A Tale Of Three Visitors In A Northern City
The piece discusses three upcoming visitors shaping views on government and politics. Congressman L Richardson Preyer faces a grilling by right-leaning critics, Ronald Reagan appears for a one day stop in January, and Santa Claus is due on December 25, highlighting varied public attitudes toward politics and authority.
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L. Richardson Preyer
Congressional Action Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Ronald Reagan
Preyer
Washington
Reagan
Ford
California
Santa Claus
Perils Of Largesse And The CETA Program
The Comprehensive Emergency Training Act funds local relief but High Point shows drift from aid to bureaucracy. Of $477,000 in CETA money for 78 city jobs only 54 were filled while more funds, including $74,000, were added for maintenance crews and a writer for the information office. Mayor Roy Cutler criticized job misreports as more money flows in with calls to create and then terminate positions after the emergency ends.
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High Point
CETA
Council
Public Information Office
Roy Cutler
Employment Security Commission
Culler
Ingenious ads lead to scent and smell mishaps
Advertising experts push sensory ink ideas with rose scent in a year old local promo causing nausea among pressroom workers and pollen allergic subscribers. A West Coast bacon scent ad stirred barking dogs and porch damage, prompting CNPA notes on nuisance.
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California
Publishers Assn
Freedom Of Worship Observed On Rights Day In US History
An article reflects on Rights Day December 15 marking the 184th anniversary of the U S Constitution amendments, stressing total separation of church and state and freedom of religious practice. It recounts debates over government subsidies for denominations and the final stance of no established religion with guaranteed freedom of worship.
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United
Congress
Washington Roundup on CIA Assassination Probes
An overview discusses Spiro Agnew warning against revoking CIA authority to assassinate foreign leaders. Congress and media debate publicizing CIA murders, with claims that oversight hinders intelligence and diplomacy. The piece recounts how investigations traced Castro plots, noting officials concealed details and the press eventually exposed six of eight efforts.
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Washington
Spiro Agnew
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Administration
Congressional Committees
CIA
Adolf Hitler
Senate Intelligence Committee
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Robert Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Richard Helms
Ohn McCone
McCana
Andetaco
Witherson
Robert de Ape
Heaate
CTA
Helms
Te Retaile
Frank Church
GIA
CLA
Bill of Rights Birthday Reminder and Reflections
The piece marks the 184th anniversary of the Bill of Rights going into force alongside the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. It argues these rights shield freedoms amid legal challenges, notes Article 2 through 10, and urges renewed reading to guard liberties against political manipulation. It also covers winter notes, Reverend H Claude Young’s Africa mission trip, and local civic news about Maryfield Nursing Home leadership changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
George Mason
Virginia
Congress
Mason
Use For Old Post Office and UPS Suitcase of Ideas
Letter argues the US Post Office loses money due to inefficiency and proposes selling an old post office building to UPS for private operation. advocates letting private firms handle mail delivery to cut costs and restore profitable air mail and related services for taxpayers.
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Sytem
UPS
The Thomasville Human Relations Commission functions
The Enterprise reports that the Thomasville Human Relations Commission investigates complaints without pressuring individuals. It serves as a liaison between residents and City Council, aiming to handle concerns to the best of its knowledge. Dorothy G. Renwick, Aut. Secy., HAC, notes location detail for the Brinkley property as on Teco Street, not Lexington Avenue.
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Thomasville
Commission
Brinkley
Teco Street
Lesington Avenue
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Dear Santa
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Africa
H. Claude Young
Memorial United Methodist Church
Board of Global Ministries of
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World Council of Churches
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Td Green
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