Quality Education Drive Shapes North Carolina Schools View
High Point educators and six senior students say the state quality education push is a broad shift not a single program. They note higher library and supply funds and rising teacher salaries, while stressing public attitude and college pressures as key drivers for better opportunities in math science languages and humanities.
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Terry Sanford
General Assembly
North Carolina
High Point
Lloyd Thayer
High Point Senior High School
Thayer
Dorothy Lester
Jerry Marin
Clark Dillon
Patsy Powers
Linda Tunstall
Demolay Faculty game raises funds for March of Dimes
Seniors hear about College Board scores and Air Force Aptitude results while juniors claim redstone class rings. The Demolay Faculty basketball game at HPHS gym Thursday will benefit the March of Dimes. IntercosE Council will sponsor Teacher Appreciation Week January 22 26 with devotions refreshments and surprises for faculty.
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HPHS
March of Dimes
Air Force
Miss Haywood
Ralph Miller
The
Employment Security Commission
Hunters Survive Arctic Drift Adrift For Twelve Days
Eskimo hunters Bill Barr and James Kilgrook of Kotzebue reached Kivalina Alaska unharmed after twelve days adrift on Arctic Ocean ice between Kotzebue and Siberia. They traveled on pan ice cakes and survived on seal meat with one companion reportedly sinking when ice broke.
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Kotzebue
Alaska
Here
Siberia
Bill Barr
James Kilgrook
Kivalina
Barr
Kilgrook
Kivilina
Butner NC A State Controlled Town Grows From War Assets
Butner North Carolina a state controlled town with 2000 residents hosts five state institutions on 14000 acres. It employs 470 at three fabric finishers and 1400 in state facilities for a total annual payroll of seven million dollars. Developments include proposed own water supply, new elementary school, and South Granville High. Mayors Cathell and Aikens oversee land sales zoning and business location. Duke Power provides most utilities, with existing raw water purchased from Durham.
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Enterprise
Butner
North Carolina
State Hospital Board of Controls
Durham
Aikens
Aiken
South Granville High School
Creedmoor
John Umstead Hospital
Umstead Youth Center
Murdock School
Lord Russell on Nuclear Disarmament and Civil Liberties
The 89 year old Bertrand Russell defends his sit-down protest in Trafalgar Square as a response to nuclear peril. He argues for nonviolent methods, a neutral Britain, and removal of NATO shield, while predicting possible survivors after a nuclear war.
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London
Bertrand Russell
Trafalgar Square
Lord Russell
Chelsea
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
House of Lords
Britain
NATO
Russia
United States
Arnold Toynbee
America
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Glenda Holder
Clark
Kathryn Adcock
Kathy Adcock
Patsy Power
Senor
Redstone
Francis Haywood
Arctic
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Dr. Cathell
Ben Aikens
Cathell
Hospital Controls Board
Real
Duke Power Company
Mount Hope Finishing Co
Lee Dying Co
Athol Manufacturing Co
Lawbreaker
Alyst
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