Secret of Getting Ahead In 1955 Business Advice
Hal Boyle discusses methods to advance in business amid 1955 concerns. He cites a new book by Vincent Sullivan and notes attitudes toward self help versus mutual aid, plus reactions to school segregation politics as the Supreme Court weighs its ruling. Local legislators weigh policy statements while debating revenue needs and budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
U. S. Supreme Court
Sam O. Worthington
Pitt
Supreme Court
Boyle
Vincent F. Sullivan
New York Daily News
Jim Farley
Horatio Alger
Sullivan
John Wilkes Booth
Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Associated Press
New York City
Times
John W. Umstead Jr
Orange
Larry J. Moore
Wilson
W. B. Rodman
Beaufort
North Carolina
Moore
Worthington
Advisory Budget Commission
Ed M. O'Herron
Meek
Assembly
Watch Night services ring in old year across churches
Across the nation reverent crowds held Watch Night services as Old Trinity Church in Lower Manhattan chimed midnight. The article notes seasonal rainfall totals and a year-long prayer for peace started in the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Manhattan
Broadway
Wall Street
Old Trinity Church
Tomry
Revelry And Reverence. Keynotes 55 Greeted Various Ways
The piece notes national New Year celebrations across communities, with church groups and the National Safety Council organizing events. It describes festive gatherings in homes, nightlife, and at Augusta National Golf Club where President and Mrs. Eisenhower attended a formal dinner, and remarks from a police officer about holiday safety. It also mentions the Mummers parade in Philadelphia and a warning on holiday air traffic accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Council
Eisen
Hower
Augusta
National Golf Club
Boston
Happy and Safety Council
Philadelphia
Broad Street
North Carolina Assembly Opens Session Next Tuesday
Raleigh reports that state finances with possible tax increases and the issue of school segregation are on the minds of legislative leaders as they prepare to head for Raleigh Tuesday for the start of the 1955 General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noel
Yancey
Raleigh
Fireworks injure three youths in car explosion
Three teen boys were injured around 12:30 AM when a fireworks explosion in a car near the municipal golf course ripped windshield glass, pistol range location, and left Hartlee and James Robert Roper among the injured. The 1942 Chevrolet carried six boys. three uninjured back-seat occupants watched as the blast occurred.
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Hartlee
Robert Hardee
James Robert Roper
South Broad Street
Benice Crumbly
Third Avenue
Willowlig
East
Maple Avenue
Suff Street
Garrison General
Hardee
Charlotte
Municipal Golf Course
State Board seeks ban on absentee voting
The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously urged the General Assembly to abolish absentee voting in general elections. It cited absentee ballots as the source of election troubles and scandals and proposed retaining absentee voting only for armed forces members, their spouses stationed with them, and other civilians tied to military posts. The board also urged ending official ballot markers, adjusting jail bond rules, early canvassing after elections, enabling party affiliation changes on primary day, and replacing filing fees with flat costs for county and township offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Board of Elections
General Assembly
Gastonia
Robert Hardee
James R. Roper
Benice Crumbly
State Elections Board
U. S. Senate
Fifto Wsed
Prisoner Dies After Penicillin Injection at Central Prison
N. G. Williams Jr., 35, of Cary, an honor student and prison carpenter, died at Central Prison after receiving a penicillin shot for a cold. Director William Battey said the hospital visit followed a cardiac complaint, with Dr. Charles Flowers arranging an autopsy via Dr. A. C. Bulla. Williams was imprisoned from Wake Superior Court in 1951 for manslaughter and faced 8 to 12 years.
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Raleigh
Central Prison
William Battey
N. G. Williams Jr
Cary
Bailey
Williams
Charles Flowers
A. C. Bulla
Wake County
Wake Superior Court
Marine Not Sorry For Killing Father
Jack B. Bailey a 19 year old AWOL Marine from Camp Lejeune is jailed in Gaston county on murder charges for slaying his father the Rev Kelly H Bailey 32 near Mount Holly with a 12 gauge shotgun. Bailey admitted to shooting his father saying he killed him to protect his family and that his father had often beaten them. He claimed the killing was justified homicide stating his father planned to kill them with shells the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Crooke
Gazette
Jack B. Bailey
Camp Lejeune
Gaston County
Kelly H. Bailey
Mount Holly
Bailey
J. R. Harris
Perry Hedgepath
the Gazette
42 Die On New Year Holiday Violent Death Toll
Violent deaths totaled 42 on the first hours of the new year in a survey by Associated Press. Two Indiana highway crashes killed six. three teenagers died near Batavia New York when their car was struck by a streamliner. Traffic mishaps may reach 940 nationwide during the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Indiana
Batavia
N.Y
National Safety Council
Russians offer price to free three Americans held in PW stockade
Washington reports said the Soviet Union proposed a price to free Americans William T. Marchuk William A Verdine and John H Noble held since the 1940s. The note was handed to the U S embassy at Moscow and State Department avoided comment. A Vienna reporter said the men were seen at a camp southeast of Moscow and in good health. The U S has filed eight official queries without response.
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U.S
Moscow
State Department
Dulles
Washington
Department
William T. Marchuk
Brackenridge
William A. Verdine
Starks
John H. Noble
Detroit
Marchuk
Verdine
West Germany
Dresden
Noble
Germany
Vienna
United States
U. S
Charles B. Bohlen
Formosa
Girl Killed As Train Hits Car
A northbound passenger train struck a car near Mount Holly, killing a 14 year old girl and injuring three family members. The victim, Jane Tesnair of Caroleen, died at Gatiney hospital. Her mother Mrs Cecil Bostic Tesnair and younger brother George were among the injured. The deceased man in the car was an employee of Kendall Mill at Paw Creek and survived by his widow Sara Zelman Adams and seven other children. Officers found the son at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaffney
S. C
Hpi
Jane Tesnair
R-1
Caroleen
N. C
Ao Gatiney Hospital
New Census Will Cost City 4585 in Gastonia
Gastonia may conduct a special census at a cost of 4585 with the Census Bureau offering to send a supervisor if the city pays all expenses. An advance payment of 1840 is required. If population reaches 33000, total cost estimated at 4485. City Manager James Carter will seek council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
James Carter
Robert W. Burgess
Bureau of Census
Washington, D. C
Carter
Powell
Auto plates due for Tar Heels in Raleigh by month end
The Motor Vehicles Department issued a reminder that Tar Heels must obtain their 1955 automobile license plates by the end of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Motor Vehicles Department
Tar Heels
Lowell baby first of 1955 in Gaston county
Melba Jean Chapman was born at 3 10 a m today in Lowell, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Herford Chapman of Lowell. The home delivery was attended by Dr J W Reid, the fourth child for Mrs Chapman. At 9 am Gastonia hospital had no New Year births yet. The family will receive many Ritts from Gastonia merchants sponsoring the First Baby Derby.
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Gaston County
Lowell
Melba Jean Chapman
William Herford Chapman
McAdenville
J. W. Reid
Chapman
Gastonia
Melba Jean Chagman
William H. Chapman
J. W. Beta
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N.C. Assembly
Su Ht
P. M. Childress
Childress
Donald Smith
Plymouth
al Billy Smith
South Willow Forest
Jackie Craig
Jack Bailey
Mt. Holly
Marine
Gaston County Public Library
PW. Stockade
Warren Rogers JR
Russia
Soviet Union
Gazette Index
Sunty
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