Senate Should Pick Impartial FBI Leader Not Loyal Partisan
The piece argues the next FBI director must serve as an independent institutional figure rather than a White House loyalist. It cites Patrick Gray’s Nixon ties, warns against politicization, and urges a Hoover-like appointment who can enforce laws without considering political backgrounds. It notes Congress expects Hoover-like independence and warns against partisan protection.
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Mr. Hoover
Patrick Gray
Watergate
Nixon
Congress
Christian Science Monitor
Gray
White House
FBI
Congressional
Underworld
L. Patrick Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
International Association of Chiefs of Police
JACP
Quinn Tamm
Hoover
Libraries Shape a Community Like A Town Of Films
Richard McKenna praised libraries as gateways to culture in a Durham speech for National Library Week. High Point public library programs film showings art exhibits and outreach boost community learning and access to books magazines and records, underscoring libraries as vital assets.
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Richard McKenna
McKenna
Idaho
Navy
Far East
Pacific
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
North Carolina Library Assn
Durham
High Point
Public Library
National Library Week
Equality in Taxation Faces Taxpayers Fume Over Rates
A mid-April survey of tax views notes that middle income earners pay about 30 percent of income in taxes while the poorest and richest pay 50 percent or more. It contrasts federal tax uniformity with wide state local disparities and cites OECD findings ranking the United States 16th in tax burden among 23 nations. It adds that average Americans will work 1 hour 40 minutes for eight hours to pay federal taxes and 2 hours 39 minutes for total federal state and local taxes.
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Herman P. Miller
Roger A. Herriot
U.S. Census Bureau
The
Tax Foundation
New York
San Antonio
Texas
U.S
Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development
United States
FBI bribery scandal prompts reform proposals
A Trump of FBI exposes payoffs by one Detroit assigned agent to Mafia figures. Inspector team probes, possible termination, with calls for independence from politics, dual divisions, watchdogs, and reinvigorated training. UCLA brain surgery protests tied to violent-prison debate surface.
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Washington
FBI
Detroit
L. Patrick Gray
Congress
California
Center For
Ucla
Boston
Frank Ervin
L. J. West
Ervin
Africa
West Indies
Furniture expositon deal eyed to reshape city hall site
A plan proposed by the Southern Furniture Exposition Building seeks to buy or lease the City Hall property at appraised value, maintain the 1000 seat auditorium and civic offices, and provide parking by leveraging Linthicum and Englander holdings. City Council endorses moving details forward, aiming for mutual benefit and avoiding future bonded indebtedness while preserving operations of Englander and SFEB.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
City Hall
Arts Council
SFEB
S. Centennial
Englander
High Point
Commerce
Centennial
Stanford Turner
Senator Soaper II Residence Proposal Sparks Neighborhood Talk
The piece notes a pending official residence for the vice president, urging calm on local reactions. It comments on a busy repair scene around a TV set and a neighbor’s efforts to police her children's rooms. A quirky media reference rounds out the column.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Jack Anderson
Executive Branch
Govern
Senate
Fortune Magazine
Richard Armstrong
John Connally
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Holt McPherson Enterprise
City Council
Robert Gruenberg
High Point Shrine Club
High Point Central High School
High Point College
Richmond Charioteers
High Point Warriors
Bob Stephenson
South Vietnam
Erruichman
Haldeman
Senator Soaper
DEA
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