Why A Panama Canal Treaty Should Be Debated Openly
The debate over a new Panama Canal treaty grows, with public opinion split. The Enterprise endorses Drummond’s view that a treaty strengthens U S security and canal reliability by creating a stable Panamanian framework and preserving neutral operation, arguing against simplistic anti treaty rhetoric.
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Senate
U.S
Republic of Panama
Jesse Helms
Strom Thurmond
Ronald Reagan
Helms
Roscoe Drummond
Drummond
United States
Panama
Timing Is Everything Boosts Forsyth Hospital Bond Vote
In Winston-Salem a public referendum approved refinancing a $12.5 million hospital expansion. New general obligation bonds would replace revenue bonds, potentially saving about $3 million in interest. The August ballot drew 3,396 yes to 811 no, with turnout under 4 percent.
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Winston-Salem
ABC
Forsyth Memorial Hospital
Wake Forest Coach Chuck Mills Debuts Slick Hairline
After a playful self joke about balding Mills showed off a shaved, billiard-ball head at a pre-season press day. Photos from Wake Forest events appeared in morning papers as fans received T-shirt boosts for the program.
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Wake Forest University
Chuck Mills
The
United Way
Mills
Wake Forest
Buddha Tooth Festival at Kandy Temple and Minyan Facts
A Sri Lankan Buddhist festival in Kandy features the sacred tooth relic carried in a jeweled pagoda by a large elephant. The piece also explains the Jewish minyan of ten men, noting recent shifts toward inclusive practices in Conservative and Reform movements, and cites biblical reasons for the number ten.
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Carlyle Adams
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Kandy
Buddha
Egypt
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Translation Committee for King James Bible Numbers
The translation committee was planned for 54 members but 47 completed the project drawn from England's best scholars. Six subcommittees worked over years with sessions at Westminster Abbey Oxford and Cambridge. Work began after a 1604 conference with King James I and finished in 1611.
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England
Westminster Abbey
London
Oxford University
Cambridge University
James I
Treat My New First Grader Gently Letter
Dan Valentine shares a timely note urging gentle handling of children starting school. He depicts a shy transition from a parent's constant care to joining a wider world that may include hardship, urging kindness, love, and faith as the child embarks on a great adventure.
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Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dan Valentine
Teach him the world values for a better future
The piece quotes Holt McPherson urging care in guiding his son toward honesty courage and self reliance. It then reports on plans for a new YMCA family facility on a 19 acre site at Main and Peachtree with support from Ron Kinnamon of the National YMCA’s Southeastern Region. Plans by William F Freeman Associates seek construction in late fall with a $2,250,000 goal and half a million more needed. Robert T Amos Jr and James H Millis head the campaign. Edgar Hartley, a former YMCA secretary, visits at age 90, praising the project and its potential.
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YMCA
Peachtree
Ron Kinnamon
National Ymca
Bes
Kinnamon
Carl Chavis
Fourth Street
Wm. F. Freeman
Robert T. Amos Jr
James H. Millis
Edgar Hartley
Hartley
Deportees Face Soviet Execution in U S Deportation Battle
Justice Department weighs deporting Soviet dissidents Pranas Brazinskas and his son to the USSR where they could face execution. Brazinskas, a Lithuanian freedom fighter who hijacked a plane to Turkey, recounts brutal torture and exile in a detailed 50 page statement. Rep. Dornan supports immigration rights while the department views them as criminals. The piece also notes delays by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in a separate incident involving a dangerous pitching machine.
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Pranas Brazinskas
Turkey
United States
Soviet Union
Brazinskas
U.S
Robert Dornan
D.calif
Consumer Product Safety
Henry Waxman
Commission
August Fever Pulls Pro Football Back Into the Spotlight
The piece bemoans early football hype as temperatures soar and fans chase the season. It notes teams like the Steelers Bengals Browns and Broncos already playing while others rest. It suggests the urge to watch and bet on football rivals other sports and signals the looming approach of basketball season.
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Steelers
Bengals
Browns
Broncos
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