Where Lies Compassion United Way drives support despite hardships
The piece notes High Point United Way and similar agencies face inflation and recession pressures yet continue to aid residents through multiple agencies. It highlights the view that United Way helps “winners” by giving them a chance, urges timely giving, and cites Wake Forest coach Chuck Mills on crisis driven compassion and preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point United Way
United Way
Salvation Army
Drug Action Council
YWCA
Emerywood
L.H. Hollingsworth
Wake Forest University
Chuck Mills
Indexing may curb wage debate and accountability
The piece explains Congress faces a minimum wage decision after the August recess with a plan to index the rate to 52 percent and then 53 percent of average manufacturing earnings. It warns indexing could reduce public accountability as automatic raises occur without further votes. It notes job losses, especially for the young and minorities, and criticizes indexing as shifting responsibility away from lawmakers.
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Congress
Carter
Riots, Renaissance Center, and urban renewal in Detroit and Newark
The piece recalls July 1967 riots in Newark and Detroit with high death tolls and vast damage. It notes Detroit's Renaissance Center cost 337 million dollars as a downtown catalyst, backed by Henry Ford II, and cites optimistic mayoral outlooks. It also raises skepticism about megastructures and highlights a back-to-the-city trend drawing middle-class families back to urban cores.
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Newark
N.J
Detroit
U.S
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Tucson
Ariz
Kenneth Gibson
Coleman Young
Young
Renaissance Center
Detroit Plaza
Henry Ford II
Economic Club of Detroit
Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Middle West
Saturday Review
William G. Conway
East
Open Mind Needed as Panama Canal Debate Heats Up
The piece argues editors and lawmakers should consider the Panama Canal issue without haste. It questions surrendering U.S. responsibility to Panama and warns of risks if a pro Communist regime gains control, urging prudence over pride.
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Panama Canal
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Ellsworth Bunker
California
S.I. Hayakawa
Panama
Canal
Florida
Daytona Beach
Ocala
Gulf
United States
Omar Torrijos
Soviet Union
Egypt
Suez
U.S
Ford Rejects Two Oil Deals That Could Cut U S Costs
The Ford administration quashed Kissinger backed plans to buy discounted oil from Iran and Soviet Union arguing government would clash with private industry. Robinson and Ansary crafted a 500 000 barrel a day Iranian deal and a 10 million ton Soviet option with hidden price cuts. Officials say the president preserved free enterprise while consumers lost potential savings.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
U.S
Free Enterprise
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Charles Robinson
Treasury
William Simon
Kissinger
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPEC
Robinson
Teheran
Hushang Ansary
Patolichev
United States
Russia
End of the American dream in Alaska fuel tale
A cartoonish dialogue critiques the Alaska oil pipeline crisis. A motorist laments delayed Alaska gas while clerks propose international substitutes from Saudi to Nigerian fuels, lampooning policy failures and rising prices. The sketch culminates in declaring the end of the American dream of universal Alaskan fuel.
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Midwest
Japan
Oman
Andrew Johnson
Alaska
United States
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New York City
Yesteryear
Bunker
Sol Linowitz
James J. Kilpatrick
Simon
Pentagon
Commerce
White House
Iran
State Department
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Buchwald
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