Profile of Judge Bob Cecil Seeks Merit Appointment System
Carl Wilson Utley profiles newly elected District Judge Bob Cecil, who favors a merit based appointment followed by election on record. Cecil argues elections deter top lawyers, notes the need for knowledge and fairness, and reflects on the transition from private practice to the bench. He cites past campaigns, family support, and aims to reduce appeals while handling high caseloads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Wilson
Utley
Bob Cecil
Devil
Cecil
Owell
Lexington
High Point
Wake Forest Law School
Haworth, Riggs, Kuhn and Haworth
Joseph John
Greensboro
John
Guilford County
Information Bureau Grinds Out Material
North Carolina state officials continue releasing public information on diverse topics. Highlights include 6,000 sex lure traps planned statewide, bank resources totaling 5.27 billion as of June 30, 1976, and annual conference outcomes for superintendents and principals in Asheville with coastal interest for next year. Gov Holshouser chaired meetings, awards were handed out, and various state purchases and budget figures were noted along with highway contracts and labor statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Norlitt
Raleigh
Carolina
Agriculture and Forestry
North Carolina
Commissioner of Banks
North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction
Kansas City
Department of Human Resources
State Board of Transportation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Passing Of Classics Illustrated Is No Loss
An editor laments the end of Classics Illustrated and warns that simplified comics and TV erode reading, language, and critical thinking. He cites Sam Goldwyn, Albert Kanter, and Dr. A Bartlett Giamatti to argue that look-say reading, radio drama, and television reduce imagination, vocabulary, and reasoning, threatening democratic thought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
Guild Books
New York City
America
Sam Goldwyn
Albert Kanter
Three Musketeers
Mark Twain
Dickens
Robert Louis Stevenson
David Copperfield
Hudson High Boys
Jack Armstrong
Jack
Captain Marvel
A. Bartlett Giamatti
Yale
National Observer
Senator Soaper in Poll Shows Behind Proclaims a Mumbled People
A satirical piece notes Senator Soaper and Congressman Sludgepump reacting to a survey showing him trailing slightly. It lampoons political vanity and the urge to unseat incumbents while seeking loopholes and safe keys, with a quip about a veteran candidate of many talk shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sludgepump
Davidson County Divided Over Proposed Hospital Tax District
Lexington Memorial Hospital plans a new 7 million dollar, 100 bed district to back a bond issue. District residents would cosign bonds repaid by operating revenue. non district residents would not be taxed if revenues fall short. Boone Township opposes, noting Salisbury services. District includes Lexington Boone Cotton Grove Silver Valley Tyre Yadkin College Reedy Creek Hampton Conrad Hill. Arcadia and northern areas rely on Winston-Salem Salisbury High Point for services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Speaks
Lexington
Davidson County
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Davidson
Boone Township
Salisbury
Arcadia
Winston-Salem
Rowan County
Thomasville
High Point
Asheboro
Boone
Cotton Grove
Silver Valley
Tyre
Yadkin College
Reedy Creek
Hampton
Conrad Hill
Roaming the Piedmont On College Move In Day Ordeal
Fatherly reflection on moving a son or daughter into college, sharing packing chaos and the need for advance room location, with humorous anecdotes about heavy loads, wrong buildings, and the infamous one-pair-of-pants vacation souvenir as a memento of poor packing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior
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Faye
Robert Jr
Zachary
High Point Lions Club
Forest Hills Presbyterian Church
Robert L, Cecil
Information Bureau
State Dept. of Administration
Giamatti
Tarzan
Jane
Senator Soaper
Congress
Howard Coble
Kathy
Myrtle
WEA
Aney
Washington
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