Nixon Defenses On Full Display In Long News Conference
President Nixon held his first major news conference in nearly three months, sticking to his defense of the presidency and his own conduct. Critics questioned his view of impeachable offenses and his commitment to legal norms, accusing him of prioritizing self over the office and the nation.
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Nixon
White House
Square
Sen
Lowell Weicher
Connecticut
Richard Nixon
Record Daily
Kent Cooper
Associated Press
Mid- East
Far East
North Carolina GOP splits over Senate race and leadership
The North Carolina Republican field for the U S Senate centers on Rep. William Stevens and Hamilton Horton, with Gov. James Holfhouser steering party policy. Horton withdraws citing party wounds as Stevens gains momentum, while Holshouger faces the fall test against the Democratic nominee.
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North Carolina
United States Senate
Republican Party
James Holfhouser
William Stevens
Lenoir
Piedmont
Hamilton Horton
Winston-Salem
Stevens
Horton
General Assembly
Holfhouser
Broyhill Furniture Industries
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Assn
Brayhill
James Broyhill
Gov. Holshouger
Projecting the News Around Automated Newspaper Tech
The piece notes newspapers rapidly adopting electronic photocomposition using VDT CRT and OCR systems to speed editing and reduce costs. It cites 40 CRT, 10 OCR, and 96 VDT adopters, mentions unions opposing automation, and recalls strikes at St. Louis Post-Dispatch and The Washington Post as automation disputes unfold.
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OCR
The
Trade Journal
Robert J. McCoy
Waterloo
Iowa
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington Post
Post
Letters to the Editor on corporal punishment debate
A High Point citizen challenges Dr. Dean B. Pruette’s remarks on corporal punishment as racial Generalizations. The letter cites Dr. C Henry Kempe and McCall’s August 1973, arguing battered children span all groups and warning that endorsing punishment against Black families could justify violence against all children. It urges whites to oppose punitive policies and to reconsider the idea that punishment is inherently linked to race.
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Margaret Keesee
High Point Enterprise
Dean B. Pruette
Pruette
North Carolina
C. Henry Kempe
Department of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Medical Center
McCall’s Magazine
Dr. Pruelle
Emmett Till
High Point City
Barbara Seemere
Washington, D.C
Eva B. Stewart
High Point Board of Education
Exuberant UT growth noted in journalism school tour
A Knoxville tour highlights the dramatic expansion of the University of Tennessee and its journalism program within the Communications Center beside the Tennessee River. Dr. Jack Reese, UT chancellor, leads a broad regional growth pattern while accreditation decisions loom for the journalism school.
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Knoxville
Tenn
University of Tennessee
U.T
Heart of Univeristy of Tennessee
Jack Reese
Government vs Oil and Greenspan Quote Sparks Debate
In a letter to the editor William C. Johnson argues politicians delayed Alaska pipeline leases and offshore tracts, imposed costly car emissions rules, and taxed oil firms, worsening shortages and exploration. He urges removing government from oil to spur production and avoid riding mules.
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Alan Greenspan
Alaska
William C, Johnson
Thomasville
Ways To Save Fuel Letter To President Nixon
George L Handley urges President Nixon to release carburetor and engine innovations. He claims improvements exist but are suppressed, warns of recession, urges government action, and asks for mileage boosts to conserve gasoline and natural resources.
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Nixon
George L. Handley
Thomasville
George L. Hundley
Misconceptions in High Point redevelopment funding column
Editor emeritus of the Good Afternoon column addresses criticisms of a $325,000 windfall for High Point's Redevelopment and Housing Commission. The piece notes the 1 October 1972 abolition of the Redevelopment Commission and transfer of Urban Redevelopment to the Housing Authority Board, plus argues that idle funds should be netted against delays and costs.
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High Point
Redevelopment and Housing Commission
Redevelopment Commission
City Council
Housing Authority Board of Commissioners
Housing Authority
Juanita Hills
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Hendersonville
Berea College
Faculty Club
Tennessee
American Council On Education For Journalism
New York City
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Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Edward P. Bassett
William Alen White
University of Kansas
Bob J. Carrell
University of Oklahoma
Edward G. Dooley
South Bend
Ind
Tribune
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
President Nixon
United States
Congress
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