County Frugality Sparks County School Bond Debate
In Greensboro area editorials argue the County Board of Commissioners and manager Witherspoon have throttled school finance. Withheld 1.3 million and poor communication delay construction and spark distrust amid bids for future bonds. Local boards demand clear explanation and reliable funding for Oak Hill Johnson Street and junior high campuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Board of Education
County Commission
Greensboro
Board of County Commissioners
John Witherspoon
Witherspoon
Oak Hill
Johnson Street
Dean Pruette
Courtty Commission
County Board of Commissioners
Windy quotes and rushed bids in Grand Rapids news
The Grand Rapids Chamber faults a quote by Agriculture Secretary Butz about President Ford hometown. A local broker says a vacant Ford house is off market as bidding heats up, hinting it could be moved. The museum owns nearby vacant land downtown. Current wind velocity not provided in source.
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Chamber of Commerce of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Agriculture
Earl L. Butz
Gerald Ford
Butz
Canada
Ford
Guarding the Tongue in a World of Hurt
A sermon on Psalm 141 3 and James 3 warns that careless talk harms individuals and inflames nations. It cites names used for races as a root of interracial conflict and notes freedom of speech does not justify foolish, dangerous words.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
Hell
James
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Tongues In Trouble and the sin of blasphemy today
The piece decries lies slander perjury and libel as abuses of speech and warns that the third commandment forbids taking the Lord s name in vain. It laments rising profanity among officials and in everyday life, urging sermons against blasphemy and moral reform in modern America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Almighty
God Jehovah
Cer
Ford Frugality as Personal Trait Shown in Washington
Washington piece notes Gerald Ford's thrifty image in his first address to Congress and dinners at the House restaurant, citing IRS scrutiny under Montoya and alleged tax-collection abuses. It contrasts Ford's penny pinching with humorous anecdotes about lunches and a lack of costly White House fixes. The article also highlights complaints from ordinary taxpayers about IRS practices and threats to their finances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gerald Ford
Congress
Ford
Internal Revenue Service
Lincoln
Senate
Memio
Joseph ‘Monstoya
D-N.m
Drafu
IRS
Montoya
Westchester completion delays plague North Carolina roads
Westchester's 3.9 mile reconstruction from English Road to North Main faces a five year wait for funding and at least two years of work. The NC Transportation Board and Senator Lynwood Smith oversaw the $3.5 million plan, but costs rose amid delays. The piece criticizes the logjam in bringing this vital project to fruition as the most mismanaged street planning in state history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Transportation Board
Bob Vaughn
Westchester
English Road
North Main
Eastchester
State Highway Commission
Lynwood Smith
Commerce Street
Southern Furniture Market Center
Six Associates
Market Center
Raleigh
Ashley, Crowder
Richard Crowder
Lake Junaluska
Henry A. Foscue
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
CAPITAL VIEWPOINT: Can Ford Attract Able Assistants
Ford’s strength with people is noted but the piece warns his administration may struggle to assemble a highly capable top staff. It cites past aides, mediocrity concerns, and the need to recruit capable ex-Nixon officials wary of Haldeman Erlichman Dean baggage, with many open to a Ford White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Johnson
Washington
United States
Nixon
Gerald Ford
Sen
Robert Griffin
Michigan
Charles Goodell
New York
House
Defense
Melvin Laird
John Marsh
Virginia
Haldeman, Erlichman, Dean and Company
California
New England
Haldeman- Erlichman-Dean
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RSV
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Scott
Lr.s
House of Representatives
Louis
Liz’ Voorhees
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
John Corpening
W. Lexington
Voorhees
Town and Country
A.M. Rankin
Rockford Road
Liz
Mrs. Voorhees
Fairfield Road
Deep River Road
Jim Oliver
Lem Haimmitzes
Longview Road
Thomasville
Los Angeles
Chicago
W. F. Freeman Associates
William F. Freeman
John. G. Patseavouras
State Department of Corrections
Life of Carolina Assurance Co
Ken BeLieu
Bryce Harlow
Eisenhower
Wall Street Journal
Journal
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