Personality Profile Willis H Brock
Willis H Brock, production manager at The Schoonbeck Co., reflects on retirement set for next May with reluctance. A High Point fixture since 1925, he rose from spring man to supervisor and now directs the local plant. He champions quality and plans a summer Alaska trip to visit his son in Anchorage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Marks
Willis H. Brock
Schoonbeck Co
Brock
Point
North Carolina
High Point
Hartwell
W. C. Edwards
Tomlinson
Fogler Furniture Co
Winston - Salem
Clyde Pearson Inc
Schoonbeck
Grand Rapids, Mich
Ward Street
Jack Campbell
North Carolina Schoonbeck
Campbell
Alaska
Anchorage
Staggering Iron Horse and Americas Rail Decline
An editor notes railroads suffer from aging systems and mismanagement. He argues union rules tax policies and ICC delays hinder necessary reforms. Penn Central losses and potential government takeover loom as private railroading faces overhaul or subsidy.
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America
Trains Magazine
Michael E. Joseph
Brotherhood
New Jersey
Morristown
Lackawanna
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nixon Push to Run as Global Peace Statesman in 1972
President Nixon signals a 1972 run centered on global diplomacy. He plans extensive travel to Azores Bermuda Washington and California meetings with Pompidou Heath Trudeau Sato Brandt and others, aiming for Peking and Moscow by spring while presenting a peace platform for voters.
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Washington
Nixon
Azores
Georges Pompidou
Bermuda
Edward Heath
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
California
Eisako Sato
Peking
Moscow
Canada
Latin America
The
Pacific
Middle East
Congress
Vietnam
Israel
Pentagon
Treasury
John B. Connally
John N. Mitchell
Spiro T. Agnew
People’s Republic of China
White House
Is Armstrong Park the right site for High Point center
In High Point Armstrong Park residents press concerns over a proposed 15000 square foot multipurpose recreation center. Council quickly opposed placing the center in the park after debate, while noting the need to study site suitability and potential alternatives.
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Armstrong Park
High Point
Leonard Street
Recreation Department
Council
Recreation Commission
Armstrong
Oakview
Guil-Rand Fire Dept Gets New Rescue Truck
Guil-Rand Fire Dept Chief Clyde Wilkerson announced the department has placed a new rescue squad truck in service and expects a second new piece, a tanker, in early April. The van type rescue vehicle carries saws ropes jacks and hooks and replaces the old truck sold.
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Guil-Rand Fire Dept
Clyde Wilkerson
Thomasville planning board sticks to long term zoning
The Thomasville planning board and zoning commission, praised by public works director Joe Mitchell, rejected a request to rezone a single neighborhood for two apartment buildings. They argued it would create de facto spot zoning and urged handling larger tracts through the City Council.
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Thomasville
Joe Mitchell
Planning Board and Zoning Commission
John Roughton
Roughton
Planning Commission
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First Baptist Church
Delta
Putnam Ave
Gary
Air Force
Rock Island
ICC
Pensylvania
New York Central
Penn Central
New York
William H. Moore
Indiana
Ohio
Evermore
By J. F. Ter Horst
Yale
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Key Biscayne, Fla
Guil-Rand
Neal Austin
Albert W. Hardy
N. C. State University
Tidewater
Davidson
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