Word: salem
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...miles away within two days. One typical leader is a Madrid-educated lawyer known only as Sadek, who has stumped the region, whipping up the tribesmen with fiery speeches from balcony and rooftop. The chief of the Riffs' "central region'' is 33-year-old Mohammed Salem A'Mezzian, who claims he sent the King a list of 18 demands but never got a reply. Of all his demands, he regards as the most important the return of Abd el Krim. "If the other 17 points are accepted and that one ignored," he warns, "we will...
...Nixon has said more unkind things about the Democrats than any other politician. MRS. J. W. BOWMAN Winston Salem...
...Sunday mornings and no sherry under twenty-one, is already resisting. In a sharp letter to the liquor barons, the Massachusetts Beverage Control deplored the use of the "pictures and/or name of St. Nicholas--also called Santa Claus" in its advertising. Here, at least, the spirit that warmed Salem is not yet extinguished...
...While it trimmed state revenues by $2,000,000 the first year, it also brought in new companies. The day the tax bill passed, Allied-Kennecott Titanium Corp. announced a new $40 million, soo-man plant for Wilmington. Fortnight later R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. (Camel, Winston, Salem) announced a $35 million, 1,800-man plant at Winston-Salem...
...school integration may well be hastened by industrial integration. In Winston-Salem, Western Electric has hired Negro machinists. In Charlotte, Douglas Aircraft employs Negro engineers and draftsmen. In Greensboro, where Burlington Industries (textiles) recently took on a Negro chemist, a survey of 402 firms showed that 53 intend to hire strictly on the basis of merit, regardless of race; another 114 said they will hire on merit alone for some jobs. For the Deep South this represents progress. Said one industrialist: "No, I do not have an integrated plant. But check me in a year-the answer may be different...