McPherson Urges High Point Growth and Intercity Cooperation
Holt McPherson, editor of The Enterprise, told the Junior Chamber of Commerce that 1962 laid groundwork for High Point’s All American City nomination and urged sustained development including urban renewal and a single telephone exchange serving nearby Thomasville and Kernersville amid talks of civic expansion. He voiced hope for a spring municipal election and stressed avoiding petty politics to back forward growth and regional cooperation among Golden Triangle communities.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Holt McPherson
The
Enterprise
New York
Adams Millis
Allied Ch
Allis-Chal
AM Can Co
Enka
Am Motors
Am Tel & Tel
Am Teb
T&sf
Newal
Atl Coast Line
Atl Refining
Avco Co
Abalt & O
Bendix Corp
Beth Stl
N. Main
Boeing Air
Coca-Cola
Columbia G&e
Thomasville
Curtiss
Douglas Aire
Dow Chem
Duke
DuPont den
Firestone
Ford Motor
Gen Foods
Goodrich BE
Goodyear T&r
Greyhound
Gulf Oil Corp
Int Paper
Kayser-Roth
Liggett & Myers
Lockh Air
Lorillard P
Martin Marietta
McLean Trk
Monsanto
Montg Ward
Motorola
Nat Biscuit
Nat Dairy Pd
NY Central
North West
Avia
Pacific
Penney J C
Pennsy RR
Phillips Pett
Pittsburgh
Radio Corp
Rep Srl
Reynolds Tob
Sears Roebuck
Seu Railway
Sperry Corp
Std Brands
Std Oil
Calif
Std Oil NJ
Stevens JP
Texaco Inc
Textron Inc
Union Bag
UN Carbide
Union Pac
United Airlines
United Aircr
United Fruit
US Rubber
US Steel
Va-Caro Chem
el & Pow
Va. P&p
Western Md
West Union
Westing Fl
Winn-Dixie
Woolworth
Zenith Rad
Open House Planned By Pattons
President and Mrs. Wendell M. Patton will host an informal open house for High Point College alumni and friends at 821 W. College Dr tomorrow from 2 30 to 4 30 p m as part of Homecoming Day activities. Co hosts and hostesses include officers of the High Point Chapter Alumni Association Mr and Mrs Bob Parrish Mr and Mrs J L Pittard Mr and Mrs Bruce Surratt and Mr and Mrs Duffy Paul with dining room assistants Mrs Lee Sherrill Mrs Clay Madison Mrs Clarence Ilderton Mrs Porter Hauser and Mrs P E Lindley about 200 guests expected including a group formerly associated with the college.
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Wendell M. Patton
High Point College
W. College
High Point
Alumni Association
Bob Parrish
J. L. Pittard
Bruce Surratt
Duffy Paul
Lee Sherrill
Clay Madison
Clarence Ilderton
Porter Hauser
P. E. Lindley
Education plan advances NC college funding and expansion
The governor’s commission proposes 2 million for a statewide TV education program and library acquisitions, 2 million to upgrade Charlotte Wilmington and Asheville colleges to four year status, and 1 million to begin a system of comprehensive community colleges. The plan notes a modest start with 14 areas as likely junior college sites.
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North Carolina
Charlotte
Wilmington
Asheville
Commission On
State education budget seeks 380 million for two years
The plan calls for 90 million for higher education including 7 million to raise faculty salaries, plus 2 million to upgrade Charlotte, Wilmington and Asheville colleges to four year status. Mental health and prison needs drive health spending up by 11.5 million. payrolls could rise by 5,962 over the biennium.
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Charlotte
Wilmington
Asheville
Bert Bennett
Budget Commission
Welfare Department Seeks Temporary Custody of Wandering Boy
Cherokee County Welfare Department will seek a court order to take temporary custody of a 3 year old found wandering on Interstate 85. The boy, who answers only to Bobby, may be the missing child from Camp Lejeune cases. His guardian Mrs Annabelle Lovette claimed the boy wandered off while they were at a tavern and that a carnival worker had given him last June. Burlington police have issued a warrant for Lovette on auto larceny charges after he allegedly drove away in a used car posted for Feb 5 and failed to return.
