Mrs Lida Tucker Morgan Retires After 41 Years in Auto Trade
Mrs Lida Tucker Morgan retires after 41 years in auto sales including 32 with English Motor Co in High Point now Crescent Ford Inc George Purvis of Fayetteville bought the business The Albemarle native remains a Ford car enthusiast and continues to drive them She held roles as secretary vice president and treasurer during her time with English Motor Co She and her husband Charlie J Morgan have one daughter Martha Sunda and two granddaughters Susan and Kay They plan to travel and enjoy their Virginia mountain home and grandchildren in retirement
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Lida Tucker Morgan
English Motor Co
High Point
Morgan
George Purvis
Fayetteville
Crescent Ford Inc
Ford
Mrs. Morgan
Albemarle
Jacob H. Tucker
Old
Chair City
Home Motor Co
Thomasville Motor Co
Bill Thompson Inc
Morgans
John
Martha) Sunda
Susan
Kay
Trinity
Trinity Memorial United Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Sunset Garden Club
River voyage reveals Amazon basin future prospects
An editor explores the aerial journey from Bogota to Belem along the Amazon and its tributaries, noting Amazonia’s vast drainage, immense discharge, and potential for growth. He observes Manaus as a once-booming port, Belem as a growing hub, and weighing fertilizers and deforestation risks while predicting the 21st century may belong to the Amazon.
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Tapajos
Para
Toncantins
Belem
Amazon Basin
Atlantic
Louis Agassiz
trans-Missouri
Canada
South Africa
Amazon
Census Redistricting in 1970 Shapes 1972 Elections
Analysis explains how the 1970 census affects House seat allocations and electoral votes for 1972 and 1976. It notes California gains six seats and six electoral votes, Arizona Florida Connecticut New Jersey and Texas gain votes, while Ohio Illinois Iowa North Dakota Oklahoma Wisconsin Pennsylvania Michigan New York West Virginia lose. It also highlights the role of state legislatures in redistricting ahead of 1972.
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U. S
House of Representatives
Senate
House
California
Birch Bayh
Census Bureau
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George Wallace
Nixon
Wallace
U. S. House
Arizona
Florida
Connecticut
New Jersey
Texas
Humphrey
Ohio
Illinois
Iowa
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Michigan
New York
West Virginia
Apros
Easy Rider film review at Towne Theatre explodes in moral drift
The Towne Theatre audience sees Easy Rider as a fable of America’s drift toward corrosion and hate. The road story follows Captain America and Billy eastward to New Orleans where they face death and a nation divided. The critic notes beauty in the visuals yet questions the notion that America used to be better and whether the duo’s efforts amount to a lost dream.
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Towne Theatre
New Orleans
America
Captain America
Billy
West
George
Mexico
Peter Fonda
Dennis Hopper
Lassos Kovacs
Child Protester Stalls Closet Cleanup in Davidson Household
A rainy day scene in Thomasville details a six year old girl who resists discarding items from a cluttered closet. Father and mother negotiate as the child waives away removing toys and papers to the basement, finally allowing the work to continue amid continued wailing.
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Thomasville
Roaming the Piedmont Mail Delays and Local Anecdotes
A reader recalls mail misrouting to an old address at Duke Hospital and notes good service. The column recounts a local fire incident involving a dog box heated by an electric light and a quip about smoking dogs. It ends with a weather question comparing tornadoes hurricanes and cyclones.
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North Carolina Memorial
Chapel Hill
Duke Hospital
Duke
Sixth Street
Thomasville
M. R. Harris
John
Men In Blue
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Mrs
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Winston- Salem
Ford Farm Machinery
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Brazil
Bogota
Villavicencio
Southland
Orinoco
Amazonas
Colombia
Peru
Leticia
Navy
Nile
Rome
Mississippi
Iquitos
Manaus
Andes
Matto Grosso
Tefe
Rio Negro
Ponta Negra
Santarem
South America
Tropics
the Capital
By Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Davidson
Pride
By Braxton Younts
Uncle Sam
Weather Bureau
North Atlantic
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