Welcome Home for 60 Mexican Prisoners Sparks Debate
The first exchange under a new treaty brings about sixty Americans home from Mexican jails amid strong views. Some argue the men and women jailed for narcotics crimes were not heroes, noting harsher Mexican conditions and the ongoing dangers of illegal drug trade. The piece urges humane treatment regardless of crime but cautions readers not to idealize the homecoming or ignore the broader context of drug enforcement and cross border justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
No-Win Condition Looms Over Middle East Conflicts
The piece warns that Arab world divisions risk expanding conflict, with Egypt seeking peace with Israel while Libya Algeria Syria and PLO clamor for advantage. It notes Jordan Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Iraq balancing loyalties as regional tensions intensify and could draw outside powers into a broader struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
China
Free World
Middle East
Egypt
Libya
Algeria
Syria
Golan Heights
Israel
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Yasir Arafat
South Yemen
Iraq
Arabia
Jordan
Hussein
Arafat
Saudi Arabia
United States
Kuwait
Srae
Understanding Islam and Evangelists in Modern Faiths
Dr Carlyle Adams explains New Year in Islam marking 1398, defines Islam and Moslems, and clarifies the term evangelist from Greek roots. He notes St John the Evangelist and contrasts itinerant preachers like Moody with ordained ministers such as Billy Graham. He mentions St Nicholas Day observed December 6 in England and Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlyle Adams
Mohammed
Billy Graham
Dwight L. Moody
Religious Q and A on calendars, polygamy, and Schweitzer
A newspaper religious Q and A explains why Islamic New Year is late for Russian Orthodoxy due to the Julian calendar December 19 for St. Nicholas Day. It notes Joseph Smith descendants deny polygamy, Brigham Young’s role, Schweitzer died in Gabon in 196, age nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Smith
Mormon Church
Reorganized
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Independence, Mo
Mormon
Salt Lake City
Smith
Brigham Young
Utah
North Carolina Museum highlights furniture history exhibit
High Point sources fuel a new North Carolina Museum of History exhibit North Carolina Furniture 1700 1900 with loans from High Point area collectors and local firms. The display shows Guilford Davidson Randolph Forsyth cabinet making and a push to extend into April. Endowment gifts from A. Pat Brown and John Idol boost UNC Chapel Hill projects. High Point College receives a land gift for parking. local real estate and business leaders receive recognition. The piece ends urging Christmas Cheer Fund donations to help those in need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina Museum of History
North Carolina
Division of Archives and History
Raleigh
Lilly Company
Froelich Company
Gross Veneer Sales, Inc
R.G. Culp Associates
Everett Bryant Sales
Alderman Company
Tooms
A. Pat Brown
John D. Idol
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Brown
Unc-Chapel Hill
John Idol
Carolina
Sound Realty
Frank Dalton
High Point Memorial Hospital
Kiwanians
Salvation Army
K-mart
Jaycees
Londonerry Estates
James David, Inc
Clinton, Tenn
Harold Glaser
Ron Pass
Krauth & Benninghofen Corp
Parkway Furniture
James David
Rudyard Kipling
U.S. Treaties Contain Escape Clauses on War Power
Analysis of eight mutual security pacts shows each treaty carries language permitting the United States to decide, within constitutional authority, whether to enter hostilities. Senate testimony and legal scholars conclude no treaty obligates automatic American military involvement, despite allied expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
America
United States
NATO
SEATO
Europe
Pacific
Israel
Middle East
West Germany
Philippines
Australia
U.S
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michael Glennon
Glennon
Congress
Senate
House of Representaives
Raoul Berger
Alexander Bickel
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Dean Acheson
Wrong Place For Facilities Letter to the Enterprise
A reader protests plans to move all county medical facilities downtown with jails and county buildings. They argue it harms patient care, noting High Point’s clinics rely on proximity to the hospital and urging facilities be built near or with the hospital rather than with other county structures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Greensboro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joe Brown
Associated Press
States
England
European Continent
Albert Schweitzer
Dr. Schweitzer
Gabon
French Equatorial Africa
Adama
N.C. Museum
High Point Museum
Ron Griffin
Piedmont
Museum of Furniture
Louis J. Fisher
High Point College
Stadium Drive
Lexington
John Crowder
Edward E. Mendenhall
National Assn. of Realtors
Miami
Holt McPherson
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
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