Porter Leads Guilford County Fire Family Of 1100 Volunteers
Guilford County Fire Marshal Charles W Porter calls his staff his family and credits 1100 volunteers across 24 departments and 35 stations with building a top national fire prevention program. He emphasizes teamwork, ongoing improvement, and local care, noting six new departments, eight new stations, and a robust school program since he arrived in 1970.
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Guilford County
Charles W. Porter
Porter
Washington, D.C
John Doe
Washington
Washington Fire Dept
National Staff and Command
University of Maryland
Prince George County
Maryland
Silver Hills
Brenda Barham
Greensboro
Julia
National Fire Protective Assn
North Carolina
Asso Porter
Two Nations in Harmony and Tension on the Bicentennial
An editor’s outlook reviews two bilingual history books on German American and Canada American relations. It notes color portrait collections, border frictions, and long peace, with reflections on shared pasts from Louisburg to Valley Forge and the need to pursue common ground amid shifts in oil, gas, and politics.
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National Film Office of Canada
Canada-Alaska
Louisburg
Fort Duquesne
Fort Pitt
Montreal
Lower
Quebec
Detroit
Lake Erie
Lundy’s Lane
Mackenzie King
King
America
Trudeau
Castro
Munich
Kaiser Bill
Adolf Hitler
Zweihundert
von Steuben
Prussia
Valley Forge
Baron von Riedesel
Burgoyne
St Louis
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Adm
Raeder
Tensions Rise Over Canal Pact As Panama Crisis Deepens
Washington eyes a panama crisis marked by street riots in panama city and a split within the national guard. Gen Omar Torrijos faces anti Torrijos forces while US talks on a new canal treaty stall, with Torrijos supporters pressuring Washington and Bunker possible in Panama.
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Washington
Panama City
Panama
National Guard
Omar Torrios
Anti Tarrijos
Torrijos
White House
U.s.panama
Canal
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Jerry Ford
Capitol Hill
Alliance
Canal Zone
Rodrigo Garcia
Rio Haro
Pacific
Garcia
Castro
Rio Harno
Bunker
State Dept
Kissinger
Africa
Ford
Indescribable Situations Baffle Thomasville Readers
Davidson Dateline writer laments absence of words for everyday slips and abstract ideas. He riffs on pants getting tangled, awkward street encounters, and the poetry of phrases that fail to express frustration with living in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Citizens For Christian Action
Roaming the Piedmont and everyday misperceptions
A reflective piece chronicles the author’s misread identity as a backpacker due to mail catalogs from hiking firms, recounts a painful 14 mile Boy Scout hike, and recalls lighthearted city hall pranks. It notes fall color hopes, local Piedmont scenery, and a USDA food marketing alert on poultry prices amid shifting meat supplies.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Jim Hawkins
Enterprise
Canada
Tance
London
Mexico City
Vincent Massey
Virginia Prewett
North American Newspaper Alliance
Washington-Panama
Aquilino Boyd
Jimmy Carter
Boyd
Carter
United States
Davidson
Phil Speaks
Globe
Russell Payne
Gentleman Walker
Milady
City Hall
Howard Matthews
Roland Hicks
Chair
Piedmont
Randolph County
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