Methodists Prepare Fund Drive in Fayetteville
Eight hundred Methodists will picnic and discuss funding for a four million dollar senior college on a 700 acre Fayetteville site. The kickoff launch aims to raise five million dollars for the college and Methodist educational institutions in eastern North Carolina. Terry Sanford of Fayetteville chairs the college board and local campaign committee.
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Fayetteville
N.C
North Carolina Annual Conference
North Carolina
Cumberland County
The
Methodist College, Inc
Cape Fear River
Terry Sanford
Veteran AP Newsman Kennedy Dies at 81 in New Hampshire
Joseph D. Kennedy Sr. 81, longtime Associated Press telegrapher who broke the Titanic sinking news in 1912, died after a brief illness in Penacook New Hampshire. He served AP 46 years until 1945 then worked for Providence Journal Bulletin eight more years. Kennedy reported presidents from McKinley to Roosevelt and paced newsroom timing during key events including fires and wars.
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Penacook
N.H
Joseph D. Kennedy Sr
Associated Press
Kennedy
Providence
R.I
Journal- Bulletin
Boston
Portland
Maine
Concord Monitor
Worcester
Mass
Evening Telegram and Gazette
Lawrence
U.S
William McKinley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harding
Norfolk
Navy Yards
Chicago
State Opens Drive Against Litterbugs
North Carolina launches a litter control drive with roadside litter cans and green white signs at busy routes. Gov Hodges proclaims Clean-up Week on Nov 29 and directs local officials to cooperate. The Highway Patrol distributes litterbags to curb trash as the state aims to cut a $250,000 annual cleanup bill with 600 new or existing containers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Tainers
Governor’s Committee For Clean Highways
Hodges
State Highway Patrol
The
Highway Commission
Tobaccoman Speaks To Toastmasters
Fred Hauser of R J Reynolds told Toastmasters that a proper atmosphere for communications is essential to build trust before words have real meaning. He spoke at the North Carolina District Toastmasters International sixth annual educational conference in Winston-Salem with about 80 members attending. District governor Bill Hylton led a workshop on speech preparation and delivery with Sam Wilson Ted Nodell Harding Hughes Harold Crutcher and Scotty Cummings also taking part.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Fred Hauser
Reynolds
North Carolina
Toastmasters International
Toastmasters Club
Bill Hylton
High Point
Sam Wilson
Greensboro
Ted Nodell
Charlotte
Harding Hughes
Harold Crutcher
Asheville
Scotty Cummings
Burling
Poll shows Virginians favor closing schools amid integration debate
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports a poll indicating about two thirds of white Virginians favor closing public schools as an alternative to compulsory integration. It also shows strong presidential and governor race opinions, with 70 percent of responding white voters backing Democrat Almond and broad opposition to gradual or any integration.
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Richmond
Richmond Times - Dispatch
J. Lindsay Almond Jr
Ted Dalton
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Orval Faubus
Alan
Donnahoe
Richmond Newspapers, Inc
Times-Dispatch
Virginia
The
Textile Union Launches Gastonia Organizing Drive
The Textile Workers Union of America begins a campaign in Gaston County targeting Textiles Inc. with 12 plants nearby. Southern director Boyd Payton says the focus is on merchants profits and jobs, with only about 1,000 county textile workers currently organized. Union cites potential wage losses if inventories drop as a key risk.
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Gastonia
N.C
Textile Workers Union of America
Gaston County
Target Textiles Inc
Boyd Payton
Charlotte
TWUA
F. E. Grier
Greenwood
S.C
Abney Mills
Erwin Mills
American Cotton Manufacturers Institute
A. G. Myers
Textiles Inc
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Elvette
Harllee
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Alma Whitley
Whitley
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Jewels
Albert Weiss
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