Central High educator Michael Pierce earns Outstanding Young Educator
Michael Gene Pierce, a Central High School history teacher and coach, was named High Point's Outstanding Young Educator of the year by the Jaycees. A native of High Point and Central graduate, he teaches world history psychology sociology and competitive speech and leads the National Forensic League chapter and senior class. He aims to lead Central to a national debate championship while guiding students toward meaningful citizenship.
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Michael Gene Pierce
High Point College
Central High School
Pierce
High Point
Jaycees
Central
National Forensic League
Carolina
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
Bruce Roberts
San Diego
Kappa Delta Pi
Ragsdale High School
High-Pressure Uplift at Stateville Penitentiary
In Stateville Illinois Warden Frank Pate advocates reform through inmate training for jobs needed by the free world. He argues for smaller prisons, reduced troublemaker populations, and stronger industries with post release opportunities. He notes real progress and cautions that outcomes will take years to measure.
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Frank J. Pate
Stateville
Pate
Frank Pate
Fraak Pate
Illinois Manufacturers Assn
Congress to Hear Veterans Care and Cemetery Access
House Veterans Affairs Committee chair Teague announces two hearings on VA hospital care and national cemeteries. He cites bed cuts, staff ceilings, and underused equipment as key failings and proposes a cemetery plot allowance to help veterans bury near home. He criticizes the Nixon administration for budget and personnel limits. Goodell moves left as New York Senate race unfolds.
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Washington
Congress
U.S
House Veterans Affairs Committee
Olin E. Teague
D-Tex
Nixon
Donald E. Johnson
Teague
Lyndon Johnson
Capitol Hill
White House
Washington Hospital Center
Colonna Resigns Planning Post as Triad Council Expands
Bill Colonna will resign as High Point planning director to become regional planning director for the Piedmont Triad Council of Governments on April 1. He will work with Lindsay Cox, the executive director, as the staff grows to handle planning studies and cooperative projects for member units.
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Bill Colonna
High Point
Piedmont Triad Council of Governments
Colonna
Council of Governments
Lindsay Cox
Cox
Guilford County
Council of Government
General Assembly
Piedmont Triad Committee
Chambers of Commerce
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Forsyth County
Randolph County
Asheboro
Davidson
Rockingham
Alamance
North Carolina
Forsyth
Piedmont
Regional Planning Council
Showdown In The Gym At Hasty School
Davidson dateline recalls a sunlit chilly day in Thomasville for a humorous gym shooting contest between a bragging resident and a retiree narrator. Lapses in equipment and nerves doomed the match, ending with cold feet and a single successful shot, while the outcome stayed unwritten in the sports section.
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Thomasville
Hasty
Yours Truly
Mapas
P.S
Night Of The Ice Storm Recalled By A Piedmont Observer
Dave Carter notes Furman University Central band concert proves promising as the local band plans proceeds to fund its trip to the Six Flags Over Georgia contest. The writer recalls the severe 1934 ice storm that plunged Winston-Salem into days of darkness and damaged power and telephones.
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Winston-Salem
Dave Carter
Central High
Furman University-Central
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Enterprise
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Alexandria
Westwood Ave
Allen B. Welborn Inc
Roanoke
Sonny Hedgecock
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Ill
America
Illinois Department of Public Safety
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
New York
Sen
Charles Goodell
By Robert Marks
Pride
Abe Lincoln
Edison
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