Mile High Bridge and Toe River recall cold Piedmont days
A reader recalls crossing Mile High Bridge at Grandfather Mountain and the Toe River suspension bridge near Burnsville, noting how cold it gets high in the hills. The piece closes with car tuning tips urging regular tune ups to save fuel and reduce emissions, listing five signs of needed maintenance.
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Grandfather Mountain
Aboiker Suspension Bridge
Toe River
Tennessee
Burnsville
Richard Wood honored for civic service in High Point
High Point residents recognize Richard Fr. Wood of 418 Edgedale Dr for the 1975 Distinguished Service Award from the Jaycees. He holds two Chamber of Commerce honorary life memberships for securing new members while serving as a Carpet sales executive at Geo. T. Wood and Son.
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High Point Jaycees
High Point
Wood
The
Jaycees
Chamber
Geo. T. Wood and Son
Young Wood
Frank Wood
Carpet Sales
Gov. T. Wood
Chamber of Commerce
United Community Services
UCS
Bill Green
Qubern
Fuss
High Point College
Drug Action Council
Furnitureland Rotary Club
National Assn. of
DSA
Editor's Outlook on War Wrecks At Truk And Micronesia
An essay warning of diving tourism to wreck sites in Truk Palau Guam and Saipan. The piece notes ships and bombers wreckage over Micronesia catalogs bone coral souvenirs and hints at war memories surfacing with underwater exploration. It reflects on historical violence and the indifference of later generations.
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Soudhamerica Diving Ventures
Truk
Palau
Guam
Saipan
Noritake China
MI. Fuji
Wirtpom
Micronesia
Marianas
Tom
Pacific
Comfort
Gettysburg
North Carolina Weather Quiet. Earthquakes Unlikely
Sunday Accent assesses North Carolina climate noting mild winters and rare tremors. The piece rejects earthquake predictions from a California psychic, citing geology and Gulf air patterns. Weather forecasting helps anticipate trends from next week to next year, underscoring stable NC conditions.
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North Carolina
Canada
Bermuda
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
John Keats
James Whitcomb Riley
The Lessons of 1975 U N view toward terrorism futile
The piece notes growing interest in a 1976 General Assembly session on terrorism but argues the UN’s track record shows such debates are futile. It cites 1974-75 failures over aggression definitions and political prison concerns, criticizing Western and Soviet actions and questioning the UN’s effectiveness and unity.
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New York
U. N. General Assembly
Vienna
Algeria
U. N
Tete
Assembly
U.N
Soviet Union
China
Moscow
United States
Washington
Plymouth Rock
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United Community Services Penning
American Cancer Society Unit
Nika Qubein and Associates
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Los Angeles Times
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Quatre Bras
Waterloo
Ax Sandburg
Austerbiz
Robert Marks
Enterprise
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Keats
California
Eathquake
Wilmington
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