Good Neighbors Meet In Puerto Vallarta
Presidents Nixon and Diaz announced a proposed treaty to settle a century old United States Mexico boundary dispute. They discussed water rights on the lower Colorado River and drug traffic along the border with constructive proposals and pledged cooperation.
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Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
Nixon
Diaz
United States
Gulf of Mexico
Pacific Ocean
Rio Grande River
Colorado River
Vital School Information For High Point Patrons
A four page section helps High Point readers prepare for the new school year. The piece encourages citizens to stay informed through today's special pages marked by maps and to heed upcoming efforts over the next two weeks to share vital information and answer questions.
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High Point
United Schools Committee
To Be Carnally Minded Is Death Sermon Reflections
A sermon on Romans 8 6 and the soul s laws contrasts bodily death with spiritual death. It cites a young man s suicide note and warns that sins of the spirit pride envy hatred and malice are deadlier than outward sins. The piece stresses Christ s mercy grace and the call to repentance before life ends.
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Jesus
Christ
God
Racial Adjustment Through Districting Not Busing
The author argues districting for school attendance as the fair path to racial adjustment, criticizing busing as unnecessary artifice. He cites legal pressures, gradual demographic changes, and hopes for harmony through equal educational service within districts, recalling postwar voting rights appeals by a Carolina Negro convention.
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Robert Marks
South
High Point
United States
Carolina
Yankee Congress
HEW Contracting Probe Finds Sloppy Bidding and Favoritism
A four-investigator survey by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare criticizes its own contracting practices as slipshod and often illegal. It notes repeated bypassing of contract officers, reliance on familiar firms, and limited competition. In fiscal 1969, 82 percent of negotiated contracts over 2500 were awarded without competition, with some new firms shut out.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
HEW
Pentagon
Sampadtin
Wing Butte
Inv
Senetneath Ve
Ina ”Tion
OE singled out for alleged illegal contracting practices
A congressional inquiry faults the Office of Education for not advertising procurements and instead sending brochures to hand-picked recipients. It says the method violates the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act and implies a broader education industry tie to government contracts. The report notes high consulting fees from Sidney Marland's institute and its government funding.
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Education
Commerce Business Daily
Office of Education
White House
Sidney Marland
Institute For Educational Development
Commissioner of Education
Marland
Marland’s Institute
All-America City designation highlights North Carolina
North Carolina leads All-America Cities with High Point Greensboro Winston-Salem Asheville Gastonia Wilmington Laurinburg Hickory Salisbury and Charlotte cited for redevelopment poverty relief and governance efforts. Article also notes policing stance on gambling and local education growth including Hebrew Day School in Greensburg and YMCA Fun and Fitness expansion.
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North Carolina
Wachovia
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Asheville
Rocky Mount
Gastonia
Wilmington
Laurinburg
Hickory
Salisbury
Charlotte
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Paul
Carnally
High Point Enterprise
Hich Point Enterprise, Inc
Church
D.a.rawley
CH. Lockwood
David A. Brawley
Randall
Terry
Joseph F. Rawley
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
Patterson, JR
Richard Teague
Associated Press
Senda
N.C
N. C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
the Political. Establishment, Inc
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Berry's
Laurie Pritchett
Pritchett
Greensburghers
Malcolm X University
Hebrew Day School
Poland
Louis Fisher
Tom McMillen
Finland
Moscow
Scott
Robert L. Hutchens
N. C. Health Advisory Board
Bob
John
Hutchens
Big Bear
Danville
Mason
Riverside Road
Lonnie Jones
YMCA
Ralph Gurley
Bob Davis Jr
W. A. Goode
First Reformed United Church of Christ
Nido Quebein
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