High Point Jaycees pick James F. Morgan as president
James F. Morgan will be installed April 29 as the new president of the High Point Jaycees, following his father J. W. Morgan who led the group in 1953 54. Morgan is an attorney in his father's firm, with a focus on criminal law, and serves in community and political roles including campaign manager for Jim Hunt in this election year.
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
James F. Morgan
Morgan
High Point Jaycees
J. W. Morgan
Jaycees
Young Morgan
Morgan, Byerly, Post and Herring
D. P. Whitley Jr
High Point
Bar Association
W. Kerr
Nat Greene Youth Development Inc
Ann Tinsley
Lea Evans
Jeff
Cantering Rd
Gas crisis prompts debate on use and future of natural gas
Editor notes describe suit by Mon santo and Texas Gulf Sulphur against United Gas Pipeline over failed gas deliveries. The piece traces a national gas crunch, rising imports, and the shift to electricity, coal, and oil, weighing industrial versus residential use and future reserves.
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Monsanto Co
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
United Gas Pipeline Co
Gulf Coast
Newcastle
America
West Texas
Frederick T. Wail
American Chemical Society
George Weber
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Federal Power Commission
Death by Own Action Rates Fall in Northern Ireland Conflict
The British Medical Journal report by Dr. H A Lyons shows a drop in depressive illness and death by own action among combatants during 1969 70, especially in lower socioeconomic groups near upheaval. Upper class Belfast saw increased depression. A 50 drop in death by own action occurred in 1970 versus 1964 69.
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John Wykert
Alliance
New York
Northern Ireland
H. A. Lyons
Purdysburn Hospital
Belfast
British Medical Journal
Lyons
Dr. Lyons
County Down
England
The Superstar Hullabaloo in Lexington
In Lexington 1972 controversy erupts over Jesus Christ Superstar. Fundamentalist churches protest use of Lexington Middle School for two performances moving to Lexington Municipal Club. Editor attacks musical as sacrilegious and possibly unconstitutional sparking letters and further editorials.
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Lexington Area
Ministerial Association
Lexington Middle School
Lexington Municipal Club
Seventh District race in North Carolina focuses on Lennon successor
Southeast North Carolina voters in the Seventh District seek a new congressman as Lennon retires. Candidates Rose Berry and McGeachy campaign in Fayetteville Wilmington and Robeson County with differing styles. drug issues and school tensions figure prominently. Voters remain undecided with no clear frontrunner emerging.
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Fayetteville
South Carolina
Taylor
Bowles
Wilbur Hobby
Alton Lennon
Lennon
Charles Rose III
Doran Berry
Hector McGeachy
Robeson County
Fort Bragg
Fire in a Cyclone Blamed on Sawdust Dust Collector
A misread fire report in Thomasville described a blaze in a cyclone a sawdust collecting system part. The conflagration was quickly extinguished after a sprinkler head activated, with damage deemed slight and the cause traced to wet sawdust removal. Ballot talk hints at May 6 primary contests and party loyalty. Posy Gorman jokes about a heel spur causing her inconvenience.
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Posy Gorman
Action Line
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Guilford College
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Cumberland
Contiguous
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Canada
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Richard Fox
Fox
Chad Varah
Wales
Samaritans
Davidson
Hullabaloo
Lexington
Ven Carver
By Robert Marks
Pinehurst
Aberdeen
Rose
Superior Court
Berry
Cumberland County
McGeachy
State Senate
Congress
By Braxton Younts
Thomasville
April
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