Tennis shoes lady challenges Johnson on Vietnam war bets
Art Buchwald recalls a conversation after the McNamara Pentagon study leak. A fan asserts Johnson planned to bomb North Vietnam while criticizing Goldwater in 1964. The exchange contrasts “peace candidate” Barry Goldwater with “war candidate” Lyndon Johnson.
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Washington
McNamara Pentagon
Vietnam
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
North Vietnam
Barry
Goldwater
Hanoi
Sonny
Lyndon
Junior
Bill Miller
Gulf of Tonkin
Los Angeles Times
One Dead Three Injured In Route Two Auto Crash
Eddie Rich 17 died and three other youths were seriously hurt when an oncoming car struck four camping spectators on Hoover Hill Road four miles south of Hillsville. Rich, a Southwest Randolph High School senior, died at Randolph Hospital. The other three victims remained hospitalized. Burial plans were to be handled by Ridge McDowell Funeral Home in Asheboro.
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Asheboro
Rt. 2
Sophia
Hoover Hill Road
Hillsville
Eddie Rich
John Rich
Randolph Hospital
Randolph County
Southwest Randolph High School
Smyrna Grove Community Church
John Paul Ridge
Cathy Ridge
Larry Paul Rich
U.S. Army
Ft. Hood
Tex
John Michael Ridge
Randy Keith Ridge
Erma Pierce
Ivy Rich
Ridge - McDowell Funeral Home
Youth Killed In Accident On Montlieu Avenue
A 14 year old Walter Calvin Titus was killed when a car traveled at high speed on Montlieu Avenue near Oakwood Cemetery and flipped after clipping a telephone pole. Six others were injured, including Synovia Titus Mamie M Titus and Haywood Watts who were hospitalized in Memorial Hospital. The driver is being investigated along with knife wounds that prompted the trip to the hospital.
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Montlieu Avenue
Oakwood Cemetery
Walter Calvin Titus
Penn Street
Synovia Titus
Mamie M. Titus
Haywood Watts
Meredith Street
Memorial Hospital
Donald Ray Lovette
Fern Street
Gerrard Thomas
Elon Kearns
Kearns
Titus
End Of June Permits Worth $1 Million Finish Fiscal Year
The city inspections division closed the fiscal year after issuing permits totaling over a million dollars in late June. Major projects include a $610,000 High Point Furniture Industries building on Corporation Street and a $48,000 Spillers and Tuttle Realty structure on Potts Street. Additional permits covered industrial, residential, and commercial work on multiple streets, with totals ranging from about $9,650 to $610,000 and numerous dwellings and additions approved.
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High Point Furniture Industries, Inc
Corporation Street
Spillers and Tuttle Realty Co
Potts Street
City Properties Company
Oneka Street
Gavin Drive
Meredith Street
Brentwood Street
Kiwanis Hear Salvation Army Building Campaign Talk
Jack McDowell of the Salvation Army outlined the organization's scope and aims to the High Point Kiwanis Club. He emphasized poverty as a mindset, noted 26 000 officers serving 151 languages in eight countries, and spotlighted Johannesburg as the largest unit with 10 000 members. He cited five training colleges and the need for funds for a new building, urging community investment.
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Salvation Army
High Point Kiwanis Club
Jack McDowell
McDowell
Johannesburg
South Africa
18 Year Olds Vote First Time In North Carolina
In Spruce Pine Mitchell County the first election allowing 18 to 20 year olds to vote will be July 13. Five youths newly enfranchised under the federal amendment registered by Friday afternoon as the books closed this afternoon.
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Spruce, Pine
N.C
North Carolina
Mitchell County
Meeting Opens for NC Churches of God Camp Week
Charlotte AP reports the North Carolina Churches of God will open its annual week long camp meeting and state convention starting Monday. Local participants include church leaders and families gathering for worship and business sessions during the event.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Churches of God
Round And Round We Stop Hydrant Help Bath On Chestnut Street
A staff photo shows workers using a wrench to lift a hydrant and replenish the water supply. Chestnut Street received a water bath as crews replaced or primed the line.
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Chestnut Street
X Marked Targets Placed On Interstate 85 For Mapping
The state of North Carolina and the Highway Planning Board have authorized aerial shots of I 85 to place wig black plastic sheets with a large white X at about every tenth of a mile in medians from High Point to Raleigh and elsewhere. These targets aid map makers to reference new objects on upcoming maps.
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Interstate 85
North Carolina
State Highway Planning Board
High Point
Raleigh
Guilford County Budget Seen as Hold the Line Plan
Guilford County plans a hold the line budget for 1971-72 with the same 84 cent per hundred valuation tax rate as 1970-71 and keeping the High Point district rate at 44 cents and the Guilford County school district at 33 cents. The budget includes 60.25 per student current expense payments and predicts more revenue from revised valuation figures, plus five percent county employee raises. Sales tax proceeds will fund capital projects and debt repayment.
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Jim Hawkins
Greensboro
John Witherspoon
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Witherspoon
High Point
Guilford County
Board of Commissioners
Retiring Detective Puts City First in His Decision
High Point detective R G Kearns retires after 28 years with the police department on his 73rd birthday. He plans a mountain trip with family and may seek part-time security work while enjoying time on his 18 acre Randolph County farm. Chief Laurie Pritchett praises his loyal service.
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High Point Police
R. G. Kearns
Kearns
Department
Randolph County
High Point
Police Department
Laurie Pritchett
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Art Buchwald
Art Richardson
Connie Lee Drew
Arch Street
Edward Douglas Torrence
Beech Street
Wanda Blevins Newsom
Winston Road
N. Main Street
Hoskins Street
Gordon Street
Henrietta Reid Johnson
Kroll Street
F. L. Lowe
J. C. Barton
Ervin Company
Stoneybrook Drive
Candlewood Court
H. H. Morgan
Cedrow Street
J. C. Reynolds Construction, Inc
Sweetbriar Road
W. H. Horton
Vernon Place
Rudy Upton
Sturbridge Road
Joe Sheban
Maxine Place
Security Development Company
Hill
Kiwanis Club
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
Okly
Ward-Griffith Company
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