High Pointer of the Week C. W. Robinson
C W Robinson a Raleigh born NC native led the North Carolina Regiment Negro volunteers in the Spanish American period then became Do wart veterans commander in Washington while building a real estate and insurance career in High Point He ran a weekly High Point News in the 1920s and remains active in church and YWCA work with a large family spread across Newark Flint Long Island Baltimore and Washington beyond his Washington visit planned this week.
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Robert Marks
W. Robinson
North Carolina Regiment
James Young
Raleigh
Cuba
Musor
Dortment of the Potomac
Washington
Department
Robinson
High Point
Asheville
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co
High High News
Insurance Company
Robinson Real Estate and Insurance Co
Downing St
Zion Methodist Church
YWCA
St. Paul
Atlanta
Booker T. Washington
Tuskeegee
Newark
N. J
Flint
Mich
Long Island
Baltimore
The Uneasy Peace Editor's Outlook on Postwar Era
An editor cites 7598 day intervals between major armistice moments and reflects on shifts since World War II. He notes the collapse of empires, the rise of new nations, the spread of revolutions, NATO’s formation, the Marshall Plan, and Sino-Soviet tensions shaping a new global order.
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Europe
Mao
Chiang
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
Netherlands
Moscow
Peking
Capitol Shorts Ban Pursued by Wives of Lawmakers
Mrs. Gerald Ford and other lawmakers' wives push to ban shorts in the Capitol while debating tour attire. They advocate hosiery and shirts for adults, arguing the Capitol is the hub of the world and lawmakers must set dress standards.
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Capitol
Gerald R. Ford
Garner E. Shriver
Kansas
Hubert H. Humphrey
Quotes and biblical references in a miscellaneous text
A collage of quotations and biblical verses cites Henry Ford Psalms Proverbs and John 8:26. It also includes notes from James Dwight Dana and Jean de La Bruyere about wealth fame and memory.
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James Dwight Dana
Jean de la Bru
Lesson in how to win a new industry then lose it in three years
In March 1963 Singer announced moving its Fidelity Division from Philadelphia to High Point. A Delbaere retrenchment followed as it developed new knitting and hosiery machines. Plans for a Fidelity Division plant shifted to a site near Jamestown Guilford College Road and I 40. By August executives called it a slap in the face and civic leaders rushed to keep the company, as political control shifted in the city.
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High Point
Fidelity
Singer Co
Singer
Philadelphia
Delbaere
Wed
Fidelity Division
Jamestown - Guilford College Road
High Point City
Chamber of Commerce
Theodore Toole
High Point rezoning saga hobbles Fidelity plant hopes
Faced with homeowner protest the Wil liard property near Greensboro Road was initially left residential then rezoned after business pressure. Fidelity chose another site in Friendship Township in 1965, leaving High Point hopeful yet unsettled as locals pursue rapid industrial growth and job placement for displaced workers.
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Point
Williard
Greensboro Road
Southern Railway
Fidelity Plant
Russian Bread Sparks Afghan Belief in U S Wheat
A Kabul survey shows few locals understand American grain shipments while a bread called ganda advantage spreads. About 9 percent illiterate limits press impact as Western businessmen notice rising U S wheat exports. 150000 tons shipped last year and slated again this year.
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United States
Russia
Afghanistan
Roaming the Piedmont and a Local Storm Story
A quirky note on dating services using computers contrasts with a humorous High Point storm tale. Big John Harris of the Thomasville police relates how a recent windstorm shifted city limits toward Greensboro, uprooting a center line and flipping a wash pot, while residents exchange wind stories and community wit.
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Big John) Harris
Thomasville
High Point
John
Furniture City
Greensboro
Washington Beat New Ambassador For France
Washington debate grows over replacing Ambassador to France Charles E Bohlen after four unsettled years with De Gaulle relations. The White House seeks no compromise on Johnsons domestic priorities while Congress debates Demonstration Cities funding and TV advertising practices face antitrust scrutiny. Nixon praised congressional secretaries for screening calls to protect their leaders.
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Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Jhonson
U.S
France
Charles E. Bohlen
State Department
Paris
de Gaulle
White House
Johnson
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
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Britain
USA
Henry Ford
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Tran An
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New Republican Council
Council
Supreme Court
Friendship Township
Ralph Miller
Employment Security Commission Office
Alton Stanford
Mark A. Lolatte
New York
George Covington
Robert
Kabul
M. R
Big John
Braxton
Deneseee
Television
Senate Antitrust Subcommittee
Philip Hart
D-Mich
Richard M. Nixon
Capitol Hill
Congressional
Stenogs
Nixon
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