High Pointer of the Week Joseph J Cox
Joseph J. Cox, manager of the Furniture Plaza in High Point, grew up near downtown on S Main Street and helped shape the city’s pivotal furniture market. He recalls early streets, his family firm, and a career guiding exhibits for a 100000 square foot complex with about 60 manufacturers.
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Jim Hawkins
Joseph J. Cox
Furniture Plaza
High Point
Cox
S. Main Street
Chicago
New York
Joseph Cox
Main
Commerce Street
North Carolina National Bank
U. S
Jose A D. Cox
Joseph D. Cox
Westtown School
Pennsylvania
Guilford College
School of Business Administration
University of North Carolina
New South Furniture Exposition Corporation
New South Motor Inn
The Supersonics Race for the Next Transatlantic Age
Editor’s Outlook surveys the race between Lockheed and Boeing to build a Mach 2.7 supersonic airliner with titanium skin. Boeing and Lockheed pursue wings and engines, while Concorde rises in Britain and France. The stakes include up to 500 planes and billions in value, with early prototypes expected, and U.S. orders already strong.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
South Pole
U. S
Lockheed
Boeing
General Electric
Pratt & Whitney
U. S. Treasury
America
Douglas
Delta
S.S.T
Ameri
God Not a Product of Open Market Says Letter
The Enterprise letters criticize Billy Graham for commercializing religion alleging he profits from crusades and hawks entertainment over spiritual truth. A second letter against De Gaulle warns NATO withdrawal could empower West Germany and provoke Soviet moves in Vietnam era tensions. Both call for faith and policy with caution.
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Billy Graham
Mr. Graham
God
Sunday
Enterprise
Graham
London
England
Ike
ED Herlyn
High Point
N.C
Kremlin
DE Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
NATO
West Germany
United States
France
Italy
Toorth
Viet Nam
U. S
Gulf of Tonkin
Haipis
Haiphong
Laid Et Eee Daily Smith
Black Power Debate Splits Civil Rights Leaders
The Sunday Accent surveys the rise of Black Power as a rallying cry in the civil rights era. CORE and the Black Power stance clash with NAACP and SCLC, while Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. urges nonviolence. The piece notes rising racial tension as Black Power challenges integration.
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Groes
America
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Congress of Racial Equality
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
National Assny For the Advancement of
SCLC
Civ
Lincoln Lynch
CORE
Martin Luther King Jr
Bite on taxes and a Deborah County pursuit tale
The Thomasville Scene reports residents wary of tax increases while noting a proposed fourth penny to the state sales tax could raise actual costs by 40 to 50 cents. Davidson County stemmed an escaped convict case ending in Belmont with hostages freed. Lexington police handled a funeral procession incident where a driver refused to yield and faced a Davidson County Recorder's Court citation.
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Thomasville
Joe Citizen
Davidson County
Belmont
Lexington
Davidson County Recorder’s Court
Weather, drought, and brief coastal humor in Davidson County
The piece notes Willow Creek Golf Course irrigated greens amid drought brown in Davidson County. Farmers fear reduced tobacco and corn yields due to little rain, while some areas have adequate rainfall. A Myrtle Beach 4th of July visit yields bulky traffic and a humorous travel remark about bed comfort. It also reviews a Weather Bureau pamphlet on tornadoes, recalling Greensboro's 1935 storm and urging awareness of severe weather.
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Greensboro
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J. Elwood Cox
Elwood Hotel
Art Richardson
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Supersonics
CSA
Il Rights
NAACP
Roy Wilkins
United
Marvin
Burts
Willow Creek Golf
Ocean Boulevard
Weather Bureau
Braxton
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