High Pointer Gene Littles Achieves Notable Season
Gene Littles led High Point University basketball to its first conference title in 13 years scoring 23.5 points per game. He suffered a hand fracture but recovered to win MVP in the Carolinas Conference tournament in Lexington. Littles, born in Washington, starred at McKinley Tech and later joined HPC with teammate John Davis of Greensboro.
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John Davis
Greensboro
HPC
Panther
Lexington
Littles
Guilford
Greensboro Coliseum
Danny Sewell
Washington
McKinley Tech
Gene
Editor's Outlook Notes Leisure and Work in Modern Life
The column muses on leisure, energy, and postwork life. It debates endless consumption of entertainment versus meaningful activity, noting renewed work may blur lines between rest and labor while warning against burnout and hollow recreation.
Democrats Tuning Radio and Political Moves Across States
The Birch Society plans 15 minute weekly radio tapes at five dollars per copy featuring leaders like rt Welsh and urges members to sponsor broadcasts. Democrats mail 4000 letters highlighting a radio push tied to party committees. California politics show Brown’s indecision over Daryl Chessman and a potential Hand lieutenant governor bid. Hubert Humphrey meets Australia’s Holt in Canberra during a visit with comments about home.
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Washington
Birch
The
Birch Society
Rt Welsh
Birchers
Wayne Phillips
National Committee Pub
California
Pat Brown
Daryl Chessman
Lloyd Hand
Brown
Hand
U.S
Johnson
High Point Faces Growth Pressure Ahead of Bond Vote
A 1970 city outlook shows High Point losing population per a federal census while Guilford County and Greensboro gain. The 9.8 million bond issue on March 15 funds water and street work for inner and suburban areas as High Point plans for growth, zoning, and housing to support workers from the Piedmont relocation project.
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High Point
Guilford County
Greensboro
City Planning Department
Planning Department
Guilford
Randolph
Davidson
North Carolina Fund
U.S. Department of Labor
North Carolina
Piedmont
Davidson County
Davidson County Board of Commissioners
Fire Department Inspection Hotline and Local Crime Report
The Thomasville Scene urges residents to call 476 6165 for city fire department inspections and warns to dial the right number to avoid unnecessary fire trucks. Police commend the arrest of a burglary suspect near Thomason Chevrolet with accomplice later detained. Mayor Johnson criticizes extraterritorial zoning and calls for county involvement. A Lexington man sustained burns from a gas can near an open cigarette, with firefighters extinguishing the blaze.
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Thomasville
Lindsay Loftin
Fire Department
New Thomason Chevrolet Co
National Highway
Thomason
Men In Blue
Lexington
Tommy Barnhardt
Barnhardt
Lexington Fire Department
Roaming the Piedmont Birds At Juanita Street Feeder
Walter and Mrs Hasty operate a drive-in bird feeder at their mobile home on Juanita Street attracting many varieties during migration. Birds gather as the couple crumble bread for breakfast viewing from a window, while an auburn sparrow like bird remains unidentified. Neighbors watch from down the street but crowding scares the birds away. In a separate note a father restrains late night TV noise leading to a domestic wakeful morning.
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Walter S. Hasty
Juanita Street
Hasty
Piedmont
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Fred Harris
D-Okla
Hubert Humphrey
Australia
Harold Holt
Canberra
Humphrey
Randolph County Line
Chamber of Com
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Thomasville City
Thomas F. Johnson
Despie
Papa
Braxton
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