Guilford County Eyes School Mergers Past and Present
Guilford County commissioners asked the Institute of Government to study merging High Point Greensboro and county school systems into a single admin unit. It would abolish county and city tax rates, unifying revenue under one countywide tax. The piece notes potential standards gains and admin savings but warns costs beyond dollars and cents and stresses awaiting facts before judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
Board of Commissioners
Institute of Government
High Point
Greensboro
County
Raleigh
Just Wait Til Next Year for Hi Tom Hi-Toms
The High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms finished sixth in their first Class B season and despite losses, plan to improve for 1955. Business manager Austin Brown seeks a tie with a major league partner to bolster veteran players and boost Finch Field attendance. President N C English led loyal fans through a difficult inaugural year.
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Brooklyn
Dodger
High Point-Thomasville
Hi-Toms
Austin Brown
Finch Field
N. C. English
Bud Fisher dies creator of Matt and Jeff
Bud Fisher, pioneer of the Matt and Jeff comic strip, died in his New York apartment after a year long illness from cancer. He rose from poverty to riches through horse racing inspired humor and influenced American pop culture for decades. Al Smith will direct ongoing strip, with Hearst and Bell Syndicate ties noted. Oklahoma City bans crime and sex comics with a $20 fine to back public enforcement.
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Bud Fisher
Matt
Jeff
New York
Fisher
al Smith
Fischer
A. Mutt
Reno
Jim Jeffries
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Mutt
Hearst
San Francisco Chronicle
Bell Syndicate
America
Oklahoma City
Quotable quips and rough wisdom from readers
A collage of brief humorous lines and quips from various newspapers. The snippets tackle money, welfare, marriage, truth, and everyday manners with sharp wit and local voice. The tone mirrors syndicated reader contributions across multiple towns.
Naive Questions About Taft Letter on Trade Policy
George Sokolsky discusses Charlie Taft and the Committee for a National Trade Policy. The piece cites Taft’s complaint about misrepresentations in Sokolsky’s column and references Pravda articles on atheism and religion in socialist society, warning readers about ideological disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles P. Taft
Committee For
George Sokolsky
Mas Toys
Charlies P. Taft
Soviet Russia
Soviet
Russia
Cardinal Mindszenty
Stepinac
China
Pravda
Kerr Scott and Liberal Trend in South Politics
The data suggest state races drove liberal and conservative outcomes locally rather than national policy. Kerr Scott's North Carolina Senate bid reflects local popularity and personal recognition, not a nationwide liberal mandate. Voters favored known figures and local issues, with Shivers maintaining Texas Democratic strength and national trends uncertain.
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Kerr Scott
U. S. Senate
Alton Lennon
North Carolina
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Pat Sutton
Se-C
Texas
Shivers
Eisenhower
Ab Ten Lennon
O. Kefauver
Vets
Kefauver
Over Lines
Thcat
Evel
CIO
Senate
Ham Fish
Congress
Joe McCar
Wisconsin
Ina
Cratic
Lita
West
Scott
Flotsam and reflections race across a seaside column
The fragmentary piece blends humor and human interest with notes on beach life and shore dwellers. It surveys seaside stories from shacks to Norah Berg’s The Lady, and includes a Taipei dispatch on Quemoy bombardment amid Cold War tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norah
Berg
Charles Samuels
Pre tice-Hall
New York
Norah Berg
Sarge
New Plan Sought To Repair AEC Labor Tensions
Peter Edson reports that atomic energy labor disputes flare as private contractors employ workers under government defense concerns. A three man White House panel was proposed, then dissolved, with unions and management holding no strike and no lockout pledges. Current efforts include a Los Alamos meeting September 9 with CIO and AFL leaders and a new five man study commission led by David L. Cole to reassess atomic labor relations.
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Ust
S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Ching
Truman
Atomic Energy Labor Management Relations
White House
Will H. Davis
War Labor Board
Davis
Eisenhower
Ganized
Il Cyrus Ching
U. S
Atomic Energy Union
Atomic Energy
Hanford
Savannah River
Portsmouth
Oak
Atomic Energy Itelf
Congress
Los Alamos
N. M
CIO
Walter Reuther
AFL Metal Trades
James Brownlow
AEC
Jose Campbell
Eoonet
Nobley
Te Aec
Eld Davis
James P. Mitchell
David L. Cole
Cole
Mr. Ching
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Lamar
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Carlsbad
N.M
Argus
Slim
Sam
Oleae
Mike
Greeneville Tenn
Little Junior
Greenwood
MR. Peeper
Charlie Taft
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Rumania
Communist Party
Komsomol
Trade Unnion
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
W. A. Bivins
National Safety Council
Atlantic City
Ugly Duckling
Taipei Formosa
Quemoy Island
United Nations Conference On Populations
Rome
Don Maruis
Winchell
Withal
Ne Gos
Thornwood
Mozart
Peter Edson
Washington
le Energy
National Defense
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