Recreation leader Ingram guides Thomasville growth and aims higher
Thomasville Parks and Recreation Director Clinton Ingram, in post for 12 years after teaching, oversees a growing department with an assistant director and expanded programs. He cites new tennis courts, improved Carver Park, a renovated pool and stadium relighting as key achievements. He notes higher participation across ages and genders and urges more indoor facilities and land for parks to meet rising needs.
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Clinton Ingram
Thomasville
Parks and Recreation Dept
Richfield
Thomasville Senior
Ingram
Recreation Dept
Main Street
Carver Park
Memorial Stadium
Civic Center
Lucy
Dad
Western Carolina University
Feud Among FBI Finalists Shapes Carter's Director Fight
Inside Washington sources detail a power struggle among FBI finalists for the director post. Neil Welch and John Mintz clash with insiders over the White House selection, amid bureau politics, past Hoover influence, and concerns about reform.
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Washington
Nba
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carter
FBI
Bureau
John A. Mintz
Neil John Welch
Philadelphia
Welch
Mintz
White House
Irving S. Shapiro
Mary C. Lawton
Justice Department
Clarence M. Kelley
J. Edgar Hoover
John J. Irwin Jr
Massachusetts Supreme Court
John K. van de Kamp
Los Angeles County
Harrington A. Wood Jr
U.S. Court of Appeals
7Th Circuit
Chicago
William Lucas
Wayne County
Mid
Detroit
Irwin
van de Kamp
Wood
Lucas
Cointelpro
Davidson Dateline Crawford Faces Fire Injury With Day By Day Hope
In Thomasville a veteran firefighter Capt. Crawford survived a deadly practice burn at a derelict building near Fair Grove Elementary. He suffered third degree burns, spent 12 weeks in Baptist Hospital, and now faces many more surgeries while choosing to take each day as it comes. His eight year old son Kevin visits, and Crawford remains determined to regain movement and continue his carpentry work with Cranford and Ball Construction.
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Thomasville
Fair Grove
Douglas Crawford
Capt. Crawford
Crawford
Baptist Hospital
Cranford and Ball Construction Company
Cranford
Kevin
Social technology and the price of progress
A discussion on social technology argues that benefits from 20th century innovations bring traffic, noise, additives, and job changes. It calls for planning to reduce side effects, protect privacy, and avoid depersonalization in health care, while addressing peace energy and food through societal choices and equitable burden sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bugliarello
Editor's Outlook Smothered by Our Friendly Keepers
A wartime style ramble on overregulation names a Tulsa frog jumping contest case as example. Jones argues bureaucracies grow by design, crowding out personal freedoms and simple joys. He laments laws becoming mere rules and urges voters to resist expansive regulation.
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Kansas
Barefoot Boy
Fens
Ugh
Slopingskull
Mecca
Oklahoma
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Davidson County Community College
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
Davidson
Wyoming
Berry’s
Wm Os
Capitol
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Calaveras County
Jim Smiley
Mark Twain
Tulsa
Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
California
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Lake Keystone
Arkansas River
George
U.S
America
Continental Congress
OSHA
EEOC
EPA
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