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...sufficient funds. But in England, geography, perhaps because of its long association with maritime and colonial enterprises, has always occupied a respected place in scholarship. In addition to geography chairs in the major universities, there is the Hakluyt Society, which publishes the narratives of famous explorers and adventurers. Raleigh A. Skelton has been secretary of the Society for sixteen years; and to support his infectious belief in the romance of maps he might quote the Society motto...
Based on the recommendations of Raleigh A. Skelton, curator of maps of the British Museum, the University may also include space for a rejuvenated map program. Skelton, a visiting lecturer at the University this fall, has been making a study of Widener's map collection...
...critical. "Make no mistake about it," wrote Scripps-How-ard's Richard Starnes, "Teddy Kennedy has mortgaged his brother's Administration." Asked Inez Robb: "Don't you think that Teddy is one Kennedy too many?" On primary day, Editor Jonathan Daniels of the strongly pro-Kennedy Raleigh News and Observer wrote: "Whatever happens in Massachusetts today, the implications of Ted Kennedy's campaign will not help the President, the Democratic Party, or the country." When the ballots were counted, the New York Times was moved to rare emotion: "This victory for Edward Kennedy is demeaning...
...down your neck. We don't have to worry about a thing. We turn in our check, and that settles everything." Charles Barham, 23, convicted of breaking and entering, makes $50 a week as a cook at a cafe across from the North Carolina State College campus in Raleigh...
...just another day. The girls coming in - that's the most tempting part, but I'll be out in February." Bobby Medley, 18, convicted of forcible trespassing, performed so well on the job at the Beacon Motel and Restaurant outside Raleigh that he was hired when he was paroled last week. Said Motel Owner G. G. Frazier: "I'm going to use more prisoners in the future. They're harder workers and better than those that come in off the street for a job." So far as is known, no prisoner has ever committed a crime...