Hall Printing Co marks 50 years in High Point
W B Hall Jr of Hall Printing Co reflects on High Point's youth as the firm, opened 1920 as Barber-Hall Printing, reaches its 50 year member status. He recalls early days, the move to 135 S Hamilton St, and modern color printing. He is a Navy Air Force veteran, Carnegie Institute educated, active in Wesley Memorial UMC and Rotary. He and wife Mary Ann reside at 603 Sherbrook with three children.
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Hall Printing Co
W. B. Hall Jr
High Point
Hall
Hall Printing
Barber-Hall Printing Co
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E. Commerce
A. E. Tate
High Point College
Air Force
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Mary Ann
Sherbrook
Atrocities In Focus Editor's Notebook
An editor argues that reporting wartime atrocities is essential to openness, yet cautions against fostering antiwar reflexes. He notes self censorship in democracies, reviews World War II and Vietnam era coverage, and warns against a generation paralyzed by moral panic while urging focus on accountability.
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Britain
United States
Sherman
U.S. Air Corps
Germany
oIs
America
Davish TV
U. S
Southeast Asia
Hanoi
Russia
Mediterranean
Pavlov
Connally Not Interested In Nixon 1972 Running Mate
Washington coverage notes John Connally, Texas governor and financier, will likely avoid a presidential running mate role. The piece highlights his desire to exit politics for business prestige, his conservative leanings, and his appeal as a strong campaign persuader with star power on TV.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
John Connally
Texas
Nixon
Connally
Democratic Party
Lyndon B. Johnson Texas
Johnson
Congress
Dixie
Humphrey
Chicago
LBJ
Hubert H. Humphrey
Defense
Cyrus Vance
Jules Witcover
Richard Nixon
Christmas and its curious echoes through history
The piece surveys Christmas origins from the Nativity tale to Cromwellian bans in England and Massachusetts and notes customs like mistletoe. It traces St Nicholas from bishop to patron of diverse groups and places Christmas as a human experience of weariness, longing, joy, and hope.
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Britain
Elizabeth I
Sainta Claus
St. Nicholas the Wonder Worker
Myra
Turkey
St. Nicholas
Apostles of
Jesus
New World
Russia
Greece
Naples
Liege
Lucerne
No Till Farming Cuts Mud in Guilford County Fields
Guilford County Soil and Water Conservation District promotes minimum tillage or no tiling to reduce mud runoff and protect waterways. In 1970, 40 Guilford farms adopted the practice, growing corn soybeans and sorghum with noticeable cost savings and cleaner streams. More than 1,400 North Carolina farms planted over 55,000 acres, while advocates predict a bright future statewide.
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Soil Conservation Service
Guilford County
Soil and Water Conservation District
Usda Soil Conservation Service
SCS
North Carolina
Tar Heel
Connally's Treasury Pick Fueled by Nixon 1972 Strategy
Nixon aides and Texas Republicans cite Connally's cabinet appointment as boosting re election prospects in 1972. They point to Texas electoral weight and Connallys cross party appeal as leverage with Dixie voters and oilmen. Nixon hailed his bipartisan stance while insiders see it as a political win for the White House.
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Washington
John B. Connally
Nixon
Treasury Department
Capitol Hill
Connally
Texas
Johnson
Witcover
South
Southwest
Dixie
Treasury
White House
Senate
House
Sen
John Tower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allan Shivers
Eisenhower
Shivers
Robert B. Anderson
Office of Budget and Management
Executive Branch
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Bill Sullivan
Central Savings
Efect
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TER Horst
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