Spies Who Came Out Of Pulpits
The Christian Science Monitor discusses CIA use of church personnel as intelligence sources amid debates on national conscience. It notes the National Council of Churches resolution condemning missionary spying and Ford administration and Senator Hatfield proposals to ban clergy involvement, highlighting church state separation and moral concerns in a democracy.
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CIA
Washington
National Council of Churches
William Colby
Ford
Council of Churches
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Senator Hatfield
Caesar
No Teacher Strikes Backed By North Carolina Educators
The NCAE leader Dean B. Westmoreland of Kings Mountain argued against a teachers’ strike in North Carolina. He said the state lacks key ingredients for a successful strike and that teachers are not united behind it. He urged political action and persuasion as effective long term tools.
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N.C. Association of Educators
NCAE
Dean B. Westmoreland
Kings Mountain
North Carolina
Westmoreland
National Education Association
Nuff
High Point Sees Quality of Life Rise and Housing Growth
The High Point Kiwanis wrap up the year with a look at improving life in the city and promising developments for 1976. The Housing Authority plans 150 elderly units on the Southside and Leonard projects 26 for moderate income families, plus 100 more for Astor Dowdy Towers.
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High Point Kiwanis
High Point
Housing Authority of
Vail
Willis Streets
Southside
Leonard
Brentwood
Carson Stout
Ken Martin Hope
Astor Dowdy Towers
Housing Authority
The Socialist Cycle Across Anglophone Realms
The piece notes socialist falls in Australia New Zealand and British Columbia amid a broader pattern. It contrasts Heath Wilson Nixon and Ford, arguing entrenched state machinery is hard to dismantle and voters seek viable alternatives.
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British Empire
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
British Columbia
England
Commonwealth
Ted Heath
Heath
Clement Attlee
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
U.S
Richard Nixon
LBJ
Nixon
Ford
Rhinestone Cowboy at North Carolina Insurance Dept
The Winston-Sentinel weighs in on Commissioner John R. Ingram and the North Carolina Insurance Department. It criticizes his leadership as showy but ineffective, arguing data delays and extensive talking have hindered routine rate reviews, while praising elected accountability over appointment. The piece warns against industry influence and urges open, public scrutiny of a regulator facing a potential rhinestone cowboy label.
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North Carolina Department of Insurance
John R. Ingram
Nash Herndon
the Sentinel
Ingram
Department of Insurance
Pentagon Maintains Ties With Chile Amid Junta Crackdown
Gen. Dennis McAuliffe met Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in Santiago to pledge U S support for the Chilean armed forces as a secret National Intelligence Estimate warns the junta tightens political control and rejects democracy. The crackdown targets Christian Democrats and other groups, with claims of a Paraguayan solution and fears of anti democratic constitutional changes.
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Washington
Pentagon
Latin America
Dennis McAuliffe
Santiago
Chile
Augusto Pinochet
Pinochet
U.S
McAuliffe
Christian Democratic Party
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Manuel Trucco
Capitol Hill
Moss
Christian Democrats
Junta
You're Fired You 75 in The Art Buchwald Column
The 1975 figure titled You’re Fired meets a manager who tells him he is replaced by someone younger. The exchange covers inflation, wars, energy, and detente as the year recalls its failures and nostalgia. Reporters crowd the hall as the firing is confirmed.
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Washington
Angola
Northern Ireland
Lebanon
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Midwest Research Institute
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Miami
Roy Culler
William Faulkner
Oebts
Wall Street Journal
Winston-Salem Sentinel
Robert Moss
Constitutional Commission
Catholic Church
Trucco
Storessne
Central Intelligence Agency
Salvador Allende
Art Buchwald
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