High Point City Hall to Welcome Retiring Secretary
Mrs. Lucy Harper, longtime City Hall secretary to six city managers, ends 42 years of service in April. She helped refinance debts during hard times and preserves city history in scrapbooks. Born in Yadkin College, she lives at 220 Montheu Ave with husband Leigh J. Harper and is active in church and legion auxiliary.
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Lucy Harper
City Hall
High Point
Harper
Ben Saunders
Lake Crowe
A. R. McMullan
Saunders
Crowe
McMullan
R. L. Pickett
P. P. Pilcher
E. M. Knox
Mr. Knox
Roy Braden
T. E. Hinson
Harold Cheek
Mrs. Harper
Davidson County
Yadkin College
High Point College
Groovy Groups and the Gen Gap Revisited
An editor notes his cheap attempts to grasp youth culture via two books on rock groups. He cites figures like 25 Star Groups and 70 Groovy Groups, plus profiles of Jefferson Airplane the Who and others. He concludes youth’s common experience forms a new era of honesty amid revolt and counterculture.
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Flip
Miami
Jefferson Airplane
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Grateful Dead
Electric Prunes
Randy California
Spirit
Who
Bill Albaugh
Bill Bartlett
Steve Walmsley
Tom Richards
The
Royal Guardsmen
Beatles
Peter, Paul and
Mary
Terry Kirkman
Association
U. S. of A
Eric Burdon
Animals
Big Sur
Reveille
Canada
Spring break in Nassau good intentions and trouble
In Nassau, American college students on spring break face strict joint policing by Bahamian and U S authorities. Arrests for marijuana rise, fines of 700 dollars levied, and measures include hotel proof and return tickets. pilots may be refused entry for bedrolls or troublemakers. police boost supervision as parents balk at funding.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Bay Street
Fort Lauderdale
L. O. Pindling
U. S
Turner Shelton
Shelton
Bahama
North Carolina Prison Reform Push From Director Bounds
North Carolina prisons director Lee Bounds argues against punitive methods and urges rehabilitation focused reform. He seeks a $30 million biennial budget, two 500-cell units for hard core prisoners, and a youth offender unit, aiming to break the cycle of recidivism.
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Bounds
North Carolina
Davidson County Sheriff Seat Murmur Trails Sink to U S Marshal
speculation swirls over Fred C Sink possibly becoming U S marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina with an official announcement due by mid April The Davis County political scene contends a Thomasville man may not win party support keeping the sheriff post out of town limits while several candidates from Thomasville and other areas vie for the job The piece notes GOP tensions and a busy Thomasville sheriff’s sub station handling Guilford Forsyth and Randolph papers plus reminders of Eisenhower’s memorial closure and local events including the Pilot Lions Horse Show and MISS PRIDE’s remarks about schooling.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Fred C. Sink
U.S
U.S. Middle District
North Carolina
Thomasville
County Register of Deeds
Link
Sheriff’s Department
Ronald Cecil
Jesse Cecil
Sheriff's Department
Leon Rickard
Baren Craven
Sink
GOP
J. C. Glossom
Wilmer Mizell
Midway
Wayne Whicker
Whicker
State House
Guilford
Forsyth
Randolph
Mizell
Congress
Roaming the Piedmont On The Outs With The Dogs
A light column recounts a night of noisy dogs and a ruined morning after a chase ends in the garage. A separate anecdote jokes about dialect and a man’s missing bandage request. It closes with a cucumber planting forecast for Greensboro suggesting wait until late April per weather data.
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Greensboro
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L. J. Harper
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Art Richardson
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Judy Collins
Mick Jagger
Rolling Stones
Vietnam
the Capital
By Leslie Carpenter
Lee Bounds
By Robert Marks
High Point Kiwanis Club
Davidson
Dwight Eisenhower
Pilot Lions
Dogs
By Braxton Younts
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