNC
Francis P. Gaines
Washington and Lee University
Wake
Spencer Love
Burlington Industries
A&t
James L. McCord
Princeton Theological Seminary
Raymond Seegar
National Science Foundation
Charles H. Malik
Lebanon
U.N. General Assembly
Belmont Abbey
Frank P. Graham
U.N
India
Pakistan
Livingstone
Like Son Like Father at Army Reception Center
Ralph L. Duffield 17 arrives as a trainee and is greeted by his father Otto Ray Duffield 37 who reenlists after World War II without informing his son. The father serves as a surprise first greeter for new Chicago recruits.
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FT. Leonard Wood
Ralph L. Duffield
Chicago
Otto Ray Duffield
Jordan Levels Blast At Benson Policies In Tarboro
Sen. B. Everett Jordan charged Agriculture Secretary Benson with aiming to end small farmers and to block cooperatives. He urged farm unity to counter dissension and criticized Benson’s stance on the farm program and tobacco parity, citing a veto and ongoing wheat debates.
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Jordan
Benson
Tarboro
N.C
B. Everett Jordan
DNC
Anyi
Agriculture Department
North Carolina
Washington
Agriculture
Rural Electrification
Congress
Air Force C124 Circles Base For Gear Repair
At Seymour Johnson Air Force Base a C124 Globemaster circled for about a half hour while its crew worked to fix landing gear. The giant aircraft carried 36 Army men and its air crew as First Lt. Bernard Conklin of the 63rd Troop Carrier Wing at Donaldson AFB guided the landing amid a warning that the right wheels were not functioning properly.
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Seymour Johnson Air Force Base
N.C
Bernard Conklin
63Rd
Donaldson Afb
S.C
Boy Uses Pennies During Crash Landing
Kenneth Robert Milam, 5, amid a plane emergency near McAlester Oklahoma keeps calm and clutches his pennies. The event involved crash trucks and fire equipment standing by as the aircraft landed safely. Milam is part of the McAlester Numismatic Club and has a large coin collection.
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Mcalester
Okla
Kenneth Robert Milam
McAlester Num
Ft. Braggismatic Club
Nogales Editor Confuses Local Lookalike with Star
Nogales Daily Herald editor Alvin Sisk reports a rural correspondent saw a man in Nogales who resembled Sir Laurence Olivier. The next day Olivier was said to have returned to Hollywood after a weekend at Stewart Granger's ranch near Nogales.
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Nogales
Ariz
Free Press Safeguard Is Urged
The AP News Council adopted a resolution urging the North Carolina Press Association to name a Freedom of Information Committee to lead efforts for open government. Delegates discussed legislative coverage and morning and afternoon paper reporting, with AP staffers highlighting challenges and responses over 25 years.
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Greensboro
Associated Press News Council
North Carolina Press Assn
News Council
Tom Fesperman
Charlotte Observer
Henry Coble
Greensboro Daily News
Walt Damtoft
Nady Cates
Winston-Salem
Charles Dunn
Durham Morning Herald
L.M. Gideon
Greensboro Record
Greensboro Daily News and Record
Paul Hansell
North Carolina
Dick Wynn
Asheville
AP Council
Huge Air Assault Readied for Fort Bragg Exercise
The brush fire war drill Dark Cloud Pine Cone II mobilizes 17,000 troops and 30 aircraft across three Carolinas air bases. About 9,000 Reservists and guard personnel plus 2,500 tons of equipment will deliver 7,000 paratroopers in a mass air assault on Fort Bragg next week as part of a joint Army Air Force exercise testing combat brushfire capabilities.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
Carolinas
Air Force
North Field
S.C
Donaldson Air Force Base
Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base
Air National Guard
Tactical Air Command
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