High Point civic figure leads Maryfield nursing home breakthrough
Mrs. Melva T Price drives Maryfield nursing home project forward at groundbreaking and has long aided the facility since 1947 48. She later became treasurer of P A Thomas Car Works, a major school bus maker founded by her father, with the firm still run by the Thomas family.
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Robert Marks
Enterprise
Melva T. Price
Maryfield
High Point
Price
Greensboro Road
Old Penny Home
England
America
Ness
P. A. Thomas
Canada
Betts
Mrs. Price
United States
Cleveland
Thomas
P. A. Thomas Company
Cleveland Company
Snow
New Orleans
High Oree
Hamilton
North Carolina
Ages Price
Courtesy Rd
Editor's Outlook on Bolshevik Style History in US Texts
An editorials excerpt surveys how the Great Soviet Encyclopedia portrays American events from 1820 to postwar policies. It cites translations from Wisconsin Historical Society and notes questionable Bolshevik framing of slavery, unions, World War II, and anti-communist laws. The piece ends by mocking claims that Americans are always outvoted by monopolists.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Pravda
Wisconsin State Historical Society
Communist Party
AFL
The
CIO
Ann Carey
Aloe
USA
England
Ae San
Germany
Soviet Union
Ussr
Japan
Tania
McCarran - Wood Ae
Soene
McCarran - Walter
House
Vladimir
America
Mr. Wallace
Mr. Hallinan
World Fair closes first season amid triumphs and troubles
New York reports the world fair ends its opening season amid entertainment spectacle and controversy. Officials project a surplus for park development despite forecasted attendance below prior hopes. Visitors spent heavily, hotel occupancy rose, and the event drew record conventions even as some missteps and CORE civil rights protests featured in coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Stilley
NEW York
Mile Square Fair
Total Y
Builder of Public Works
New York State
Royal W. Ryan
New York Convention and Visitors’ Bureau
Convention Bureau
Ryan
Paperback campaign shapes 1964 election in High Point
Sunday Accent reports that paperback book sales mirror the presidential race with 56 titles on Johnson and Kennedy families, Goldwater, civil rights, and the Cold War. Three pivotal books—A Choice Not An Echo, A Texan Looks at LBJ, and None Dare Call It Treason—draw strong praise and sharp criticism as the campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwaters
LBJ
J. Evetts Haly
John Stormer
Stormer
United States
Welfare as Big Budget Issue In Thomasville
The Thomasville Scene probes welfare as a large taxpayer funded program citing a New Jersey case and urging legislative scrutiny. It notes traffic control efforts and railroad crossing repairs, plus local tips on the Optimist Club Boy of the Year and reports on Thomasville Senior High football prospects.
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Thomasville
Guilford Street
United States
New Jersey
Thomasville Senior High
Bulldogs
Thanksgiving Time Nearing on the Piedmont
Rural notes from Randolph and High Point cover seasonal changes and local events. Farmers discuss harvests and football, while plans for the Fall Festival and stadium drive progress. Officials discuss a county school bond referendum potentially funding new buildings without immediate tax hikes. A view of fall scenery near High Point and a Fire Department training note close the roundup.
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Melva Price
Thomas Company
Manuf
Progressives
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Parother Progressive Organizations of
Encyclopedia
Johnson
Kennedy
Robert
Lyndon Johnson
Booth Mooney
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Phyllis Schlafly
Main
Salem Streets
Salem
Randolph Streets
High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad Co
Randolph Street
Liberty Drive
Gray Harris
Optimist Club
Harris
Marvin
Yankees
Archdale Hunting Club
Lake Waccamaw
Isbell
Hazel
Rayford Coggins
Randleman High School
Randleman
Randolph Schools
Asheboro City
Randolph County Commissioners
Ira McDowell
First Baptist Church
N. Main Street
Case In Point
Yank Wright
Lindsay Loftin
Braxton
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