Editorial urges sales tax to fund Guilford schools
The board proposes directing 80 percent of new sales tax revenue to schools, aiming to reduce bond costs and ad valorem taxes. It argues enlightened self interest can broaden the tax base to fund a $40 million school plan for High Point Greensboro and county systems, with projected local gains and a call for strong voter turnout and organization. The editorial endorses the sales tax as a relief path despite general tax aversion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Guilford
High Point
Greensboro
Winston- Salem
Proposits County Board
Ale Montgomery
County
Shelby Star 75th Birthday Heralds Diamond Anniversary
The Shelby Daily Star marks 75 years since Clyde R. Hoey launched it in 1894 as the Cleveland Star with the Weathers family sustaining leadership since 1911. A 108 page special edition honors decades of community impact, training many journalists and backing local leaders in politics education farming and industry.
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Shelby Daily Star
Clyde R. Hoey
Cleveland’ Star
Weathers
Lée B. Weathers
Cleveland County
The
Star
Journaliss
Britain's Battered Babies
London reports reveal a global social issue as NSPCC research on 78 severely injured children under four shows 28 with broken bones 16 with skull fractures and four deaths from parental beatings. Experts link abuse to parental character emotional isolation and cycles of trauma, urging deeper insight into abusers and caution against isolating children from homes.
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London
Challen
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
NSPCC
England
Times
Journal of Indian Pediatrics
Calcutta
Joan ‘Court
Medical Social Work
Arthur Morton
Archdale Election Brings Hope for Nonpartisan City Government
Letters favor Archdale's first election since incorporation, praising community effort, diverse candidacies, and a nonpartisan approach while urging registration and voting. The writers defend Don Forney, discuss model cities, and support a strong leadership to guide progress.
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Archdale
Rt 1
Hospitality strain as housing tightens during market season
George A Covington, executive head of the Chamber of Commerce, notes record demand for private homes to house visitors amid growth of the housing market. Spanish speaking businessmen from San Salvador needed shared rooms and an interpreter, prompting appeals to High Point College for aid. The Chamber of Commerce urges private homes to offer beds to sustain the market and Southern hospitality. Leo Palmer Jr. is succeeded by a committee choosing a new Merchants Association leader. Camp Cheerio Easter program aims to house underprivileged youths, seeking $32 per child. Dentists laud UNC Chapel Hill dental school expansion and Greensharp project growth, while fundraising for other needs continues.
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George A. Covington
Chamber of Commerce
San Salvador
Central
America
High’ Point “College
Chamber’ of Commerce
Leo Palmer Jr
Merchants Association
Charles W. Patterton Jr
Palmer
Leo Palmer
Jack Gates
Jay ‘Fgan
American Humanies’ Foundation
UNC
Chapel Hill
Dalta
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David A Rawley
Joseph P. Rawley
Randall B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
Cw, Patterson, JR
Vv. Waidol
Richard Teague
Associated Press
N.C
Post Office
N. C
High’ Point Enterprise, Inc
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Wight
Don
Don Forney
John W. Langford
Langford
Carl Chais
Congress
Richard ‘Nixon
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Audy M. Evans
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Reynolds
Carolina
Charlotte
Dean Senkpe
U.S
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