High Point Arts Council Head Sees Growth and Purpose
Lorraine Gayle, installed as president of the High Point Arts Council, describes art as a counterbalance to violence and a path to community enrichment. She highlights expanded programs, fundraising goals, education efforts, and plans to broaden access while noting the council’s new fulltime director and foundation for future growth.
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Lorraine Gayle
High Point Arts Council
Gayle
Jim Helgeson
High Point
Arts Council
HPAC
HUD loan plan eyed for Davidson neighborhoods
City Planner Jim Reese pitches a HUD low interest loan program to aid repairs for low and middle income residents, potentially paired with a housing rehabilitation grant. Council skepticism grows over staffing and funding, with concerns about eligibility and impact on local lenders and city finances.
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Thomasville
Jim Reese
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Reese
Shuffier
Tom Burwell
Robert Holladay
Holladay
Eurocommunism and the promise of democratic heart
An editorial discussion by Jones argues that Eurocommunism seeks a democratic path distinct from Soviet regimes. It notes the tension between promised reversibility and the reality of possible future repression once communists gain power, citing analysis by Revel and Aron and tracing history of civil liberties under communist regimes across multiple nations.
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Russia
Free Nations
Italy
France
Africa
Europe
Wall Street Journal
Walter Laqueur
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Jean-Francois Revel
Ivan the Terrible
Communist Party
Torquemada
St. Peters and
St. Pauls
Karl
Weather winds and colors in Piedmont and Carolina notes
Chief Tommy Skeen of Guil-Rand Fire Dept notes a quiet season for field fires amid a dry summer and hopes it lasts. Meteorologist Colwell explains hurricane basics and local risk with possible rain and floods, while a High Point band concert pleases fans. Chevrolet reports color trends for 1977 models with light metallic blue leading.
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Tommy Skeen
Guil-Rand Fire Dept
Tommy
Guil- Rand
Weather Department
Richard A. Colwell Jr
Piedmont
National Weather Service
Colwell
Earth
North Carolina
Weather Service
High Point
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
David Duncan
Betty Bambalis
Chevrolet Motors
Chevrolet
Common Cause Faces Early Struggles and Growth
Washington report on the founding of Common Cause details initial funding from major firms and individuals including Arlen Realty Ford Motor Time Rockefeller and Lazard Freres. The advisory council faded as the group expanded its member base to over 100000 with 1.5 million in annual funds.
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Washington
NEA
Common Cause
John W. Gardner
Arlen Realty and Development Corp
New York
Ford Motor Co
Time, Inc
John D. Rockefeller III
Lazard Freres & Co
Goldman, Sachs & Co
Gardner
Policy Council
Whch
Common Cause Board
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Carol Wilson
Utley Enterprise
United Arts
United Way
Minnesota
Davidson
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Raymond Aron
Ruric the Rus
Novgorod
Stalin
Marx
Gulag
Nicolai Lenin
Lubianka
Martha Angle
Robert Walters
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