High Point's Acting City Manager Charles Martin Profile
Charles Martin, 41, shaping High Point budgets as acting city manager after serving as budget officer. A Cramerton native with Burlington Industries roots, he blends math skill with forecasting to guide the 1976-77 budget. He expects to return to budget officer when a new manager is hired, likely in June.
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Charles Martin
High Point
Larry Charles Martin
Martin
Harold Cheek
Cheek
Burlington Industries
U.S. Army
Burlington
Ann Helderman
Belmont
Cramerton
Susan Pamela
Amy Diane
Cramerton High
East Carolina
Well Wishers Backcountry Hazards Loom in Trip
Davidson dateline Thomasville traveler shares fears and anecdotes about backpacking in the Cascade Mountains. Friends warn of getting lost, bears, mosquitoes, and injuries while a companion reassures there are no snakes. He plans a two week trip if Amtrak stays on track.
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Thomasville
Clint Ingram
Thomasville Recreation
Washington State
Cascade Mountains
Pacific Coast
Graduation Week Opens With Ragsdale Diploma Day
T G Madison Jr led Ragsdale High to distribute diplomas in Greensboro War Memorial Auditorium marking the start of a year long graduation process for 365 seniors. The piece notes strong junior averages, chigger woes, and a NC State pine needle propagation study led by Dr Michael Cohen at the NC Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Ragsdale
T. G. Madison Jr
Jamestown Institution
Greensboro
War Memorial Auditorium
Madison
T. G
Hagsdale
Madison and Co
N,c State University
NSC State University
Cohen
Heplwigs
Editors Outlook on Stiff Backs and Cheating at Academies
A Los Angeles Times column argues that discipline and obedience hardened by tough training are essential for military efficacy. It cites high attrition at West Point, Annapolis, and the Air Force Academy amid cheating scandals, while defending rigorous drill as crucial for battlefield performance and trust.
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West Point
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Colorado
Norman Augustine
General Accounting Office
Washington
GAO
North Carolina Summers Spark History In Outdoor Dramas
Oconaluftee Indian Village in Cherokee opens its 1976 season with demonstrations of Cherokee crafts and dances. Other summer dramas include The Lost Colony at Manteo, Unto These Hills near Oconaluftee, Horn in the West at Boone, and The Sword of Peace at Cane Creek. The season also features the Eastern Music Festival at Guilford College and attractions like Grandfather Mountain and Tweetsie Railroad, plus the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial in Wilmington.
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Cherokee
Oconaluftee
North Carolina Mountains
Mountains
North Carolina
Roanoke Island
Paul Green
Sir Walter Raleigh
New World
Cherokee Historical Assn
Oklahoma
Blue Ridge
Horn
Daniel Boone
Boone
The
Snow Camp
Piedmont
Cane Creek Meeting
Guilford College
Grandfather Mountain
Land of Oz
Tweetsie Railroad
Wilmington
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Gastonia
Guam
Pho
Leon
Davidson
Phil Speaks
Ing
Ragsdalians
Michael A. Cohen
Senator Soaper
Punehedrd
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
Vietnam
U.S.M.A
Naval Academy
Timothy Ringgold
Phoenix, Ariz
Army
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