Triads Down To No 58 A City Population Gap Narrowing
Census Bureau figures show Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem dropping from 67th to 58th largest metro area while Charlotte rises to 76th. Triad population about 581,700 in mid-1967, Charlotte about 378,000, with both projected to reach roughly 1.38 million in 100 years if trends continue.
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Triad
United States
Charlotte
Census Bureau
Greensboro - High Point
Winston - Salem
Bureau of the Budget
Duncan McIntyre
High Paint City
Jamestown Home Hit By Blaze
A Wednesday fire caused extensive damage to a two story frame house at Main Street and Guilford College Road in Jamestown. The blaze started about 11 40 a.m. in the basement furnace area and spread through the home. Firemen fought the flames until 3 15 p.m. No one was inside the home of Mrs. Kenneth T. Miller when the fire began. the cause was not yet listed.
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Jamestown
Kenneth T. Miller
Main Street
Guilford College Road
Miller
Randolphman Board Backs Four-County Law School Plan
The Randolph man Board of Aldermen approved a resolution backing a Davidson County Community College law enforcement school for Randolph, Davie, Davidson and Rowan counties. Police Chief Dawkins asked for city participation. classes would cover law enforcement and interpretation and be funded locally and federally. Also, Ruby Calvert and Charles Gregson were appointed to three year terms on the board of adjustments.
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Randleman
Randleman Board of Aldermen
Davidson County Community College
J. C. Dawkins
Randolph
Davie
Davidson
Rowan
Ruby Calvert
Charles Gregson
Board of Adjustments
Guilford Legislators Named to State Committees
Guilford County lawmakers were assigned to multiple state committee posts. John L. Ridenhour HI joins the House Constitutional Amendments Committee, Skipper Bowles to the Senate Local Government Committee, Elton Edwards to the Senate Constitution Committee, J Howard Coble and C W Phillips Sr to the House Higher Education Committee. Henry Frye and Robert Odell Payne join the House Education Committee, while W Marcus Short and Joe H Hege are placed on the House Local Government Committee.
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Raleigh
Guilford County
State House
Senate
John L. Ridenhour HI
Guilford
House
Hargrove
Gibson Is Named Rotary Club President in Randleman
Walter L Gibson, former Randolph school board member and Pfeiffer College vice president, is named president of the Randleman Rotary Club. Elected officers include Watson Millikan as vice president Fletcher Causey as secretary and directors Parrish Clodfelter Ralph Wood and Richard Earl Johnson.
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Randleman
Walter L Gibson
Randolph School Board
Pfeiffer College
Randleman Rotary Club
Watson Millikan
Fletcher Causey
Parrish Clodfelter
Ralph Wood
Richard Earl Johnson
Forty years in New York Daily News copy boy memories
A veteran recalls starting as a copy boy at the Daily News in New York, describing early duties, the City Room chaos, notable editors and reporters, and the raucous, fast paced newsroom culture. He recalls mentors like Mark Hellinger and Paul Gallico, famous society stories, and the thrill of early editions.
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Daily News
New York
City Room
Suerkin
Park Place
Paul Gallico
Mark Hellinger
Medill Patterson
Colonel House
John O’corwell
Jack Miley
Doris Freeson
Nick Kenny
Red Dolan
Harry Nichols
Teddy Dalton
Irene Corhally Kuhn
Housing Efforts Still Under Way
Lexington plans a 150 unit housing project for low and moderate income families. Lexington Letter Housing Inc with FHA officials seeks funds. The non profit received a $3745 incentive grant from Davidson County Community Action Inc. Site is Old Linwood Road near here. Laymen's Christian Council backs the project and officials seek further organizational and citizen support.
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Lexington
Lexington Letter Housing Inc
Federal Housing Authority
The
Davidson County Community Action Inc
Old Linwood Road
Laymen’s Christian Council
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Triads
Blaze
College Village Shopping Center
Gibson
Rotary
Bishop
Herbert Hoover
Daddy Browning
Peaches Browning
Kip Rhinelander
Grover Whelan
Detroit Purple Gang
Frank Garson
Harvard
Massachusetts
Tom Cassidy
James J. Walker
Cha
Jim
Guilford Optical Co
Jack Southerland
Yeuid
Carolina
Ford
English Motor CO
N. Main Street
Old Winston Road, High Point, N. C
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