High Pointer of the Week Wilber Jones
Wilber Jones of High Point is spotlighted for directing a $200000 gift to the Episcopal Home for the Aging in Southern Pines. He leads Behr Manning Southern sales and funds cancer and heart research via Christmas gift donations. Jones supports humane causes, anti cruelty laws, and animal welfare, with a noted Virginia lineage and a long career in coated abrasives sales.
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Robert Marks
Bulletin
High Point
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Wilber Jones
Episcopal Home
Southern Pines
High Pointer
Behr-Manning Co
Southern
Behr-Manning
Jones
Carolinas
Virginia
Florida
Valette J. Harris
Old Southern Furniture Journal
Bailey Military Academy
Greenwood
S. C
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Sigma Chi Fraternity
Herman-Behr Co
Herman-Behr
Manning Abrasive Co
South
Winter Haven
Fla
Rockford Road
Francis H. Pierpont
West Virginia
Union
Wilber Jones Sr
Gov. Pierpont
Minnie V. Jones
William Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney
Penhurst Place
Kent
England
Samuel F. B. Morse
France
Auto
Inside The CIA Excerpt From An Editor’s Outlook
An editor visits the CIA in Virginia and reports on security quirks gate access, the open nature of much of its work, and hints from Deputy Director PAT CARTER and aide Col Stanley J. Grogan. The piece notes CIA funding secrecy, open-source data, and public skepticism about performance.
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Washington, D. C
Central
Inteligence Agency
CIA
Dulles
Virginia
BPR
Bureau of Public Roads
Oklahoma
Gen
Marshall
S.pat) Carter
Col
Stanley J. Grogan
Pat Carter
Gestapo
MVD
Pat
Letters to the Editor Warn of Ongoing Human Inhumanity
James M. Bohannon argues that prejudice will persist until humanity evolves to abandon hatred across race. He urges whites and Negroes to lay aside signs and attitudes and practice brotherly love, though he doubts lasting resolution is possible.
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James M. Bohannon
No Time to Forsake the Constitution
The piece argues that Supreme Court decisions since 1954 usurp constitutional processes, cites Plessy v. Ferguson and Smith Act cases, criticizes Congress for inaction, and urges preservation of the constitutional republic against judicial overreach. It cites Chief Justice Stone on court binding power and ends with a call to uphold the Constitution for future generations.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Plessy
Congress
Supreme Court
United States Court
Harlan F. Stone
Columbia Broadcasting Company
United States
U. S
The High Point Demonstration and Two Week Truce
Crowds gathered on Main Street and E Washington Drive in High Point for a planned march that was cancelled. A two week truce was announced to allow the Mayor's Biracial Committee to ease tensions and demonstrate responsibility while Negroes seek equal citizen rights.
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Main Street
E. Washington Drive
Wrenn Street
Sheraton Place
Wrenn
Wrenn-Washington
High Point
Washington
Main
Centennial
Washington Drive
Greensboro
Raleigh
Birmingham
Quotes on equality and politics from U S leaders
A compilation of remarks from Esther Peterson on women's status and inequality, Basil O'Connor on federal funding for science and university research, Aaron Henry on the Democratic Party and civil rights, and Ahmed Ben Bella predicting socialist Algeria.
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Esther Peterson
Basil O’connor
National Foundation
Algeria
la Castro
Ahmed Ben Bella
Workshop For Handicapped In Thomasville Optimist Club
The Thomasville Optimist Club celebrates a land purchase for a Boy's Club and recreation facilities while the Thomasville chapter joins High Point to sponsor a handicapped workshop. The piece emphasizes dignity and work, urging understanding and awareness of disability. The author also reflects on hospital visits after a highway accident, arguing for informed public engagement with news.
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Thomasville
Optimist Club
National Employ the
High Point
Graduation heat fills High Point Central seniors in blue robes
361 seniors graduated at High Point Central High School as the gym sweltered in heat. The scene carried the classic commencement energy with Rev. Bob Hardee delivering benediction and a recessional. Students chatted of summer while staff recalled past pranks at local schools and the pool opened for the season attracting happy, chilly swimmers.
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High Point Central High School
Bob Hardee
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St. Mark’s Methodist Church
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Lyndon
Africa
Mississippi
Aaron E. Henry
Bonnie
Jordan
High Point Bank and Trust Co
Beeson
Paul
Ragsdale High School
T. G. Madison
Braxton
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