North Carolina Attorney General Race Shapes Up in 1968
The 1968 NC attorney general race pits James A. Carson Jr. of Charlotte against Rufus L. Edmisten after Robert Morgan leaves the office. Carson supports wiretaps and no knock police entry, while Edmisten opposes them citing privacy concerns. Both campaign on continuing Morgan’s consumer advocacy but diverge on civil liberties and law enforcement approaches.
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Robert Morgan
North Carolina
Morgan
United States Senate
James Holfhouser
James A. Carson Jr
Charlotte
Court of Appeals
Carson
Rufus L. Edmisten
Boone
Edmisten
Susanne Congress Shifts Evangelical Mission Focus
The International Congress of World Evangelization in Susanne, Switzerland drew 2,400 Protestant Evangelicals from 150 countries. It endorsed the Lusanne Covenant reaffirming core evangelical beliefs while expanding missionary outlook and affirming that evangelism and social action are both part of Christian duty.
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Susanne
Switzerland
World Council of Churches
Lusanne
World Council
Lusamne
Susanne Congress
John Wesley
George Fox
Decline Of The Pub In England Sparks Change
An English pub culture faces a profits squeeze as breweries raise beer prices and modernize outlets with snack bars lights and discotheques Some pubs install fake decor to imitate beer culture while major breweries seek control over brands prices and entertainment venues This shift threatens traditional social gathering at local taverns and the role of tenant publicans
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London
Hounslow
Watney’s
United Kingdom
Burning Out Of A Foul Chimney Describes Impeachment Era
The piece compares Nixon era impeachment claims to Carlyle’s phrase burning out of a foul chimney. It notes obstruction by supporters, rumors of resignation timing, and television scrutiny shaping public perception of constitutional erosion and needed corrective action.
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Thomas Carlyle
England
Prosecutors Close In On Nixon Ally Bebe Rebozo
Watergate prosecutors press a case against Bebe Rebozo, with indications of possible indictment and deeper probes by the Joint Congressional Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation into Rebozo’s financial dealings with President Nixon. The report cites payments to Nixon properties and cash flows tied to campaign funds.
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Washington
Nixon
Bebe Rebozo
Senate
Joint
Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
Rebozo
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Florida
Key Biscayne
Senate Watergate Committee
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Herbert Kalmbach
Capital Viewpoint Best and Brightest Avoid Government Posts
Washington faces a deteriorating bureaucracy as repeated errors and cronyism emerge amid high turnover and early retirements. Slippage in major economic data, low morale, and mass retirements threaten the economy, with top economists leaving and vacancies widening across key agencies.
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Washington
Watergate
News 18
Federal Reserve Board
Labor Department
Census Bureau
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Joe Brown
Attorney General
Mecklenburg County
Crosstown
Holshouser
Britain
Red Lion
Grantchester
U.S
Tom Carlyle
House Judiciary Committee
Arthur Talmadge Burris
High Point
Doc” Burris
Doc Burris
Guilford Insurance and Realty Co
Jack Burris
Boris
Catawba County
Susie Mae Davis
Westchester
Four Seasons
Greensboro
Eastchester
Sen. Lynwood Smith
Cleveland County
J. Alton Stanford
North Carolina Housing Finance Agency
William F. Freeman
North Carolina Zoological Park
Asheboro
James B. Hunt Jr
Edwin T. Howard
Masons
North Carolina Mason
State Grand Lodge
Rose
Mary Woods
Donald and
Edward Nixon
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Westinghouse
Howie
Kurtz
American Dental Association
Food and Drug Administration
The
Dental Association
FDA
Peter Goulding
Lloyd Tepper
Goulding
Yepper
Best & Brightest
Ray Cromley
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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