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Capitol Square In My View Residents Weigh Power and Protocol
The piece covers Baxter Durham’s clashes with state boards under multiple governors, his retirement age pressures, and the retirement board swearing in W. G. Pittman. It notes Nathan Yelton’s leave of absence amid abolition, and anecdotal deskgate about protocol and self‑reliant officials in the governor’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Durham
Cherry
Emloyes
McLean
Durham
Gardner and
Ehringhaus
George Ross Pou
Budget Bureau
Retirement Board
Treasuries
Yelton
Nathan Yelton
Board of Education
Cance
Supreme Court
W. G. Pittman
Rockingham
Denny
Justice Barnhill
Pittman
L. C. Gifford
Hickory
Charles M. Johnson
Bill Sharp