Guilford County to elect eight District Court judges in November
Voters will elect eight District Court judges this November, boosting the number from seven to eight. Five incumbents seek another term while retirement and non‑reelection shape the slate. pay for district judges at 23500 a year is criticized as insufficient to attract top legal minds.
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Guilford County
E. D. Kuykendall Jr
Greensboro
Walter Clark
Byron Haworth
High Point
E. Washington
Jamestown
Gordon Gentry
Elreta M. Alexander
Carl Fowler
Fred Hicks
Mecklenburg
Tle
Thomasville
Charlotte
Julian Lindsay
Earl G. Heinz Jr
Episcopal
Ellis Finger
N.C
Carolina
Ford
United Methodist
Africa
United Nations
Whither The Hurricanes in Coastal Carolina
An opinion column argues that weather forecasts reflect the law of averages and notes a past pattern of hurricanes along the Atlantic coast. It recalls historic storms Connie Jane Donna Diane and warns that coastal resorts have become complacent after years of relative peace, urging renewed preparedness and awareness.
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Bermuda
Nrot
U.S. Weather Service
Atlantic Coast
Fate
Connie
Jane
Donna
Diane
North
South Carolina
Gulf Coast
Weather Service
Wilmington
Public Employee Strikes Highlight Voter Frustration
The piece surveys rising anti government sentiment among U S voters, focusing on San Francisco's year of public employee strikes. It notes police and fire strikes, a mayoral upset, and a city charter repeal, with broader trends of growing labor unionism among state and local workers and debates over productivity and service quality in government. It cites government figures on union membership and strikes, and cites critics worried about capitulation to unions and the challenge of measuring productivity in public services.
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Washington
San Francisco
Joseph Alicio
George Moscone
Cansus
Ely
Commerce Department
Aly
Seattle
Wesley G. Uhlman
Uhlman
John M. Capozzola
National Civic Review
May's Momentous Events and Abelson's Wall Street View
National columnist Alan Abelson reviews May's big stories from Muhamad Ali's self image to Harold Stassen's availability and a congressman caught in a private scandal. The piece weaves finance notes and historic intimacies, touching on Dorothy Schiff and FDR era references amid Hughes wills chatter and a satire on posthumous fortune.
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Alan Abelson
Wall Street
Barron's
Business and Financial Weekly
Abelson
May
High Point Tax Pains and Governance Critique 1976
A resident protests rising taxes and misused funds in High Point. He cites debt, ABC store revenue loss to Jamestown, higher utility bills, and alleged wasteful projects like a costly police investigation and a parking building. He argues Raleigh should set policy and calls for practical leadership.
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Sith Vear
High Point
Greensboro
ABC
McCarthyism Charged In Letter To Editor
A reader named Andrew S. Lasine along with Erin E. McAndrew and others argues against McCarthyism. They urge safeguarding freedom, criticizing wiretapping and surveillance of dissents as undermining dignity. They invoke the Declaration of Independence and call for altering or abolishing destructive government.
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Lambeth
United States
Soviet Union
I Was Lucky By A Daughter Of An Alcoholic Pleads
A daughter's plea condemns glamorized drinking in ads and media. She speaks of a sober home, the pain of a family torn by alcohol, and the harm to innocent victims from drunk driving. She credits faith and recovery for her escape from the bottle.
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Victoria Lovelace
James B Lovelace Jr
James B. Lovelace
Santa Monica
Calif
University of California At
Los Angeles
Marshall Kellam
Richard Kellam
Malizia Froglich
High Point Arts Council
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Joe Brown
National Educattir Association
Guuu Afiernuan
Wayne Kay
Lake Stone
Miss Ray
Jerry Ford
Congress
Hays
Roosevelt
George Washington
Dorothy Schiff
Howard Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Mr. Abelson
Will Rogers
Columbist
H. Eugene Peacocks
United Methodist Church
Hendersonville
Lake Junafuska
George P. Robinson
George W. Radisill
IND
Supreme Court
Main Street
Walter and
Police Department
Theos
North Carolina
Uist
Raleigh
Senator Soaper
Panama Canal
Sign
Grafeite
McCarthyism
Andrew S. Lasine, Erin E. McAndrew
W. Ruett Fayer John Carl Brandon
Dan Fitzgerald
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