Women rally for ERA amid mixed ratification hopes
The article chronicles women’s fight for the Equal Rights Amendment and notes setbacks in North Carolina Florida Ohio and Illinois. It cites fears that ERA could erase current gains and describes upcoming rally on the Capitol steps in Washington with leaders predicting ratification by three fourths of states within six years. At present 29 states have ratified and nine more are needed.
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North Carolina General Assembly
Florida
Ohio
Illinois
North Carolina
United States
Capitol
Washington
North Carolina wages lag as tourism slogan debate persists
The piece contrasts state tourism slogans with real life wages showing May and June factory pay at 2.95 and 2.96 dollars per hour, near Mississippi and far below the national average of 4.04. It notes slow gains from new industries and skeptical outlook for Gov Holshouser’s European outreach.
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North Carolina
United States Department of Labor
Mississippi
North
Jim Holshouser
Europe
Russia
Watch Those Kids Urges Drivers to Guard School Streets
A city urging stresses heightened driver responsibility as school resumes. More children on streets, buses loading and unloading, and patrols present additional risks. High Point notes a strong safety record built on constant vigilance by motorists to protect the unwary.
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High Point
The Vice Presidency Then and Now in American History
The piece traces the role of the vice president from the 19th century through the 12th Amendment change in 1804 splitting votes for president and vice president. It cites Spiro Agnew's era as a contrast to earlier expectations of a chief executive in the second spot and reflects on the Smithsonian post and public perception.
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United States
Senate
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
Spiro
Nixon
Smithsonian Institution
Board of Regents
Thomas R. Marshall
Woodrow Wilson
Smithsonian Post
Thomas Jefferson
Aaron Burr
Subsidy Grains Profits Spark Senate Probe
A Senate Investigations Subcommittee report details how major grain firms like Cargill profited from the Russian wheat deal through export subsidies. The memo notes schemes using affiliated sales to extract subsidies while keeping profits abroad, inflating prices for meat dairy and bread.
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Washington
Senate
Henry Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
U.S
United States
Europe
Cargill
Tradex-Panama
Geneva
Rumors of Subsidies and Secrets Stir Trade and Policy
A miscellany of disclosures touches U S agricultural subsidies profits CIA censorship and covert fund misuse. Cargill affiliate practices prompt debate on world market competition while officials defend the system. Also notes ban on a Watergate era record and a Georgia school shipping typewriters to support Billy Graham.
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Department of Agriculture
Cargill
Jack Cloherty
United States
College Park
Georgia
Billy Graham
College Park High School
Atlanta
Graham
Joseph Bastardi
High Point Heritage and notable figures recalled in city column
Mrs. John H. Walker Jr. recalls Mayor Bill Pickett and city officials in early 20th century High Point as the 1915 16 ordinances book is discussed. Sidney Alderman’s death in France notes Greensboro roots and Alderman’s furniture history. The column urges civic engagement and mentions UNC Chapel Hill trustee Henry A. Foscue and hospital milestones at High Point Memorial.
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John H. Walker Jr
W. P. Pickett
High Point
Deep River
Pickett
Roberson, Earnhardt & Smith
Arthur Lyon
Kiwanis
Joe B. Patterson
High Point City
High Point College
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
Henry A. Foscue
High Point Memorial Hospital
George Stewart
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