VanderVeen victory signals Watergate fear in Michigan district
In Michigan Fifth, Democrat Richard F. VanderVeen defeated Republican Robert VanderLaan in a special election seen as a referendum on Watergate. The result, in a GOP stronghold that last sent Ford to Congress, sparks questions about Nixon’s party ahead of November.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Congress
Gerald R. Ford
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Ford
Richard F. VanderVeen
Robert VanderLaan
VanderVeen
William McLaughlin
Republican Party
Washington
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Wilmer Mizell
Senate
February Arts Month Shines With North Carolina Symphony
In High Point February is cultural month as the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra performs in Memorial Auditorium at High Point College. The Community Concert Assn drives its 1974 75 season while the Arts Council runs a month long fund drive. The symphony is sponsored by the local North Carolina Symphony Society and the organization educates students by performing in local schools.
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Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
High Point
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Memorial Auditorium
High Point College
Symphony
Community Concert Assn
Arts Council
The
North Carolina Symphony Society
Assa
Claude Frank
Theodor Uppman
Winston - Salem
Projecting the News on New Age Religions and Revival
The piece surveys a wave of religious exploration in the United States tracing to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Guru Maharaj Ji, noting Moon and the Unification Church amid Millennium 73. It contrasts 1950s religious optimism with 1960s upheaval and highlights the Jesus Movement and Colson's shift, framing a broad revival of Christian and Eastern faiths.
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Mia Farrow
Beatles
Rennie Davis
Farrow
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Transcendental Meditation Society
Davis
Guru Maharaj Ji
Divine Light Mission
Guru
Mellennium
dAouston
Astrodome
Guru Maharaji Ji
Sun Myung Moon
Unification Church
Moon
U.S
Newsweek
United States
Eisenhower
White House
Norman
Vincent Peale
Charles W. Colson
Colson
Washington Post
Erich Fromm
America
Housing Authority Action Questioned by Community Member
A local resident letters Mayor Clapp and City Council criticizing the Housing Authority Board for merging two executive director roles into one and terminating Don Hubbard in favor of Ken Martin. The writer questions the process and adherence to civil service practices while defending personnel standards.
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Paul Clapp
Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority
Don Hubbard
Ken Martin
Housing Authority
Board of Commissioners
Perenne
High Point
Stanley Shavitz
Holton High Point
Space Phantom Sought over Skylab hoax and policy uproar
The Space Phantom hoax broadcast bogus space chatter during Skylab incidents alarming Americans. NASA warns of hoaxers while a Connecticut doctor and Jacksonville resident report similar interference. A separate High Point housing policy shift, criticized, prompts calls for council admonition of the Housing Authority board. The piece names executives Lew Mainak Thomas A. Davis and ex-Sen. Smathers ally Bebe Rebazo in a controversial 1974 contract dispute.
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Washington
Pacific
Moscow
Nixon
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Rocky Mount
N. C
Unifi, Inc
New York
Larry Ayscue
Houston Space Center
Ryscue
Ayscue
White House
Houston
Joe Spear
NASA
Connecticut
Space
Jacksonville
Fla
Fone
Bebe
New Jersey
George Smather
Bebe Rebazo
Lew Mainak
Lew Mainak and
Thomas A. Davis
Davis
Bebozo
Smathers
Maliak
Should High Point Public Library be enlarged soon
Library To The Editor argues the High Point public library, replaced 20 years ago, now struggles to meet growing demand amid a cultural surge. The writer urges timely expansion while building costs are favorable but warns future financing may be uncertain. Richard Riemer, N Hamilton.
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N. Main Street
High Point
Richard Riemer
N. Hamilton
Temptation in Letter Defending The Exorcist Sparks Debate
A reader argues against Joyce Rook's defense of The Exorcist, saying the book and film mislead about education and temptation. The letter cites biblical passages from Corinthians and Matthew to challenge the work's moral value and warns of demonic influence and spiritual blindness in the world.
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Joyce Rook
Mrs. Rook
William Blatty
Christ
Public Debt Rally Call Against Salary Increases
A letter dated February twenty sent to Senators Ervin Helms and Rep Preyer urges lawmakers to oppose automatic pay raises for Congress and top officials. The writer warn of a looming calamity for average citizens if citizens do not respond, citing ongoing public debt.
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Sam Ervin
Jesse Helms
Congress
L. Richardson Preyer
Washington
A. G. Whitener
P. O
High Point
National Whirligig U S Faces Soviet Military Edge
The piece argues the United States trails the Soviet Union in military power and warns Congress has weakened U S defenses. It cites Russia's larger military industrial complex, longer draft, and naval growth, urging small atomic weapons for Europe as a countermeasure.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Congress
U.S
Europe
Brezhnev
Suez
English Channel
Andrew J. Goodpaster
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