Johnson outlines 1968 plan to curb gold outflow
President Johnson calls for tighter controls on overseas investments and spending to reduce the payment balance deficit. He aims to limit travel, curb direct investments in Europe, cap developing-country investments, and boost exports, claiming these steps will trim half‑billion and billions across 1968. He warns of unpopular choices to keep the dollar strong and notes allies like France should settle past due accounts.
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Johnson
Western
Europe
Horace R. Kornegay
Charles E. Bennett
Florida
Congressional Record
Bennett
Speaker
North Carolina
Kornegay
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Veterans’ Administration
Congress
Slim Kendall Remembered as Greensboro News Pioneer
The Greensboro Daily News editor H W Slim Kendall died at 70 after retiring two years earlier. A loyal advocate for public responsibility, he championed mountain and coastal North Carolina, the mentally ill, prisoners, and school children, shaping state journalism with courage and compassion.
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H. W. Kendall
Greensboro Daily News
North Carolina
Josh
Editorial on U S Post Office deficits and stamp change
A critical look at the 1968 postage rate increase and its impact on the U S Post Office Department. The piece notes deficits soaring toward $1.2 billion in 1967, rising mail volume, slower service, and debates over bulk mail rates amid calls for accountability and reform. It places postal history in context from colonial America to present.
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U. S. Post Office Department
U. S. Post Office
Congress
Senate
U. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Proctor
Ohio
Associated Press
N.C
AP News
Point
N. C
Ceane
Adent
Unde- Polen, Inc
Johnson and Pearson clash with press freedom ruling
The U S Court of Appeals denied Liberty Lobby’s bid to curb Drew Pearson and Jack Anderson. It held the group has no privacy and that their lobbying and controversy make them a public interest. The piece also covers Johnson’s fatigue on his 1955 world trip and historic White House handshaking lore.
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Freedom OF
U. S. Court of Appeals
Liberty Lobby
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Shelly Wright
Washington
Colin Miller
Berkeley
Calif
Johnson
J. Lawn Thompson
Air Force I
Melbourne
Darwin
Australia
Thailand
South Vietnam
Bill Bundy
Canberra
Holt
United States
Keith Holyoake
New Zealand
C. K. Yen
China
Sisouk
Laos
Park Chang Hee
Korea
Thanom Kittikachorn
Lee Kuan Yeu
Singapore
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Malaysia
Malik
Indonesia
Labor Party of Australia
Gough Whitlam
Thieu
Korat
U. S
Helen Blumberg
Anaheim
White House
Pearson
Calvin Coolidge
Marie Smith
The
Washington Post
Herbert Hoover
Lincoln
Satirical Potpourri Echoes in Light Editorial Glee
A string of humorous quips and observations covers tax protests, English longevity, family ambivalence, Nobel jokes, defender of squares and pentagons, college sports brag, school open houses, Ft. Knox guards, historic figures, Captain Bligh praise, De Gaulle as Bardot fan, aging image obsession, office grouch and actors in politics.
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Internal Revenue Service
Great Britain
Walter Tippy
England
Captain Bligh
Paris
General de Gaulle
Brigitte Bardot
Elwood site eyed by national chain at downtown High Point
Demolition resumes on the Elwood Hotel with complete removal planned by January end. Prospective bidders for the Elwood property may delay if a major retailer moves in, while K and W Cafeteria and Bill Pugh's Sporting Goods face January 15 deadlines. Lee Johnston departs for a three year assignment in Ceylon, and Congressman Horace R Kornegay retires from Congress.
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Elwood
Central Business District
Bill Pugh
Sporting Goods
Lee Johnston
YMCA
Edgar Hartley
Ceylon
Tuscaloosa
Johnstons
World Service Department
Council of Ymcas
New York
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Federal Reserve Board
Free World
France
H. W. “Slim” Kendall
P.O
B. C
America
General Court
Massachusetts
LBJ
Officers Club
McKinley
Soaper
Bill Vaughn
North American Newspaper Alliance
Ft. Knox
Berry's
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
D. A
Randall B
P. Rawley
Holt McPherson
Joe Brown
CW. Patterson, JR
Charles B. Loflin
George Wallace
Keyaunee
North Carolina Piedmont
William T. Wilson Jr
Christ
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