A Responsible Community Responds to Black Panthers
The High Point editorial critiques the Black Panther Party as a small armed group provoking clashes with police in major cities. It notes a recent shootout during an eviction, warns against Panthers armed tactics, and questions the value of their breakfast program while urging calm, vigilant community progress in race relations.
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Black Panther Party
Black Panthers
Panthers
Chicago
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Oakland
High Point
Hulda Street
Congress Rules Washington Birthday A Holiday Monday
A 1968 law shifted Washington Birthday to the third Monday in February, creating four additional Monday holidays and bringing total three day weekends to five. Memorial Day Veterans Day Columbus Day Labor Day are now observed on specific Mondays, with broad adoption by states and industry support for extended weekends.
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George Washington
Congress
Washington
District of Columbia
Louisiana
Oklahoma
South Dakota
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Basil L. Whitener
Gastonia
Daughters of the American Revolution
Discover America Travel Organizations
Swiss Women Vote: National Suffrage Passes in Switzerland
Swiss voters approve national women suffrage by a two to one margin, making Switzerland the last European country to grant women the vote. The move follows decades of activism by women challenging traditional roles as men supported the reform.
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Switzerland
Sound Investments and Mortality of Worldly Wealth
A speaker recalls a 1930s business loss and choosing faith over despair. He contrasts fleeting market gains with lasting spiritual wealth, citing Napoleon and Hitler as examples of impermanent power. The sermon warns against idolizing material values and urges investing in providence.
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Wall Street
Napoleon
Europe
France
Hitler
Reich
Liberty Or License By CAPUS WAYNICK
This essay praises Justice Black for upholding school authority over student haircuts and warns against overreaching constitutional readings. It reflects on changes in moral norms, the death penalty, anarchism, and the three political grooves guiding modern government. It ends with a call to defend freedom under law and individual rights.
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Capus Waynick
Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Justice Black
Ku Klux Klan
Austria
France
United States
Valentine Verses and Reflections From An Afternoon Page
A blend of classic poems and notes on St Valentine day traces its history from the Roman Lupercalia to Chaucer. Readers are reminded of love verses from Whittier and Poe, plus a reflective Anglican Digest prayer about aging with grace.
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St. Valentine
Italy
France
Belgium
Spain
Africa
Valentine
Geoffrey Chaucer
Cupid's
John Greenleaf Whitter
Maud Miller
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allen Poe
James Whitcomb Riley
Lily
Percy Shelly
Everbody
Park's view on Korea and North Korea threat in 1970s
President Park in Seoul defends South Korea's prosperity and military readiness while contrasting U S criticism of Saigon and Chiang Kai-shek with North Korea's harsh regime. He predicts a critical period 1970 to 1975 and argues self-reliance will help deter war and improve prospects for peace.
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Washington
U. S
Richard Nixon
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-tung
South Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
South Korea
Chung Hee Park
North Korea
Kim I Sung
Kim
Korea
Park
Seoul
Marcos faces internal peril as Huk guerrillas loom
The Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos confronts strikes and student riots while potential upheaval from Huk guerrillas looms. The piece notes Marcos wartime heroism, subsequent political rise, and current tensions as a backdrop to a volatile domestic scene. In a separate matter, the tuna war with Ecuador sees 12 American boats seized within disputed waters. The US pays fines to secure bailouts, highlighting taxpayer subsidies.
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Philippines
Marcos
Vietnam
Douglas MacArthur
Bataan
Philippine Congress
Huk
Ecuador
Washington
United States
U. S
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