North Main Road Widening Planned to Ease High Point Traffic
City officials report the State Highway Commission intends to widen North Main as a remedy to chronic traffic jams. Despite past delays and ROW hurdles, the project aims for completion by year end 1867 with by-pass plans on the East side to relieve downtown congestion. Officials urge broader related street and highway projects to address long standing planning deficiencies.
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Joseph M. Hunt
State Highway Commission
Chamber of Com
Merce
North Main
High Point
Stalin Ghost Reappears as Soviet Party Reevaluates De Stalinization
The Soviet Communist party endorses dismantling the de Stalinization policy of Khrushchev era signaling a shift from leading to following in the Kremlin. It raises questions about the party’s future role amid tensions with Western and European Communist factions and intelligentsia. The issue centers on whether the party will act as rear guard or driver of change and if Stalin’s legacy will keep shaping policy.
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Soviet Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Kremlin
Communist Party
Josef Stalin
Russia
Editorial Questions FCC Probe Into Bell System Rates
The FCC begins a first comprehensive study of Bell System pricing with AT&T disputing subsidies and profits. Projections suggest mixed rate effects for consumers, while states seek intervention as long distance cuts raise intrastate concerns and costs of the probe loom. Investors have already faced large losses amid the scrutiny.
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Federal Communications Commission
Bell System Yates
Washington
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
AT & T
Teletypewriter Exchange Service
TWX
Bell System
FCC
AT &T
Commission
AT & T Board
Frederick R. Kappel
Mother Bell
Kapper
Michigan Graduate School of Business
Prayer From War Mothers For Sons In Service
A reader submits a World War II era prayer penned by Mrs. E. P. Webb and shared by a mother whose two sons serve abroad. The letter frames faith and courage as it asks God to comfort soldiers in Vietnam and Germany, invoke biblical examples, and pray for peace, endurance, and mercy.
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E. P. Webb
Mars pictures spark cross tale and wartime debts
A Lexington Herald note questions Mars photos from Mariner IV showing no crosses marking highway deaths. A separate quip criticizes endless wars until they are settled, while an editor from Greenville cites office gadgets and a skateboard dog as signs of modern sense. A Memphis Appeal line laments health warnings and taxation rhetoric.
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Mars
Mariner IV
Lexington
World travel notes contrast Bangkok canals and India poverty
Editors Margaret and Curtis Smithdeal share impressions from a round the world trip. They praise Bangkok’s klongs and floating markets, admire Thai hospitality, and contrast India’s hunger and religious traditions with calls for practical solutions. Egypt and Egypt's ancient sites are also highlighted along with a note on crossing the International Date Line and repeating Friday March 25.
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Margaret
Curtis Smithdeal
Klongs
Bangkok
India
Bombay
Suez
Purdue University
United States
Taj Mahal
Red Fort
Agra
Egypt
Luxor
Nasser
United Arab Republic
Nile
Nile Valley
Moses
Cheops Pyramid
Alexandria
Memnon
Tut
St. Peters
Rome
Milan
Notre Dame
Paris
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High Point Envergeles, Inc
Pcrsugh Point Enterprises
Enterprise
Viet Nam
Germany
Marjorie Knotts
Lansdowne
Abraham
Joseph
David
Solomon
Samson
Lord
Jesus Christ
War Mothers of
America
Greenville
Swainsboro (Ga
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Congress
Memphis
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Siam
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