School Board Faces New Salary Crisis In High Point
The High Point school board confronts rising salary demands from elementary school secretaries cafeteria workers and other staff while negotiating a model cities kindergarten program. Superintendent Dr. Pruette notes raising pay to match teacher aides could require about $200 000 more annually, a move supported as part of a broader push for a stronger unified school system.
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High Point
Dean B. Pruette
Model Cities
Pruette
Mayflower Compact and its 350th commemoration
Rufus Choate praised New England conscience as Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower sought freedom to worship. The 1620 voyage faced delays and strain but led to a covenant among male freemen, forming a civil body politic. The compact influenced self governance and early town meetings, with John Carver as early elective governor.
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Massachusetts
Rufus Choate
New England
New
New World
John Carver
Plymouth Colony
Pilgrims
D. K. Winslow
Father Thank Thee Sermon on Gratitude and Blessings
A sermon on thanksgiving recalls Evangeline and Longfellow and urges daily gratitude for modern abundance. It praises God’s generosity through everyday acts from Detroit to Brazil and urges a year round posture of thanks.
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Longfellow
Evangeline
Gabriel
Philadelphia
Israel
Greece
Augustine
Rome
England
America
Detroit
New York
Dakotas
Brazil
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Meekness and De Gaulle in a Cold War Lens
CAPUS WAYNICK argues meekness is rare among leaders and contrasts Charles de Gaulle with Gen. Douglas MacArthur. He asserts De Gaulle’s France pursued independence, defied NATO norms, and opposed British entry to the Common Market, while calling for greater European defense burden sharing to curb anti Americanism and reduce US costs.
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Capus Waynick
Charles de Gaulle
France
Europe
Petain
Hitler
Winston Churchill
Britain
England
NATO
de Gaulle
Douglas MacArthur
Franklin Roosevelt
Vietnam
Canada
Quebec
Near East
Sen. Percy
Dean Acheson
Intimidating Witnesses in Billion-Dollar Merger Fight
The Justice Department accuses American Electric Power of harassing key witness Louis Roddis Jr. during a merger case. SEC staff condemns the subpoena as intimidation. lawyers clash as Don Cook and other executives face scrutiny over the power giant’s tactics.
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Washington
Justice Department
American Electric Power Company
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Louis Roddis, Jr
New York
Con Ed
Roddis
American Electric
Bernard Nash
Richard Dicke
Nash
Sol Freedman
American Electric Power Colossus
Nash and Freedman
Colossus
Don Cook
Southern Newspaper People Power Talks at Annual Meeting
Boca Raton gathering highlights Knight Newspapers optimism for readers in the electronic age. Postmaster General Blount forecasts strong southern influence, federalism shifts, and funds to states. SNPA Foundation reaches endowment over a million dollars to train Southern newspaper staffs. New York Times expands Florida holdings amid regional growth and evolving newspaper concepts.
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Lee Hills
Knight Newspapers
Hills
Winton M. Blount
Dixie
Nixon
America
Blount
Alabama
Macon
Bert Struby
Greenville
Kelly Sisk
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation
American Newspapers Publishers Association
South
SNPA
Reed Sarratt
Winston- Salem
Ford Foundation
Edward J. Meenan
Dixie Newspapers
Joe D. Smith
Alexandria
Daily
Town Talk
Florida
Knight
Gannett
Chicago Tribune-New York
New York Times
Cowles
Also Mentioned on This Page
High Point Enterprise
Mayflower
Matthew
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Avenue High Point, N. C
David A. Rawley, JR
Randall B. Terry, JR
Eph P.rawley
Olt McPherson
Joe Browness
Patterson, JR
Richard Teague
Oivertising
Iealetion
Associated Press
N.C
AP News
N. C
Manila
Philippines
Japan
MacArthur
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Holt McPherson
Boca Raton
Fla
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Shakespeare
Beethoven
Schubert
Faraday
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