FTC targets drug ads over claims of painkiller differences
Washington reports the Federal Trade Commission challenges advertising claims by major drug companies alleging significant product differences. A columnist recounts experiments and quotes Prof. Heinrich Applebaum arguing psychology in ads drives headaches and relief expectations, warning against government curbs.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Heinrich Applebaum
FTC
Applebaum
National Airport
David Janssen
Kiwanis urged to back Nat Greene Youth Home plan
Aubrey L. Strother of Guilford County juvenile court asked the Kiwanis Club of High Point to support a Nat Greene Youth Home project on a 90 acre tract near Stokesdale. The plan envisions small houses for 11 to 15 year old delinquents, with a goal of up to 18, requiring $90,000 to start, half from a grant and half from subscriptions.
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Kiwanis Club of
High Point
Nat Greene
Aubrey L. Strother
Stokesdale
Strother
Record turnout expected in Guilford County primary
Voting in Guilford County opened heavily with long lines forming at High Point polling places. Officials predict 60 000 to 70 000 county voters participate with over 120 000 registered as absentee ballots slow counting. The primary includes governor and county offices with bond issues and school board seats.
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Guilford County
Greensboro
Guilford
High Point College senior exhibits paintings and drawings
Cheryl Combs, a High Point College art major, displays paintings graphics and drawings in Memorial Auditorium foyer. The show runs daily 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. through May 14. Combs, daughter of H W and Mrs. Combs, plans to work in the Triad area after graduation.
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Cheryl Combs
High Point College
Memorial Auditorium
Miss Combs
H. W. Combs
High Point
Triad
Employment gains rise in Piedmont Triad area study
A state ESC report covers the four county Piedmont Triad MSA Guilford Forsyth Randolph and Yadkin from March 1971 to March this year noting about 9 170 more jobs. Unemployment fell to 2 3 percent while average hourly earnings stood at 3 05. The area forecasts about 7 170 job openings in six months.
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Piedmont Triad Standard
State Employment Security Commission
ESC
Guilford
Forsyth
Randolph
Yadkin
Hasty Elementary Field Lights Officially Turn On
The Hasty Elementary School baseball team will play under lights Monday for the first time as the field switches on. The project cost about $15,000 with lighting around $12,000 funded by Boosters, donations, and local industries led by Thomasville Furniture Industries. Boosters President Bobo Lawing praised volunteers as plans for a summer recreational league begin to form.
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Hasty
Hasty Club
Mickey Russ
Allburg
W. Russ
Boosters Club
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Russ
Bobo Lawing
Davidson Job Outlook Improves in Davidson County
Statistics from the state Employment Security Commission show unemployment in Davidson County improving since early 1972. January rate was 2.5 percent with April projections of 1.8 to 1.9 percent, a notable drop from 3.1 percent a year earlier. Knight notes rising demand for general production, furniture, and related industries.
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Lexington
State Employment Security Commission
Thomasville
Davidson County
Alan Knight
Knight
Jamestown Band Earns Multiple State and Local Honors
Jamestown Junior High Advanced Band, directed by Paul Rainey, won a superior rating at the State Band Contest in Kannapolis on May 4 amid 56 eighth and ninth graders competing with 23 other units. The group also performed at the Raleigh Arts Festival History and Archives Building. The Ninth Grade Treble Chorus, directed by Mrs. Doug Turner, earned superior ratings from three judges at a Greensboro district contest. The school newspaper Tiger Times, led by Mrs. Louise Richardson, won a first place certificate in the Columbia Scholastic Press Association contest. Art students under Mrs. Ruth Newby and Miss Brenda Lowe received a best in show cash award at the Sedgefield Woman's Club contest and a $25 bond at the District 7 Fine Arts Festival, with nine blue and red ribbons at Sedgefield and three red at District 7.
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Jamestown
Paul Rainey
Raleigh
History and Archives
Page High School
Greensboro
Doug Turner
Tiger Times
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Louise Richardson
Ruth Newby
Brenda Lowe
Sedgefield
High Point Women’s Club
Six Injured In Traffic Accidents In City
Victoria Robertson Stanley of Scientific Street was listed in satisfactory condition at High Point Memorial Hospital after a two car wreck on Scientific near Dillon Road. Billy Don Spivey, 22, of Kearns Street, was charged with reckless driving. Rosa Dow Nelson and Gay Lane McCarthy suffered minor injuries in a collision on Hamilton Street near E Green Drive. Cindy Nelson, 6, a passenger, also injured. Rosa Nelson charged with red light violation. A separate three car wreck on N Main Street injured two drivers Walter Depien Corneilson 70 and Richard Lee Miller 31. James Daniel McDowell 36 was charged with failure to reduce speed.
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Victoria Robertson Stanley
Scientific Street
High Point Memorial Hospital
Scientific
Dillon Road
Billy Don Spivey
Kearns Street
Gay Lane McCarthy
Cook Street
Rosa Dow Nelson
Mark Street
Hamilton Street
E. Green Drive
Cindy Nelson
Nelson
N. Main Street
Walter Depien Corneilson
N. Main
Richard Lee Miller
Rt. 2
Kernersville
James Daniel McDowell
Winston- Salem
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Jackson Training
Apex
County Register of Deeds
High Point Rescue Squad
High Point Police CB
E. Kearns St
Mark Austin
HPC
Piedmont Triad
Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Braxton Younts Enterprise
The
Boosters of Meals, the
Boosters
Hasty Athletic Field
Art Richardson
Ven Carver
Kannapolis
Rosa Nelson
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Okly
Weard-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
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