North Carolina Shakespeare Festival shines in High Point
The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival proved a hit in High Point with three repertory productions Taming of the Shrew The Miser and Henry V selling out. Audiences praised the classical plays and the cast crew for transcending language and modern doubts, creating civic pride and promising future theater year round.
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North Carolina
Shrew
High Point Theatre
NCSF
High Point
Speed limit crackdown pressures motorists on 55 mph rule
The piece argues the Highway Patrol is cracking down on 55 mph enforcement with a seasonal mood, questioning selective enforcement while noting the safety benefits of lower speeds. It emphasizes caution, energy savings, and reducing risk to bystanders as reasons to stay within limits.
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Highway Patrol
Neutron bomb debate grips Carter era NATO stance
President Carter endorsed production of an enhanced radiation weapon in a July news conference, signaling possible deployment in West Germany as NATO eyes tactical arms. Analysts note neutrons kill with minimal blast, triggering mixed reactions from West German leaders and NATO allies.
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Dr. Strangelove
Carter
West Germany
NATO
Western
Europe
German
Egon Bahr
Helmut Schmidt
Warsaw Pact
The
Manchester Guardian
Richard Revere
New Yorker
A Conservative View on the Electoral College Clash
The author debates Birch Bayh over amending the Constitution to abolish the electoral college in favor of direct national elections. He defends 18th Century principles of federalism and warns that removing the college would upend the federal balance, dismissing the majority vote argument as flawed. The piece contrasts preventive and positive claims with Kennedy's solar system analogy.
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Chicago
Birch Bayh
Kilpatrick
Bayh
American Bar Association
Judiciary Committee
ABA
Alabama
Jim Allen
Martin Diamond
Colorado
Virginia
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
What Does AID Money Really Go For
The piece questions U S aid spending under AID director John Gilligan noting past purchases from Rolls Royces and a helicopter to aid luxury projects. It cites Rep Stephen Solarz and discusses aid misuses while highlighting rural development aims and bureaucratic hurdles in third world programs.
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Washington
United States
John Gilligan
Gilligan
Agency For International Development (Aid
Gilligan's Island
Stephen Solarz
D.N.Y
Solarz
Anwar Sadat
Dominican Republic
Bat Ut Gilligan Insisna
Hal Bernton
Haiti
U.S
Indians Arrive on Martha's Vineyard Land Claim Tale
A humorous tale on Indian land claims on Martha's Vineyard uses satire to explore the Indian Nonintercourse Act of 1790. The piece features locals Kingman Brewster Walter Cronkite Barbara Walters and novelist Bill Styron as they joke about land disputes and potential Indian reservations around Gay Head Cranberry Acres and Herring Creek.
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Martha’s Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
United States
Congress
Maine
Massachusetts
Gay Head
Cranberry Acres
Herring Creek
Styron
Vineyard Haven Yacht Club
Kingman Brewster
Court of St. James
Edgartown
Walter Cronkite
Panama
Walter
Barbara Walters
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Defense Department
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
New York Times
Joan Hackett
New York City
Los Angeles
James J. Kilpatrick
Camaso Tren
Uncle Sam
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Bill Styron
Vineyard Haven
Kingman
Cronkite
Buchwald
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