High Point valuation rise cheered by city officials
The High Point budget scene greets a reported 7 percent jump in 1966 67 valuation to 310 812 000. City Manager Harold Cheek cautiously welcomes the increase as potential extra revenue of 122 845 at the current 1.04 tax rate and evidence of stronger growth amid several development projects along Green Drive and W Green Drive near I 85.
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Harold Cheek
High Point
Cheek
Guilford County
Sears
S. Wrenn
S. Hamilton
E. Green
Green Drive
Southern Furniture Exposition
N.C
Associated Press
Iocal
N. C
En Prise, Inc
W. Terry Osborne
Ymcas
Carolinas
Thomasville
Royster Tucker Jr
North State Telephone Company
Joe Brown
C. C. Hartmann
R. K. Stewart and Son
Sunday Sermon on Teachers Who Shaped Early America
The sermon recalls old time educators and texts that shaped the republic. It highlights Benjamin Franklin, Noah Webster, McGuffey readers, Horace Mann and the Bible as cornerstone influences on literacy, thrift, and civic virtue across generations.
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Benjamin Franklin
Our Republic
Richard
Atlantic Seaboard
Old Philadelphia
Franklin
Noah Webster
Rawley and Fockwood Firm Directors Named
A short notice lists Dp A Rawley Mrs BH Fockwood Terry 1 Joseph F Brawley as Charles B Loflin with officers including President Treasurer Secretary for Major Advertising and Director Business.
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A. Rawley
BH. Fockwood
Terry
Joseph F. Brawley
Charles B. Loflin
Sacred Cow Tax Watchdog Ponders Cigarette Tar Heel Tax
The essay argues North Carolina politicians shield tobacco interests and resist higher cigarette taxes. It notes current three percent levies on bread and cigarettes, recalls past defeats of tobacco tax proposals, and critiques tax policy shifts under Daniels and Ehringhaus. The piece links inventory taxes and the sales tax to state finances while warning against taxing cigarettes more.
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North Carolina
General Assembly
Raleigh
Ehringhaus
High Point studies social ties for teachers in changing era
The High Point community debates sociability with teachers as social life shifts in the computer age. Chamber discussions urge revival of church and school socials, praising enduring traditions and the role of teachers in local marriages.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce Education Committee
W. D. Lee Jr
Jaycees
Cupid
Lincoln Speech From 1848 Sparks Modern War Debate
Drew Pearson notes parallels between Lincoln and Johnson on war powers, citing Lincoln’s Jan 12 1848 House speech criticizing Polk’s Mexican War and his stance on votes for supplies. The piece argues Lincoln’s concise style contrasted with earlier lengthy oratory and highlights party divides over presidential war authority.
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Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Lincoln
House of Representatives
Mexico
James Polk
Lynton B. Deneeen
Texas
Oae Sar' Argh
Viet Nam
Congress
Sens
Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Dove
Shel Conger
Gress
Polk
House
van Buren
Senate
Mr. Richardson
Pol
Representativ
Illinois
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William Holmes McGuffey
Henry Ford
Duke University
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Horace Mann
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McIver
Alderman
Joyner
Plutarch
Weem
Land
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High Point Enterprise
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Josepheus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Pinehurst
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Holt McPherson
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Drew Pearson
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