Names Flood North Carolina Ballots Prompt Calls For Reform
The piece notes 97 names in Guilford and 117 in Mecklenburg on last Saturdays ballots highlighting voters' difficulty in choosing amid long lists and complex top races. It discusses constitutional changes and zoning to shorten ballots, and cites Marion Follin and Zoe Parks Barbee in a county commissioners runoff context.
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Raleigh
Guilford
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Commissioner of Insurance
Commissioner of Labor
Council of State
Marion Follin
Board of County Commissioners
Zoe Parks Barbee
Follin
League of Women Voters labeled partisan at Atlanta convention
Commentator criticizes the League of Women Voters after a contentious Atlanta convention. The piece notes a failed proposal to admit men and quotes Gloria Steinem arguing for equality and critique of male politicians. It portrays the league as biased and calls it an organization of female chauvinists.
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League of Women Voters
League
Atlanta
Women’s Liberation Movement
Gloria Steinem
Ms. Steinem
Reversion of Okinawa Faces Economic and Political Potholes
Okinawa and its Ryukyu neighbors are slated to return to Japan on May 15, ending a 27 year dispute. The U S base will stay, but operations will be subject to U S Japan accord terms. Japan must bear Okinawa's economic and social costs while maintaining access to bases and labor.
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Okinawa
Ryukyu
Japan
United States
U.S
Korea
Vietnam
East China Sea
FBI files reveal secret dossiers on celebrities and leaders
Washington reports reveal Patrick Gray Jr. urged journalists there are no dossiers while detailing FBI files on Jane Fonda Coretta King Ralph Abernathy James Baldwin Harry Belafonte Floyd McKissick and athletes like Joe Namath. The notes include confidential and secret markings with mentions of travel and personal lives. The piece mixes satire and a peek at FBI recordkeeping practices.
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Washington
Patrick Gray
FBI
Gray
Martin Luther King
Byron Detective Agency
Atlanta
Ralph Abernathy
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Perley Thomas Bus Works Shaped High Point Industry
The article profiles the Perley A. Thomas Car Works Inc established in 1916, detailing its rise from streetcar production to a global bus manufacturer. It notes its 200,000 square foot plant, production of about 5,000 buses yearly, international plants in Canada Ecuador and Peru, and a four generation Thomas leadership guiding growth and quality. It also covers regional business moves and local community figures connected to the firm.
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Perley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc
Industra- Lites
High Point International Management Club
Southern Car Company
Perley A. Thomas
High Point
Thomases
Thomas
North Carolina
Sumatra
Far East
United Nations Children’s Fund
Long Island
University of Illinois
Detroit
New Orleans
Woodstock
Ontario
Canada
Quito
Ecuador
Lima
Peru
Thomas Company
J. Norman Thomas
J. Willard Thomas
Willard
John Jr
P. A. Thomas
William Price
Melva Thomas Price
Alaska
Perley Thomas
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William P. Rogers
Paris
Pat
Jane Fonda
Miss Fonda
Hollywood
G-men
Fonda
Moscow
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Pat Gray
Nixon
Floyd McKissick
By Jack Anderson
James Baldwin
NYT-1
Istanbul
Turkey
Athens
Greece
Air France
Milliyet
Harry Belafonte
Harold George Belafonte
Marlon Brando
Paul Newman
Rock Hudson
Tony Randall
Zero Mostel
Joe Namath
Lance Rentzel
Namath
New York Jets
American Football League
New York City
J. F. Stone
Subject
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
Washington, D. C
Merry
Ceae
Hardy Prather
United Fund
United Community Services, Inc
Huntington
W. Va
Hilton Head Island
University of Florida Law School
N.C. State University
Ben R. Lacy
Union Seminary
Richmond
Presbyterian Home
Peace College
Lacy
Peace
Emma Elizabeth White
Nursery At Peace
Ray McMahon
George Crickmore Jr
Maverick Mobile Homes, Inc
29-A
Greensboro
Piedmont
Finch Field
Thomasville
Trinity
Highway 311
Rey E. Watts
First Presbyterian Church
Norman Vincent Peale
Art Linkletter
Watts
Holt McPherson Enterprise
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