Crisis of Railroads Is Deeply Rooted Editorial
Editorial argues the rail crisis stems from years of losses and inefficiency. It cites wage disputes and featherbedding, Penn Central's collapse, funding needs, and the risk of a month long strike harming the economy. It urges urgent federal action before March 1 to keep freight and passenger service moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Congress
Railroads
Presidential
Arbitration
Union
Penn Central
Nixon
Fifty Years of Growth for Southern Furniture Exposition
The Southern Furniture Exposition Building nears its 50th anniversary as High Point becomes a national hub for furniture design and marketing. The market’s evolution from Grand Rapids to Chicago and finally High Point reshaped home furnishings and related industries across the nation. The anniversary marks a milestone in Southern producers’ vitality and the region’s influence on style and supply chains.
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Southern Furniture Exposition
America
High Point
Grand Rapids
Chicago
Place Markets
Nixon Sees Power Shortage Amid Lights and High Rates
The author warns of a looming power and fuel crisis with higher electricity and gas rates, gasoline shortages, and environmental harm from pollution. He urges leaders to act now to reduce private transport, curb pollution, and conserve resources for peace and safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steinmetz
Bible Sunday sermon warns against misreading sacred text
The talk on International Bible Sunday explains how readers twist scriptures, urges careful study to rightly divide the Word of truth, and notes the Bible as a sixty six volume book written across eight hundred years with its Spirit guiding writers. It cautions against random verse picking and highlights multilingual origins and the value of modern translations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
God
Judas
Heaven
St. Jerome
Notables Jittery on Hirschhorn Memorial on the Mall
A secret congressional report criticizes the $15 million Hirschhorn memorial on the Mall linking blame to Ex-President Johnson Congress and the Smithsonian. It cites prior sales and World War II era offenses and questions if Hirschhorn deserved a memorial in the capital.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Smithsonian Institution
Joseph H. Hirschhorn
Hirschhorn
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
House Library and Monuments Subcommittee
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Subcommittee
Canada
New York
Johnson
Lyndon
Controversy Over Hirschhorn Art Deal and Smithsonian Oversight
A subcommittee report accuses LBJ aides and the House Public Works Committee of pushing a swift Hirschhorn art deal bypassing the Smithsonian oversight. It cites questionable purchasing practices and discriminatory personnel policies, while finding no proven criminal misuse of the $50 million budget.
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Subcommittee
U.S
Hirschhorn
LBJ
House Public Works Committee
Library and Monuments Subcommittee
Smithsonian
Ann Thompson
Schwengel
Private development eyed for Bald Head Island funds and hospital drive
The piece surveys a plan to buy Bald Head Island and shield it from developers through private funding, alongside updates on Community General Hospital in Thomasville seeking $500,000 more for a 164 bed facility. It notes fundraising efforts for the North Carolina Symphony, a large Green Street Baptists budget vote, and ongoing hospital office moves at High Point Memorial with new x ray equipment and a nursing home bed expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Bald Head Island
Research Triangle Survey
Cape Fear Carolina Corporation
Community General Hospital
Thomasville
D. Kermit Cloninger
High Point Memorial
Thomasville City Memorial Hospital
North Carolina
Ford Foundation
North Carolina Symphony
Symphony
Mary Elizabeth
W. G. Jr
Ragsdale
Jamestown
George Armfield
Robert Scott
San Francisco
Jack Rochelle
Armfields
Green Street Baptists
Joe B. Patterson
Joy Watkins
N.C. Department of Social Services
High Point Memorial Hospital
Maryfield
Channel 2
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David A. Rawley, JR
Randall B. Terry
Joseph P. Rawley
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
W. Patterson, JR
W.W. Idol
Richard Teague
Associated Press
N.C
Merry
By Jack Anderson
Lady Bird
Lynda Bird
Greenwich
Conn
State Prison
Marvin Cheek
State Berbers Board
Woodlake
Ervin Company
Johnson Street
New City Lake
Ervin Investors Ltd
Ervin
Charlotte
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