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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hodges with an urge for public service. He took war leave to head the Office of Price Administration's textile division, spent two postwar hitches (1948, 1950-51) supervising U.S. aid in Germany. In 1952, urged by a business friend, he surprised Tarheel politicians by jumping in, almost unknown, to win the Lieutenant Governor's race. He held office only two years before the Supreme Court handed down its desegregation decision, and soon after, Incumbent Governor William B. Umstead died of a heart attack. Suddenly the tenant farmer's son stood amidst the biggest crisis since Appomattox...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTH CAROLINA: The South's New Leader | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...well the lightweight crews can maintain a sprint is one unknown factor, for they fortunately have not needed one in their previous contests. They may well require a good sprint this time as Coolidge remarked that he is "not expecting an easy race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150's Meet Strong Indian Crew, MIT in Biglin Cup Race Here | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Philadelphia Group Seeks M.T.A. Yards | 4/28/1959 | See Source »

Emboldened by the new pact with the U.S., Iran's government radio and press sassed Moscow back with a bravado unknown in earlier days. To charges that Iranian oil is being exploited by outsiders, Radio Teheran tartly urged Moscow: "Liberate the enslaved Rumanian workers from the claws of Soviet soldiers and hand back the oil to the Rumanian nation. Moscow thinks Iran is a second Rumania, where people have but one freedom-that of dying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAN: The Big Noise | 4/27/1959 | See Source »

...strong freshman baseball team, led by captain Bill Morse, will try for its second win this afternoon when it faces Holy Cross here at 3 p.m. The Purple Knights, an unknown quantity at this stage in the season, have always managed to put a powerful team on the field, and Crimson pitcher Al Yarbro should not have an easy afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Strong Yardling Nine To Meet Holy Cross, Seeks Second Victory | 4/21/1959 | See Source »

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