Absent Officers of the Law Editorial Critique
An editorial laments slow police response to a three death highway crash near High Point NC. It argues patrol understaffing and lack of scene control hindered rescue and investigation, calling for better highway policing and state support as Governor Scott funds road building. The writer, present at the scene, corroborates the account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. J. Mount
Mount
North Carolina
High Point
Scott
B.C
Legislators Pay Debate Ends In High Point
The Exchange Club endorsed a proposed state constitutional amendment to raise legislators pay to 15 dollars a day with a 1350 dollar session cap and a 90 day minimum. It argues current pay is among the lowest and that travel and living costs reduce lawmakers to little more than expenses. The club urges voters to inform themselves and support the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Exchange Club
North Arcing
Lgislature
de Ln
Raleigh
North Carolina
Politics in the Courtroom: Clark Calls for Judicial Appointments
The Greensboro Daily News reports Associate Justice Tom C. Clark urged removing politics from courts in North Carolina. He favors appointive, not elected, judges, arguing elected judges stay more accountable to the people while appointive ones risk political patronage and influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom C. Clark
United States Supreme Court
Teensboro
North Carolina
Greensboro Daily News
Clark
Supreme Court
Truman
Potatoes and politics spark a Wake Island recall
A satirical press tirade criticizes U S government grain and alcohol policies, noting the Agriculture Department bought millions of potatoes for dumping while funding alcohol imports from France. It mocks bureaucratic logic, laments editorial pooling with McCarthy era conflicts, and questions U S aggression while praising Bevin and a wounded World War II veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
France
ECA
United States
Charles F
Baldy
Brannan
Ruin of Wosan Mines Attracts Global Scrutiny
A wartime diary-like column discusses a 30 mile minefield off Wosan Korea laid with Soviet mines under Russian supervision, noting five Allied mine sweepers sunk. It argues Russia seeks disarmament in the UN while threatening global security and urges a strong US-led defense posture. It links atom-bomb ethics to postwar peace and warns against complacency. It also critiques gambling rackets and recounts a prepared dentist joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wosan
Korea
Alien E. Smith
Russia
UN Assembly
United Nations
Stooge
Free World
United States
Switzerland Reconsiders Role in Western European Defense
Washington Switzerland changing its mind about pact. The Swiss, with a 500000 strong trained reserve, have long used armed neutrality. Now Swiss defense planning shifts toward broader defense integration with western Europe, raising the question of incorporation into North Atlantic Pact planning while preserving neutrality and Red Cross duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Berne
NEA
Europe
Kaiser
Hitler
Little Republic
Western
Germany
Korea
Austria
Western Europe
U. S
International Red Cross
North Korea
Day of doom discussed at Washington Board of Trade
A Washington Board of Trade meeting explored preparations for a nuclear age. Brigadier General Gordon R. Young outlined plans and committees as citizens confront fear, theft of secrets, and fears of Soviet access to the bomb. The piece questions who enabled the atomic threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
Washington, D. C
Gordon R. Young
Senate Watchdog Committee
Brien McMahon
New
The
Freeman
Stalin
Yalta
Teheran
Potsdam
Balkans
Berlin
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Rumania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Poland
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Russia
Quotes From Leaders On Peace, Freedom And Reform
A compilation of historic statements includes Barbara Hutton on work and worth, Cordell Hull on UN strength, Clement Attlee on democratic socialism, Robert Taft on U S medical policy, Geoffrey Fisher on atheistic communism, and Milton Eisenhower on economic and political freedom.
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Clement Atlee
Moscow
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Penn State College
Milton Eisenhower
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George Dixon
Washington
New Jersey
Delaware River
Congress
General MacArthur
Wake Island
Josephus Blow
Bleeding Hearts
McCarthy
Sen
Joseph McCarthy
Walter Popp
Ernest Bevin
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Christian Science Monitor
Royal Road
Kefauver
George Sokolsky
Barbara Hutton
Cordell Hull
Robert Taft
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