Saturday bond issues urged in Kings Mountain vote
A Kings Mountain citizen endorses bond issues saying they are the only way to get ahead. The piece argues the 2.75 million in county lending, with a 600 thousand city issue, will raise taxes modestly while addressing crowded schools and hospital needs, backed by state and federal cost shares. The editorial signals broad support for bonds and a cautious stance on a proposed eight cent levy.
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Kings Mountain
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Olina
Park Grace
Bethware
Supreme Court
Herald
Scott
Umstead
Aed
Voting Reform Chosen for County Precincts
Voting took place in May with orderly polls and hours of vote counting afterward. Officials urge study of voting machines for seven to eight large precincts to ease ballots and speed results. Five Shelby and two Kings Mountain precincts show the heaviest totals. Bethel Methodist church is praised for clearing its debt in two years.
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County Elections Board
Shelby
Kings Mountain
Bethel Methodist Church
Ervin Appointment Praised As North Carolina Senator
Governor Umstead names Judge Sam Ervin Jr of Morganton to succeed the late Senator Hoey. Ervin, 57, brings long public service including U S House terms, North Carolina Superior Court and State Supreme Court experience. The appointment draws praise from officials, the press, and the public as a balanced choice in a regional political debate. Cleveland County residents welcome a nearby successor, while local honors go to Erskine College figures and community clubs celebrate civic progress.
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Sam Ervin
Morganton
Hoey
United States
North Carolina
Ervin
House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
Umstead
Tenth Congressional District
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Jonas
Lincolnton
Judge Ervin
Senator Ervin
Cleveland County
Senator Hoey
Plonk Elected President of Kings Mountain Lions Club
W L Plonk was elected president of the Kings Mountain Lions club at Thursday night’s meeting at Mountain View Hotel. He will be installed with other officers at the first July meeting marking the Lions’ new year. Mrs M H Biser entertained at bridge last Friday honoring her niece Miss Dorothy Hoke. Jo Keeter high, Mrs Charles J Dick second. Mrs E B Olive, Mrs A L Anslan, and Mrs W C Putnam visited relatives in Rock Hill S C Sunday. Jesse Yarboro visited Gastonia at Cleo Bookout home Sunday. Pvt Somane Gordon of Georgia has been visiting his parents in Klnge Sounents.
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W. L. Plonk
Kings Mountain Lions Club
Mountain View Hotel
M. H. Biser
Misa Dorothy. Hoke
Jo Keeter
Charles J. Dick
E. B. Olive
A. L. Anslan
W. C. Putnam
Rock Hill
8. C
Jesse Yarboro
Cleo Bookout
Gastonia
Som Ane Gordon
Klnge
The Eighth Bond Vote And Local Borrowing Outlook
The author reflects on repeated bond votes since reaching adulthood noting Albemarle’s growth, town to city status, and tax rate cuts amid public improvements. He discusses North Carolina limits on local government spending, the need to balance budgets, and the pattern of borrowing for schools hospitals and infrastructure, urging prudent debt use.
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Albemarle
Kings Mountain
Albemarie
Spring cleaning to reduce home fire hazards
Viewpoints of Other Editors urge thorough spring cleanup to create space and safety. Inspect stoves, heaters, pipes, and chimneys for faults, discard unused items, and ensure portable heaters are clean. Emphasizes home fire deaths rising and urges homeowners to act now for safer housing.
Stevenson urges bipartisan effort to end segregation
At a Meridian press conference Adlai Stevenson says the Supreme Court invited the South to help write the plan to end segregation. He argues the nation must band together with patience and aid, harnessing government, universities and brains to solve school integration as a national issue, not a Southern problem.
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Meridian
Miss
Adlai Stevenson
Supreme Court
Stevenson
Court
Supreme’ Court
Adlia Stevenson
Smith
Field Herald
Tillich Leaves Union for Harvard to Teach Systematic Theology
Theologian Paul Tillich, 68, resigns from Union Theological Seminary in New York. He will become professor of systematic theology at Harvard University, with Harvard prioritizing intellectual contribution over age. The piece questions tenure norms and broader university policies on aging faculty.
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Paul “Tillien
Theountry
Union Theological Seminary
New York
Union
Dr. Tillich
Harvard University
Harvard
Ly Rat
General Motors
University of North Carolina
Radio program on North Carolina history sparks debate
Miss Cornelia Love tells editor Louis Graves the Burlington school radio project translates the state motto to "to be rather than to think" sparking concern over shifting constitutional ideals and public library support.
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Cornelia Love
Louis Graves
Chapel HI
North Carolina
Burlington
Peren
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