Portrait of Davidson County Deputy Ronald Cecil
Ronald J. Cecil, deputy lieutenant in Davidson County, discusses break ins and gang activity observed in the county. Born on a farm, Cecil grew up in the area and runs a 60 acre tobacco farm near High Point while serving in law enforcement since 1966. He cites ongoing gang investigations and departmental stability under Sheriff Fred Sink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VEN Carver Enterprise
Thomasville
Davidson County
Ronald J. Cecil
High Rock
Lake
Sheriff's Department
Cecil
Ronald Cecil
Stamey
Florence Cecil
Maxime Payne
Ronald Jr
Judy Murphy
Texas
High Point
Institute of Government
Chapel Hill
Davidson County Community College
Sheriff’s Department
Fred Sink
Sink
Deputy Sheriff Cecil Embraces Routine Despite Hard Work
A Davidson County deputy sheriff discusses a demanding routine serving warrants and testifying in court. He notes cooperation with other agencies, reserves traffic policing for the Highway Patrol, and works varied hours with no overtime pay, yet says he enjoys being a deputy and plans to stay.
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Cecil
Davidson County
Sheriff's Department
Highway Patrol
Kremlin Can't Relax In Free Enterprise Contrast
An editor's notebook contrasts Russia's monopoly economy with free markets. It critiques Aeroflot's poor domestic service, censorship, and propaganda while noting Khrushchev era statues removed and the pressurized state system. It cites Uzbekistan’s postquake rebuild and citizen volunteers amid a strong, controlled regime.
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Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Russia
Aeroflot
Josef Stalin
Yuri Gagarin
Khrushchev
George Orwell
Ferghana
Ukrainian Republic
Moscow
Nixon Connally ticket to win in 1972 explored
Capital observers debate Nixon selecting Democrat Connally as running mate. Connally’s past as LBJ protege and Texas governor, his voice recalls Lyndon Johnson, and the plan pairs with a new White House economic policy with Agnew sidelined. The idea prompts GOP optimism amid wage controls and West Coast port strikes.
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John Connally
Washington
Texas
Connally
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Washington Star
New York Times
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ
White House
John F. Kennedy
Navy
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Red China
Cost of Living Council
Aflcio
George Meany
Hawaii
Mainnd
Sunday Accent on Busing and School Integration
The piece argues that busing to achieve integrated schools is a chance to improve education. It notes parents resist but children adapt, urging focus on classroom quality and equal standards across schools rather than protests. It frames integration as essential to building a stronger, unified public school system.
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Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Forsyth County
High Point
Wandering Scouts and Weather Tales From The Piedmont
Milford Beverly reports on First Presbyterian scouts journeying into the Minnesota Canada border wilderness with Dr. Kirk Allen and Jim McGee. They endured wind driven rain and cold nights, practiced canoeing, and learned from voyageurs history while preserving lakes and forests.
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First Presbyterian
Wesley McGee
Greg Scott
Scott
McGee
New Computer System Eases Workload at Thomasville Job Office
Davidson Dateline Thomasville North Carolina the local Employment Security Commission office adopts a coded computer based system that sends individual data to Raleigh replacing manual monthly tallies. Manager W R Eddinger notes the tedious record keeping is eliminated though data volume remains. the state prints out category reports while local staff purge active files via Social Security number coded lists.
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Thomasville
North Carolina Employment Security Commission
Raleigh
Eddinger
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Kremlin
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Irkutsk
the Capital
America
By Robert Marks
Supreme Court
By Braxton Younts
Kirk Allen
Him
Jim McGee
Voyageurs
Milford Bverly
Troop
Japan
Kennedy Hill
Abbotts Creek
Davidson
Ven Carver
Enterprise
W. R. Eddinger
State Office
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