Editorial: Politics Visible in North Carolina Highway Program
The High Point and Thomasville areas show how politics affect road projects. With a new highway commission under Gov Bob Scott, Highway 109 faces downgrading while other by-passes gain attention. Resignations and reshuffles at the commission mark the ongoing cycle of planning, waste, and disruption in the state highway program.
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High Point
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
High Pointer
T. Lynwood Smith
Highway Commission
Thomasville
George Hundley
Dan Moore
Davidson County
Huntier
Bob Scott
Gwyn McNeil
Forsyth County
Winston-Salem
Lex
Ington
J. F. Atlen
Biscoe
Candor
Raleigh
Scott
W. F. Babcock
Cameron W. Lee
Ivan Hardesty
William Ingram
Highway Department
Expert clash over Vietnam war meaning and peace talks
Nations officials debate whether North Vietnamese infiltration has declined and how it affects Paris talks. Kissinger warns three months to shift strategy as Hanoi tests public support. State sees lower troop replacements as a pause toward truce, while Army flags infiltrations and plans for offensives.
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Paris
White House
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Nixon
State Department
North Vietnam
State
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Kingdom in the Cradle and the child’s place in society
A devotional essay links Jesus teachings to modern care for children, arguing that Christ's love shapes parental and public duties. It notes historical neglect of children, praises Old Gypsy Smith and Wordsworth, and urges that policies prioritize child welfare for a Christian civilization.
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Jesus
Galilee
Kingdom of
Apis
Old
Egypt
Christ
Old Gypsy Smith
Caristian
Mr. Smith
Solomon
Earth
Kingdom of Heaven
Wiliam Wordsworth
Local Newspaper Board Officers Listed In Short Note
The document lists the names and titles of officers including President Mrs C H Lockwood Wise President David A Rawley Jr Vice President Joseph P Rawley Secretary Randall B Terry Jr Pleasurer Hout a Lephereson Editor Joe Wn Executive Editor C W Patterson Jr Advertising Record Chief and Circulation Manager in a terse note.
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D. A Rawley
C. H. Lockwood
Wise
David A. Rawley, JR
Joseph P. Rawley
Randall B. Terry, JR
Lepherson
Joe WN
CW. O
Ho Chi Minh dies at 79. legacy debated in Vietnam era
CAPUS WAYNICK reflects on Ho Chi Minh who died at 79 and traces his life from early nationalism to communism. The piece weighs Vietnam's long struggle for autonomy, the failures of French defeat, and doubts about South Vietnam policy amid Cold War tensions.
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Capus Waynick Ho Chi Minh
Nguyen
Manboog
Communist Party
France
Euroqe
Leon Trotsky
New York
Poer
Jon Cs
Vietnam
Festh
South Vietnam
Pham
Edith Green: The tireless fighter shaping U.S. education
Edith Green, veteran Oregon congresswoman and chair of the House Education subcommittee, has battled for expanded federal aid and local control while clashing with liberals over school policy. Colleagues describe her as stern yet determined, a force shaping education priorities and policy since 1955.
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Congress
U.S
Edith Green
House
Washington
Oregon
Gor
Edith
Carrie Nation
Tate
Barratt O'Hara
Illinois Democrat
Capitol
Tun Sestion
Congressional
George Washington
Triad golf course development near High Point chosen site
Real estate plan advances for a 750 to 1,000 acre development in Abbotts Creek Township north of High Point between Highway 211 and I-40. Two young Gulf-area pros back a major golf facility plus surrounding luxury homes, with Ed Mendenhall arranging acreage options and local figures praising the project as a hub for Winston-Salem, High Point, Kernersville, and Greensboro golfers.
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Triad
Abbotts Creek Township
High Point
Highway 211
I-40
Union Cross
Kernersville
Ed Mendenhall
Winston— Salem
Greensboro
Upper Piedmont
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Kingdom
High P Point Enterprise
Brey al Afiraoen
High Poe Ats Inc
North Main Neigh Point
N.C
Associated Press
Cartier
N. Il
High Point Ent Purse, Inc
South Vietam
Iong
Dean Rusk
South Vie
Republic of
North Vietam
Henoi
Haiphong
Merry
Tigeress
Chip Wood
Bob Davis Jr
Interact Club
Central High School
Sven-Erik Strandberg
Undersaker
Sweden
Charlie Stuart
Sven-Erik
Torb Jorn Dandstrom
Lindesberg
Grimsley Interact Club
Ray McMahan
Jack Burris
Elwood
Rockefeller Center
Horace G. Uderton
Dean Swift
Sears, Roebuck
Atlanta
Dan Winklesky
Jaycees
Jaycee
Dave Benson
Rocky Marciano
Centleman
Barney Ross
U. S
Janenese
Mercury Athletic Club
High Point Parks and Recreation Commission
Louis J. Fisher
Murray Abeles
Fort Lauderdale
HPC
Rocky
Carolinas
First Methodist Church
J. Ed Broyhill
Newcomen Society
Lenoir
Lenoir Country Club
Brayhill
Ed Sullivan
Mr. Broyhill
Dirksen
Gerald Ford
Broyhill
Tom Broyhill
Ed Broyhill
Newcomen
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