Dillard Taylor named Outstanding Handicapped Worker of the Year
Dillard C. Taylor, confined to a wheelchair and with limited use of one arm after polio, is honored as Outstanding Handicapped Worker of the Year. The award recognizes his return to active work at Alderman's Studios as a color laboratory coordinator, his cheerful spirit, and the support of his wife Myrtle and employer. He recovered from polio after 1956, resumed work in 1958, and now handles extensive printing quality control duties, often viewing up to 3,000 prints daily, proving his dedication and impact on morale.
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Dillard C. Taylor
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Alderman’s Studios, Inc
Myrtle
Alderman’s
Dillard Taylor
G. C. Taylor
Mt. Airy
Beulah High School
Surry County
Appalachian State Teachers College
Myrtle Dawson
High Point
Employment Security Commission
Aldermans
High Point Memorial Hospital
Guilford Polio Hospital
Warm Springs
Cluff
Ideals Are Such A Nuisance In Fulbright Talk
A reader cites Senator Fulbright criticizing Puritan intolerance and urging practical projects over ideology. The letter critiques his stance on free speech, misfortune conspiracy ideas, and calls for limited trust building between East and West. It links his Vietnam references to the broader debate on conciliation and accommodation.
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the Enterprise
J. William Fulbright
John Hopkins University
Gordon Brown
Associated Press
Fulbright
Viet Nam
The Right To Quit In Rail Service Debate
In editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones argues against stricter abandonment rules for passenger trains and critiques Sen Hartke’s proposal to shift burdens to railroads. He notes rising railworker wages, mounting losses, and union pressure for government ownership, while warning labor rights could erode if private management falters.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Vance Hartke
Intestate Commerce Commission
Sen Hartke
Railway Labor Executives Assn
RLEA
George Leighty
Pride and Patience Garden Club salutes High Point
A bulletin board at the High Point Public Library bears a message from the Pride and Patience Garden Club of Archdale Trinity. The note praises Main Street facelift Magic Block library addition and the furniture industry’s growth, calling High Point the southern bedroom.
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Southern Exposure
Pride and Patience Garden Club
Archdale-Trinity
High Point
Main Street
Archdale
Trinity
Robert Spencer JR
Civil rights leader remarks and banking ties cited
Ray Wilkins comments on helicopter metaphor and movement while Be 6 promises three weeks to unveil roof off plans. Rep Wright Patman notes federal stance on shaping international ties and bank connections with major lenders.
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Hodlum
Wright Patman
D-Tex
House Banking Committee
Education aid bill and civil rights act reshape schools nationwide
The Senate approved a 1.3 billion education aid bill awaiting Johnson’s signature, aimed at poverty areas with spin-off benefits for private and parochial students. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 pressure pushes integration of faculties and districts, with many boards moving toward county-wide systems.
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Supreme Court
Senate
Johnson
Congress
North Carolina
South
Thomasville Notes on Sheriff Office Busts and Local Council
The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office reports activity at Office No 7 in Thomasville with arrests tied to a Hollis Hepler home robbery on Kennedy Road and thefts from Craft Upholstery Co at Kaney Road and Jacob Street Extension. City Council held a private meeting last week followed by a public announcement, with talk of May 4 elections and party system reform. Lions Club on East Main Street observed needing a paint job.
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Guilford County
North Carolina
Charles F. Carroll
Raleigh
Thomasville
Davidson County
Guilford Street
Grand Central Station
Davidson County Sheriff's Department
Hollis
Kaney Road
Jacob Street
Roaming the Piedmont columns of odd notes
A collection of brief amusing items from a local paper. A grandmother recalls a child’s hello to Jesus en route to Sunday School. Two grocery shoppers lose nearly all their haul to a thief, learning to lock cars. Office pranksters shorten a dieting string. A Scottish word snog is explained. Hi-Toms baseball color in Finch Field renovations. City Hall fire station visit and two builders seen working upside down on an unknown project.
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Chair City
City Hall
Lindsay Loftin
Cedric Clinard
Lindsay
Cedric
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