Eddie Knox Jr. Returns to High Point as Merchants Assn EVP
Edward M. Knox Jr. retires as a 21 year Air Force lieutenant colonel and will move to High Point to lead the Merchants Association as executive vice president. The appoinment was announced by W. D. Lee Jr. Knox plans to settle by June 15 with his wife Betty Jo Hedrick and their three children. He previously served as Presidential Aide and head of the Cape Kennedy space support fleet.
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Enterprise
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Air Force
High Point
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W. D. Lee Jr
Association
Leo Palmer Jr
Air Force Communications Service
United States
Air Force Eastern Test Range
Cape Kennedy
Satellite Beach
Fla
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E. R. Hedrick
Chestnut St
Leigh
Edward
Scott
Mr. Knox
Eddie
Editor's Notebook on Water Strikes and Union Power
An editor notes the Nixon plan for national emergency strikes in transportation, arguing against final-offer arbitration, and discusses the imbalance of power between labor and management. He warns of tax advantages for unions, potential antitrust exemptions, and the risk of inflation, tariffs, and overseas plants, urging real collective bargaining and right-to-work reform.
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le Menor
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Rhode Island
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Rumors Tie Annenberg ABC Buy to FCC Regulation Push
Walter Annenberg may seek control of ABC networks, intensifying Capitol Hill and FCC scrutiny. The Philadelphia media magnate has sold and is selling TV radio outlets for Capital Cities, potentially shaping a unified right‑leaning network agenda amid Nixon and Agnew pressures.
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ABC
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Altoona
Lancaster
Variety
Anneberg
Empire
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Seventeen Magazine
Morning Telegraph
Racing Form
FCC
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Lowell Thomas
North Carolina Faces Liquor Debate As 1971 Assembly Looms
Sunday Accent reports that liquor sales through mixed drinks will dominate the 1971 General Assembly agenda. The clash centers on North Carolina cities and resorts pushing for mixed drinks in Class A venues, led by figures like Marie Grant and Robert Bingham. The issue shapes primaries, the general election, and party strategies as opposition mobilizes against liberalization, while desegregation and education also feature in the broader legislative agenda.
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Robert Bingham
North Carolina
Grant
Bingham
General Assembly
Biblical Recorder
The
Baptist State Convention
Thomasville Council Approves 16 Acre Rezoning for 135 Low Income Homes
Thomasville City Council, by four to one vote, approved rezoning a 16 acre tract to allow 135 housing units for low income residents to be leased to the Thomasville Housing Authority. Supporters see it as a substantial start toward needed housing, while opponents warn of devalued property and social concerns. Mayor Harvey Carpenter Jr. spoke on progress, and rumors swirl about a former sheriff entering the sheriff race. MISS PRIDE remarks on liking corn both on and off the cob.
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Thomasville
Joe H. Hege Jr
Lexington
Hege
State House
Fred Link
Sink
Roaming the Piedmont in a Patchwork of Local Oddities
A breezy column chronicles a first trip to a hippie supply store, miscommunications with staff, and a reseller's help. The writer shares fishing chatter, firehouse anecdotes, superstition about Friday the 13th, and a note on kite sales and quirky hobby shop trends.
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