Ray Bottoms profile shows steady rise in Western Electric ranks
Ray Bottoms, high pointer of the week, progressed from Cen tral High School to High Point College, then worked with his uncle in well drilling before joining Western Electric in Winston Salem. He moved through auditing, cost accounting, and accounting methods, becoming supervisor of a cost accounting unit by 1956. Active in Oakview Methodist Church, he met Betty Smith there and they married in 1948 and have two sons, Mark and Timothy. The Bottoms family lives on Hillside Drive and he has held multiple roles in Lions Club and local PTA as well.
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Central High
High Point College
J. H. Bottoms
Western Electric
Winston-Salem
Bottoms
Oakview
Southmont
Oakview Elementary
Miss Smith
Mark
Northeast Junior High
Timothy
Hillside Drive
Lions Club
High Point
Archdale-Trinity
Union Hill
Editor's Outlook: Immigration Policy Under McCarran Act
An unsigned editorial argues the Johnson administration seeks to liberalize immigration, replacing preferences for British Isles and northern Europe with a broader and looser quota. It claims the plan would divert unused quotas to a new pool and admit more from Latin America, China, and other regions, while criticizing potential loopholes and racial frames.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
United States
Johnson
British Isles
Europe
Radia
Letter Worries on School Bond Issue and Southeast Asia
Letters discuss a November 2 bond vote to improve schools across the western county. The editor argues the Chinese Communist threat remains the main driver of regional instability and that the Soviet Union will not curb Chinese expansion in Asia, urging a strong stance in Viet Nam.
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Middle East
Southeast Asia
Asia
Viet Nam
Peking
Cambodia
Siam
United States
Indonesia
Ottein
North
Soviet Union
Speaker ban debate at UNC stirs deep concerns
The two day state commission hearing on the speaker ban law sharpens the issue as critics warn of thought control in state universities. American Legion witnesses urge strong action despite potential faculty resignations and loss of accreditation.
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Robert Morgan
Lillington
American Legion
Morgan
Legion
Dudley Robbins
Law
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Clarence Stone
Rockingham
Senate
Spraying Bugs With Zest Critics Speed and Signals Plan
The article urges slowing the bug spraying truck to posted limits as it speeds through city streets and creates smoke that blocks vision for up to ten seconds. It questions the program’s effectiveness and suggests blinking traffic lights at night to improve safety. It also notes a visit with Police Chief J D Bulla and discusses plans to rebuild Highway 109 through Randolph and into Montgomery County.
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N. C
Rarndolph
Montgomery County
Roaming the Piedmont Bugs And Bees Of Summer
A fireman recalls extinguishing a lawn mower fire when fuel spilled and ignited. Damp sawdust smothered the flames, the mower ran on, and the boy's quick action saved the machine. The piece also recounts a hamburger steak order, a Hawaiian soldier warned by a sergeant, and a fish lesson in a mess hall.
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Ray Bottoms
Oath Department
New York
Latin America
The
New York Times
Bond
Progressive Labor Club
Henry FE. Royall
Thomasville
J. D. Bulla
Asheboro
Bulla
Sancee
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