High Point Doctor A B Croom Named Memorial Hospital Chief
Dr. A B Croom, a High Point physician, was named chief of the medical staff at High Point Memorial Hospital for the year. In 1969 he chaired the Chamber of Commerce street and highways committee and in 1970 co chaired the health and safety committee, while pursuing plans for an outpatient clinic with Greensboro doctors and state medical schools.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
High Point Memorial Hospital
Dr. Croom
State Highway Commission
High Point
Health and Safety Committee
Elmore Alexander
First Union National Bank
Ajor
Memorial Hospital
Croom
Rotary Club
Presbyterian Home
Evergreens Inc. Nursing Home
Greensboro
Wardell Hall College
Red Springs
First Presbyterian Church
Maxton
Lynwood Smith
A. B. Croom
Wilmington
Maude Dinwiddie
James Dinwiddie
Peace College
Raleigh
South Carolina
North Carolina State University
Medical College of Virginia
Episocopal Hospital
Philadelphia
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The Minds That Blew The Hippie Flower Children
An editor recalls Haight-Ashbury's shift from peaceful Flower Children to a dangerous drug culture tied to ex cons and crime. He argues hippie philosophy masks selfishness, addiction, and social decay, linking street violence, narcotics, and the Manson era to a broader moral decline.
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Charles Manson
San Francisco
Haight-Ashbury
America
Charlie Manson
California
Tax law wipes retroactive gift credit for presidential papers
Congress changes tax rules to remove retroactive tax credits for gifts of personal papers to libraries. The move endangers presidential libraries including Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon, potentially causing papers to be kept by families rather than donated for public access. Senators Kennedy and La pressed Williams as he defended the change amid a capital gains rethink.
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Washington
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Harvard
Truman
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
John J. Williams
Rdel
House
Williams
Capitol
White House
Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Russell
D-La
Johnson
High Point Looks Ahead to 1970 Goals and Council Actions
The High Point city council began 1970 by addressing carryover 1969 items. Key issues include a certificate of occupancy, a cable television franchise, Ridgecrest annexation pending court action, and formal approval of the Model Cities action plan. Strong plans for parks, golf course development, and road projects aim to boost city growth this year. T. Lynwood Smith’s highway appointments promise major projects to start in 1970.
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T. Lynwood Smith
Highway Commission
High Point
A. High Point
Ridgecrest
Model Cities Commission
Council
Atlanta
Parks and Recreation Department
State Highway Commission
Rumors of Du Pont Plant Surface in Davidson County Area
Reports circulate that Du Pont may locate a major plant along Highway 64 south of Thomasville with land options and water access via East Central Water Assn. Officials and realty firms watch for land deals while county authorities reshuffle staff and anticipate election turnover among commissioners.
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Thomasville
Davidson County
E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co
Highway 64
East Central Water Assn
Fair Grove
Denton
du Pont
Ing
Wilmington
Del
Lexington
Asheboro
Randolph County
Davidson
Randolph
Montgomery
Roaming the Piedmont New Year at First Day Cushions
A reflective fragment describes a damp New Year day in Davidson county with a hunter seeking a license, license sellers closed, and the author recalling forgetful packing trials. It ends with a tale of a cat rescued from a tree by a fire department bucket, then leaping away.
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Thomasville
Davidson Sheriff's Department
Charlie Jones
Charlie
Fire Department
Cat
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the Capital
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Department
Mark Stabler
Bobby Beck
Ross Michael
Stabler
Beck
Joe H. Hege Jr
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