North Carolina Newspapers Adopt Statement of Principle
The North Carolina press pledges to serve the common good with accurate timely and complete information. Editors reporters and publishers must honor honesty fairness and objectivity while defending the weak and reporting news to the public. The final test is whether stories headlines and editorials are honest fair and accurate.
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North Carolina
Conscious
Jaycees
E. D. Miller
Jaycee
North Carolina Press Association Adopts Policy
The North Carolina Press Association unanimously adopts a policy at its 30th Annual Institute held in Chapel Hill on January 2, 1955.
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The
North Carolina
Pross Association
Chapel Hill
N. C
Newspapers and readers entwined in a shared responsibility
A reflective piece extols the newspaper as a catalyst for public knowledge and civic action. It notes birth, marriage, death notices, local education steps, and government debates as core content. It asserts papers inform, motivate, and safeguard citizens through independent reporting.
Interest in advertising and reader engagement in newspapers
The piece argues readers value advertising and diverse coverage including health education finance and personalities. It cites Dr. George Allup claiming newspapers hold strong with the public due to broad content and timely information convenient for readers.
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Newsapers
George Allup
High Point Enterprise Information Notice
Public notice states AP content usage rights for local news and dispatches. It notes carriers and distributors operate as contractors and disclaims responsibility for advance subscription agreements. Readers are directed to contact their carrier or Ward-Grit Company for home delivery rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
High Point Enterprise
Ond Advertising
Ward-Grit Company
Eisenhower Little Rock Address Draws Asian Editors Dinner
Washington reports President Eisenhower's fifteen minute radio explanation of federal troops deployment to Little Rock. Dr Tong and Asiatic Editors gathered at Twin Oaks for a dinner where speech details and chopstick mishaps provided light moments. Senator Neuberger and wife Maurine study congressional praise terms, noting third person quirks in public address.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Little Rock
Hollington K. Tong
Twin Oaks
Tong
Relationships in Raleigh League Convention Examine Government Ties
The League of Municipalities convention in Raleigh explored inter governmental relations among municipal county state and federal levels and how municipalities relate to citizens. Speakers urged closer collaboration but officials noted municipalities are creatures of the state and called for broader state and federal leeway. Public relations and reporting to voters were emphasized as key to accountability and re election.
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League of Municipalities Convention
Raleigh
Kerr Scott
L. H. Fountain
Jim Currie
Bill Babcock
Ed Reed
Alabama League
Shared civic talk and party fundraising plans outlined
The piece discusses citizen engagement with officials through farmer and non official group discussions to improve governance. It also notes Democratic fundraising efforts for 1958 and 1960, highlighting a Raleigh bank balance and a national drive to raise funds, with state chairs passing responsibility along to local leaders.
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Ed Reed
League
North Carolina
Democratic Party
Paul Butler
National Committee
Raleigh
Stevenson
Congress
John Larkins
Steve Nimocks
Young Democrat
Washington News Notebook Highlights Dull Moments and Dinners
Washington reporters chronicle idle moments in diplomacy and politics, noting Wiley Buchanan at the State Department, Sen. George Smathers racing back to work after a Florida trip, and Soviet embassy luncheon intrigue. The piece weaves in Pakistan and North Carolina campaign chatter, plus Douglas reading habits and foreign policy tomes.
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Washington
Wiley Buchanan
State Department
Buchanan
Maryland
Theodore R. McKeldin
University of Maryland
Wilson H. Elkins
George Smathers
D-Fla
Florida
Congress
Alaska
Valentin Ivanov
Ivanov
Latta Bets on Hopkins Heirs Fight for Billionaire's Fortune
Mrs Estelle Latta of Durham pursues a suit on behalf of about 300 Southern Hopkins heirs to void the 1945 California distribution and reclaim rightful ownership of Mark Hopkins vast estate. She aims to force title companies into court over Sacramento properties while promoting new books that fuel doubts about the will.
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Estelle Latta
Durham
Mark Hopkins
California
Sacramento
Mrs. Latta
Hopkins
Great Rascal
Mose Hopkins
Lee Freeman
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Hugh Point
N.C
George Dixon
Ambassador Tong
Detter
Larson
Ike
Richard L. Neuberger
Oregon
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Homer E. Capehart
Indiana
John F. Baldwin Jr
Sae
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Charles Pearson
Paris
Washington News Notebook
Smathers
National Press Club
Larkins
Nimocks
Democratic National Committee
Pakistan
Julius Walker
Walker
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Marcus Aurelius
Bacon
Lincoln
Douglas
Better Hosiery Council
Masonic
J. Roscoe Adams
United Fund
Masons
First Methodist Church
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