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Gaffney
S.C
Cherokee County Welfare Department
Rose Faulkner
Annabelle Lovette
Bobby
Martinsville
Clarence
Betty Cole
Burlington
N.C
Lovette
Graham
Deer conqueror plans more hunts after nine year stretch
Charles C. Everitt of Girard Kansas has bagged a deer in the Sheridan area for nine consecutive years. At 86 he says he will return for several more years to continue the streak in Wyoming.
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Sheridan
Wyo
Charles C. Everitt
Girard
Kan
Everitt
State colleges seek 69 million as budgets cut from 138.7
The Advisory Budget Commission trims requests to 69 million for state supported colleges and universities. Consolidated UNC system would receive 19.2 million, with 21 million for 14 other colleges. Ports Authority to get 4.6 million capital funds plus 1.3 million federal share. Additional campus allocations listed for East Carolina, Agricultural and Technical College, Western Carolina, and others.
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Consolidated University
UNC
Chapel Hill
North Carolina State College
Raleigh
Woman's College
Greensboro
Archives and History Department
State Library
Advisory Budget Commission
Ports Authority
Budget Commission
Capitol Square
East Carolina
Agricultural and Technical College
Western Carolina College
Jmore Community College
College of the Albemarle
Charlote College
Mecklenburg College
Wilmington College
Dedication Attendees Include Eisenhower Era VOA Leader
Powerful B. Allen, USIA director under Eisenhower who oversaw VOA facility construction attended. Other lawmakers present were North Carolina Democrats Harold Cooley L H Fountain Ralph Scott and Bassil Whitener plus Rep Glen Lipscomb R Cal Rep Frank T Bow R Ohio and Rep Elford Cedersburg R Mich members of the House Appropriations Committee. Mobridge South Dakota hosts the grave of Sitting Bull, famed Sioux chief.
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B. Allen
USIA
Eisenhower
VOA
North Carolina
Harold Cooley
L. H. Fountain
Ralph Scott
Bassil Whitener
Glen Lipsicomb
Calif
Frank T.bow
Ohio
Elford Cedersburg
Mich
House
Man From Spartanburg Sentenced to Death in Child Murder
Marion F. Crawford, 26, of Spartanburg, S C, was sentenced to death by Judge Walter Johnston Jr. in Winston-Salem for the November 18 murder of an eight year old girl. The jury did not recommend mercy. execution is set for April 5 in the Raleigh gas chamber. Authorities say rape occurred but he was tried only on murder. Crawford had escaped a South Carolina chain gang last July and arrived in Winston-Salem weeks earlier.
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Winston-Salem
Walter Johnston Jr
Marion F. Crawford
Spartanburg
S.C
Johnston
Raleigh
Crawford
South Carolina
Girl Dragged By Bus In Athol Mass Injures Slightly
Seven year old Pamela Coffin was dragged for more than a half mile while clinging to a school bus bumper before releasing on a straight road near the Athol Orange line. A scalp laceration required one stitch.
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Pamela Coffin
Orange
Mass
Athol, Mass
Roy G. Blackmer
Ius
Pamela
Athol
Athol-Orange
Richard J. Fountain
Fountain
Bernal G. Coffin
Memorial Hospital
Northeast Faces Severe Cold Wave Blanketing Regions
A strong arctic outbreak covers the northeast with New York City at 2 below zero and temperatures plunging to -28 in New Hampshire and -27 in the Adirondacks. Readings stretch from -14 in Albany to -22 in Canton and -18 in Oneonta, with highs near 10 and frigid nights ahead.
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Associated Press
New York City
Canada
Laurentian Uplands
New England
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Mt. Washington
N.H
Owls Head
Adirondacks
Albany
Binghamton
N.Y
Reading
Boston
Hartford
Conn
Newark
N.J
Providence
Canton
Oneonta
Massena
Syracuse
Buffalo
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American Stock Exchange
U.S
Pattons
Chase Manhattan
Philadelphia Electric
Chase
G. M
Ting
Mr. Shulsky
Sam Shulsky
Dow Jones
Bache & Co
Welfare Dept
Investors Guide
M. D. Keith
Optometrist
Hayden Place
College St
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Mrecord
Bill C, Lilly
Carolina Finance Co., Inc
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Mobridge, S.D
Sitting Bull
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Sydney J. Harris
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Dick Jones
Green Street
N. C
Billy Graham
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