Local newspaper notes four staff members and 5 1972 date
The item lists individuals Y and Treasurer WII and Editor Wednesday alongside the number 5 and the year 1972, indicating a staffing or schedule note from the period.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1972
Page
4
The item lists individuals Y and Treasurer WII and Editor Wednesday alongside the number 5 and the year 1972, indicating a staffing or schedule note from the period.
A pithy conference line echoes the call to action, urging steadfast progress and purposeful action rather than stagnation. The quote emphasizes resolve, momentum, and the danger of idleness, framing sailing as a metaphor for purposeful movement.
The article discusses President Nixon's two point stance on amnesty for draft evaders during the Vietnam War. It argues amnesty should wait until the war ends and POWs are accounted for, and rejects immediate pardon while stressing a requirement of in kind service upon return to maintain national loyalty.
An Greensboro editorial mocks a prediction about the Women's Christian Temperance Union moving its Evanston headquarters due to wet laws and suggests High Point as a future home noting residents’ opposition to liquor outlets. The piece ends by declining to debate the forecast.
The Treasury reports 112 Americans with incomes over $200,000 paid no taxes in 1970 despite the 1969 tax reforms aimed at ending such avoidance. The finding undermines public confidence in government and highlights gaps in revenue policy.
The U S Corps of Engineers reports 43 percent of the 35 000 mile American shoreline eroding from Alaska to Maine with Florida and California among hardest hit Private ownership and erosion collide as dunes are razed jetties and other works alter sand movement Cost to halt erosion estimated at 1 8 billion dollars for 2 7 thousand miles of critical shoreline Public access and funding debate surround restoration efforts increasing tension between property owners and government programs
The article examines how over 100 congressmen profit from payoffs and interest free federal deposits in banks where they hold stock or positions. It highlights conflicts of interest, cites Rep. Henry Reuss with unreported holdings in Marshall and Isley Bank and notes reforms for ethics compliance.
A public banking report omits the full extent of Senator Reuss holdings. He controls or benefits from Marshall and Isley Bank and 13 others, plus extensive Niagara Shares and large investment trusts. Interest-free deposits rose from 2.17 million in 1968 to 3.77 million by 1969, with Marshall and Isley once holding Wisconsin's largest federal time deposit in 1971.
The piece notes tax and loan deposits rose from 1,029,433 in 1969 to 10,190,922 by mid-1971, funded by tax withholding and federal securities proceeds. Reuss proposes redistributing these funds to small and minority banks while Treasury officials deny political motives, yet 9 percent of banks receive such deposits, rising to about 20 percent for Congressmen's banks.
Remarks to the Thomasville Rotarians highlight community spirit as the town welcomes a $4.5 million Community General Hospital project, a family type Y M C A under Johnny Thomason, and a renovated Peoples Savings and Loan office. Discussion covers downtown revitalization, civic leadership, and ongoing local developments.
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