The Joneses and the Maple Street Recession Parable
A 1971 LA Times reprint recalls a Maple Street tale where Harry Putnam rebels against keeping up with the Joneses. The satire links consumer pressure to economic decline as neighbors abandon Joneses, sparking widespread financial caution and a symbolic US recession.
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Washington
Nixon
Harry Putnam
Maple Street
Robert Jones
Putnam
Joneses
Jones
Harry
Putnams
United States
Los Angeles Times
Black Panthers frame-up claim in Winston-Salem shootout
Black Panther spokesman Larry Little accused police of using a meat truck theft to justify a gunfire and tear gas assault on Panther headquarters in Winston-Salem. Police denied staging the incident, saying officers fired only after shots from the building. two occupants were later arrested on meat theft charges.
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Winston-Salem
Black Panther
Panther Party
Larry Little
Vietnam
National Committee
Justise M. Tucker
Tucker
Panther
Weather shifts as warm spell ends with possible Sunday snow
Residents enjoyed a brief warm spell as forecasts from Friend ship regional airport show a chance of snow Sunday. If not snowing, temperatures will dive to teens tonight and remain in the 70s to 80s Sunday with a return to cooler air. At High Point College a couple savored bench time while a boy at Armstrong Park practiced basketball in the sunny spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship
High Point College
Armstrong Park
Art Richardson
High Point Enterprise Briefs Page 2A January 16 1970
Brief items from the High Point Enterprise page two section dated Saturday January 16 1970. Includes short notices and local items typical of a late 1960s Piedmont North Carolina newspaper.
Guilford Officials Plan Waste Grinder Trips and Land Needs
Guilford County officials including Percy Sears plan a multi city tour to study waste grinder units to reduce solid waste volume for landfill use. Sites at High Point and Greensboro and two rural locations are proposed with user charges to finance disposal and power to condemn land if needed. The group will visit Mobile Albuquerque Los Angeles and Dallas to inspect grinders and billing methods. federal aid may cover up to 70 percent.
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Greensboro
Guilford ‘County
High Point
Percy Sears
Sears
General Assembly
Guilford’ County
Los Angeles
Calif
Guilford County
Mobile
Ala
Albuquerque N.M
Dallas
Tex
BE. C. Glass
Night Of Violence Hospitalizes Four
Four persons were admitted to High Point Memorial Hospital Friday night after violent incidents. Lewis and Johnson were shot. Marley was struck with a bottle. Bethea was cut while trying to break up a fight. Other injuries included a gunshot wound to a leg and an attempted theft at the hospital area. Police reported multiple suspects and several arrests for related offenses.
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High Point Memorial Hospital
Carl Joseph McCrackis
Johnny Lewis
Ronnie Fleming
W. Green Drive
Lewis
Walter R. Johnson Jr
van Buren Street
Johnson
Idol Drive
Westchester Drive
James Marley
Clara Cox Apartments
Marley
Gertha Bethea
Robert Henry
S. Elm Street
Elm Street
Glenn’ Morris
Park Street
John Riley Brown
Route 5
Wrenn Street
Sally Coleman
Beaumont Street
Eugene Barber
Richardson Street
William Dillon
Greensboro
Nathan Mitchell
Orville Drive
Curtis Lee Allen
Daniel Brooks
William H. Bryant
Drew Street
Thomas Edward Gardner
Friddle Street
Andrew Mack
38,000 Workers Idle Slowdown Hits Industries in N C
North Carolina saw rising unemployment across major industries in 1970 with declines in hosiery furniture metals and machinery while foods showed improvement. December unemployment reached 2.0 percent for insured workers with total payments approaching 46.4 million for the year, signaling a sluggish economy amid high interest rates and imports affecting textiles.
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Commission
Todd Davis
Davis
North Carolina
Speech Under Fire Triggers Civil Service Probe
Raleigh AP report says North Carolina Highway Commissioner Faircloth faces a potential Hatch Act investigation after a October speech at a Carteret County Democratic Party fundraiser. The News and Observer cites a complaint. the commission confirms its general counsel is reviewing it, though sources remain undisclosed. The Hatch Act restricts activities of federal and federally financed state or local officials.over $180 million of the commission’s $813 million biennial budget comes from federal funds, and Faircloth says he has not yet received official notice.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Highway Commission
Cairman Laiich
Faircloth
Civil Service Commission
Hatch
News and Observer
Washington
Carteret County
Raelight
GOP
Commission
State Highway Commission
Takeloth
Greensboro Eyeing Second Trash Facility Location
Officials propose a second disposal site to relieve the current unit in Greensboro on the eastern edge. The plan suggests placing the new facility on the western side to ease access for residents and businesses in that area.
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Greensboro
Education Reorganization Plan Sought For North Carolina
Gov. Bob Scott orders a special committee to draft a higher education reorganization plan for UNC system and regional universities. The nine member group will meet behind closed doors in Raleigh to propose a centralized board and streamlined funding to present to the 1971 General Assembly.
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Raleigh
Bob Scott
North Carolina
Choral Assembly
Scott
General Assembly
Lindsay Warren Jr
Goldsboro
North’ Carolina
UNC Sysem
State Board of Higher Education
Warren
New Jail Banks Are On Agenda
Greensboro county bids for sale and purchase items including 100 banks for the courthouse jail. Clarence Smith, director of purchasing, says bids also cover two farm tractors, one mower, several trucks, milk services for county institutions, and seating for courtrooms in the new courthouse with sessions set for January 28 and February 9 at 11 a.m.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Clarence Smith
Smith
State Social Services
Clifton Craig
Commissioners Meeting
Growth Problems Targeted by Local Drive
In High Point an effort to form a local chapter of Human Growth Inc targets awareness of growth deficiencies and dwarfism research. The group, a division of the National Pituitary Agency under sponsor National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease, notes recent hormone advances. Rev. Monard Seymour of 408 Evergreen Ave leads the drive after a November area meet in Chapel Hill.
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High Point
Human Growth, Inc. Organization
of Human Growth, Inc
Chapel Hill
Human Growth, Inc
The
National Pituitary Agency
National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Disease
College of American Pathologists
Monard Seymour
Evergreen Ave
Eagle Scout Awards Given to Clarence Ridge Jr and Walter Keater
Clarence M Ridge Jr and Walter James Keater were awarded Eagle Scout on Sunday January 10 Ridge 16 and son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Ridge of 300 Larheel Dr He received the award from Scoutmaster Jerry Cullay of Troop 10 Seetor Ix son of Mr and Mrs Walter J Keater Jr of 100 Pineburr Rd Jamestown is a junior at Ragsdale High School.
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Clarence M, Ridge Jr
Walter James Keater
Ridge
Clarence Ridge
Jerry Cullay
Seetor
Walter J. Keater Jr
Pineburr Rd
Jamestown
Ragsdale High
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Jonses
Jones’ House
Hawaii
Rloaded Jones
Black Panthers
High Point Enterprise
Guilford
N.C
State Employment Security Commission
Wesday
Civil Service
Mittee
Pituitary
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