Busy Groceryman Builds Success Through Perseverance
Howard Mayes profiles Jack Beeson, a 25 year veteran grocer at 212 S Main St who expanded to multiple stores amid inflation and energy crises. He credits his wife, son Scott, and personalized service for customer loyalty while leveraging Central Carolina Warehouse to boost buying power and plans two more Piedmont area outlets.
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Howard Mayes
Jack Beeson
Beeson
S. Main St
A. C. Beeson
West End
Jackqulyn
Peggy
N. Main Street
Scott
S. Main Street
N. Centennial Street
Central Carolina
Kernersville
Cooperative Grocery
Cooperative
Financial Times
High Point
Piedmont
Roaming the Piedmont 100 Years Ago at Deep River Meeting
BRAXTON YOUNTS recalls Deep River Friends 100th anniversary and a 1945 word picture by Helen T. Binford of the Meetinghouse and grounds. The piece preserves 1875 architecture, old roads, a cemetery, a rose fence, a social hut, and the horse era memories of the region near Guilford College and Greensboro.
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Deep River Friends Meeting
Deep River Friends
Mark Florence Allen
Helen T. Binford
Deep River Meetinghouse
High Point
Deep River
Jamestown
Beard's Hatter’s
Friendship
Margaret Hill Binford
Indiana
Guilford College
Greensboro
Cemetery Memorial Assn
New York Bailout Debate Shapes Federal Aid Politics
A Sunday Accent piece notes public opposition in Congress to federal help for New York City. It cites Rep. Richardson Preyer and President Ford, arguing punishment politics and comparisons to Saigon undermine trust while stressing local and state responsibility for New York’s fiscal crisis.
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Richardson Preyer
New York
Ford
Los Angeles
Congress
Saigon
Atlanta
Seattle
Baltimore
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
Junkets
United States
Middle East
Balancing Service On The City Council
In Thomasville Dalton Myers and Jim Johnson vie for mayor as city voters decide Tuesday. Johnson praised for community leadership, council restraint, and development know how while Myers is seen as a valued council voice whose absence could reduce dissent and risk altering representative governance.
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Thomasville
Dalton Myers
Jim Johnson
Johnson
Myers
Council
Editors Outlook on Welsh Separatism and Global Coalescence
An editor's perspective surveys Wales under the United Kingdom, noting Plaid Cymru influence and Welsh language revival amid wider separatist tides worldwide. It draws parallels with Biafra, Quebec, Belgium, Iceland, and other cases, arguing modern borders fray as nations pursue identity and autonomy.
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Wales
Rhys Ap Gruffydd
Owen Glendower
United Kingdom
Plaid Cymru
Westminster
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Prince Charles
Britain
Buckingham Palace
Nigeria
Biafra
North Sea
Quebec
Lebanon Crisis Threatens Middle East Stability
The Lebanon crisis worsens as sectarian power sharing frays under Palestinian guerrilla activity and regional pressure. Christian and Muslim factions clash, foreigners evacuate, and the war’s spillover imperils the Sinai accord while threatening broader Middle East peace efforts.
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Malpass
Braxton Younts Enterprise
New York, N.Y
Robert Marks
Enterprise
Davidson
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times
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Aubrey Martin
Pren Gwyn
Walfe
Plains of Abraham
Canada
Atlantic
Belgium
Denmark
Pakistan
India
Switzerland
Russia
Kremlin
Wendell Willkie
Brotherhood of Man
Control Tower
Lebanon
Mideast
Beirut
Yellowstone National Park
Iraq
Israel
Royal
Hussein
Jordan
U. S
Moscow
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Yasser Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Sinai
Sadat
David Toufic Mizrahi
Libya
Communist Party
PLO
Arafat
Syria
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