High Point Schools Face Historic Restructuring Challenge
About a month before opening, High Point launches a federally guided reorganization to end separate white and black neighborhood schools. The aim is a unified system with equal facilities, though changes will bring confusion. a training program for rising first graders runs August 5 to 20.
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Protectionist wind rises in Congress sparks dairy and textile trade clash
The piece notes a shift toward protectionism as Japan limits textiles, the Nixon administration backs quotas, and Tariff Commission hearings on dairy imports loom. It cites rising milk product imports from 1967 to 1969, calls for government authority to classify imports, and warns of a potential global trade war amid European resistance and inflation pressures.
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Tariff Commission
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Agriculture Department
Bureau of Customs
Congress
Hezekiah breaks the bronze serpent of Moses
A sermon likens Hezekiah’s first step as king to discarding useless relics. The bronze serpent Moses set up long ago had become baggage, no longer serving its meaning, and Hezekiah’s reform purged such old traditions.
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Moses
Israel
Hezekiah
Judah
Tyranny of Tradition Blocks Modern Thought
The piece argues some traditions guide virtue and honor while others hinder progress. It cites family lineage sayings from the Mayflower era and the phrase my father voted this ticket to critique inherited political allegiance that stifles up to date ideas and personal growth.
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FFV
Virginia
Nowhere and Utopian Dreams in a Noted Essay
CAPUS WAYNICK reflects on utopian experiments from More to American communes. He argues future progress requires environmental improvements and better living conditions rather than overcrowded cities, urging a firm purpose to spread humane settlements. He cites UNC Greensboro professor warnings about census concerns and the value of organized resources for the common good.
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Sir Thomas More
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University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Railway System
Graham Claytor
Southern
Claytor
Penn Central
Stuart Saunders
Debts For Workmen's Compensation Hit Workers Hard
Debts and poverty stain the workmen's compensation system as hundreds of thousands see benefits lag and shrink. The case of Charley Dillard mirrors a nationwide pattern where state programs fail to keep up with costs while insurers reap profits from the structure.
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Washington
Charley Dillard
West Virginia
Dillard
Colorado
Workers Comp Gaps Leave Workers Bare In Vast System
The piece argues that compensation premiums far exceed benefits with major flaws in coverage. It notes workers lose the right to sue for negligence, states cap awards, and limit or exclude many injuries. It highlights gaps in disease, farming, and medical care coverage and many appeals delaying claims.
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Texas
Bald Head Island trip fuels North Carolina Press clash
Holt McPherson Perry Morgan and about a hundred observers toured Bald Head Island amid rain and sand hassles during the North Carolina Press Association day. A later note covers Wrightsville chatter and the crowded street repair budgets for the upcoming year.
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Charlotte News
Bald Head Island
North Carolina Press Association
Bill Henderson
Wrightsville
Press Association
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