Foreign Students Note Contrast In Americans
Five foreign students at High Point College report sharper focus on study and future plans in their home countries compared with American peers. Philip Wong of Hong Kong describes limited work during college, intense future concerns, and a stricter social life, noting Hong Kong’s British rule and the cold war tension with Communist mainland China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
Finland
China
Puerto Rico
Cuba
High Point College
Philip Wong
Hong Kong
United States
Philip
Red China
Phillip
Hong
Kong
Guillermo Zalles
Lapaz
Bill
Nicholson Leads High Point Sheraton Hotel
Blake B. Nicholson known as B B Nicholson rose from 17 year old hotel clerk at Louise Hotel Washington to manager of High Point's 10 story Sheraton with 200 rooms. He enjoys hotel management saying it is the most interesting work with a passion for fishing as a hobby.
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Blake Baker Nicholson
Piedmont Area
B. B. Nicholson
High Point
Sheraton
Halifax
Nicholson
William E. Jr
Blake
Bill
Louise
Washington, C
B. B
Nick) Nicholson
Louise Hotel
Washington, N. C
Point
Piedmont
Nicholsons
the Sheraton
Natalie
Blake Jr
Christopher
W. R. Wilde
Wheeling
W. Va
Khrushchev sends birthday greeting to Eleanor Roosevelt
Moscow says Premier Nikita Khrushchev sent Eleanor Roosevelt a birthday message praising their Hyde Park meeting and remembering Franklin D Roosevelt. He wished her good health and success in her peace work, as released by Tass.
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Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Eleanor Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Tass
Rookie Patrolman Delivers His Own Baby at Home
Kansas City AP reports rookie Patrolman Galen Heiman 31 learned first aid lessons in police recruit school. He delivered his own baby at home Saturday, the newborn being his son.
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Kansas City
Galen Heiman
Stimson Papers On War Period Are Opened
Yale Library opens the Henry L. Stimson papers from 1933 to 1950 for scholars. The collection spans over 100000 items including a 33 volume diary and official documents. It covers Stimson’s roles under Hoover Roosevelt and his private observations on world leaders. The diaries reveal candid assessments and concerns about the era.
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Stimson
New Haven
Conn
Henry
L. Stimson
Yale
Howard B. Gotlieb
Franklin Roosevelt
James T. Babb
Yale University
Herbert Hoover
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
United States
Maine Senator Seeks Third Term
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith of Maine announced she will seek a third term in the U.S. Senate. She told a reporter it is no secret she plans to return to the Senate. Maine's other senator is Democrat Edmund S. Muskie.
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Skowhegan
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Rmaine
U.S. Senate
Edmund S. Muskie
Elephant Gift Signals Friendship With France to U.S.
A 42 inch elephant flown from Paris arrives in Washington as a symbol of friendship between France and the United States. Collected in the Belgian Congo, the animal is a gift to President Eisenhower and the American people from French African nations and will be placed in the National Zoo.
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Washington
United States
Paris
Belgian Congo
Eisenhower
National Zoological Park
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Fred Barber
Phillip Wong
Inger Westerhold
James Padilla
By Harry Kotsionis
Inger Westerholm
Inger
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
High Point ‘College
Cabo Rojo
Peurto Rico
James
Air Force
New York
Inge
Nikita
Eleanor
High Point, N. C
the Lord
Bloom Furniture Company
Friedman
Gilbert
Glamor Home
Samuel Hyman
Jack 'N
Jill
Janet Shop
Kiddie Korner
Peggy Anne Shop
Max Bones
Rosanne
Sample Shoe Store
Stanley Jewelers
Swartzberger
Sara Wagger Company
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