City Manager Cheek to Depart Causing Leadership Uncertainty
The city faces a rushed timetable for a successor and the adoption of the 1976 77 budget as Harold Cheek plans to leave by May 31. A temporary manager may be needed while political wrangles over vacancies in police finance and parks persist. Budget uncertainty looms with federal revenue sharing likely unresolved by May.
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Harold Cheek
Cheek
Congress
Charlie Martin
Parks Recreation
Impractical Politics on Vice Presidential Choices
The piece notes James Reston of The New York Times urging candidates to disclose possible running mates. It argues vice presidential picks are mostly ticket-balancing tools rather than indications of who could lead, highlighting age dynamics and the rarity of early discussions about successors. Gerald Ford is discussed as the only current president who had publicly discussed possible nominees.
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New York Times
James Resion
Reston
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Dummy Carter
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
White House
Vatican
Eguio Vagnozz
Vatican Preference For
Journalits
Holy See
Industrial Management Club
International Management Council
YMCA
YWCA
Venton Hail
IMC
High Point College
Wendell M. Patton
Edgar Snider
HPC
Snider
Dixie Thomas
Asatly
Helen Snider Keonts
Joe Snider
Vicki
Ed Pitoniaie
Hyatt House
Hilton Head
Arnold Craven
Sheraton Hotel
Robert M Bundy Jr
Adams-Millis Hosiery O
National Assn of Hosiery Manufacturers
Hiltop Head
North Carolina
Conover
Georgia
Capt
Daniel Little
Salisbury
Peter Little Esq
Lincoln County
Sharon
Jay van Vechten
Thomasville
Harry Brown Finches
Saratoga
N.Y
Sacramento Calif
Jaycees
Jim Morgan
Kepleys Barn
Visser Receives Louise Weiss Prize In Strasbourg
Dr Willem A Visser 1 Hooft 76 honorary president of the World Council of Churches received the Louise Weiss Foundation prize from the Institute for the Science of Peace in Strasbourg France. Attending the ceremony were Jean Guitton and Jean Courvoisier among other scholars.
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Willem A Visser
Hooft
World Council of Churches
Louise Weiss
Institute For the Science of Peace
Strasbourg
France
University of Strasbourg
Jean Guitton
French Academy
Jean Courvoisier
French Protestant Federation
Origin of Hobart College name in Geneva New York
The college is named after John H. Hobart born 1775 who served as Episcopal Bishop of New York from 1816 to 1830. He founded the Protestant Episcopal Theological Society which helped establish the General Theological Seminary and he taught there.
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Hobart College
Geneva
New York
John H. Hobart
Protestant Episcopal Theological Society
General Theological Seminary
Hobart
Cosmopolitan lauds Betty Nance Smith for mountain dulcimer music
The April Cosmopolitan praises Betty Nance Smith of Marietta for a folk record noted for clear Appalachian spirit. She and husband Bill, with Hewlett Packard in Atlanta, travel through Boone for an Appalachian Symposium as she expands her work with traditional songs and recently added a psaltery.
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Cosmopolitan
Betty Nance Smith
Ray Nance
Mr. Nance
North Carolina
UNC Greensboro
Georgia State University
Nixon Revealed in Final Days Book Warning for voters
The piece recalls early warnings about Richard Nixon's possible desperate moves in 1974, noting his private struggles, drinking, and recklessness. It cites Woodward and Bernstein’s The Final Days and describes Nixon’s dual personality, insomnia, and anger, plus threats he allegedly faced over Middle East trips and executive power amid impeachment talk.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Camp David
Egypt
Halderman
Nixon
Pentigon
Defense
James Schlesinger
T 9
White House
Washington Post
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Letter to the Editor on Teachers' Pay and Accountability
A reader argues for pay raises only for teachers who show student progress and peer evaluation. The letter challenges broad raises, cites hours, after school duties, and reports of student regression, urging performance based pay and accountability for teachers.
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