Profile of Dr. Murphy Osborne Jr of High Point College
Dr. Murphy Osborne Jr. returns to High Point College as Assistant to the President, leading public and alumni relations and athletics to boost student life. He notes changes toward student involvement, set enrollment cap around 1,200, and stronger town college ties highlighted by a campus prayer breakfast. Osborne is a High Point native, married to former student Janice Soloman, with a background in YMCA work and academia.
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High Point
Community College
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Max Cooke
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High Point Ymca
Camp Cheerio
Lambda Chi Alpha
It’s a Straight Talk In A Nation Of Snags
The editor notes a century old sign in Omaha hints at lawless stubbornness and changing morals. He critiques modern bureaucratic reports and urban renewal rhetoric while lamenting polite evasions and slang, recalling Beveridge and Huey Long as contrasts to today’s language and politics.
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Union Pacific Railroad
Omaha
Nebraska
Wyoming
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Huey Long
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B. Griscom
Cam
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Demos Tighten Rules for Democratic National Convention
ERNEST CUNEO reports new rules curtail spontaneous demonstrations at the Miami Beach convention. Candidates face limits of one nominating speech and two seconders totaling 15 minutes, with time penalties for protests. Favorite sons must gather 50 signatures across at least three states. The Platform Committee must finish 14 days before and mail reports 10 days prior. The site will host 17,000 attendees with 25 caucus rooms and 50,000 expected, plus low cost rooms and a Youth Center. Florida officials, led by Gov Reubin Askew, assign law and order within the hall.
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Miami Beach
Donnybrook
Democratic National Committee
University of Miami
National Public Television
Florida
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Reubin Askew
Retired Banker Joseph E. Pogue Dies in Florida
Joseph E. Pogue, 84, longtime Chase Manhattan Bank vice president and petroleum research expert, died at his Lake Wales Florida winter home. Raleigh native and Smithsonian former curator, he led geology and mineralogy work and served as assistant director of the U S Geological Survey. A 1906 UNC Chapel Hill graduate, he earned a 1907 master’s, a 1909 Yale geology PhD, and a 1963 honorary UNC Doctor of Science.
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Fla
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Yale
Public Safety Building windows scrubbed of offensive greeting
In Rochester, New York, six foot letters on Police Commissioner John A. Mastrella’s office windows read Bah Humbug. When asked for permission the commissioner supported it saying Scrooge is part of Christmas but complaints prompted removing the letters in defense of others’ views.
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Rochester
N.Y
Public Safety
John A. Mastrella
Masterlla
Leadership in Nixon Era Casts Doubt on 1971 Policy
The piece critiques President Nixon’s leadership during 1971, noting continued U.S. involvement in Indo China with casualties rising and a paradoxical defused war image. It cites expanded power in the White House, wage and price controls, and a shift from campaign promises to centralized governance amid global summitry.
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India-Pakistan
25th Year Caroling At Dunbars Draws Local Attention
Roaming the Piedmont reports joy as Hayworth Wesleyan Church choir marks the 25th anniversary of caroling at the Aubrey Dunbar residence on Kensington Drive with a Christmas Eve visit. A live nativity stroll at Abbotts Creek Baptist Church continues this season.
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Abbotts Creek
The Liquor Issue in Lexington Examined Morality Debate
Davidson dateline analyzes Lexington NC ABC election themes of morality and hypocrisy. Voters distrusting liquor stores while abstaining reveal tensions between personal habit and community conscience. Wets won last August but election boosters claim irregularities.
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Wets
State Board of Elections
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