Luther R Medlin Profile Highlights Long career in education and church service
Luther R Medlin, a High Point native, built a life in education and church work. He served as teacher, principal, and organizer of a special school for crippled children at Gastonia, rose to international roles in Christian Endeavor and Civitan, and will become president of Guilford Technical Institute near Jamestown after 24 years as a Greensboro principal.
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Jim Hawkins
Luther R. Medlin
High Point
High Point College
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Civitan Club
Medlin
Henderson
West Market Street Methodist Church
Greensboro
Guilford
GTI
Samuel Jackson Medlin
Cornelia Everheart Medlin
Davidson County
Emma Blair
High Point High School
Belmont
South
Gastonia
The Sweet City on We Yahoos in New York’s Shadow
An editor’s notebook argues New York City may have passed its prime due to commuter trains, the telephone, and rising human costs. The piece surveys flight of the middle class, tax pressures, and Lindsay's bids for subsidies and a courtesy campaign, contrasting past charm with present cynicism and crowding.
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America
New York City
Police Gazette
New York
Boffo
Palace
Yonkers
Oyster Bay
York City
Chamber of Commerce
Syracuse
Sioux City
Salt Lake City
Perth Amboy
Darien
Connecticut
Westchester
Lavo York
Memphis
Bronx
Tulsa
Wall Street
New Hampshire
John V. Lindsay
Bob Moses
Coshocton
O. Henry
O. O. McIntyre
Gotham
Central Park
Grand Central Station
Capitol security gaps and calls for tough upgrades
Washington security critics warn the Capitol lacks adequate protection despite recent improvements. The piece notes 140 officers on duty with 60 on call, riot gear, and patrols, and recounts historic breaches and calls to seal off areas. It also covers funding fights over canal and water projects tied to Senator Ellender and Rep Kirwan.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
U. S. Capitol
House
Senate
Harlem
Capitol
White House
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Pentagon
Omar Burleson
D Tex
House Administration Committee
Congress
Hopalong Cassidy
Washington Police
Martin Dies
D- Tex
Clarence Brown
Dohio
Dies
Senate Appropriations Committee
Mike Kirwan
Readers
House Appropriations Committee
Kirwan
Ohio
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Mike
Grand River
Allen Ellender
D - la
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Ellender
Rights and limits on questioning elected Davidson officials
Davidson County citizens may question their representatives on issues like the county hospital vote. County attorney Sim DeLapp says officials are not subject to cross examination, prompting questions about citizens’ rights to ask public officials and conduct at meetings in a civil manner. A Thomasville man notes meat prices won’t rise as high as in the past, joking about the cow jumping over the moon.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Jack Evans
Commissioners
Wilmer Mizell
Evans
Mizell
DeLapp
Davidson
Thomasville
A Sense of Loss for a Long-Lost Neighborhood Friend
A narrator recalls childhood days near a corner where a warehouse stood and a boy from a small house with his grandmother shared games and summers. They grew apart as life moved on, and the narrator now feels a lingering sense of loss and wonders what became of the boy.
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North
Africa
Solomons
Electronic Learning Center transforms Oklahoma Christian College
Spotlight on education chronicles Oklahoma Christian College's Electronic Learning Center a dial access system for 900 students with individual booths earphone taped lectures and a control room of 46 playback machines. The system aims to improve teacher student contact save time and boost study hours while expanding library usage and study at one’s own pace. Braxton Younts vacation note mentions Roaming the Piedmont column resuming Aug. 20.
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North American Newspaper Alliance
Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma Christian College
Oklahoma College
James C. Baird
Oklahoma Christian Col
Baird
United States Office of Education
Braxton Younts
Piedmont
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North Carolina Orthopedic Hospital
Luther
Art Richardson
the Capitol Beat
By Bob Burchette
Sim DeLapp
Spotlight On Education
Benjamin Fine
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