Suckers Overland on Highway Right of Way Bluff
A Raleigh report says the State Highway Commission may abandon the super highway project due to high land prices in High Point. The piece accuses locals of being bluffed into approving an inside route and warns against threats or delays as the commission presses for the right of way.
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Hight Point
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Thomasville
Maine
Gulf of Mexico
Commission
Mayors
West Point Cheating Cadets May Reenter on New Appointment
Secretary Frank Pace allows 90 expelled cadets to apply for return to West Point if they obtain another appointment. The piece argues the policy is illogical and unfair, noting potential political influence and discrimination in who can regain status. The writer urges admitting all 90 if deemed unfit yet eligible for reentry.
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Army
Frank Pace
West Point
Lambs Club
Hart
Frank Spiro
Hayward Morris
Decca
Victor
Runyon
Ann Dvorak
Igor
Trivial Complication in UNC Racial Seating Dispute
The UNC case shows court action forcing admission of Negro students to the law school and medicine, with protests over football game seating. The university blames the Athletic Association, creating a potential co defendant. Authors urge avoiding further racially charged complications and recognize long term educational challenges.
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University of North Carolina
United States
School of Medicine
Robert House
University of North Carolina Athletic Association
The
Athletic Association
Chapel Hill
Balloons and Propaganda in Cold War Skirmish
Harold Stassen cites Soviet jets challenging Crusade for Freedom balloons over Czechoslovakia and Radio Free Europe amid Cold War propaganda clashes. The spoofed Soviet air response claims downed 15 balloons and burned propaganda material as 10 more returned to base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Stassen
Crusade For Freedom
Czechoslovakia
Reds
Radio Free Europe
Now Is the Time Fall Arrives in Quick Color
The piece notes fall arriving by temperature and says the morning looks beautiful with snappy air. It highlights turning leaves and suggests a trip to the mountains where forests blaze with color earlier. It ends with a call to enjoy the outdoors now.
Postmasters tour Congress as they descend on Washington
Postmasters at the National Association convention spend time on Capitol Hill with lawmakers and observe Congress in action. Senator Dennis Chavez leads a large NM entourage to his office to view the noon Senate convening and the prayers led by Vice President Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Postmasters
Capitol Hill
Congress
Dennis Chavez
New
Debasement of Morals in America Cited by Writer
A writer laments widespread vulgarity in courts and public life, denouncing hoodlum behavior in trials, slander of judges, and lack of self restraint. He links rude manners to corruption, cites figures like Harry Cross and Harry Gross, and urges citizens to police themselves and follow the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koes
Harry Gross
Mike Dalessio
Kefauver Committee
RFC
Quotes on industry, sex appeal, and competition in ads
The passage quotes Palmiro Ratti praising Czechoslovakia's industrial capability and mass production for the common man. It contrasts sex appeal as advertising with romantic appeal offering humor and sentiment. J B Nicholas criticizes sex appeal. Roger M Blugh extols the competitive struggle of ideas in a free society and in U S Steel Corp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czechoslovakia
Palmiro Ratti
J. B. Nicholas
Adman
Roger M. Blugh
U. S. Steel Corp
New York Night Club Scene Mixes London Ties and Broadway Bets
A collage of theater and film notes across New York and London outlines Turpin Noel Coward's latest comedy Relative Eve Values opening in London and Ten Tall Men on screen. The piece chronicles performances by Franchot Tone, Uta Hagen, Mary Kaye Trio, and others, with behind the scenes chatter on casts, showdowns, and industry moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel Coward
Wipout
Eatures Foreign Legion
New York
Adrian Scott
Hollywood Ten
Cicuit
Donald Richards
Jacobs Ie
42Nd Street
Franchot Tone
Jean Anouilh
Ardele
London
Click
J. Brooks Atkinson
Walter Brooke
The
Times
Loew
Cafe Society
Tallulah
Britain
Mary Kaye
Hope Miller
Janice Brash
Rudolph Halley
Sunday reflections on life and work habits
A series of casual comments from readers on how people spend Sundays and the value of life. Residents discuss rest versus work, church attendance, and personal vows, interwoven with meditations on purpose, progress, and the atomic era.
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J. B. Buoyant
Jim Tipster
Gome
Sasober
Sunto Frank
Antias
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Bosone
Murray
Tennessee
America
George Sokolsky
Turpin
Walter Winchell
Mann
Boston
Uta Hagen
Shaw
Uta
Johnson
Kenyon Nicholeon
Tab Maibae
Thellackes
William Fisplay
Temple Deabe
Ruth
Banane Ty Ae
Theiranager
Peggy
Jet MacDonald Jessel
Barbara Ann Putnam
Arthur
Texas
Cowan
Irene the
Beverly Michaels
Diamond Horseshoe
Tom Neal
Vicki Lane
Edith Fellows
Ben Blue
Barbara Douglas
Byliner Nee
Bob
W. A. Bivins
Fee
Paul
Voltaire
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Nagasaki
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