Benign new captain leads Senior High with calm resolve
Elmo S. Allgood takes command as principal of Thomasville Senior High, bringing a record of school administration and athletic association leadership. He fosters a collaborative setup with assistant principal Mattew Richmond and emphasizes studying program histories. Born in High Point, Allgood served in the Seabees during wartime and has traveled widely.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Senior High
Elmo S. Allgood
Allgood
Eastern Alamance High
Ronal Eing
State High School Athletic Association
North Carolina Assn. of
High Point
Mattew Richmond
Richmond
A&t University
Allgood Becomes Principal at High Point Senior High
Charles Allgood was named principal of High Point Senior High School after a career in education and completion of degrees at High Point College UNC Chapel Hill UNC Greensboro and Duke University. He and his wife will both work locally with their three sons active in school and community programs.
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United States
South Pacific
New Guinea
Okinawa
Philippines
China
Allgood
High Point
High Point College
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
David
Timothy
John
Main Street School
Russia’s East Drift Into Siberia and Cold War Pressure
An editor’s notebook tours Khabarovsk and Siberia detailing a strategic corridor between Moscow and Beijing. The piece notes Russia and China’s ideological rift, military deployments along the Amur, and Kremlin efforts to repopulate Siberia with Russians amid tense geopolitics.
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U.S
New York State
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Siberia
People’s Republic of China
States
Russia
China
John Scott
Time Magazine
Marx
Lenin
Mao
Genghis Khan
Alma Ata
Kremlin
Khabarovsk
New York Mayoral Watch Sees Bess Myerson as Possible Candidate
Washington columnist notes New York’s political buzz around Bess Myerson as a potential Lindsay successor. Rockefeller ally Betty Furness exits the bid amid legislative hurdles, while Myerson’s public image aids and complicates a Democratic path for Linday in 1972. The piece cites voter trends from The Real Majority and questions about suburban influence.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
New York
John Lindsay
Bess Myerson
Atlantic City
Life Magazine
Lindsay
Miss Myerson
New York City
Nelson Rockefeller
Albany
Betty Furness
Rockefeller
Miss Furness
Lyndon Johnson White House
Les Midgley
CBS
Walter Cronkite
University of Colorado
Boulder
U.S
Akron
Ohio
Richard Scammon
Census Bureau
Scammon
Ben Wattenburg
Nixon shifts policy stance sparks doubts on economy
The piece argues President Nixon pivoted from a hands-off approach to bolster confidence in the dollar and economy amid international pressure. It criticizes the move as insufficient to curb inflation and warns domestic tools will falter without broader, enforced measures.
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Nixon
America
United States
Roaming the Piedmont and Everyday Observations
A columnist recounts humorous roaming notes from the Piedmont area. An anecdote describes a couple catching dozens of fish from a lake and sharing the big ones, while others catch little. Bee avoidance, a hat rack shotgun headrest, barefoot nostalgia, and a wish to trade tough feet for tough teeth close the piece.
Thomasville Central Business District study prompts planning debate
Davidson Dateline Thomasville report shows no planning commission opinion on a month old Central Business District rehabilitation study. Chamber executive Haliburton calls it a first step toward coordinated development aligned with market trends.
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Thomasville
Central Business District
Local Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Jim Hailburton
Chamber
Division of Community Planning
State Department of Local Affairs
Robert L. Keber
Keber
Salisbury
Division of
Community Planning
Haliburton
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Ven Carver
Enterprise
Alamance County
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All
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Anchorage
Japan
Hokkaido
Siberian
Irina
Urals
the Capital
Vietnam
By Robert Marks
By Braxton Younts
Tom
Davidson
Hailburton
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