Julian B White Profile Builder of High Point Industrial Plants
Julian B White, president of J B White Construction Co Inc, built major High Point plants for Carrick Turning Works General Steel Products Powers Wire Products Flex O Lators Mickey Body Works Tex Elastic and more He recently joined with Herman Bernard Herbert T Ragan Jr and Norman Lamet to acquire 84 acres on S Main Street for industrial and commercial development White plans to supply full package deals including site plans and construction and often works alongside his crew from the 913 Finch St headquarters He sees southwest High Point as ideal for industry but notes a land shortage for future development.
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Robert Marks
Julian B. White
J. B. White Construction Co. Inc
High Point
Carrick Turning Works
General Steel Products
Powers Wire Products
Mickey Body Works
Tex Elastic
BBS Studios
Hatteras Yacht
Silvercraft
KayLyn Furniture
White
Herman Bernard
Herbert T. Ragan Jr
Norman Lamet
S. Main Street
Fairfield Road
Gastonia
Charlotte
Virginia Beach
Burlington
J. B. White Company
Finch St
High Point Builder White Lives Family and Work Ties
After Korea service, White returned to High Point in 1954 to work with his father in Peerless Floor Co. He later started his own building business, moving into residential and industrial construction with his brother Gil. He, his wife Betty Lewis, and their children live on Edgedale with a home under construction in Emery Wood Forest North.
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Air Force
White
High Point
Percy L. White
Peerless Floor Co
Gil
Stewart Stone
Percy Payne
Archdale
Randolph County
Betty Lewis
Gastonia
High Point College
Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Doctrine Of No Response And Attica Echoes
An editor’s notebook critiquing a modern “doctrine of no response” in America. It links Attica events, leftist figures, media bias, and selective outrage, arguing that both establishment misdeeds and revolutionary actions receive skewed treatment while calling for honest scrutiny of all sides.
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America
Ralph Nader
General Motors
Angela Davis
New York State
Attica
James L. Emery
Arthur O. Eve
William Kunstler
Ultraleft
Emery
Kunstler
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Bobby Seale
Soledad
Pravda
Indiana
Theodore Sendak
Rennie Davis
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
Huey Newton
Sendak
San Rafael
New Haven
New York City
Edgar Whitcomb
Robert Fassnacht
Robert
Fassnacht
Sterling Hall
University of Wisconsin
Daily Cardinal
College
Washington
Fourteenth St
Muskie remark looms over 1972 Democratic race
In Washington columnist Leslie Carpenter argues Muskie’s comment on not naming a black running mate could cost Democrats votes. He notes reactions from Wilbur Mills Henry Jackson and highlights Shirley Chisholm as a rising Black candidate while Nixon and Wallace eye strategy shifts.
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Washington
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
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Wilbur Mills
Congress
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South Carolina
Jackson
Shirley Chisholm
Bedford-Stuyvesant
New York City
Wisconsin
North Carolina
New York
California
Nixon
George Wallace
Guns and rights clash in national gun control debate
The piece argues that gun control intersects with constitutional rights and public safety. It contrasts police chiefs' views, cites the 1968 act as insufficient, cites New York and Tokyo examples, and warns that current laws create a national idiocy by arming homes.
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United States
International Assn. of Police
Anaheim
Calif
New York City
Patrick V. Murphy
Tokyo
Japan
Free State
Roaming the Piedmont Time For The World Series
A light local column notes mild autumn weather and changing leaves while suggesting morning outings during the World Series. It recounts a shopping episode for a carpet bag and a humorous license story from a sporting goods store. A barber quip closes the piece about hair expectations.
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Boondocks
Vested interest in bonds hits Davidson County referendum
Davidson voters under 21 loom on the November bond and sales tax vote. A $10 million school construction bond funds three systems, while a $1 million Davidson County Community College issue would build a vocational building and new library. College students could directly benefit.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Davidson County Community College
Schoo
Grady Love
Community College
Davidson
County Board of Elections
Thomasville
Ledford
Arcadia-Reedy Creek
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