Bill Green of High Point Leads United Appeal Division
Enterprise profile of Bill Green a High Point native and Acme Sample Books executive who chairs the metropolitan division of the High Point United Appeal. He outlines a $518,083 goal to support 28 community service agencies in 1972 and emphasizes collective local support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Bill Green
High Point
Acme Sample Books Inc
High Point Jaycees
High Point Fair Assn
Jaycees
Furnitureland Rotary Club
Salvation Army
Green
High Point United Appeal
United Appeal
E. L. Green
Jaycee
Rotary
Holiday Inn
W. Green Drive
Judy Moore
Pam
Marianne
Edgedale
First United Methodist Church
Wonder of The Dump and the Adventure Playground Idea
An essayist extols adventure playgrounds begun in Copenhagen and spread to Britain and beyond. He recalls childhood experiences among dumps in Madison and Tulsa, praising junk-filled play spaces where children improvise engineering feats, while warning civilization can rebuild from ruins after catastrophe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Britain
Sweden
Italy
Brooklyn
Lady Allen of
Hurtwood
Louvre
Nixon weighs Agnew as 1972 running mate in private polling
The article reports President Nixon, via White House aide Herb Klein, conducting private polls on Spiro Agnew as a 1972 running mate. Klein briefed GOP officials in Denver and Manchester, New Hampshire, triggering nationwide coverage while Ziegler declined comment. The piece notes Agnew’s controversy and the Democratic shift ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carpenter
Washington — Seldon
White House
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Herb Klein
San Diego
Klein
Washington
Denver
Republican National Committee
GOP
Agnew
National Committee
Manchester
N.H
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
Palace
Spain
A Homecoming Tour of Marion After Change and Growth
The writer returns to Marion on the Blue Ridge, noting new McDowell Senior High School and updated town infrastructure. Budget, taxes, and zoning shifts are described as merchants worry over parking and a new landfill. Neighbors maintain quiet evening rituals despite growth and out-migration, with a night storm shaping the return home.
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Blue Ridge
Marion
McDowell County
Asheville
Main Street
Nebo
Old Fort
Glenwood
North Cove
Pleasant Gardens
McDowell Senior High
Mount Ida
Moonlit bivouac and street vegetation concerns
A veteran recalls a moonlit army bivouac in swampy land with water and stones, making a makeshift bed from foliage to sleep high and dry. He also notes overgrown street vegetation hindering drivers and laments a colleague, Joe Bowers, leaving the Thomasville police force. He anticipates football’s hot stove league and lively season chatter at the coffee table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Joe Bowers
Thomasville
Hege Reflects on Limited Roles in North Carolina House
Davidson County Republican Rep. Joe Hege, once minority whip, laments committee placements and lost chances on key panels like Appropriations and Redistricting. Hege cites friction with Democrats, recounts his strategy caucus, opposition to ABC liberalization, and local bills passing while broader reforms stalled.
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Lexington
North Carolina
Joe Hege
Hege
Davidson
House
Appropriations Committee
Library, Election Law
Finance
ABC
Thomasville
Eugene Snyder
State Abc Board
Dry
Davidson County
Board of Regents
Geneval Assembly
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Schirra Place
Sonny Hedgecock
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Madison
Wis
Lake Monona
Williamson Street
Williamson Street Gang
Tulsa
Katy
Katy Tracks
the Capital
Thomas Wolfe
Morpheus
Men In Blue
Joe
Ven Carver
Enterprise
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