Prison tour sparks talks on reform and hope in North Carolina
A Raleigh classroom recounts a Central Prison visit with Gov. Scott and officials, praising the barber training program and rehabilitation focus. Inmates greeted the governor warmly, and officials showed empathy, aiming to turn the aging facility toward constructive reform and humane treatment.
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Gov. Scott
Central Prison
Raleigh
Lee Bounds
Stanley Black
Attica
High Point
David Evans
William E. McLand
Scott
Greensboro
High Point Man Survives Open Heart Surgery at Duke
William Wasserman of High Point underwent a triple bypass at Duke Medical Center after severe coronary blockage. The 55 year old, one of eight local patients in 1971, received 19 pints of blood during an eight hour operation aided by saphenous vein grafts and the heart lung machine.
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William Wasserman
High Point
Duke Medical Center
Wasserman
Duke
American Red Cross
High Point Area
Carolina St
Internal Revenue
Neil Hadley
The
Red Cross
Greater High Point United Appeal
United Appeal
American Red _ Cross
Greater High Point
High Point Red Cross
Piedmont Carolinas
High Point Memorial Hospital
High Point College Joins World Campus Afloat Program
High Point College becomes a member of the World Campus Afloat Association with the S. S. Seawise as the floating campus. The program runs from December 26 to February 1 1972 visiting Caribbean ports and offering courses in multiple disciplines with full college credit. Other member schools include Adams State Bloomfield College and Drake University among others.
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Elizabeth
High Point College
North Carolina
Adams State
Alamosa
Colorado
Bloomfield College
Bloomfield
N. J
Defiance College
Defiance
Ohio
Drake University
Des Moines
Iowa
Hofstra University
Hempstead
N. Y
McPherson College
McPherson
Kansas
Murray State University
Murray
Kentucky
N. E. Louisiana University
Monroe
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater
Okla
Otterbein College
Westerville
Springfield College
Springfield
Parker promoted to installment loan manager at First Citizens Bank
High Point native Allen J. Parker is named installment loan manager at First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. in High Point succeeding Gardner Temple who moved to Rocky Mount Office. Parker joined the bank in 1969, has 17 years of banking experience, and holds degrees from High Point College and Davidson College. He is past president of the American Business Club and treasurer of the High Point Friends Meeting. He is married to Sue Speed and they have three children.
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Wasserman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Greensboro
Red Cross Blood Mobile
High Point
Allen J. Parker
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co
Gardner Temple
Rocky Mount
Parker
First-Citizens
First- Citizens
High Point College
Davidson College
American Business Club
High Point Friends Meeting
Hurricanes Teach A War-Torn Reporter Irony And Fear
In a memoir style reminiscence a writer compares preferring spinach to hurricanes. He recalls a World War II Cuban shelter hiatus for a storm that never hit and a daring Wilmington coast drive through a hurricane. He notes the shift toward inland storms and the danger of being trapped during a real monster.
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Cuba
Wilmington
Myrtle Beach
Cape Fear
Church Street
A Child Went Forth At High Point Library
The Cinema Cafe feature analyzes urban schooling issues in a film titled A Child Went Forth. Shown Tuesday at 12:15 PM in the audio visual room, the program discusses traditional design and teaching methods while urging innovation. Coffee and soft drinks will be offered.
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High Point Public Library
Holiday Tree From North Carolina for National Christmas Tree
The National Christmas Tree will come from North Carolina as a 65 foot Fraser fir from Pisgah National Forest near Asheville. The National Park Service will cut the tree in December and ship it to Washington where it will be placed on the Ellipse and decorated with smaller trees from each state. President Nixon is slated to light the tree in mid December depending on his schedule.
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Washington
North Carolina
Pisgah National Forest
Asheville
National Park Service
White House
Union
Depen
Richard M. Nixon
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New Hope
Department of Conservation and Development
Blackledge
Warden Blackledge
Garrison
Johnny Cash
Folsom Prison
San Quentin
Carolina
By Faye Marks
High
Dorothy Lee
Mike 15
David
David Powers
Frank Hairr
Siler City
Wassermans
Sonny Hedgecock
High Point Enterprise
HPC Is Member of
Campus Afloat
Peggy Ingram
World Campus Afloat Assn
S. S. Seawise
Queen
His
Sue Speed
Franklinton
Cinema Cafe
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Okly
Word-Griffith Company Hi
Virginia City
Saturda
DON Gilstrap, Inc
High Point Tel
N. Main
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