Salute To People Who Care About Involvement In Public Life
AU.S. News & World Report notes rising volunteerism as a remedy for citizen disenchantment. High Point Volunteer Action Council and Volunteers of the Court are cited for Mobile Meals for the Elderly and legal-aid support. Alexis de Tocqueville is referenced on Americans forming associations, with Kennedy and Nixon urging citizen service over government dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Volunteer Action Council
Court
High Point
America
U. S. News & World Report
Alexis de Tocqueville
United States
Wayne Burris
Burris Industries Inc
Lincolnton
Civic Club
Presbyterian News
Short
Fixing Justice's Blindfold in Traffic Courts
An editorial argues for restoring monitoring of the use of the prayer for judgment continued in traffic cases. It notes judges abused the device to avoid conviction points and calls for public reporting, despite opposition from lawyers and limited computer tracking. The piece contends transparency protects equal justice and accountability.
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Administrative Office of
State Courts
District Bar Assn
General Assembly
Lawyers’ Committees
Courts Administrative Office
Bert Montague
Raleigh News & Observer
Montague
Sermon on private devotion and genuine faith in Christ
The sermon cites Matthew 5 and 6 stressing personal, private religion over public display. It condemns hypocritical piety and urges believers to seek God in secret, praying humbly and repenting without show, keeping faith from hearts to God the Father.
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Jesus
God the Father
Closet And Candlestick Prayer In Christian Life
A sermon reflects on prayer, balancing private devotion with public witness. It notes a church member who kneels privately yet questions others’ actions and explains Jesus’ call for both quiet prayer and visible righteousness. Solitude alone is insufficient for true Christian living.
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Father
Jesus
High Point spring scene fuels furniture market and city growth
High Point enjoys a brisk spring with a strong furniture show and record furniture lines signaling a seller’s market. Local leaders cite inflation cooling and rising regional expansion, including Hutchens Stores expanding to Salisbury and Robeson. CATV service reaches more neighborhoods as Channel 42 prepares launch. A 1960s organ recital honors George Hoffman, with community notices on Mother's Day charity, and events at Springfield Friends Meeting and various churches.
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Washington
Raleigh
Record Industry Rips Off Performers in Payola Echoes
Washington shows a revived critique of how the music business squeezes performers. The column details how a typical $5.98 album yields about 15 cents to many artists after agent and manager cuts, studio costs, and promotions. It notes a few stars fair better, but most new artists break even or lose money, with insiders deeming it immoral though not illegal.
Guardsmen Should Not Have Been Indicted, Kent State Riot Opinion
The National Guardsmen facing Kent State indictments are defended as legally justified under historical precedents. The piece argues state security acts and executive power justify guarding order, defending guardsmen if their actions were in response to a violent mob and not prosecutable for inadvertent harm.
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Washington
Ohio National Guard
Kent State University
Kent State
ROTC
Ohio
National Guard
National
Dr. White
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Biddle
Long Island
Florida
United States
South
Eisenhower
U.S
Little Rock
Orville Faubus
Arkansas
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John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Justice
Hutchens Boys
Gals
Salisbury
George E. Hutchens
Smithfield and
Wilson
Food World
Big Bear
North Carolina
Rowan County
Lumberton
Robeson
Carolina, Cable, Inc
American Television and Communications of
Denver, Colo
Time-Life Broadcasting
Point Catv
Randolph Whittle
Charlotte
WRET
CATV
John T. Hoffman
Westey Memorial
George Daniel Hoffman
Austin
Washington Cathedral
Philharmonic Hall
Philadelphia
Arthur Corpening
Alice Detweiler
Jake Froelich Sr
Gil Gray
Nancy Henley
Wilber Jones
Cnry Millis
Nick
Nat Nicholson
Lil Phillips
Lorraine Shuey
Roy
Tom Simmons
Willis Slane
Bob
Nan Stewart
Wheeler van Loan
Edwina Wells
Mat Wall
Presbyterian Home
Richard A. Short
American Association of Homes For the Aging
Donna Fargo
High Point College
James A. Bistline
Southern Railway
Springfield Friends Meeting
Channel 8
Kirk Allen
Saxbeé
Federal Communications Commission
Bob Dylan
the Rolling Stones
Neil Diamond
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
Supreme Court
Moyer
Peabody
Colorado
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Gov. Peabody
Executive Department
Justice Holmes
Lincoln
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