Westchester Academy booster John Slane profiles school and public education
John C Slane hosiery mill executive and Westchester Academy board member leads a drive to raise 435000 for the new High Point private day school. He advocates complementing public schools, expanding access, and improving college readiness while stressing inclusion and broad community support.
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John C. Slane
Westchester Academy
High Point
Slane
Slane Hosiery Mills
Pine Tree Lane
Willow Creek Golf Club
Thomasville
Lexington
Westchester
Willis Slane Jr
Tom A. Finch
Woodbury Forest
Duke University
Navy
Hatteras Yacht Co
Van-Mar Holding Co
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Marsha Bumpass
Pleasant Garden
Nobody knows my name in modern child rearing
An editor notes the American preoccupation with child upbringing, the drift between parents and youth, and how recognition, shared experiences, and structured guidance can counter alienation. He argues wise parenting and schooling foster self-worth, while lack of identity hurts youth and can lead to trouble.
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Yellowstone
Kennedy McCarthy clash tests Massachusetts 1968 primary
The Kennedy brothers and Sen. Eugene McCarthy clash over the Massachusetts Democratic primary. McCarthy’s decision to run splits the state party and strains ties with Ted Kennedy while pressuring MPs facing reelection. Bipartisan delegations and deals surface as party leaders fear a Johnson defeat on the first ballot. The situation tightens as a Kennedy home state primary forces public alignment.
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McCarthy
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
D - Mass
Massachusetts
Ted Kennedy
Democratic State Committee
Johnson
LBJ
Kennedy
State Committee
U. S. House
House
Harvard
J. Kenneth Galbraith
Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
John W. McCormack
Chicago
Bob
Brothers
Brown Bagging Tops North Carolina News For 1967
North Carolina editors rank brown bagging as the year’s biggest state news story 1967 with a wide lead. The Asheville Hendersonville plane crash, rioting in Winston-Salem, and ECU university status debates follow in the poll. Carol Sandburg’s death and 1968 election precursors also figure prominently.
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N. C. Assn
Winston-Salem
East Carolina University
Shafer proposes public role in 1968 GOP platform
Pennsylvania Governor Shafer urges nationwide regional meetings in 1968 to draft the Republican platform with input from ordinary citizens and expert witnesses. The plan aims to broaden participation beyond GOP officials, address foreign and domestic issues, and potentially influence the presidential candidate selection. Governors Rockefeller and other leaders support greater intra party influence.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Raymond P. Shafer
Shafer
Palm Beach
Fla
GOP
San Francisco
Cow Palace
Michigan
George Romney
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Texas
The Man In The Front: Scott's Unannounced Run For Governor
Lt. Gov. Robert Scott tours North Carolina as an unofficial candidate to gauge support. He meets voters, attends events, and discusses urban affairs while building a durable political organization ahead of any official bid.
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Robert W
Bob) Scott
John L
Jack) Stickley
Charlotte
J. Melville Broughton Jr
James C. Gardner
Terry Sanford
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Robert Scott
North Carolina
Scott
High Point
Rotary Club
Southern Furniture Exposition
Sheraton
Democratic Party
J. Melvile Broughton Jr
Wilmington Star
Broughton
John Stickley
James Gardner
Gardne
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John ¢. Lane
Robert Marks
Enterprise
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
the Capital
By Leslie Carpenter
Kennedy Brothers
Eugene J. McCarthy
D - Minn
Raleigh
Asheville- Hendersonville
Piedmont Airlines 727
Carl Sandburg
Flat Rock
N. C
Sandburg
Scott, Broughton, Stickley, Gardner, Sanford
Ervin
Ing
Bob Scott
Stickley
Rep. Gardner
Brenda Joyce Holland
Canton
Roanoke Island
Holland
Anson County School Board
Vietnam
Midwest
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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