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Stretch-out controversy echoes through Roanoke Rapids strike
Roanoke Rapids endures fallout from last fall’s strike over the stretch-out system. The Stretch-out Board’s Roosevelt era inquiry found the practice largely nonexistent, debunking Gorman and Dooley claims and blaming none but a few ignorant cases. Editorial urges regional control boards to craft county standards rather than state-wide solution.
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Roanoke Rapids
Messrs. J. Dooley
Strickland
Gorman
U.T.W
Stacy
News Dispatch
Washington
Roosevelt
Gorman-Dooley Bally-Hoo