Branch Rickey Remembered as Baseball’s Great Innovator
The editorial lauds Branch Rickey as a pioneering executive who broke the color line by signing Jackie Robinson in 1946 and created the farm system that transformed baseball into a major business. It notes his memorable speeches and calls him the Mahatma of Montague Street.
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Branch Rickey
Rickey
Jackie Robinson
Ucla Athletic
Army
Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals
Mahatma
Montague Street
Jack Burris
Youngaomicine & O Akanee
Wally Ralston
Arthur Horton
Total Insurance
Burris
Stuck No More The Star Urges Education as Path to Opportunity
The Shelby Daily Star argues a Great Society prerequisite is ambition and education. It cites programs like Guilford Technical Institute Jamestown and High Point Evening School plus other training facilities to lift residents from unfulfilling jobs. The piece urges motivation to seize available specialized study and gainful employment opportunities.
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Shelby Daily Star
Appalachia
Guilford Technical Institute
Jamestown
High Point College
Salvation Army in Christmas Duty and General Booth’s Legacy
A Sunday sermon lauds William Booth and the Salvation Army as a global force serving the needy without weapons. It recalls Booth and Catherine, Bramwell, Eva Booth, and the family’s decades of mercy in slums and wars, with Christmas magnified by acts of charity and rescue.
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Salvation Army
William Booth
Globe
Earth
Yuletide
East Side
London
Empire
William
Catherine
Bramwell
London East Side
Booth
General Booth
Vachel Lindsay
America
United States
Evangeline Booth
Jesus
Eva Booth
Booths
Cea
Preshy D. A. Rawley Editorial Roles
The text lists the positions of D. A. Rawley as President and Mrs. Charles Howard Lockwood as Secretary-Treasurer along with roles for neeer Editor Managing Editor Advertising Director and Circulation Manager.
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D. A. Rawley
Charles Howard Lockwood
Neeer
Seven-country student symposium weighs global views on Vietnam
A day with college students from six nations covered opinions on Viet Nam and U S policy. The Japanese student urged withdrawal while Germans praised U S aid but doubted reunification, and Danes noted aging institutions. Ecuadorians promoted a student movement for understanding with private funding and close ties to the U S.
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Japan
England
Denmark
Germany
Ecuador
South Africa
Viet Nam
Robert Kennedy
South America
Drew Pearson on Travel and Space Race Views
The column cites President Johnson’s advice to spend travel dollars at home and recounts a travel ordeal in Paris with hotel mix ups. It notes American tourist decline and argues the US leads in certain space efforts after orbiting more satellites than the Soviet Union, while the Russians carry heavier sputniks.
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Washington
Johnson
Lyndon
Paris
Meurice
Air France
Parson
Lyndon Johnson
America
United States
Soviet Union
Community fund drive links HPC to local business leaders
High Point College is shaping a long term investment plan with local business leaders. Finance Chair Elliott Wood aims for annually investing one percent of pre tax profits in the college, aligning corporate growth with community advancement amid ongoing fund raising.
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Finance Committee
Elliott S. Wood
High Point College
Wood
Charles E. Ha
W. R. Henderson
HPC
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North Korea
China
East Germany
Berlin
Drew Pearson
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Rome
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Ood
de Lane
Buddy Deal
Thomasville Fiber Company
High Point Manatees
Fair Exchange
Thomasville
Drake
William D. Lemons
Bill Lemons
Arthur Ellison
Fred Guerin
Ellison
R. H. Sechrest
Lexington Avenue
Elmer Schlotz
Denver
High Point
Missoula
Mont
Colorado Junction
Max Cooke
Johnny Evans
Montheu School
Los Angeles
Dallas
Young Evans
J. A. Evans
Carolina Avenue
Charlotte
Baltimore
Miami
Johnny
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Berry's
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