Myrtle Beach Fears Delayed Charlotte to Wilmington Route
The Charlotte News editors view the Myrtle Beach reaction to the projected Charlotte Wilmington highway with skepticism. They doubt traffic patterns will force major shifts and note potential impacts on regional plans and travel habits over several years.
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Myrtle Beach
Charlotte— Wilmington
Highway Department
Joe Hunt
North Carolina Plan
South Carolina Highway Department
Charlotte-Myrtis
Charlotte-Wilmington
Raleigh
August Glow Over Raleigh’s Late Summer Reflections
The Raleigh News & Observer muses on August as the final glow of summer. A lyrical meditation compares heat, foliage, and the coming autumn, noting the fever of the season, the scramble to savor late pleasures, and September’s impending tempering of activity with grace and song.
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Caesar
King Size Beds for Taller Americans
The Christian Science Monitor notes twentieth century Americans have grown taller, making medieval bed sizes obsolete. Modern king and queen beds offer full length comfort, allowing men to lie straight with room for feet and toes, ending the era of cramped furniture.
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Knights of Old
Dissent and the Civil Death of South Africa
An American reflection on the right to criticize government and the apartheid era bans in South Africa. The piece notes 683 individuals labeled civilly dead, including a Cape Town physician forbidden from meetings, publishing, or teaching after year’s end, illustrating the suppression of dissent abroad to urge vigilance at home.
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South Africa
Department of Medicine
Cape Town University
Chiang Kaishek
House
Foley
General Service Administration
Spokane
Wash
Congress
Wiliam Penn Patrick
Senator Church
Idaho
Partick
Barcelona
Granada
Overdo
Spain
San Sebastian
Madrid
Cadiz
Government schools amid riots threaten fewer federal funds
The Insider's Newsletter notes limited federal support for poverty area education after riots. Officials blame home conditions and attitudes toward law enforcement for poor ghetto schools. Reagan cuts and Senate slashes shrink aid, though a $6 million Watts high school and libraries open. Dr. Arnold Wolpert calls ghettos totally inadequate and urges sizable federal assistance.
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U.S. Office of Education
James Scheuer
D-N. Y
House Committee On Education and Labor
Congress
Senate
California
Ronald Reagan
Watts
Arnold Wolpert
The
National Education Assn
High Point Enterprise Staff Roster Details Roles
The High Point Enterprise lists key staff and roles including D. A. Rawley as President, Mrs Lockwood as Vice President, Randall B. Terry Jr as Treasurer, and McPherson as Secretary-Editor. Other positions include Executive Editor, Advertising Director, and Circulation Manager among North Main Street offices in High Point North Carolina.
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
D. A. Rawley
B. Lockwood
Randall B. Terry, JR
Folt McPherson
De Gaulle Targeted by Soviet Disinformation Ring
The piece describes a Soviet disinformation network infiltrating Charles de Gaulle's inner circle and influencing his views toward the United States. It notes Uris's Topaz fictionalization as closely mirroring these events, recalls Kennedy's warning, and cites other Western governments affected by similar tactics. It also recounts personal anecdotes from Drew Pearson on disinformation operations.
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Bell-McClure Syndicate
Washington
France
Charles de Gaulle
U. S
de Jaulle
Kennedy
Leon Uris
Topaz
de Gaulle
Uris
Soviet Union
United States
Shanghai
Spain's Costa del Sol reflects growth and looming tensions
A travel sketch of Torremolinos in the Costa del Sol notes sun and 340 days of warmth, with rapid postwar development, luxury swelling real estate, and a Franco regime shaping economic policy. It warns of Spain's unbalanced finances, large debts, and growing labor discontent as calls for reform and potential monarchy surface amid wary foreign investment.
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Torremolinas
Spain
Costa del Sol
Rosa
Franco
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Nichols Tebedeff
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