Nixon Tilts Toward Pakistan Amid White House Debate
The 1972 Los Angeles Times account outlines a White House NSC meeting notes on choosing to back Pakistan over India. It recounts CIA and State Department positions, Kissinger comments, and a joke about a camel driver, ending with the President's tilt and a fall from his chair.
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Washington
United States
Jack Anderson
Pakistan
India
Anderson
State Department
Henry Kissinger
Yahya Khan
National Security Council
White House
CIA
East Bengal
Council
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States Information Agency
Peking
Asia
Dr. Kissinger
Lyndon Johnson
Karachi
Johnson
Nixon
Car Tests Reactions Of Driver
High Point police officers viewed a demo of an experimental DMV Drivers License Bureau car. The Mercury with $35,000 in electronics records galvanic skin changes and heart response, monitors speed, braking and steering to establish mean driving reactions for licensing tests.
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High Point Police Dept
Dept. of Motor Vehicles
Employment Office Report Shows December Improvement Over 1970
High Point Employment Security Commission data show December 1971 placements rose 12 percent to 190, with 339 applicants seeking work. Initial unemployment claims dropped to 463 from 1,051 a year earlier, and weeks of unemployment fell to 2,257 from 3,920. Industrial placements held at 83, while ages under 22 and over 45 saw mixed results.
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High Point
The
Employment Security Commission
William Hollar
Hollar
ESC
Rezoning Appeals Move To Guilford County Commissioners
Monday agenda items include appeals of zoning decisions for three sites along I-85 Vickery Chapel Road and Sandy Ridge Road Deep River Township. Eastern Developers and Rental Inc seeks light industrial on I-85 land, while E W Simon and Larry Queen seek multi family in Friendship Acres. Kent Lively seeks light industrial for Byrd property. A plastic products exception may be added to M-5 regulations.
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Vickery Chapel Road
Friendway Circle
Friendship Township
Friendship Acres
E. W. Simon
Larry T. Queen
Guilford
Chamber Directors Meeting Set Tuesday
Chamber of Commerce directors plan their first 1972 session on Tuesday to consider the annual budget for the coming year, based on an agenda prepared by president Philip Dixon.
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Chamber of Commerce
Philip Dixon
Dixon
Frank H. Wood
Two Die As Vehicle Clips Pole Near Asheboro
Two youths William Cox 19 and Charles Hill 20 were killed when their car left Cox Road five miles south of Asheboro and struck a utility pole. They died en route to Randolph Hospital. State Highway Patrol investigates the crash.
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Asheboro
Rt. 4
Cox Road
William Cox
Charles Hill
Dean's List Honor Record At State University
North Carolina State University announced a new Dean's List high for fall with 2 848 honorees including three High Point residents Anita A Allen Thomas H Rees and Anne L Welch all with perfect 4 0 averages Local list also includes multiple students from High Point Jamestown Julian Kernersville and other nearby areas led by Jonathan S Allen Byron S Bailey and Susan L Bundy among others.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State University
John T. Caldwell
High Point
Anita A. Allen
Thomas H. Rees
Anne L. Welch
Jonathan S. Allen
Byron S. Bailey
Susan L. Bundy
Brenda J. Bu
Gary L. Sechler
John E. Shelton
George D. Stanley Jr
Timothy E. Sullivan
Bruce R. Taylor
Edward W. Whitehorne
Jamestown
Monty L. Goins
John P. Newby
Zandra K. Sledge
Diane M. Tetreault
James T. Vance
Don L. Brown
Julian
Richard A. Williams
Kernersville
NCAE criticized by Phillips over focus on teachers welfare
Raleigh AP State School Superintendent Dr Craig Phillips urges the North Carolina Association of Educators to push for teacher pay raises and better working conditions while leaving other education areas to agencies. He warns broadening aims risks a teachers union. Local AFT chapters emerge in Greensboro High Point and elsewhere as teachers seek independent voice.
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Raleigh
Craig Phillips
North Carolina Association of Educators
Phillips
NCAE
North Carolina
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Greensboro
High Point
Charlotte
Research Triangle
Boards of Education
NCEA
Don Kearns
Kearns
Afl-Cio
Hong Kong Flu Identified in North Carolina
The state Board of Health confirmed Hong Kong flu in North Carolina after a blood sample from a Yancey County patient, tested in Raleigh, linked to the Hong Kong strain. Reports of flu outbreaks followed in Robeson Orange Durham and Guilford counties.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
North Carolina
John MacCormick
Yancey County
MacCormick
Hong Kong
Robeson
Orange
Durham
Guilford
Basketful Of Pup
A photographer spots Laura Gibson and her Pekingese Rudy hitchhiking on Lexington Avenue during a Friday spin. The image captures the small dog in the basket as Laura keeps to the ride with minimal effort.
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Rudy
Laura Gibson
Laura
Lexington Avenue
Record Year Of 1971 At High Point Bank
High Point Bank and Trust Company reported record year end results with total resources of 62.6 million dollars, loans of 29.6 million, earnings of 616 thousand after taxes and reserves. Dividends rose to 120 thousand, surplus grew by 200 thousand to 2.7 million, and total capital funds reached 4.53 million. Directors re elected and officers updated including Fred W Alexander as president and N W Garland as vice president and cashier.
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High Point Bank and Trust Company
Fred W. Alexander
N. W. Garland
B. C. Pratt
Lynn Williard McInnis
Elma Ellis
B. F. Wright
Roy L. Webster
Harold L. Boone
Insurance Department
John C. Pierce
Herbert J. Scruggs Jr
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Los Angeles Times
Mercury
Laurie Pritchett
Art Richardson
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Eastern Developers and Rental, Inc
Randolph Hospital
State Highway Patrol
State Conservation and Development Board
Earl N. Phillips Jr
Arthur Cassell
Congressional Action Committee
Donald Gilstrap
P. Hunter Dalton Jr
Karl F. Ockershauser
International Trade Committee
George M. Marsh
Ernest O’banion
J. W. McGuinn
Irvin R. Black
Coffee Club
High Point Enterprise
Dean
Sonny Hedgecock
Sloan D. Gibson Jr
Robert D. Davis
W. F. Mauldin
Alan W. Detweiler
Lynn W. McInnis
J. Henry Dowdy
Ed Mendenhall
Amos R. Kearns
J. Thayer Coggin
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
N.C
Associated Press
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
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