Dillard Brings Engineer Skills to High Point Council
Jack C. Dillard of High Point was appointed to the city council to fill the unexpired term of Mrs. Rachel Gray. A Penn State trained mechanical engineer and former civilian Air Force staffer, he brings vast construction and utility experience. He plans to sworn in early next year and will focus on informed council judgments and committee assignments.
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Jack C. Dillard
Holton Place
High Point
High Pointer
Rachel Gray
High Point High School
Dillard
U.S. Navy
Unc-Chapel Hill
Navy
Penn State
State College
Mary Sandstrom
Blossburg
Air Force
9Th Air Force
Pope Air Force Base
Fort Bragg
Fayetteville
Dillards
Sumter
S.C
Shaw Air Force Base
High Point Governing Board
Ing
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Baltimore
Tom
Jane Leonard
Santa Claus visit spooks skeptic in late night encounter
In Thomasville a sleeper awakens to a fat man in a red suit claiming to be Santa. The visitor argues with the skeptic about belief and persuades the sheriff’s son Jaybird McCrary that Santa exists, then departs after a promised assurance. The encounter ends with the skeptic blinking and Santa vanishing.
Optimism and irrigation shape Piedmont farming outlook
A Guilford extension agent says farmers face weather risks and market gambles while irrigation and storage capture uncertain yields. He cites a peach grower harmed by excessive ice and notes soil testing and pesticide schools available. forest maps priced at 30 cents begin Jan 1 with distribution across North Carolina offices.
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John
Robert W. Cermak
National Forests
North Carolina
Forest Supervisor's
Asheville
District Ranger
Robbinsville
New Bern
Hot Springs
Marion
Highlands
Pisgah Forest
Burnsville
Murphy
Troy
Franklin
Cermak
How It Was With The Movies At Christmastime Then And Now
A nostalgic compare and critique of Christmas film fare from 1926 to 1951 in a growing Los Angeles, noting top films, evolving ratings, and shifting attitudes toward violence and virtue. The author laments modern cinema’s realism and the decline of traditional heroic storytelling as American culture changes.
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Harry Carey
Carey
Lewis Stone
Doris Kenyon
America
Rome
Brookings Institution Gains Influence With Carter Victory
Washington dispatch notes Brookings Institution, a liberal think tank, increases role with the Carter administration. It traces Brookings history from its 1916 founding to its 1928 merger and explains its close ties to Democratic policy shaping. The piece contrasts Brookings influence with broader public knowledge and hints at changing cultural attitudes and media portrayals.
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Washington
Brookings Institution
Jimmy Carter
Brookings
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Braxton Younts Enterprise
Bob Conner
William F. Freeman and Associates
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Alpha Chi
Appalachian
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Sandy) Dillard
High Point City Schools
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Thomasville
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Little Red Riding Hood
Buddy
Fat Man
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Claus
Paul ‘Jaybird
McCrary
Jaybird
John Carroll
Guilford
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Harold Henderson
Exxon
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Denton
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
The
Los Angeles Times
Tive
Thomas Meighan
Jack Pickford
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Hoot Gibson
Ol’ Hoot
Vera Ralston
Wendell Corey
Barbara Payton
James Craig
Deep South
Rod Cameron
Gunner McNeil
William Holden
Submarine Command
Randolph Scott
James Stewart
Brookings Institute
Carter
Robert J. Wagman
N.A.N.A
Institute For Government Research
Felix Frankfurter
Robert Brookings
Washington University
St. Louis
Institute of Economics
Graduate School of Economics
Frank
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