Sammie Chess Jr. Makes NC History as First Black Superior Court Judge
North Carolina appoints Sammie Chess Jr. the first Black to a Superior Court judgeship at 37, rising from poverty in High Point and a background as a civil rights trial lawyer since 1958. He helped lead desegregation efforts including the 1963 school integration suit against High Point Board of Education.
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Ray Hubbard
Enterprise
Sammie Chess Jr
North Carolina
South
Judicial Corps
Chess
South Carolina
High Point
Hulda Street
Board of Education
High Point judge candidate aims at racial progress and reform
The interview highlights the candidate’s ties to the Charlotte civil rights firm, belief that youth will move beyond race and religion in public issues, and critique of boards and administrators. Born in High Point, he recounts education at William Penn High, UNC, and NCCU Law, with a family and wife Marlene Enoch, two daughters, and stated goal to focus on one problem at a time as he seeks to be a good judge.
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Charlotte
Chambers, Stein, Ferguson and Lanning
S. E. Burford
North Carolina Central University
Durham
High Point
Chess
Marlene Enoch
Alamance County
Eva
Janet
Editor's Notebook Urges Calm Review of UN Role
An editorial argues the United States should reassess its UN position not in anger over China’s expulsion but with realism. It notes US 31.5 percent budget share and 7.5 percent Security Council votes, condemns selective universality, and highlights shifting global membership and funding burdens.
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United Nations
New York
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
U.N
Security Council
General Assembly
China
East River
San Francisco
Byelorussia
Ukraine
Simly
Moscow
Yalta
Red
West Germany
Europe
Rhodesia
U. N. Committee
Ussr
U. N
U. S
France
Kennedy Center opens amid praise and peril for its future
Washington critics split over the Kennedy Center design and Bernstein Mass amid questions of funding and self sufficiency. The center relies on private gifts and a possible Congress subsidy while noting past political ties and the Kennedy family’s caution on donations.
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Washington
Potomac
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
Leonard Bernstein
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Pleasure Palace
Bernstein
Jackie
Caroline
John- John
Greece
Aristotle Onassis
Kennedy Center
New York
Congress
Kennedy
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Eisenhower
Johnson
Sam
Kennedys
John F. Kennedy
Harvard
Restructuring of North Carolina Higher Education
The General Assembly creates a 32 member Board of Governors for 16 state institutions, with planning to culminate in July 1973. The Consolidated University dissolves into a system that groups UNC campuses and regional universities, reshaping governance and headquarters. East Carolina seeks a four year medical school amid possible appeals.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
Bob Scott
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Consolidated University
Board of Governors
Scott
Board of Higher Education
Board of Governors For Higher Education
William Friday
Consolidated University At
Chapel Hill
East Carolina University
East Carolina
University of North Carolina
Tractor Pull at Mid-South Coliseum Promises $8000 Purse
Jere M. Cutler announces the Southern Farm Show tractor pull at the Mid-South Coliseum on November 16 and 17 with an $8,000 purse across four classes. Tractors reach 30,000 pounds, using weight transfer machines as powered engines and oversized tires to drag heavy loads. Also notes November strawberry planting guidance from N C State University specialist Joe Brooks for home gardeners to enjoy fresh berries next spring.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern Farm Show
Mid-South Coliseum
Jere M. Cutler
Tennessee Tractor Pullers
mid-West
N. C. State University Extension
Joe Brooks
Brooks
Who Speaks For Whom in The South 100 Years After 14th Amendment
In Davidson Dateline Thomasville a Black appointee of Richard Nixon, Closton A. Lewis of Lynchburg, denounces black leadership opportunism while praising racial harmony. He criticizes local voter registration denial tied to Martin Luther King’s anniversary and questions which interests leaders truly represent the Black community.
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Thomasville
Closton A. Lewis
Lynchburg
Richard Nixon
Harvey Carpenter
Lewis
Civil Service
Carl T. Rowan
Kennedy
USIA
Thurgood Marshall
Johnson
Supreme Court
Martin Luther King
Richmond
Monument Avenue
Gen. Lee
Gen
Stuart
Stonewall Jackson
Jeff Davis
Claston Lewis
UDC
South
Lile
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Nammie Chess Jr
Taylor and Hulda Streets
William Penn High School
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Tibet
North Korea
South Korea
Tanzania
the Capital
By Leslie Carpenter
Davidson
W. J. Cash
Cash
Closton Lewis
Electoral Board
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