Nixon as Football Strategist Governs Nation from Oval Office
A satirical portrait portrays President Nixon as orchestrating pro football plays with top aides. It describes a nightly briefing by Kissinger, Helms, the Joint Chiefs, and Jimmy the Greek, ending with Nixon choosing plays and facing the loneliness of leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Billy Kilmer
Kissinger
White House
National Strategic Football Agency
Richard Helms
CIA
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jimmy
Snyder
Nixon
Howard Cosell
16 Year Old Charged In Breaking Entering
A 16 year old Stanton Street resident Walter Lewis Stevens Jr was arrested this morning on felonious breaking and entering after police found a car with its trunk open at Elliott and Prospect Streets. The stolen tape players and speakers were traced to the vehicle and Stevens was taken into custody. Several other arrests followed including a 16 year old for auto larceny and others for assault weapons damage and drunken driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanton Street
Walter Lewis Stevens Jr
Elliott
Prospect
Stevens
Mack Loggins
Welch Drive
Deanna Belcher
Randolph Street
E. Green Drive
Danny Jean Jarrell
Alfred Trailer Park
Earl Wilson Lee
Asheboro
Paul Huffman
Avondale Street
Leroy Sanford
Robert Ralph May
Route 4
Donnie Lee Alexander
Bristol
Tenn
W. Gray Suggs
Rt. 2
Trinity
Henry Edward Jefferies
Marion Court
Price Increase OK'd For Drexel Furniture
Drexel Enterprises gains Price Commission approval for a 2.18 percent rise on household office and institutional furniture. Drexel, a division of US Plywood Champions Paper, Inc., secured the full increase it sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Drexel Enterprises
Price Commission
Drexel
U. S. Plywood
Champion Paper, Inc
Rec Center Location Is Changed to Oakview Park Complex
Park officials switch the planned recreation center site from Armstrong Park to Oakview neighborhood park complex. The $200 000 centers will each include a gymnasium and rooms for arts and crafts as part of the bond funded project approved in 1968. The Planning and Zoning Commission will review the proposal before City Council action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakview
City Parks and Recreation Commission
Armstrong Park
Armstrong
Leonard Street
Parks Commission
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Accident Fatal For Local Man John W Adams Sr
John Wesley Adams Sr. 44, of Route 3, died Sunday at High Point Memorial Hospital from injuries in a one vehicle wreck five miles east of Archdale in Randolph County. He was thrown from the truck, struck his head on the pavement, and the 2 p.m. crash left him alone in the vehicle. He was born December 13, 1927, in Guilford County, a Marine veteran and longtime High Point resident. Surviving is one daughter.
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John Wesley Adams Sr
High Point Memorial Hospital
Randolph County
Highway Patrol
Adams
Archdale
Guilford County
Monroe
Luna Slack Adams
High Point
Hoffman Frame Works
Marine Corps
First Annexation Bid Is Filed For Property Across New Lake
Don Setliff has filed for annexation of 200 acres along Old Mill Road across High Point’s new lake. The move hinges on policy and the feasibility of city water and sewer services versus extensions or septic options. The Planning and Zoning Commission will study engineering and financial implications before the City Council decides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lake
Forrest Cates
High Point
New Municipal Lake
Don Setliff
Old Mill Road
Setliff
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Duncan McIntyre
City Utilities Department
McIntyre
Planning Commission
New Issues Surface In Gubernatorial Race
North Carolina governor candidates debate open government and vocational training. James Holfhouser proposes disclosure of income tax returns while Pat Taylor and Skipper Bowles spar over education policy. Other candidates Hugh Morton and Zeb Dickson also attend discussing leadership and income. The event marks the first public meeting of the six active contenders for the 1972 race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
R. Pat Taylor
Zeb Vance Dickson
Hargrove Bowles
Reginald Hawkins
Hugh Morton
Jim Holshouser
N.C
North Carolina
James Holfhouser
Associated Press News Council
Pat Taylor
Hargrove
Bowles
Holfhouser
Boone
Pat
Hawkins
Taylor
News Council
Skipper
Wilmington
Zeb W. K. Dickson
Eden
Purchase Of Land Approved For New Guilford High School
Greensboro officials authorize 61310 for 61.3 acre parcel on Bethel Church Road at about 1000 per acre for a major new high school. They also approve 10704 for 24 solid waste containers at various county sites and discuss a sanitary sewer line needed for the Barn Dinner Theatre due to a malfunctioning system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
George Rottman
Bethel Church Road
James Richards
John Witherspoon
Guilford County Health Dept
89 Children Enrolled for Integrated Parkview Village Kindergarten
Parkview Village Elementary in High Point planned an 88 seat kindergarten funded by EASP to aid desegregation. Of 89 registrations, 24 were white, sparking efforts to balance enrollment to about 30 Black and 59 White, with transportation debates and no bus funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Hubbard
North Carolina
High Point
Parkview Village
Boundary Avenue
Dean B. Pruette
James Surratt
Surratt
ESAP
Parkview Village School
NCCU Touring Choir to Broadcast Cantata on WUNC-TV
Three High Point residents and NCCU students Christine Anderson Steve Davis and Ronald Gill perform the cantata They Called Her Moses on statewide public television. The NCCU Touring Choir airs Thursday the 13th at 9 p m on WUNC TV Channel 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
High Point
North Carolina Central University
Moses
Wunc-Tv
Channel 4
NCCU
Durham
Christine Anderson
Steve Davis
Ronald Gill
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Art Buchwald
United States
Don Shula
Miami Dolphins
Paul Warfield
Dallas Cowboys
Shula
Redskins
Mr. Nixon
Los Angeles Times
Pay & Save Grocery
W. Green Drive
High Point Enterprise
Melvin Lang
Associated Press
State Senate
Pruette
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