Thoughts for Today and Quotations
A compact collection of reflections from Job, Wendell Wilkie, Hebrews, and Otto von Bismarck. The passages emphasize miseria comfort, struggle, human dignity, and great man traits such as generosity, humanity, and moderation.
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Job
Wendell L. ‘Wilkie
American Statesman
Otton von Bismarck
Sanford's NC bid faces Wallace test in 1976 race
The North Carolina governor and Duke University president Terry Sanford enters the 1976 Democratic field as a long shot. He must beat Gov. George Wallace in North Carolina and overcome a 14 percent recognition rating while emphasizing leadership in education, reform, and innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Sanford
George Wallace
Alabama
North Carolina
Sanford
Wallace
John F. Kennedy
Duke University
National Democratic Party
Kansas City
Washington
Cities In Distress Over New York Budget Shock
The piece argues that New York City’s fiscal crisis and proposed layoffs reflect broader lessons for smaller cities like High Point. It notes mayoral austerity, rising property taxes, and flight to suburbs as symptoms, urging broad policy reforms beyond special interest demands. It highlights the city’s salary and retirement burdens and warns against stopgap cuts that worsen public services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
High Point’s
New York City
New York
Abe Beame
Gotham
North Carolina
Manhattan
World Vision Aims At Hunger Across Southeast Asia
DAVID POLING describes World Vision relief efforts amid famine in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. The piece notes hunger as a constant across regimes, adds details of aid programs, a five hour TV special, and a poster offer from World Vision with Corita graphics. It highlights cooperation with Protestant Catholic and Jewish relief groups and Lilly Foundation projects in Niger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambodia
Laos
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
World Vision
U.S
Stan Mooneyham
Asia
Third World
Mooneyham
Word
West Africa
Lilly Foundation
Niger
Corita
Pasadena
Calif
Mouth of the South’s facelift and Pittsburgh nuptials
Pittsburgh star Bill Currie known as the Mouth of the South is hospitalized after a facial lift and upcoming TV return. The piece notes his marriage to a 23-year-old Pittsburgh woman and recalls prior cosmetic procedures. Also covered are political fund-raising plans in North Carolina and church postings, plus a High Point hardware firm’s new president Tom Robinson and a James Jack reenactment trip from Charlotte to Philadelphia with rider Jerry Linker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kays Gary
Charlotte
Pittsburgh
Bill Currie
South
KDKA
Kays
High Point
Thomasville
Gary
Harold Austin
St. Luke’s Church
Dwight Cartner
Mayle
Gastonia
First Church
Richard Burkhart
Grace Church
Greensboro
Charles Turner
Kerr Street Church
Concord
Ray Hahn
Oak Ridge Church
Randleman
Leroy Scott
Sedgefield Lakes
Beeson Hardware Co
Tom Robinson
J. Brooks Reitzel
R. R. Ragan
Ragan
Reitzel
Robinson
Easley, S.C
Clemson University
Army
Beeson
Jamestown
Rotary Club
New Garden
Guilford Battleground
Jerry Linker
James Jack
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Linker
North Carolina
American Arabian Assn
Jamestown City Hall
Royster Thurman II
South Korea
Maxwell R. Thurman
Fort Monroe
Fort Sill
Oklo
Royster Thurman
U.S. Army
Royster
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Max
N.C. State University
General Staff
Ford Dilemma on Budget, Taxes and Defense
President Ford faces a budget squeeze balancing deficit goals with defense cuts opposed by the White House. House and Senate panels propose deficits around 60 to 72 billion, while defense faces cut fears. Separately, legal and political notes cover Jaworski flagged in Ven-Fuel probe, Wallace’s 40 000 honorary officers, and Nassikas memo urging friendly expert testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ford
House Budget Committee
Senate Committee
Rep
Delbert Latta
Ohio
Senate
Elford Cederberg
R.mich
Defense
James Schlesinger
House
Letter from Nigerian graduate praises High Point College
David Aigbogun, a Benicity Nigeria high school student who studied at High Point College for four years, writes a grateful note thanking the faculty and administration for the education and Christianity he received. He praises the twin blessings of education and faith, vows to keep the Panther spirit, and sends regards to Africa with gratitude from his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
High Point
Benicity
Nigeria
David Aigbogun
Africa
David A
Aigbogun
Wendell M. Patton
HPC
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph P. Rawley
Mgr
A. Rawley JR
David Poling, D.D
Currie
Holt McPherson Enterprise
William R. Henderson
Willmington and
Martin Firestone
Washington, D.C
United Methodist Church and
The
Acb Board
Leon Jaworski
Watergate
Jaworski
Justice Department
Venezuela
Jacksonville
Fla
Electric Authority
Federal Energy Administration
John Moss
D.-Calif
FEA
Walter Surrey
Tom McDade
Houston
International Systems and Control
Ven-Fuel
Moss
McDade
Peter Dearing
Dearing
Billy Joe Camp
Camp
Nassikas
John Nassikas