High Point Maps and Highway Signs Draw Editorial
An editorial recalls a North Carolina Board of Transportation meeting in High Point and laments poor highway signage. It notes misleading exits near Gastonia Greensboro and a lone High Point sign 18 miles away. The piece criticizes marketing and state officials for neglecting to “get on the map” despite costly street problems.
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Holiday Inn Company
Peacetime Defense Spending Prompts Detente Debate
Washington hosts a national debate as James R. Schlesinger leads a defense budget push. The fiscal 1975 request of 85.8 billion dollars argues for deterrence against Soviet buildup and warns detente hinges on maintaining military equilibrium. Critics question inflation adjustments and note real spending growth, while supporters say funds are needed to sustain forces and advance SALT II arms research.
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James R. Schlesinger
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Indian Ocean
Soviet Union
Defense Department
Terrence E. McClary
Pentagon
National League of Cities-U.s. Conference of Mayors
Joint Economic
William Proxmire
D Wis
Subcommittee
Proxmire
Washington's Capital: From Cowtown to Power Center
A compact history of Washington, from the early seat of Congress roaming the Eastern seaboard to a developing capital. It traces the 1790 relocation to the Potomac, 1800 clerks arriving at Georgetown, muskets budgeting, Beau Hickman’s city role, Civil War era vice and squalor, a wave of scandals, and reforms led by Teddy Roosevelt shaping the federal capital’s evolving governance.
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Fighting Joe” Hooker
Army of the Potomac
The National Whirligig The Cold Thaw A Victory For Moscow
The piece argues that Peking Washington ties have softened while Moscow Washington cordiality has cooled. It blames congressional stalemate for Kissinger not delivering long term credits, noting a broader backlash against detente. It suggests Kremlin gains from Kissinger’s Middle East and Vietnam diplomacy.
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Peking
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Laos
Kissinger as Disraeli in Reverse
A critical critique portrays Kissinger as a diminishing force amid a widening global energy and finance clash. It argues Russia, backed by oil-rich states, builds a financial empire threatening Europe and Japan, while U S leadership fails to rescue friend nations. The piece likens present diplomacy to 1938 Munich and 1974 shifts, urging a coal driven, American energy rescue.
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Cairo
Czechoslovakia
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France
Hitler
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Peking
Russia
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