Steve Arthur Drives Utility Aware Schedule On N Main Street
High Point motorist sympathies extend to Steve Arthur secretary and High Point branch manager for Thompson Arthur Paving Co He uses a monthly schedule to coordinate relocation of utilities under N Main Street for a state contract with City of High Point and Sam W Smith Inc The plan covers sewer water telephone gas and storm sewer lines with motorist cooperation noted. Arthur, son of founder Ernest S Arthur, heads the High Point office and oversees work alongside Willard Jr and Lawrence Martin in a project with branch offices in Danville South Boston and Martinsville Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
High Point
N. Main Street
Steve Arthur
Arthur
Thompson - Arthur Paving Co
Greensboro
Hedgecock Road
Thompson - Arthur
Piedmont
North Carolina
N. Main
State Highway Commission
Sam W. Smith Inc
City of
Jacksonville
North Carolina State University
Raleigh
Danville
Boston
Martinsville
Virginia
Eehaan Peg
Lynhurst Drive
Bart
Editor's Notebook on Asia says White power myth fades
An analyst recalls how Western powers failed to control Southeast Asia as Asian nations resisted. The piece contrasts early beliefs in Western invincibility with real shifts after 1942, noting Japan's rising power and postwar liberation movements in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaya, and Burma, and questions about American imperialism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thailand
Southeast Asia
Nicholas
Russia
Tapan
Asia
al Nimitz
America
Philippines
Sukarno
Indonesia
Burma
Malaya
Brooke and Kennedy clash as first black senator shows independence
Washington column notes Edward Brooke R Mass, the first elected by popular vote, taking a moderate stance contrasting with Edward Kennedy and Negro extremists. Brooke aims to be a United States senator not a race representative, while shaping Vietnam draft policy and civil rights with pragmatic goals. The piece also surveys changes in rural political influence from 1932 to 1968 and effects of redistricting on farm power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Senate
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Massachusetts
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
United States
Dove
Hawk
Vietnam
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
America
U. S. House Committee
Agriculture Committee
Public education crisis debated over costs and taxes
The Forsyth and Stokes counties voters rejected bond and tax proposals for school funding and teacher pay. In Asheville NC Education Assn. teachers shelved a national boycott resolution amid a split over a 17.5 percent two year pay raise versus 30 percent demand. The piece notes rising college costs and calls for ongoing public educator dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forsyth
Stokes
Asheville
North Carolina Education Assn
North Carolina
Dan Moore
Davidson Lines Drawn in May City Council Race
May 2 election in Thomasville features one candidate for the Third Ward seat, E Burke Bridges, with murmurs of a possible challenger. The piece also notes county tax debates on a school supplement, mentions local official Rob Robertson stepping in at City Hall, and reports possible new shopping centers in Lexington and Thomasville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Third Ward
E. Burke Brdiges
Tien
Charlie Eanes
Lexington
Fire Crowd Delays Archdale Wood Fire Fight 45 Acres
The Archdale woods fire April 1 burned about 45 acres and Wilkerson Guilford fire chief said crews worked 24 hours. Spivey Guilford County forester blamed bystanders for hindering firemen and traffic delays. water and fire breaks were essential as observers crowded the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Wilkerson
John Spivey
Archdale
Wilkerson
Guil Rand
Spivey
Guilford County Forester
Katy
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Ernest S. Arthur
Thompson-Arthur Company
Greensio
Jerry Parrish
Willard Jr
Lawrence Martin
Willard
High Branch
Martin
Oreman
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Singapore
Java
Bataan
Hitler
Wehrmacht
Europe
the Capital
By Robert Marks
United States Office of Education
National Teachers Corps
National Science Foundation
Davidson
Forsyth County
Stokes County
By Bob Burchette
Robert Robertson
City Hall
Odell
Robert
By Braxton Younts
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