Laughter Ends In United States Says Toynbee History
The piece recounts a 1970 Los Angeles Times claim that laughter vanished from the U S by 1978 with Robert Ketchum the last public laugher. It details a staged protests by crowds, government pressure, and cultural shift toward grim mood and censored humor.
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Washington
United States
Robert Ketchum
America
Johnson
Nixon
Putnam Toynbee
Toynbee
Salem
Mass
Cheer Fund receives new gifts as goal nears
A short list of contributors adds to the Christmas Cheer Fund total reaching 4 316 45 with five weekend checks. Officials hope to hit 7 000 before week end and by Monday mail certificates to families certified as needing help.
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Cheer Fund
Big Bear
Maryfield Advisory Council Sets Next Year Committees
The Maryfield Nursing Home Advisory Council will hold a quarterly meeting at the facility on Greensboro Road starting at 4 p m. Tomorrow the group will appoint committees for the coming year and review a field report on a year-end contributions appeal sent to industries businesses and private citizens in High Point Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
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Maryfield Nursing Home Advisory Council
Greensboro Road
Maryfield
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
City Hall facelift eyed as auditorium and community center
A special study committee won city council approval to explore converting High Point City Hall, a 43 year old building at Commerce and Wrenn, into a 700 seat auditorium and community service hub. Restora tion would focus on seats, HVAC, with costs capped at 200000. The plan would repurpose the remaining space for agencies and groups including United Appeal and arts groups.
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City Council
High Point
Froelich
United Appeal
City Hall Project Delayed by Funds and Plans
The city has funds now but architect plans are unfinished. Council members say construction is two to three years away as the committee reviews routine agenda items.
Escape from Randolph County Jail by Two Prisoners
Deputies seek two escapees identified as Robert Kenneth Fowler of Greensboro and Jackie Norman of Thomasville who shoved a deputy aside and fled from the Randolph County Jail after being held on robbery and breaking charges. They disappeared after exiting the kitchen door on the jail’s main floor while others watched. Authorities traced their escape route across the jail yard, through a parking lot to Cox Street and toward Fayetteville Street. Local contractor E Trogdon reported his car missing, a possible hideout location for the fugitives.
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Ashebord
Randolph County
Lloyd Brown
Robert Kenneth Fowler
Greensboro
Asheboro
Jackie Norman
Thomasville
Brown
Robert Byrd
Byrd
Health Department
Cox Street
Fayetteville Street
E. Trogdon Sr
Trogdon
Pedestrian Killed on 1-85 Near Green Drive
Charles Bundy 82 of West Ray Street died after being struck by a car on 1-85 near West Green Drive. Driver Ronald Stepp 20 said he did not see Bundy. a witness said Bundy walked in the inside lane near the median. The body flew about 120 feet. Bundy, a retired farmer, leaves wife Effie Bundy and three sons. High Point's 20th fatality this year and 8th pedestrian death. three traffic deaths in 11 days.
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Charlie Bundy
W. Ray Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
W. Green Drive
Bundy
Ronald Stepp
Route 1
Stepp
High Point
Effie Boles Bundy
Walnut St
Raymond Bundy
James Bundy
Charlie Grayson Bundy
Waste Disposal Plan Is Viewed By Commission
Guilford County Commissioners weigh a major solid waste facility to replace aging landfills. Planning includes visits to modern disposal methods and potential inclusion in a 1971 bond package that may total up to 40 million dollars for jail and school funding, with 800 thousand for disposal plus water and sewer extensions.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Robert Shaw
Percy Sears
High Point
Guilford
Wisconsin
Black Parents Demand Firing Of Two Jamestown Teachers
A group of Black parents at Jamestown Elementary asks for the dismissal of sixth grade teachers Arvile Von Cannon and Nannie Mae Jackson for alleged racially inspired offenses. The Committee of Concerned Parents delivered grievances to Principal O. B. Jackson, who will respond in writing by December 16 after reviewing the matter.
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Jamestown Elementary
Arvile von Cannon
Nannie Mae Jackson
O. B. Jackson
High Point
Jackson
Frankie Shropshire
Cedrow
von Cannon
Woman in High Point Chase Nabbed After Interstate Run
Wanda McNeil of Ennis Street led a widespread pursuit through High Point, I 85, Davidson and Lexington. Officers from High Point, Thomasville, Lexington and the highway patrol pursued, with two Lexing ton police cars damaged before she surrendered on charges of reckless driving speeding over 100 mph failure to heed blue light and no operator's license.
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Howard Hayes
High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Wanda McNeil
Ennis Street
Davidson County
J. C. Finch
Sherman Road
Green Drive
Finch
Howard Johnson Boulevard
Fifth Avenue
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Art Buchwald
Middle America
Toynbee Points
Ketchum
Adolph Green
Los Angeles Times
P.O
Austin P. Fortney
Bruce H. Carraway
Maureen
Doug Morey
Dake Harris
Council
Harold Johnson
Commerce
Wrenn
Jake Froelich
Dean Rich
Robert Rankin
The
High Point Arts Council
Fire Department
Frolich
High Point Enterprise
Sonny Hedgecock
Byron Haworth
North Carolina
Miss Jackson
Chair City
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