Kearns Brothers Lead High Point Business and Civic Life
Amos and Charles Kearns of High Point are heirs to Crown Hosiery Mills and associate in GAC Corp real estate. Active in Raleigh’s civic scene, Amos helped select Duke University’s president, and Charles chairs regional airport financing. Both long prominent in church, Rotary, and Chamber circles.
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Crown Hosiery Mills Inc
GAC Corp
Amos Kearns
Charles Kearns
High Point
North Carolina
Douglas Maitland Knight
Duke University
Duke
Dr. Knight
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Oscar
Or Kearns
Furniture Company
Staunton Military Academy
Virginia
Oak Ridge Military Academy
Alpha Tau Omega
Crown Hosiery Mills
Kearns
Irreversibles and the danger of constant ratchets
Editor Jenkin Lloyd Jones argues that irreversible Communist advance models ignore retreat and argue that concession leads to greater gains. He cites Yalta, Berlin, Korea, Laos, and Greece as examples of repeated overreach and warns against endless holding actions, urging decisive action to defend freedom.
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Ahmed Ben Bella
Fidel Castro
Havana
Ben Bella
Roosevelt
Yalta
China
South Korea
United States
Panmunjom
North
Berlin
Khrushchev
League of Women Voters Thanks For Publicity
The League of Women Voters of High Point commends The High Point Enterprise for coverage of Amendments No. 1 and 2 on the November 6 vote. The NC League backs a uniform court system and reapportionment, and distributes pro and con fliers along with notices enclosed.
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League of Women Voters of
High Point
North Carolina League of Women Voters
High Point Enterprise
Russia claims and crimes in Soviet imperialism critique
The piece rebukes Soviet Russia and its satellites for imperialist aims, arguing they suppress liberty and enslave citizens while falsely accusing the West of imperialism. It calls for exposing their tyranny and deceit.
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Cuba
Soviet Russia
Soviet
Russia
Off Year Election Stakes Reach North Carolina Tuesday
The piece surveys the 1962 off year national and North Carolina voting scene. It highlights Rockefeller and Nixon as potential 1964 contenders and notes Kennedy’s limited direct impact. It discusses GOP gains under Rep. Jonas and issues like Project Impact and a proposed tax shift while stressing 1964 implications.
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North Carolina
Questioning a Statesman's National Broadcast and Christian Nation claim
A reader condemns a national broadcast line Till Hell Freezes Over and questions if the speaker and the nation remain Christian. The letter urges the country to return to God and Christian ideals amid public debate over the statement.
Climate of calm could help nations move toward peace
The piece envisions a Kennedy Khrushchev meeting to iron out differences and urges citizens to refrain from saber rattling. It argues a calm climate would ease progress and calls leaders to pursue non-controversial plans toward peace.
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Kennedy
Khrushchev
Quiet Campaigns In Davidson County Faces Political Shuffle
The Thomasville scene notes daily post office activity with a slow contractor pace. Firemen joke about Santa and Miss America as politics stir. Harold Cooley plans a Davidson rally while redistricting sparks county discontent. Highway inspectors visit Thomasville to study unsafe railroad crossings, a Davidson Dems project.
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Thomasville
Glen Hall
St. Nicholas
Glen
Santa
Harold Cooley
Davidson County
Democratic Executive Committee
Record Breaking Cold Spell and Halloween Reflections
The piece notes an unusually cold spell in Davidson County with ice frost and early crops, recalls a rainy wish and a Halloween night of polite thank yous from children, and mentions local election reminders and 1896 Guilford County voting history. It includes An Asheboro theft anecdote about a persimmon buyer turned suspect and a Halloween greeting from a child.
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Wallburg
Lof
Davidson County
Guilford County
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Kearns Brothers
Greensboro-High Point
Northern
Friendship Field
Friendship
Smith Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Charles L. Kearns
Amos R. Kearns SR
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Elbe
Sian
Balkans
Europe
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Laos
Friedrichgel
League OF Women Voters
Enterprise
James F. Quinn
William H. Hawley
Voters’ Service Chr
Nelson Rockefeller
New York
Richard Nixon
California
Barry Goldwater
Rockefeller
Robert M. Morgenthau
Nixon
Massachusetts
Edward
Senate
George Cabot Lodge
Sanford
Charles R. Jonas
A. Paul Kitchin
GOP
Jonas
Davidson
Nash County
Jordan
George Covington
Congress
William W. Kitchin
Kitchin
Asheboro
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