Marilyn Monroe fans share mixed views in poll
Readers across towns weigh in on Marilyn Monroe with varied opinions. Some praise her appeal and plan to see The Seven Year Itch while others dismiss her acting and prefer television. A segment notes a Green Light for a $550,000 Medical Arts Center in High Point.
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Nancy Kay Howard
Thomasville
Marilyn
Wade Childs
Wadesboro
Marilyn Monroe
Evelyn Smalley
East Farriss
Medical
Joe Brown
Enterprise
R. K. Stewart and Son
Robb Plumbing and Heating Co
Bryant Eleectric Co
Otis Elevator Co
Greenshire
James M. Parks
Union Grove
Quaroad Lane
Locke, Council
Links
High Point Medical Arts Center Inc
Ghost light on old Mace tracks haunts travelers for decades
Forrest Dates recounts a Wilmington area ghost legend told by a bingo operator at a pavilion. A light above abandoned Mace railroad tracks reappears to frighten visitors, an illusion he suspects keeps local tourism alive. He notes repeated visits over years but keeps belief in ghosts light.
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Carolina Beach
Wilmington
Mace
Fin
Bing Man
Local druggists defend high prices citing better medicine
Local pharmacists acknowledge higher prices for newer drugs but argue patients receive more value. They note better results from antibiotics and single daily pills, while addressing doctor and manufacturer blame in the ongoing pricing debate. A nationwide survey finds 71 percent think Rx costs are too high.
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Tom Alston
Enterprise
Associated Press
Wonder
Theodore G. Lumpp
National Pharmaceutical Council
J. Frank Ballenger
Washington Better Business Bureau
George W. Frates
Washington
National Association of Retail Druggists
Frates
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
AMA
Elkins Improve After Automobile Accident Near Raeford
Mr and Mrs Clarence Elkins of High Point were reported improving in Fayetteville after an automobile crash near Raeford. The wife corrected to Leis Lola to Leis.
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Clarence Elkins
High Point
Raeford
Fayetteville
Lola
Leis
Local UNC Dean's List Honorees Named
Three High Point students and one from Asheboro made the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Business Administration Dean's List for the past semester. Named were Bruce R. Anderson R Spencer and Walter York of High Point and Bobby Lee Pugh of Asheboro.
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High Point
Asheboro
School of Business Administration
University of North Carolina At
Barbara Willard Makes Dean’s List At UNC Journalism
Barbara Anne Willard a 1952 graduate of Thomasville High School and resident of High Point earned a place on the spring Dean’s List in UNC School of Journalism. She obtained the honor for the second time in two semesters while pursuing courses in the Summer Session and working a half time job. She also received a Delta Delta Delta scholarship for the summer based on her academic record at Wingate Junior College and UNC.
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Chapel Hill
Barbara Anne Willard
Thomasville High School
High Point
Miss Willard
Norval Neil Wraxon
False Alarm Reported at Russell and Tate Streets
Firemen said a prankster turned in a false alarm at E Russell and Tate Streets around 9 o clock last night. The notice appears in a broader column noting citywide accident tallies and property loss figures for the year.
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E. Russell and Tate Sts
Crissman to Hear Court Terms in Montgomery and Randolph
Superior Court Judge Walter Crissman will hold civil and criminal sessions in Montgomery County next week and two weeks of civil court in Randolph starting the 18th. He finished a Forsyth session Friday and will begin in High Point on the 5th with two weeks off except for a single day.
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Superior Court
Walter Crissman
Montgomery
Randolph
Montgomery County
High Point
Supreme
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Westwood
High Point Enterprise
Medical Arts
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Ished
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John F. Lynch
Asa Parham
Earl W. Schafer
A. R. Cross
H. L. Brockmann
Brockmann
R. V. Cross
Hal Ingram
Kenneth Geddie
A. B. Croom
W. P. Hinson
Bill Campbell
Baptist Hospital
Navy
Duke University
Eldora
Eugene Terrell
Texas
Eldora Terrell
High A
Elkins
UNC
Barbara Willard
High Point College
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C. R. Hinshaw
Hinshaw
Coltrane
Dennis H. Cooke
Holt McPherson
Board of
Langley
Crissman
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