New Post Office To Open Way For Another Agency
High Point wins final site for a new post office named by Congressman Horace R Kornegay. The six acre site east of the current central office will house postal operations and motor maintenance for a wide area. The move frees the present building for use by other federal agencies, signaling potential growth for the city.
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High Point
Horace R. Kornegay
Carson Stout
Washington
Stout
GOP Governors Split Stance on Vietnam and Policy Shifts
Republican governors show cautious unity on Vietnam as a 1960s proxy for presidential timing. Michigan's George Romney may back bombing halt while Ronald Reagan appears hawkish. James Rhodes tours Asia with potential guidance. Domestic ties focus on spending and federal tax revenue sharing.
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Vietnam
White House
Johnson
Nelson Rockefeller
Michigan
George
Romney
California
Ronald Reagan
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Orient
Basketball’s Rise From Peach Baskets to Pro Power
Editorial tracing basketball’s growth from its 1891 invention by Dr. James Naismith to modern pro leagues. It notes TV deals, rising revenues, the NBA’s 24 second rule, and the players’ union winning a $600 monthly pension after a 1964 threat, with June 8 as the next negotiating milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Naismith
Ymca Training School
Springfield
Mass
Naismith
N.B.A
South America Eyeing Summit Deals for Unity and Power
Drew Pearson reports from South America as ministers and engineers discuss the Summit agenda. Projects include the Guri Dam in Venezuela, iron ore smelting near Bolivia’s border, and gas pipelines to Sao Paulo. Plans to link the Orinoco and Amazon rivers aim to open inland navigation and cross-continent transport.
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Guri
Caroni
Venezuela
Russia
Colombia
Guyana
Barrientos Ortuna
Bolivia
Brazil
Paraguay
Argentina
Gulf Oil
Sao Paulo
Amazon
Orinoco
Equator
Caribbean
Atlantic
South America
Summit Conference Might Advance Latin American Dams
Notes on News outlines plans for Santarem Brazil dam creating an inland sea and Bolivia Peru Chile water projects. It cites Bolivian Barrientos refusal to attend talks without sea access and Venezuela Guri Dam delays over soft rock costs risking halt amid mounting tensions with Harza.
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Santarem
Brazil
Chile
Peru
Bolivia
Lake Titicaca
Barrientos
Punta del Este
la Paz
Johnson
LBJ
Harza
Venezuela
Alonzo Bavard
Guri
Presidents
Plans to expand High Point Memorial Hospital nears approval
Holt McPherson ds reports Hospital board chairman James H. Millis hosts trustees at his home to discuss a $4 million enlargement of High Point Memorial Hospital. Plans include 100 new private rooms, an Emergency Department overhaul, an Intensive Care and Cardiac Care suite with monitoring and pacemaker capabilities, aiming to start within three years and raise $1.25 million locally by June.
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High Point Memorial Hospital Board
James H. Millis
George T. Wood
Vincent Spracklin
R. T. Amos
Millis
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Latin America
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Viola Myrick
Pilot Club
Melva T. Price
Drexel Industries
Burlington Industries
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