Why Macedonia Street Area Got Its Name
Local resident M H A D Astor Dowdy Sr recalls the Macedonia area near Park and Tate streets was named Macedonia about 60 years ago for unknown reasons. Other neighborhood tags include Whiteoak Area Cedar and Hobson streets near San Diego and Possum Holler near Pickett Cotton Mill.
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High Point
Park and Tate
Macedonia
M. H. A. D. Astor Dowdy Sr
Whiteoak
San Diego
Cedar
Hobson
Possum Holler
Pickett Cotton Mill
N. Main-Lexington
Mechanicsville
High Point sanitation, commission officials discuss Beaucrest route
Mack Farr, sanitation department head, says Beaucrest area gets twice weekly service citywide. He notes snow can force shared pickups. The High Point Historical Commission will be independent, answering only to City Council per president Mrs. Fred N. Joyce and attorney Knox Walker.
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Beaucrest Road
High Point
Mack Farr
Sanitation
Beaucrest
New High Point Historical Commission
Fred N. Joyce
J. W. Morgan
Knox Walker
Sky Knights Club Seeks Volunteers for Sunday Jumps
The Sky Knights led by President Jerry Holmes host weekend jumps at the old Thayer airstrip off Hwy 109 near Cedar Lodge. Intensive ground training precedes first jumps, and curious locals can talk to any Knight on site. Photographer Art Richardson captures member Jerry Davis landing safely.
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Sky Knights
Jerry Holmes
Thayer
Hwy. 109 Y
Thomasville
Cedar Lodge
Terra Firma
Art Richardson
Jerry Davis
Promises Promises On Westchester Drive Center
Developer David Royster reports a near deal with a major tenant for a Westchester Drive shopping center. Final architectural plans start after signing, then up to four months to draw and begin construction.
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Westchester Drive
Z. M
David Royster
Royster
Chemical to control clover mites in fertilized yards
Levin of many garden supply houses recommends F S A Levin product, in liquid or dust. Willard Kimrey suggests 5 percent dust along house foundations and lawn outward six feet, applied twice weekly for about three weeks. Follow label directions due to toxicity. Vacuum baseboards and windows to reduce pests, with results likely last through next year.
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F. S. A. Levin
Willard Kimrey
First football players and early games
The first inter collegiate game on record was in 1867 between Princeton and Princeton Theological Seminary. The ancient Romans used a ball game harpastum, but historic records from Britain are missing.
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B.H
Princeton
Princeton Theological Seminary
Britain
Harpastum
Jimmy’s Stretch Q Parole Term Time
Parole eligibility stands at 32 months for a prisoner referenced as Jim Hoffa. The text implies a legal question about the minimum time left on an eight year sentence and notes possible political statements about a girl becoming president.
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Jimmy
Jimmy Hoffa
Higher Education Board backs rejection of ECC independence
North Carolina Board of Higher Education recommends the General Assembly deny East Carolina College independent university status, citing a 164 page report and nine consultants. The board says ECC is not ready for doctoral programs or a university structure and edges toward keeping the Consolidated University system unchanged. Governor Moore supports the board, while lawmakers debate bills to either grant ECC university status or join it to the Consolidated University.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Board of Higher Education
General Assembly
East Carolina College
North Carolina
ECC
Board of Higher Education
Consolidated
University of
Greenville
Higher Education Board
Leo Jenkins
Jenkins
College At Greenville
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Consolidated University System
Dan Moore
Robert Morgan
D-Harnett
ECC Board of Trustees
East Carolina University
Battle shapes on liquor issue in North Carolina
A legislative battle in Raleigh over allowing counties to vote on liquor by the drink continues. Wet forces including three ministers backed liquor by the drink at a hearing, while 16 dry groups urged the committee not to liberalize laws. A statewide referendum and local option measures are discussed, while the Supreme Court previously ruled brown bagging violates state law.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
North Carolina
General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Tom Haggai
High Point
Pete Desaix
Asheville
Martin Caldwell
Southern Pines
Haggai
Informant Undergoes Intensive Questioning
In New Orleans defense attorneys began cross examining Perry Raymond Russo the so called confidential informant who testified he heard Clay Shaw Lee Harvey Oswald and David Ferrie plotting to kill President Kennedy. Russo 25 an insurance salesman faced questions about truth and God as Loyola University records were reviewed and a WDSU TV interview was introduced.
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New Orleans
Perry Raymond Russo
Clay Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
John F. Kennedy
God
Russo
F. Irving Dymond
Shaw
Loyola University
Law School
Frank J. Stass
Anthony Papale
Wdsu-Tv
Ferrie
Dwight Martin
Oswald
Kennedy
James R. Liscombe
Liscombe
Bourbon Street
Age Russo
Baton Rouge
Kennedy Burial Shifts to Arlington in Secrecy
The body of President John F Kennedy was quietly moved to Arlington National Cemetery for permanent burial. President Johnson attended a blessing at the Kennedy family gravesite with Cardinal Cushing and relatives including Senators Kennedy and Kennedy. Also moved were the bodies of Patrick Bouvier Kennedy and a stillborn infant. The reinterment began at 6 19 p m and finished at 9 02 p m with landscaping remaining before opening to public visits.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Johnson
Kennedy
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Stephen M. Smith
Sargent Shriver
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Smith
Shriver
Lawford
Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Department of Defense
JFK would not take second to Stevenson in 1960
A new book quotes Jacqueline Kennedy saying she would not let John F Kennedy run second to Adlai Stevenson. The book The Reds and the Blacks by William Attwood notes Kennedy refused to back Stevenson and warned against third party options.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
Adlai
Stevenson
William Attwood
Cowles Communications
Guinea
Kenya
Kennedy
Attwood
Johnson Defends Bombing
President Johnson defended the bombing of North Vietnam and said government councils are united in support. He argued that bombing aligns with U.S. aims in South Vietnam and disrupts North Vietnamese infiltration, speaking to a Tennessee legislature joint session.
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Frank Cormier
Nashville
Tenn
Johnson
North Vietnam
Robert F. Kenneley
Dn.v
Vietnam
South Vietnam
South
Tennessee
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence Agency
Jet Pilot's Split-Second Rescue Near Da Nang
Captain Curt Richie with 6 000 pounds of bombs aboard a Phantom faced incoming Communist rockets as he converged on Da Nang runway. With engine damage and a 157 mph reading he chose an emergency tail-hook landing hoping to survive and save his co pilot Lieutenant Kenneth Stallings Jr. The action occurred at 2 a m during a routine mission as rockets exploded around the airstrip.
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Robert D. Ohman
DA Nang
South Vietnam
Curt Richie
Richie
Kenneth M. Stallings Jr
Air Force
North
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