High Point Enterprise leadership roster listed
Randall B. Terry and D. A. Rawley serve as co-publishers with David Rawley Jr. as vice president and Joseph P. Rawley as general manager. Joe Brown is the editor and Mrs. C. H. Lockwood holds a vice president title. The independent newspaper outlines its executive team.
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THE
High Point Enterprise
Randall B. Terry
D. A. Rawley
David A. Rawley JR
C. H. Lockwood
Joseph P. Rawley
Mgr
Carter Controversy Tugs Plains Baptist Church Over Race
The Plains Baptist Church faces a split as Rev. Clennon King volunteers for membership sparking debates over segregation. Betty Ford faults the church for racial exclusion while Carter’s stance draws both support and criticism, highlighting broader church fault lines and voter behavior in the era.
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Clennon King
Albany
Plains Baptist Church
Donald Segretti
Betty Ford
Jimmy Carter
Carter
High Point
Gerald Ford
King
Bruce Edwards
Plains
Georgia
Charlotte Observer
Charlotte
Pushers With Licenses Debate on Amphetamine Use for Weight Loss
A Senate panel heard five doctors urge banning amphetamines for weight loss amid reports of abuse and pregnancy-related birth defects. The 60 Minutes exposé highlighted unsupervised access and repeated miscarriages among users, while 5.5 million prescriptions in 1975 plus 19.9 million related weight control scripts show widespread use. The panel calls for government action to curb harm and protect the public from misuse.
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U.S. Senate
Senate
Projecting the News Changing Southern Africa
The piece compares Rhodesia and Angola on their independence anniversaries, notes Rhodesia’s disputed status, and recalls Rhodesia’s 1965 independence proclamation. It tracks British sanctions, UN actions, and Rhodesia’s reliance on South Africa after Portugal’s empire collapsed. It mentions Kissinger’s plan, Victoria Falls talks, and Kenya as a potential model for settlement.
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Rhodesia
Angola
Great Britain
Ian Smith
Britain
United Nations
Smith
Portugal
South Africa
Africa
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Geneva
Kenya
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenyatta
Succession Delays Marked by City Council Debate in Thomasville
City leaders delay naming a successor to Rachel Gray on the Thomasville City Council as she prepares to join the State Senate in Raleigh. Possible replacements include Sam Burford and, amid calls for a woman, Mrs Gray’s seat may go to a female contender. The piece also recalls Esther Pickett Finch’s memorial building and local business histories.
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Roy Culler
Rachel Gray
State Senate
Raleigh
Sam Burford
Andrews High School
Jack Dillard
Gray
Herman Smith
Thomasville
Esther Pickett
Charles F. Finch
Finch
Tom J. Finch
Thomasville Chair Company
Thomasville Furniture Industries
Pickett
High Point
Mr. Pickett
J. B. Duke
American Tobacco Trust
Duke
Mr. Finch
Main Street
Esther Pickett Finch
Harry Brown Finch
United Methodist Church
High Point College
Migrant Labor Fray Tangles Byrd Apple Orchards
A Washington report details U.S. migrants’ abuse concerns and the Byrd family resistance to expanding American labor for Shenandoah apple picking. The Frederick County Growers Association and Jamaicans clash over wages, training, and living conditions as the senator’s family maintains control of the orchards.
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Washington
Virginia
Byrd Clan
Harry Byrd Jr
Jamaica
Rodney Turner
Virginia State Employment Commission
Byrds
Harry F. Byrd III
Frederick County
Hal Bernton
Byrd
Bernton
Southern
Byrd Farm
Baltimore
Ple
U.S
Shenandoah
America
National Whirligig Guns On The Hill Target Carter
Washington analysis of the 1976 election frames the Democratic Congress as the winner while President-elect Jimmy Carter trails. The piece portrays Congress as expanding taxes and wielding decisive power, diminishing presidential authority and shaping a congressional oligarchy on Capitol Hill for years to come.
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Washington
Democratic Congress
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Capitol Hill
George III
Congress
Richard Nixon
United States
Congressional
Senate
Republic
U.S. Navy
House of Lords
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Beira
John Vorster
Kenneth Kaunda
Victoria Falls
Lawrence E. Gordon
Fenians
N.C. State University
Mr. Gordon
Jamestown
Old Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Gordon
Empire Furniture Co
Marion
Gordon's Furniture Co
Johnson City
Tenn
Henry A. Foscue
Furniture Foundation
Willy Torres
Youth For Christ
Byrd Farms
By Jack Anderson
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
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