Press Conscience Call For National Commission On The News
Gordon Gray urged the press to form a National Commission On The News funded by publishers editors and owners. He proposed a broad mandate to examine the press as it is and as it should be, unveiling a common conscience for quality practice at a UNC dedication event.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
National ‘Commission
Nce
Gordon Gray
Misen Jowet
North Carolina School of Journalism
Gray
Iation
Eres
Rededication speech rails against extortion in NC politics
Governor Hodges and other editors attended the Howell Hall dedication as speakers urged an end to extortionate political contributions. Otis M Banks letter quoted denouncing election by extortion and pledging to end one party rule in North Carolina. Also noted were remarks by NC press figures and campaign organizers highlighting support for Democratic efforts and university leaders.
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Youngstown
F. W. Woolworth
Democratic Campaign
Cobb
Otis M. Banks
North Carolina State Highway and Prison Employes Association
Republican
North Carolina
Finch Case Deliberated By Jury
In Los Angeles AP report jury deliberations entered a third day at the retrial of Dr. R Bernard Finch 42 and Carole Tregoff 23 on murder and conspiracy charges tied to a shooting. Judge Daw son added the possible verdict of excusable homicide noting an earlier omission. The case involves Ruth Annie Bass Ammon of Charlotte and a prior abortion death. Stroud, a former driver, testified to dating Ammon. Also report from No ck Springs Wy on former Senator Ted Crippa dying at 61 of a heart attack.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Jean
Nrison
Sen- Finch
Johnny
Kannapolis
Charles Kenneth Stroud
Superior Court
Leroy Dawson
Dawson
Ruth Annie Bass Ammon
Charlotte
J. B. Roberts
Catarrus Superior Court
Local Students Enroll in University Pharmacy Program
Three High Point youths begin studies at the University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy. George C. McLarty Jr. and Marvin J. Harris Jr. are entering the program with plans toward a 1963 graduation. The curriculum now requires five years plus 12 months practicum for licensure.
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Bathe & Co
Steines
University of Northarolina
George C. McLarty Jr
George McLarty
Rotary
North Carolina Board of Pharmacy
Marvin J. Harris Jr
M. J. Harris Sr
Oakwood Ct
Jerry Moser
Lavada Moser
Senior Citizens Hold Luncheon in Thomasville
More than 100 members attended the Senior Citizens luncheon at the Civic Center yesterday afternoon hosted by Thomasville group for the Senior Citizens of Levinston. Rodney Brown assistant pastor of Thomasville Memorial Methodist Church spoke. Coral Clodfelter presided as president and plans were made to meet again.
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Thomasville
Civic Center
Levinston
Rodney Brown
Thomasville Memorial Methodist Church
Coral Clodfelter
Consolidation Approval Seen for Pilot and Fair Grove Highs
Thomasville school board member Mrs. C. L. White Jr. predicted the Davidson County School Board will vote 3 to 2 to consolidate Pilot and Fair Grove high schools at the next meeting. If approved, the change takes effect at the start of the next school term. The forecast came at a Lions Club gathering amid prior controversy over consolidation. The board's next meeting is scheduled for November.
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Thomasville
Davidson County School Board
Pilot
Fair Grove
C. L. White Jr
County School Board
Business Leveling Off Is Predicted
D L Bibby president of Remington Rand Corp predicts a general leveling off of U S business in 1961. He says the leveling off trend would continue through the early 1960s unless there is an acceleration in the cold war or more money is put into research. Copter lays lines Roanoke Va Appalachian Power Co is experimenting with helicopters to build power lines to test economy versus conventional methods.
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Dallas, Tex
D. L. Bibby
Remington Rand Corp
U.S
Roanoke, Va
Appalachian Power Company
Signals Crossed in Oregon Campaign Letter Mix Up
Republican Edwin Burne received a fundraising appeal for Charles Q. Porter. He sent back a $1 check to Porter, who endorsed it and returned it, calling the donation safe.
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Jacksonville, Ore
Edwin Burne
Charles QO. Porter
Burno
Porter
Behavior Of U N Troops Probed In Congo Crisis
Katanga charges six U.N. soldiers at Kabalo with fooling European houses and aiding Baluba rebels. U.N. rep Berendsen and Katanga official Munongo fly to Kabalo to investigate while Mobutu accuses the U.N. Command of plotting to oust him and pleads for help as his regime faces pressure from Lumumba allies and parallel Soviet and satellite pressures.
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Errol Friedmann
Elisabethville
Katanga
API
U.N
Kahlo
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Kabalo
Baluba
Tshombe
Jan Berendsen
Godefroid Munongo
Leopoldville
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Cleophas Kamitatu
Kamitatu
Watters Former World Philatelic Society President Dies
J Howard Watters of New Albany Indiana died Wednesday after a long illness at age 42 He served as president of the World Philatelic Society and was a noted stamp collector in his community His death follows a prolonged illness leaving a void in the local philatelic circle and national stamp collecting circles.
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New Albany, Ind
J. Howard Watters
The
World Philatelic Society
Two Sentenced in Abortion Death Case in Cabarrus
In Concord North Carolina two men were sentenced to prison for manslaughter in the abortion death of a 36 year old mother of three. Cabarrus Superior Court Judge L Richardson Preyer presided after a parade of character witnesses. The judge called the case not pleasant.
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Concord
N.C
Cabarrus Superior Court
L. Richardson Preyer
Trio Sentenced In Fingers Case In North Carolina
In Graham North Carolina a group of three African American men received prison terms in a sawed off fingers insurance fraud. James Bryson Thomas Tate and Walter Rogers were sentenced on multiple counts with staged maiming. The trio allegedly amputated fingers from James Rogers and claimed insurance benefits totaling about eight thousand dollars. Dr Isaac K Bass and other co defendants were to face later trials.
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Sory
Acces
James Rogers
George Bryson
Tate
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