Princess Margaret Wins Public Support for Townsend Marriage
Britons rally behind Princess Margaret and Group Captain Peter Townsend as debate over a royal union heats up. public sentiment, press reaction, and church figures show broad good wishes, challenging traditional royal constraints and signaling a more democratized monarchy.
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Peter Townsend
England
Margaret
Canterbury
Marie Louise
Queen Victoria
Capt. Townsend
Britain
Andrews Resigns as Internal Revenue Commissioner
T Coleman Andrews resigns from the IRS after a tenure aimed at restoring prestige and broadening tax collection. He promptly joins an insurance firm to aid the president's road program, signaling an overzealous push that critics link to the coming election.
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Tax Tactics From Wright Case Highlight Cooperation
A High Point attorney E A Wright received a one year prison sentence for Federal tax evasion. The judge ruled no felony but stressed that poor records and non cooperation hampered the investigation. The article urges professionals to keep adequate records and cooperate with tax inquiries.
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E. A. Wright
High Point
Wright
William T. Polk Remembered as Northern Carolina Editorial Force
The Greensboro Daily News associate editor and author of Southern Accent, William T. Polk, died in his sleep in Washington. A Warrenton lawyer, mayor, essayist, poet, and reviewer, Polk joined the newsroom in 1941 bringing legal precision and literary insight. His essays and editorials shaped North Carolina’s public life and furniture and home design discourse.
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William T. Polk
Washington
New South
Greensboro Daily News
Bill Polk
North Carolina
Warrenton
Polk
High Point Enterprise Masthead Readout
The excerpt shows the High Point Enterprise masthead with establishment year 1884 and staff roles placeholder text including president secretary treasurer editor and advertising director. It lists address 305-307 North Main Street High Point North Carolina and names D A Rawley Mrs R B Terry Bolt McPherson W Patterson Jr W Idol Jr Charles B Loflin in a garbled format.
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W. Idol
Charles B. Loflin
High Point Enterprise masthead notice and credits
Published Every Afternoon and Sunday Morning credit and policy notice including Associated Press rights and distribution terms. Addresses carriers advertisers and local office handling, with subscription payment cautions and carrier contracts noted.
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Israel Faces Pressing Dilemma in Near East Turmoil
George Sokolskiy argues Egypt’s arms deal with Czechoslovakia tests U S policy. He says Egypt and Israel are headed for war and the United States must balance aid, fearing Soviet influence. Israel’s resilience and motives are examined as regional powers shift.
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Israel
United States
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Assembly Officials Face Dual Office Questions
The 1955 General Assembly shows at least five members resigning to take other offices while two or three more face uncertain status. Senators Settle Bunn and David M. Hall left the Senate to join the State Board of Water Commissioners, and Representatives Barker Carr Forbes Rodman Worthington moved to new posts. Uncertainty lingers over Neynolds and Womble who joined the State Board of Higher Education, with constitutional questions about dual office rules. The piece contrasts public offices on local boards with university trustees and state education bodies.
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Jackson
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Oscar Barker
Durham
Robert M. Carr
Duplin
Wilbert Forbes
Carmien
Wiliam B. Rodman
Beaufort
Sam Worthington
Charles H. Neynolds
Rutherford
William F. Womble
Forsyth
State Board of Higher Education
State Board of Education
Board of Education
Constitutional Officers and Dual Office Holding in State Boards
Trustees are constitutional officers raising questions about dual office holding and court challenges. The text notes the historic ex officio status of the State Board of Education from 1868 to 1942 44, the lack of explicit constitutional provisions for county boards and the new state board of higher education, and for the wildlife resources commission.
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State Board of Education
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State Board of Higher Education
Board of Conservation and Development
Wildlife Resources Commission
Notes on the News by Charles Pearson
The attorney general's informal ruling says higher ed board members do not hold public office. Senators Reynolds and Womble may remain in or return to the General Assembly or other offices. Vacancies in the 1955 Assembly are technical. replacements appointed by county committees lack power until oath. A special session seems unlikely to create new vacancies.
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Attorney General's Office
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Womble
Winston - Salem Teachers College
Hedges
FBI Fight to Keep Confidential Informants Against Reds
The article reports J Edgar Hoover arguing that confidential informants inside the Communist Party risk retaliation and discrediting, with witnesses like Herb Philbrick facing harassment. It notes undercover agents faced personal and financial hardship after testifying and warns of a broader campaign to undermine law enforcement through vilification of informants.
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Communist Party
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Commie Party
Herb Philbrick
Mary Markward
Angela Calomiris
Lloyd Hamlin
Bereniece Bald
Win
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Reds
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Hoover
Harvey Matusow
Robert E. Thomason
Texas
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Thomasow
Whooping Cranes and Chess Polities Stir North Carolina to Canada
A Raleigh News and Observer piece details 26 surviving whooping cranes preparing a 5000 mile flight from Great Slave Lake Canada to Texas coast as SAC halts plans to expand a bombing range. It notes bird lovers debates and contrasts U S foreign policy chess moves with Russia and Iran. The column also muses on steam power and windmills and ends with a Coolidge anecdote.
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