Thurman Spradley builds a regional grocery empire despite blindness
Thurman G. Spradley, 33 years in groceries, is closing his W Broad Street supermarket to focus on Flash Market convenience stores from Salisbury to Greensboro. Eleven Flash Markets operate with expansion plans, aided by his wife and son Tim. The High Point native, who has won at least 10 merchandising awards, travels widely and emphasizes honest advertising and late hours.
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Thurman G. Spradley
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Spencer
Guilford College
North Carolina
Sprachey
Thomasville
Europe
Africa
South America
Pacific
Kruger National Park
West End
English and
Ward Streets
English-Ward
Spratley
New Mexico
Tim
Exciting World Of Ships In The Modern Age
An editor’s notebook surveys how container ships and new concepts like the LASH system transform global logistics. It discusses Trisec vessels with submerged hulls and gas turbine propulsion, plus historical lessons from hydrodynamics and ship design.
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el Segundo
Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers
Nixon Uses World Travel and Maneuvers to Boost Election Prospects
The piece outlines President Nixon's publicity push ahead of the November 3 election, including a Europe trip planned by early October and a signaling move as 50,000 Vietnam troops were to be withdrawn by October 15. Election eve talks on arms control were planned with Kosygin potentially visiting New York for a Soviet anniversary event.
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Europe
Vietnam
Nixon
Kosygin
New York
United Nations
U.S.S.R
U.S
Kremlin
GOP
Middle East
Life of Diana Oughton and the Weathermen tragedy
Sunday Accent reviews the life and death of Diana Oughton, a Bryn Mawr graduate linked to the Weathermen. The piece traces her privileged background, her exposure to poverty, and her ultimate turn to revolution, noting the political climate and the group’s controversial actions.
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the Times
Diana Oughton
Diana
The
Weathermen
United States
New York City
Lucinda Franks
Thomas Powers
Bryn Mawr
Dwight
Ill
Illinois
Philadelphia
Guatemala
Davison DateLine Choice For Thomasville YMCA Or Recreation Center
Davidson county briefs discuss Sen Henry Jackson and Eugene McCarthy in national politics. Thomasville leaders hear YMCA versus city recreation center plan with cooperative regional involvement and funding options. a mixed bus wreck in Davidson County is noted with no injuries. Miss Pride comments on football squats.
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Thomasville
YMCA
National Council of Ymcas
Jamestown
High Point
United Appeal
Roaming the Piedmont and Mount Vernon Harvest Day
A column recalling a barracks snorer Norris and a Mount Vernon United Methodist harvest day planned for Oct 3 with cider making, grinding, and craft demonstrations. It notes pear cider memories, farm brief weather impacts, and local tobacco flood recovery in Davidson County with the Heges salvaging crop was affected by heavy rains.
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Mount Vernon
Huh” Jarrett
Flint Hill
Mountain
Dr. Bulla Road
Trinity
Asheboro
State University
John
Mike Hege
Rt. 2
Clemmons
Davidson County
C. E. Bernhardt
Heges
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Harry F. Byrd Jr
Christian Assn
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Miss Pride
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Vernon Cider Mill
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Green Drive-Mangum Street
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