J B Gibson Public Relations Leader Seeks Clear Insurance Message
J B Gibson of High Point heads the Public Relations Committee for North Carolina independent agents. He urges a statewide speaker bureau to explain auto insurance concerns amid 1971 legislative sessions in Raleigh and public confusion about insurer profits. Gibson has chaired the group’s PR efforts and joined the industry in 1956 after earlier fire service.
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Robert Marks
Independent Insurance Agents of
North Carolina
High Point
North Carolina General Assembly
Raleigh
J. B. Gibson
Jones and Peacock
Gibson
General Assembly
Independent Insurance Agents
State Association
High Point Fire
Local business leader Gibson honored for insurance service
Gibson grew up in High Point and rose from secretary to president of Jones and Peacock by 1969. A Lions Club president and community volunteer, he received the Louis M. Connor Memorial Trophy in 1965 and chairs the Montlieu Avenue United Methodist Church administrative board. He and Mary Jones have two sons and live on Coventry Road.
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Winston-Salem
Gibson
High Point
J. B. Gibson
FE. Green Drive
Central High School
American Bakeries
National Guard
Korea
Claude Canady
Bryce Business College
Jones Business Collge
Fire Department
Textile Insurance Co
Jones and Peacock Agency
High Point Lions Club
Elks Club
High Point Insurance Exchange
Lake Waccamaw
Montlieu Avenue United Methodist Church
Louis M. Connor
State Association
North Carolina
Mary Jones
Clark
Christopher
Coventry Rd
Not-Now Generation Drives Towboat Tale Toward Tulsa Port
An editor's note on the Arkansas-Verdigris waterway salute to the Not-Now Generation notes the long path from planning to progress. It honors those who toiled for decades without seeing rewards, contrasts with a rush-for-now mindset, and cites historical figures from L'Enfant to Pasteur to illustrate patient, enduring merit and delayed dividends.
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Tulsa
Bob Kerr
Mississippi
Oklahoma
Newt Graham
David Terry
Arkansas
America
Liberal shift looms in 1971 House dynamics
Washington reports that the 1971 72 House will be one of the most liberal in the century with a Democratic majority outside the South. The change could affect housing welfare health education civil rights labor and poverty policy and reshapes leadership under Carl Albert while challenging seniority based committee chairs such as John McMillan.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Nixon
U.S. House
Senate
Ite House
White House
Michael Rappeport
Statistical Services
Opinion Research Corp
Princeton
N.J
America
South
Old Confederacy
House
Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
Carl Albert
John McCormack
Capitol Hill
South Carolina
John McMillan
District of Columbia
McMillan
Toward A New Perspective on North Carolina Politics
The 1971 North Carolina General Assembly opens in Raleigh amid debates on finances taxes reapportionment and higher education. Editorial notes shifting focus to people environment health and welfare as essential measures of progress, with emphasis on clean air water and livable communities.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
Raleigh
Charlotte Observer
Bob Scott
Observer
Scott
Roaming the Piedmont and the Weather Logic
A column reminiscences bad weather around New Year and a misdirected child’s prayer about snow. The piece moves to Denton and its population, teasing Jabber Lanier, then laments school bus congestion on Kennedy Hill and shoulder turn-offs to ease traffic while praising the state’s safety record.
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Kennedy Hill
Parking constraints push regional airport toward multilevel plans
The Greensboro High Point Airport Authority plans a new terminal expansion by 1975 with multilevel parking and an internal transport system. A distant 300 space lot plus a potential second level aim to reduce walking and crowding while linking Greensboro High Point and Winston-Salem through rapid transit and regional development.
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Greensboro-High Point
Roger Sekadlo
Airport Authority
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
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Roger Bacon
Bacon
Louis Pasteur
Saint-Cloud
the Capital
By Robert Marks
Gov. Scott
By Braxton Younts
Jesus
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Jim Hawkins
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