Mrs. George Coble Leads High Point Arts Council
North Carolina native Mrs. George Coble, newly elected president of the High Point Arts Council, faces a move from 500 N. Main St. by Aug. 1 as the council seeks a stable home amid funding and public support challenges. She previously served on the council and aims to boost community involvement while balancing Rocky Mount roots with High Point aspirations.
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Robert Marks
North Carolina
George Coble
High Point Arts Council
Coble
Arts Council
N. Main St
W. Broad St
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Nadia Daughtridge
Arthur Lee Daughtridge
Daughtridge
Rocky Mount
Robert
University of North Carolina At
Raleigh
Emma Blair
George W. Coble
Burlington
North Carolina State University
Tex
Environment costs and Californias pollution vote
An editor notes California Proposition No 9 failed 2 1 amid industry and union opposition. The piece argues against zero pollution as a war cry, projects rising auto costs, and warns taxpayer burden, market impact, and delays in vital resource development. It urges moving from rhetoric to calculation and restraint in policy.
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California
Fusion
Jones California
Caliornia
Los Angeles
National Industrial Pollution Control Council
Senate
U. S
Alice Widener
Soviet Union
Trans-Siberia
Plight Of The Ph D By Dr Benjamin Fine
The piece notes a shift from Ph D demand to a growing surplus, with 32 000 doctorates earned yearly and up to 400 000 anticipated this decade. It discusses underemployment risk, aerospace and government cutbacks, and potential paths toward M D degrees as a solution, citing Syracuse University findings and Dr John H Talbott.
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Benjamin Fine
North American Newspaper Alliance
New York
Syracuse University Research Corporation
Educational Policy Research Center
U.S. Office of Education
NASA
Syracuse
John H. Talbott
Journal of the American Medical Assn
University of Miami Medical Staff
Era of Change Ends as High Pointer Leo Heer Retires
Leo J. Heer retires August 1 as managing director of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building marking a 19 year era in High Point. Under his leadership the building expanded across S Main Street to Green Drive with over one million square feet of showroom space. He helped transform High Point into the nation’s central home furnishings market while serving in Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, Maryfield Nursing Home and as library board chairman.
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Leo J. Heer
Heer
Southern Furniture Exposition
High Point
Southern Furniture
Exposition Building
S. Main Street
Wrenn Street
Green Drive
United States
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Exposition
Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
Maryfield Nursing Home
The
Public Library
Open meetings law violations by Davidson County commissioners
A Davidson County columnist accuses the county board of commissioners of flouting the open meetings law by meeting privately in the county manager’s office to discuss the 1972 73 budget. The piece cites examples of secret gatherings and urges full public scrutiny and accountability.
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Lexington
Davidson County Board of Commissioners
Com
Jimmy Warner
Robert Carroll
Denton
Carroll
Thomas
Lassiter
Davidson County
North Carolina race futures after the 1972 primary
Analysts weigh the impact of NC primary results on 1974 senate plans and 1976 governor prospects. Names such as Sam Ervin Jr. Terry Sanford Richardson Preyer Bowles Morgan Hunt and J. Hunt appear as potential contenders or allies in a shifting electoral landscape.
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Ervin
Terry Sanford
Duke University
Richardson Preyer
Senate
Preyer
Robert Morgan
Morgan
Jim Hunt
Wilson
Pat Taylor
Bowles
Taylor
Max Gardner
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Collier Ellis Jr
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Pacific
Mojave
San Gorgonio
Cajon
Mission
Plight of
Ph. D
By Robert Marks
Davidson
Bryan Haislip
Hargrove
Jim Holfhouser
Nick Galifianakis
Jesse Helms
U. S. Senate
Galifianakis
B. Everett Jordan
Helms
GOP
Jordan
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Sanford
George Wallace
Alabama
Bob Scott
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Scott
W. Kerr Scott
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