High Point Veneer Firm Chief New Historical Society Leader
James P Armstrong Jr, long time High Point businessman and Navy veteran, is elected president of the High Point Historical Society. He aims to finish Haley House restoration and build the High Point museum by the 200th anniversary of Guilford County in 1971. Armstrong, 31, heads Armstrong Veneer and Lumber Co. and lives at 1034 Cantering Rd with wife Glenna and two children.
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Burnsville
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
The Leaning ACLU and Its Selective Outrage
An editor notes the ACLU’s uneven record of cases from opposing Vietnam era censorship to defending Yippie demonstrations. The piece mocks selective outrage, cites audited funding quirks, and invites readers to inspect the organization’s 156 Fifth Avenue offices for a closer look at its activities.
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ACLU
Fifth Ave
Democrats eye OBrien Strauss as new national HQ leaders
Washington reports a behind the scenes plan to install Lawrence F. OBrien as chairman and Texas Democrat Robert Strauss as chief fundraiser to manage the party debt. They have yet to confirm but are seen as likely choices, with Strauss known for Miami Beach fundraising and OBrien for political organizing.
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Lawrence F. O’brien
Texas
Robert Strauss
Miami Beach
Strauss
H. Ross Perot
O’brien
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
John Connally
LBJ
Connally
Davidson County filing pace heads into March deadline
In Davidson County the March 20 filing deadline for political offices approaches as Republicans and Democrats prepare full slates for major posts. The sheriff’s race appears open with incumbent Joe H. Hege Jr. possibly pursuing a state seat, while primaries are unlikely for county commissioners. County actions include land acquisition for a garbage dump and a Welcome area county building to serve fast growing regions.
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Davidson County
Elections Board
Welcome
Welcome- Midway
Arcadia
Model City Impasse Risks High Point Neighborhood Rehab
The dispute between City Council and the Model City Commission over the first year action plan threatens the rehabilitative goals of five neighborhoods. Residents endured a year of planning and meetings and now fear delays will erode trust and hurt the model city effort and future participation.
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City Council
Model City Commission
High Point
Robert Davis
Council
Commission
Water tastes fine despite City Hall renovation in Thomasville
A reader notes the Thomasville City Hall renovation adds cubicles and a dropped ceiling to cut noise. The water fountain was moved to the hall to keep the old taste while construction continues. A con artist incident in a local store ends with a shopper avoiding a scam. The State Fair seeks long established farm families for a Salute to Agriculture display, with nominations due to the North Carolina State Fair.
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Russ Byerly
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