Casey Stengel Fired By Yankees Ends Era Of Great Teams
The New York Yankees, long the winningest club in baseball, dismissed Casey Stengel as manager citing his advancing age. Stengel, age 70, had 10 pennants and seven world championships since 1949 but failed to capture this year’s World Series. Behind the scenes motives linger as fan support wanes and rivals breathe easier.
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Ol’ Case
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Stengel
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Jay Hanna Dean
Friands
Lexington
Hickory Last
Joe Rawley
Enterprise
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Gene Coltrane A life of service to education and schools
Gene Coltrane devoted over fifty years to education. A Randolph native, he chaired three school superintendencies and served as a National Committee on Education by Radio field representative. He led Brevard College to accreditation and growth before 1950, then aided High Point College. He retired about three years ago and lived in Jamestown with a steadfast public‑minded focus.
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Dr. Coltrane
National Committee of Education
Radio
Brevard College
Weaver, Rutherford
Brevard Colleges
H. C. Sprinkle
Thomas W. Sprinkle
High Point College
Jamestown
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United Way
FCC to Hear Hartford Pay TV Demo Under En Banc Review
The FCC launches a Hartford Connecticut pay television demonstration hearing, with final decision due after December 1. Hartford Phonevision, backed by RKO General and Zenith, faces opposition from motion picture groups led by Stanley-Warner and Loew's. If approved, tests run up to three years and must meet strict rules, including not degrading broadcast signals and not selling decoding gear to the public.
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Federal Communications Commission
Phonevision
Hartford
Connecticut Joint Committee Against
Stanley - Warner “Manufacturing Co
Loew's Inc
Connecticut Theaters
Manchester Drive- In Theater Corp
Outdoors Theater Corp
Hartford Phonevision
RKO General, Inc
Zenith Radio Corp
FCC
Toronto
Etobicoke
United States
Canada
Local newspaper staff list and management credits
The document shows a staff roster with roles including President Mrs R B Terry Secretary Treasurer Holt McPherson and Managing Editor C W Patterson. Additional names appear for advertising and circulation management and other office positions.
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D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Treassurer Holt McPherson
Katter
C. W. Patterson
M. Mianler BS
Loplin
Carculaton Menages
Waste Makers label and consumer culture critique
New York reporter summarizes Vance Packard’s The Waste Makers arguing Americans are a voracious wasteful consumer society. The piece cites color phones, fast-depreciating autos, throwaway packaging, rising credit, and repeated obsolescence schemes as evidence of a national obsession with disposal and buying, supported by industry tactics and mass advertising.
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Ward Cannel Newspaper Enterprise
New York
Vance Packard
Packard
Madison Avenue
Third Party Needed in North Carolina Election Debate
In a critique of the 1960 campaign, the Independent American calls for a third party. It argues Nixon and Kennedy offer similar socialist policies and that Republican and Democrat brands have corrupted competition, forming a system where voters face no clear choice beyond personalities.
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Enterprise
North Carolina
Messrs .Nixon
Kennedy
Thenco
Washington
New York
NAACP
Democrat Party
Nixon
Notes on The News by Charles Pearson
National Conservative notes claim the State Department grants 120 million dollars in aid to Communist Poland raising questions about tax cuts and satellite states. It highlights Poland Cuba factory plans and argues for a North Carolina Conservative Party ballot access amid Kennedy Nixon talk and calls for 10,000 petitions.
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Poland
Associated Press
Warsaw
Polish Commounist Party
Wall Street Journal
Cuba
Kennedy
Nixon
Quemoy
Matsu
North Carolina
Virginia
New Jersey
Louisiana
Washington
Michigan
A. G. Whitener
High Point furniture market shows strong demand and upgrades
The fall furniture market arrives with record buyer attendance and extensive improvements across High Point. Street resurfacing and new facilities draw crowds while Schrafft’s opens in the Furniture Plaza amid high expectations for business. Local officials note a safer, more modern, yet friendly Southern town image driving the market.
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Schraffis
Tar Heel
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R. V. Spracklin
Collier Ellis, Jr
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Frank G. Shattuck
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