Hospital administrator Seeks to Preserve Family Atmosphere
Perry I. Jones, 30, leads City Memorial Hospital in Thomasville as it plans an 87 to 150 bed expansion. He emphasizes the small hospital’s personal approach, staff relationships, and community ties while guiding a major building program and recruiting more physicians. Jones’s background includes Duke University study, Northwestern Hospital Admin, and leadership roles at Cone Memorial and Watts Hospital. He values readiness, local trustees, and a balanced growth path to maintain high care.
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Thomasville
Perry T. Jones
City Memorial Hospital
City Memorial
Jones
Watts Hospital
Durham
Chicago
Fort Bragg Military Hospital
Duke
Duke Hospital
North Carolina
California
Atlanta
Silver Springs
Washington
Glencoe
Ill
High Point
Greensboro
West Lake Drive
Holly
Joyce Sutton
Greenville
N.C
Palacio del Rio Hilton A 20 Story People Box Hotel
In San Antonio near the Alamo and Hemis Fair a new 20 story Palacio del Rio Hilton rises as a radical hotel built from 496 monolithic room boxes. Boxes are assembled off site and hoisted into place, cutting construction time in half.
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San Antonio
Texas
Alamo
America
Palacio del Rio Hilton
Habitat 67
Cerna and Garza
Feigenspan and Pinnell
Palacio
Weyl
Letters To The Editor on Draft Objectors and Federal Spending
Hartzler criticizes coverage of conscientious objectors to the Vietnam draft and notes unreported actions by objectors and critics of Selective Service. The second letter urges adherence to fundamental laws of God and Nature, condemns federal spending and egghead theories, and calls for fiscal restraint and ending porkbarrel spending. It also urges aggressive action against Vietnam and a responsible domestic policy.
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Afso Exec
Associated Press
Dick Barnes
Enterprise
Selective Service
Canada
Department of Justice
Wilton E. Hartzler
Washington
D. C
North Carolina
United States
Congress
South Vietnam
Davidson County Man Tied Up By Family Prank
A Davidson County man awoke near Thomasville to shouts of help and found himself bound with coat hanger wire in his yard after an evening of drinking. His wife and two daughters allegedly tied and gagged him with a girdle before leaving. he freed himself after hours and was treated at a hospital. The deputy noted no arrest was made as the man sobered, and he remained on good terms with his wife.
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Texas
Thomasville
Davidson County
Dialogue urged as High Point eyes model cities bid
Sunday Accent reports optimism that High Point will be chosen for a second generation model cities program. The city aims to file by April 15 and expects a mid summer decision, highlighting last year’s lessons, neighborhood needs around Fairview Street School, and citizen participation as key to success.
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High Point
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Merle Patterson
Atlanta
Patterson
Fairview Street
Police
High Point Mental Health Trip Highlights Need For Help
A High Point Mental Health Association outing to John Umstead Hospital in Butner showcased facilities for treating mental illness and spurred plans for a May membership drive. The piece notes ongoing needs in care and praises those providing services. It also recalls DIY Valentine kits from earlier eras and reports U S motor vehicle production for mid February 1968, totaling 181 097 units with 145 616 cars and 35 481 trucks and buses.
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High Point Mental Health Assn
John Umstead Hospital
Butner
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Perry I. Jones
By Bob Burchette
Northwestern University
Lewis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital
Cone Memorial Hospital
Cone Memorial
Jerry Parrish
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
H. B. Zachry
Davidson
Betty Harvey
By Robert Marks
By Braxton Younts
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