Council's Resolve Fails Test In High Point Housing Code
The High Point City Council balked at approving 82 inspected houses flagged for housing code violations, deferring to a committee after objections from owner Leon Green who complained about being labeled a slum landlord. The piece argues the compliance provisions are reasonable and urges the council not to weaken them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Board of Realtors
Model Cities Commission
Council
Leon Green
Green
Roy Culler Jr
High Point
High Point Jaycees
High Point College
Wilson O. Weldon
First United Methodist Church
High Point Historical Society
Wayne Sullivan
Country Club Drive
Ray Burrow
Burrow
Sullivan
Aluminum pennies and two dollar bills proposed
The piece discusses using aluminum pennies due to copper shortages, likening them to zinc coins from the 1940s and noting machines may reject them. It also suggests resuming two dollar bills, arguing the one dollar bill dominates with divisibility, and recalls the old superstition about tearing corners from two dollar notes to avert bad luck.
Public confidence ranking shifts to garbageman
A Louis Harris poll shows the garbageman nearly as trusted as the doctor. Police, press, church, Congress and the White House follow in public esteem, suggesting a delayed recalibration of American values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harris
Police
Press
Church
Congress
White House
Nixon
A Gen of Human Rights Debate at the UN Twenty-Five Years On
United Nations analysis notes the Declaration of Human Rights adopted in 1948 faces enforcement struggles. It highlights slow ratification of the Civil and Political Rights Covenant, ongoing abuses worldwide, and criticisms of the UN Human Rights Commission for favoring member states over victims. Amnesty cites torture in 25 countries. The piece surveys global hypocrisy and calls for action beyond faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Kurt Waldheim
U.N
John Locke
Germany
U.N. Human Rights Commission
Penny Pitcher Senator Soaper and a Stamps by Mail Take
A wry column jokes about Senator Soaper and a desk mate who claims penny pitching as his sole athletic glory. It notes that reading a French menu isn’t proof of virtue, and praises audacity over polish. It observes stamp ordering by mail as a common practice. It ends by lampooning a youngster's disdain for rapid ascent to the presidency and multiple houses.
Arts in Park and Recreation Settings cited for weekday Growth
High Point's Sunday in the Park showcased by a new book “Arts in Park and Recreation Settings” by Nancy Hanks Ronald Walker and Dwight Rettie. The guide argues for a creative partnership between parks and artists and highlights Charlotte’s Festival in the Park expanding to over a million attendees with diverse exhibits, music, theater and community displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Jamestown
Nancy Hanks
National Endowment For the Arts
Ronald
H. Walker
National Park Service
Dwight F. Rettie
National Recreation and Park Association
Walker
United States
Charlotte
Kremlin Eavesdropping Revelations Stir White House Alibi
The article recounts long running CIA eavesdropping on Kremlin leaders and internal reactions. It notes transcripts from Brezhnev Kosygin and Podgorny showing private discussions and clinic visits. It details past reporting, White House minutes, and the plumbers inquiry into the Kremlin bugging. It concludes with a 1972 lunch invitation from CIA chief Richard Helms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Soviet Union
Central Intelligence Agency
Kremlin
CIA
Leonid Brezhnev
Alexei Kosygin
Nikolai Podgorny
Brezhnev
Podgorny
Olga
Richard Helms
Christmas Refugees, a Salvation Army Desk Memory
In a reflection from behind the Christmas desk at 801 S Main St a former Salvation Army worker recalls 1973 hardships. She details Betty Marsh a client with a sick son and a history of poverty and theft, and considers the limits of aid amid unemployment and tight budgets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
S. Main St
Betty Marsh
Huntsville
Ala
Tampa
Fla
B. G. Johnson
Betty Marshes
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Holt McPherson Enterprise
A. Grant Whitney
Belk
North Carolina Cancer Society
Chamber of Commerce
Piedmont
Alderman Board of Directors
Alderman Studios, Inc
Alderman Company
Perspective
Frances M. Younts
Courier-Faustat
Yin Jerry Ford
Tye
Department of Social Services
Furness
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