Finance Director Cashwell Leads Guilford County Excellence
Guilford County earns praise for its modern finance reporting and investment program led by Thomas H. Cashwell. County Manager John Witherspoon credits Cashwell with moving from manual to computer based systems boosting daily reporting and investment efficiency. Cashwell, born 1931 in Winston-Salem, rose from accountant to Finance Director in 1970 and studies at UNC. He and wife Betty Whitaker have two daughters and enjoy camping and electronics.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
Guilford County
John Witherspoon
Thomas H. Cashwell
Witherspoon
Cashwell
North Carolina Finance Officers Assn
Hugh Ross
National Association of Counties
Tom
Ross
Army
Finance Corps
France
The
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co
Betty Whitaker
W. Market Street Methodist Church
Looking Back At The Good Old Days In Instructive Outlook
An editor notes the contrast between eras as the new year begins. The piece surveys revolutions and wars from 1777 through 1477 and earlier, contrasting European tyranny and chaos with advances in math and science, while observing how awareness of global ills grows with modern communication.
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George Washington
Brandywine
Germantown
Bleak Valley Forge
John Howard
England
Wales
Germany
Gotthold Lessing
Warren Hastings
India
Titian
Caxton
Davidson County Eyes Land-Use Planning Amid Growth
County leaders push for land-use planning as I-85 and U.S. 52 upgrades, plus a regional sewer plan, attract industry and housing. Proponents warn urban sprawl risks without timely action while critics argue over government authority.
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Davidson
Robert Hedrick
Lexington
Thomasville
Davidson County
Wolfe's Mauve Gloves and Madmen Reframes American Journalism
Tom Wolfe discusses his book Mauve Gloves and Madmen Clutter and Wine, mixing essays, fiction, and ink drawings. He critiques modern journalism, calls TV press largely ineffective, praises investigative reporting, and reflects on his own career from Balzac to Yale PhD to freelance writer.
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New York
Tom Wolfe
Angel
Wolfe
National Enquirer
Vietnam
Manhattan
Balzac
Washington
The
Times
America
Soviet Union
Chile
Solzhenitsyn
United States
Yale
Springfield
Mass
Union
Washington Post
New York Herald-Tribune
World Journal Tribune
New Jersey
Roaming the Piedmont: Cold Weather and Odd Events
A reminiscence blends a cold New Year in Texas with memories of WWII GI longjohns and field nights. The piece then recalls a drifting cardboard box on a Main Street, the yogurt boom since 1954, rising dairy sales and forecasts, and finally a political note on family issues, farming hints, and tax shelters amid TV ads.
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Texas
Reveille
Worthy
N. Main Street
United Dairy Industry Assn
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