High Point merchant leader Leo Palmer Jr honored as man of the year
Leo Palmer Jr received the High Point Merchants Association man of the year award for 1965. Palmer, executive VP and Credit Bureau manager, has guided growth since 1960, expanding programs and boosting services. He notes membership and activities spread citywide and highlights the bureau’s 57,000 credit reports in 1965. Palmer, a Tennessee native, is married to Hazel Rhody and enjoys fishing.
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Thon
The
Merchants Assn
Palmer
High Point Association
High Point
Credit Bureau
Guilford County
Merchants Assn. Board of Directors
Ried Out
Credit Bureau of
Tennessee
Pinecroft
Greensboro
Pine
Greensboro Daily News
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Knight Publishing Co
Marathon Keyholder
Knight
Marathon
Fla
Florida Keys
Topsail Beach
Key West
Hazel Rhody
The Editors View on School Honesty and Proctors
An editorial condemns cheating in schools and colleges as educators shift from honor systems to strict proctoring. It argues honesty underpins credit systems and a strong economy, warning that removing pressure harms moral reflexes and that testing methods must balance integrity with practicality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Wiliam P. Hoffman
Cleveland
Shaker Heights
Lakewood
Poverty Program Disputed By Labor Crusade
Washington battles over the $1 million Citizens Crusade Against Poverty led by Walter Reuther and supported by national groups. A Mississippi Head Start grant audit sparked controversy as 48 preschool children were taken to Washington for a tour amid accusations and tense exchanges at the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Organized Labor
Labor
New Citizens Crusade
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
White House
Sargent Shriver
Citizens Crusade
Shriver
Office of Economic
Dick Boone
Citizens Crusade Washington
OEFO
Mississippi
OBO
Ihek
Mort Holmes Junior College
Child Development Group
Crusade
Oko
Mount Beulah
Miss
Gouds
Capreol
Unsolved Problems Highlight Race Relations In High Point
The High Point Human Relations Commission seeks enlargement and broadened scope amid ongoing race relations concerns nationwide. A conference at the American Academy examined the status of Negro Americans, noting stagnant progress for the lower class and urging action in housing education incentives and unity. Mayor Stout formed a committee to study the commission’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of the American Academy
Daedalus
Journal
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
America
Carson Stout
Beauty Queen crowned in Thomasville at 1966 Heart event
The Heart Association crowned Pretty Jeane as the 1966 Heart Queen in Thomasville with Heart leaders Hubert M. Leonard and Dalford Jeane assisting. City Council set to meet tomorrow to discuss three rezonings and sewer bids for annexed areas. A prior water event at High Rock is noted and police critique of traffic at a Fisher Ferry Street collision is included.
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Citians
Thomasville
Jeane
Heart Assn
Hubert M. Leonard
Dalford
City Hall
Fisher Ferry Street
Psychology at Home and Scout Eagle Reunion
A note on home psychology prompts a father to hide a report card. Milford Byerly hosts 21 Eagles Club members for a steak supper and recollections, recalling first Eaglet in 1950 and four new Eagles this September. Wade Johnson notes progress of fat stock steers in Davidson County as High Rock Lake overflows prompting water skiers.
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Byerly's
Papas
FFA
Wade Johnson
Davidson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leo Palmer Jr
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Steff Prato
Art Richardson
Caesar
U.S
Richard Whately
High Point Human Relations Commission
Guilford Technical Institute
T. R. McRae
Robert
Beauty
Heart
N.C. Heart Research
High Rock
High Rock Area
Milford Byerly
Mem
Bers
Eagles Club
High Rock Lake
Braxton
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