John Briggs Jr. Returns to High Point as Music Writer and Editor
John Gurney Briggs Jr., longtime music critic for the New York Post and Times and former Etude editor, plans to speak at High Point events on Oct 19 and later that week at the Rotary Club. He grew up in High Point with a musical family, studied at UNC Chapel Hill and Curtis Institute, and has written books on Tchaikovsky and Bernstein. Briggs now lives in Merion, Pennsylvania, with wife Elizabeth Babe Westmoreland and their two children, Robert and Mary Curtis.
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New York Times
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United States
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Musical Art Club
High Point
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Hazel Harmon Briggs
University of North Carolina At
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Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
National Broadcasting Company
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Music Critics Circle of New York
Leonard Bernstein
Reader’s Digest
Esquire
House Beautiful
Mademoiselle
Sunday Times Magazine
Merion
Elizabeth Babe Westmoreland
Robert Ragan
Mary Curtis
E. L
Mary Sue) Short
Mocksville
F. W
Margaret) Spearman
Sacramento
Calif
Thelma Briggs
H. Irwin Coffield Sr
Wayne Sullivan
E. Leroy Briggs
The Beat And The Tube Theory Day
An editor notes two theories for youth alienation. First The Beat through primitive rhythm, rock and sexualized lyrics, fosters self focus and vandalism of social norms. Second The Tube, television culture, teaches instant gratification and glorifies violence shaping a radical, disruptive youth mindset.
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America
Shriver Campaign Trail Signals 1970 Presidential Ambitions
Washington reports Sargent Shriver tours the nation to back Democratic House candidates and occasionally Senate hopefuls. He markets himself as a one man show, distancing from star turnups, while coordinating 1970 campaigns with House leaders Carl Albert and Mike Mansfield. Shriver aims for influence and a possible future run.
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Kennedy
Alaska
U. S. House
Senate
Shriver
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Mike Mansfield
Congressional Democratic
Washington
Optimism versus Skepticism on Nixon Vietnam Peace Plan
The piece urges cautious optimism about Nixon five points for peace in Vietnam, arguing the plan is weakened by timing and contradictions. It notes past Geneva accords, questions communist aims, and doubts a hopeful response, warning that cease fire may aid Khmer Rouge gains and withdrawals.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Paris
Denton Poised for Industrial Growth and County Sewer Plans
Davidson County eyes Denton as three firms seek location boosting jobs and diversifying industry. Du Pont site work underway with a box company incoming. Sewer disposal and a countywide system discussed to attract heavy industry and curb pollution, aided by federal funds. Hepatitis outbreak linked to water prompts health officials to back sanitation upgrades. Miss Pride rehearser bears in a school play to end.
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Denton
Davidson County
du Pont
Operaton
Davidson
Dermot Lohr
Tobacco Growers Meet Set in Raleigh
The 12th annual Tobacco Growers Information Committee meeting is set for November 2 in Raleigh. Robert A. Carr, North Carolina native and president of the Federal Land Bank and Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia S C, will speak.
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Raleigh
Tobacco Growers Information Committee
Robert A. Carr
North Carolina
Federal Land Bank
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia
S. C
Training a Husband and Morning Glories in Piedmont
A columnist recalls a friend’s joke about training dogs and husbands, mentions Jim Wright tending flowers and saving seeds, notes a fall at a neighbor’s yard with poison ivy, and reports progress on a local underpass project with an expected December opening. The writer also laments a difficult traffic light junction and ponders whether autumn leaves will be vivid amid dry weather.
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Enterprise
N. Main Street
Jim Wright
Jim
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