UNC Law School Suit Highlights Segregation Reform Debate
The piece argues two Black students sue UNC over law school segregation, notes Durham lacks accreditation while Chapel Hill is accredited, and urges consolidating NC College and A and T Greensboro to form a unified UNC with equal educational opportunities. It laments political delays and urges proactive reform to avoid court battles.
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University of North Carolina
Law
Law School
North Carolina College
Durham
Chapel Hill
State Supreme Court
A. and T. College of Greensouro
North Carolina
Roy Hampton Elected Vice Chairman of North Carolina Board
Roy Hampton, a Tidewater figure, was elected vice chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Conservation and Development, succeeding Josh Horne. The article lauds Hampton as a quiet, decisive leader suited to expanding the state’s industry, revenue, public education, health, and morals through development policy.
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Tidewater
North Carolina
Roy Hampton
State Board of Conservation and Development
Josh Horne
Rocky Mount
Scott
Board of Conservation and Development
Hampton
Congress agrees on farm support compromise delayed until 1951
Congress backs a sliding 75 to 90 per cent parity system for six crops with 80 to 90 per cent in 1951 while delaying full implementation and scrapping the Aiken plan. Critics say the move sustains surplus production and government buys, undermining farmers and consumers amid a stalled Brannan proposal and unsettled policy. The debate contrasts political calculations with farm organization warnings and long-range costs.
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Congress
Truan
Senate
Aiken
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
The Deaf Muted Man and the Hundred Dollar Bet Case
A deaf mute tries to reclaim a $100 bet at Garden State racetrack in Camden. The ticket seller buys the winning ticket before the race, pays out $1,140, and keeps the money after a late review. The tale raises questions about fairness and proof in a moonlight judges’ review.
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Garden State Racetrack
Camden
N. J
Houlgate
M. Stuart
H. McGuigan
Garden State Track
Old Point History Aims at Pre 1900 Questions
Local history column invites reader responses for a special Sunday feature on Old High Point before 1900. Readers submit questions about early settlement, Main Street roads, historic homes, Mechanicsville, and war-era site uses with some answers withheld for Sunday publication.
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Old High Point
The
Enterprise
Citizens’ Committee
High Point
Richard S. Dale
Otteray Drive
G. H. Hobart
West Farriss Avenue
Guilford
Hobart
Main Street
Steele and
Washington Streets
Broad and
College Streets
Mechanicsville
Biltmore
Oakwood Cemetery
Forrest Avenue
Chamber of Commerce
The Child’s Rapid Change and a Snuffing Official
A wartime era remark notes a child’s swift shift from stealing to telling and jabs at a football official lacking a red handkerchief, implying helplessness in authority.
Celebrity gossip and high society chatter in Harlem and beyond
A rapid collage of society rumors from New York, including Harlem talk of the Father Divines, Ginger Rogers decrees, and Jane Russell with Bob Waterfield. It covers Broadway stars, politicians, and international figures, with mentions of rays from Life magazine, Admiral Bogan, and various social events and misadventures.
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Sitcheeayshun
Harlem
Ginger Rogers
Jack Briggs
Caroline Butler
Bennett Meyer
Yankees
Joe Page
Jane Russell
Bob Waterfield
Axel Wenner-Gren
Paris
Katie Hepburn
Medina
Italy
Rossellini
Life Mag
Congress toiled to untangle postsession budget mess
Washington editorial notes that after the 80th Congress many budgetary terms remain unclear as agencies await the final tallies of appropriations. It highlights how last minute changes, buried provisions, and shifting intents transfer legislative authority to the executive branch and trigger ongoing interpretation efforts. The piece ends with a paradox: the Congress is dead long live Congress.
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Washington
Nea
Congress
Rist Congress
Treasury
80Th Congress
Appropriations Committees
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Walt Whitman
A J Cochrane
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Mothers’ Union
Sean Rich
Sloan Simpson
Hizzoner
Norman Laski
Chicago
Viola Marshall
Ed Pauley
Texas
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Widder
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Baruch
Saint Bernard
Kay Thompson
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New Orleans
Joe DiMaggio
DiMaggio
J. Kahns
Post
Lenore Ferber
John Marsh
Margaret Mitchell
Delaware
U. S
Prague
Pat Weiss
State Dept
Prince Constantin
Liechtenstein
Cary Grant
Uhuhney
Betty Hensel
Henri Bidal
Yvonne de Carlo
Paree
Gloria Vanderbilt
Mater
Robert Crotty
Hollywood
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Nillionaire
Wall Street
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Turekey
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DeCastro
Stork
Gary Lovergood
United Nations
Rise Stevens
Met
Algonquin
Bevin
Girr
Gordon Akeleys
Frances McCabe
Miami
Barkley
Broward County
Greater
America
Merwin K. Hart
Franco
W. 54Th
Hart
Univ. Club
Bill Buckley
Pantepechi
Caracas
Venezuela
Geo. Montgomery
Coudert Bros
Wall St
E. A. Kracke
Hawkes
N.J
John T. Flynn
Peter Edson
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