Rockefeller Backs Nixon in 1972 Bid
Editorial says New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller pledges support for President Nixon in 1972, boosting Nixon’s bid with 43 electoral votes. It notes Rockefeller, Lindsay, Javits and Goodell split from national GOP efforts, potentially reshaping New York Republican politics in Nixon’s favor.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Jacob Javits
Humphrey
York
Javits
Charles E. Goodell
Jackson urges firm Middle East policy to curb Soviet drive
Senator Henry M. Jackson returns from Israel with a plan to counter Soviet aims in the region. He warns Moscow seeks to keep Arabs and Israelis tense to undermine peace and argues for tough action before negotiations. He says Nixon aides overly optimistic about Soviet peace aims.
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Henry M. Jackson
Israel
Middle East
Senate Armed Services Committee
Washington Democrat
Jackson
Russia
Nixon
Suez Zone
Kremlin
Opening Russia's Seven Locks on Mobility
Khrushchev calls for open borders but Soviet policy remains restrictive. Emigration is tightly controlled with internal passports and police detentions, while Solzhenitsyn tested permission to travel but risked permanent exile. Analysts blame bureaucratic inertia and elite preserve power, not reform, leaving Russians largely unable to emigrate or travel.
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Soviet Russia
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Israel
Russia
Peter the Great
Khrushchev
Maya Plisetskaya
Fidel Castro
Red China
Hong Kong
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Stockholm
Delay over Cambodia slows Vietnam pullout as crisis grows
President Nixon faces possible delays in withdrawing U S forces from Vietnam as Laird and Moorer are sent to Southeast Asia to assess Cambodia. A Cambodian invasion may be needed to defend Lon Nol, possibly keeping American troops in place.
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Washington
Nixon
Cambodia
U. S
Vietnam
Defense
Laird
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Southeast Asia
U.S
South Vietnam
Lon Nol
Laird and Moorer
Laos
Kremlin
Moscow
Central Committee
Poland
Cold War Rumors and Draft Flap Highlight Nixon Era
The article notes uncertainty in Kremlin leadership, possible Breshnev-Kosygin power struggle, and Kissinger’s view of a deliberate anti American posture to wedge Europe. It also details draft board chaos, Hartke's probe of misleading files, and Nixon’s headache over a rising nationalist Latin America hostile to the United States.
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State Department
Kremlin
War Ministry
Breshnev-Kosygin
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
Europe
U.S
U. S
Selective Service
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Indiana
Maryland
Virginia
Washington, D.C
Evansville
Hartke
Curtis Tarr
Tarr
Latin America
Chile
Boliva
Brazil
Peru
Latin American
High Point News Roundup Highlights Growth Puzzle and Projects
Ex postmaster Walter L. York praises new postmaster Ivan Crissman at swearing in. He questions why High Point population growth lags despite steady births and deaths. Jaycee Bosses Night nominations slip. New hospital wing adds beds and faces staffing hurdles. Southern Railway ticket office thrives under Grady W. Campbell. Bald Head Island plans and environmental safeguards outlined by William R. Henderson and Freeman Associates. Banks eye expansion as High Point’s banking status remains strong and competitive.
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Walter L. York
Ivan Crissman
High Point
High Point Memorial Hospital
Hospital Guild
George Stewart
William R. Henderson
Bald Head Island
Henderson
Smith Island
William F. Freeman
Carolina Cape Fear
Bill Henderson
North Carolina
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Southern
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H.D. Saunders
Campbell
Jamestown
North Carolina National Bank
North Main
Berry's
NEA, Inc
High Point Enterprise, Inc
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N.C
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C. H. Lockwood
David A. Rawley
Randall B. Terry
Joseph P. Rawley Holt Cape
Joe Brown
Moetterson
V.w.idol, JR
Richard Teague
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