Downtown High Point struggles to revive its dwindling core
City Hall and Downtown Merchants for Progress clash over funding for a west side parking garage tied to the East Central Urban Renewal project. Officials say private pledges must reach 900,000 dollars before bonds are purchased, while merchants complain of delays and vacancy on Main Street.
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High Point
City Hall
City Council
William B. Gray
Downtown Merchants For Progress
S. Main Street
Harold Cheek
East Central
First Union National Bank
N. Main Street
Wrenn
Gray
Army life preview aims to recruit volunteers by 1973
The Army tests a three day Fort Jackson preview program for Georgia and South Carolina youths to sample Army life with optional enlistment. Recruits may depart without obligation or be sworn in immediately if they choose. The six month trial starts February.
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Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
Georgia
South Carolina
John Kean
Anglo French Nuclear Cooperation in a New European Era
After Britain signs the EEC accession treaty Heath considers renewed Anglo French nuclear cooperation. France seeks US permission to share nuclear know-how while both nations face costly weapons programs. Analysts foresee McMahon Act revision as key to future dialogue with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward Heath
Britain
Europe
Heath
Brussels
United States
France
America
Julian Critcheley
The
London Times
Australia
Charles de Gaulle
U. S. Congress
England
Jean-Francois Deniau
EEC
le Monde
U.S
Secret Viet Cong Phoenix plan flags failure in Saigon cables
New surreptitious cables reveal a rift between public boasts and private verdicts on Operation Phoenix. Ambassador Bunker reports the program has not weakened the Viet Cong Infrastructure despite Colby and Nutter praising it earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
Bill Rogers
Bunker
William Colby
Defense
G. Warren Nutter
Colby
Vietnam
House
VCI
GVN
Government of Vietnam
Congress
Gia Dinh
David McKillop
Phoenix program failures exposed in confidential Vietnam reports
A leaked set of Vietnam era notes shows Lt. Col. Gerald Chikalla and Lt. Col. Jack Cantrell detailing the Phoenix program's failures in targeting cadres while Vietnamese reluctance to inform on relatives hindered actions. Colby and Pentagon figure G. Warren Nutter allegedly distorted findings to Congress.
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Binh Duong
Gerald Chikalla
Colby
Chikalla
U.S
Phoenix
Saigon
Jack Cantrell
Binh Tuy
Gerald Bartlett
Hau Nghia
Congress
Pentagon
G. Warren Nutter
House Foreign Affairs
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
Y W C A backs city hall renovation bond
Public Affairs Committee of the YWCA unanimously supports the bond for renovating the city hall building. They reference the January editorial praising the plan and invite the public to a January 25 Dutch lunch at the YWCA Gatewood location to discuss parking and the rebirth of the old theater with improved acoustics and seating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.W.C.A
City Hall
Public Affairs Committee
Gatewood
Dallas market showcases bold trends in home furnishings
The Southwestern Homefurnishings Market in Dallas highlights floor coverings and flexible furniture suited for under 30 buyers. Debut '73 features from Thomas Erickson emphasize industry unity. Growth notes include new jetport plans near Grapevine and a joint Dallas Fort Worth airport project expanding regional air links.
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Dallas
Tex
Clyde Pearson
High Point
Tomlinson
Thayer Coggin
Southwest
Joe Mullins
Sidney Tomlinson
Trade Mart
Thomas F. Erickson
Home Furnishings Council
Fort Worth
Love Field
Grapevine
Dallas-Fort Worth
Sam Austin
Federal Aviation Authority
Northwest
U.S
Limits of Criticism by Ernest Cuneo
Washington piece argues criticism fuels open society yet has limits. It contrasts muckrakers and modern leftists with classical thinkers, notes academic pressure on officials, and urges balance between scrutiny and governance. The author cites Roosevelt and the muckrake metaphor to stress prudent critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Cuneo
American
Alliance
Washington
George Jean Nathan
Shakespeare
Milton
Nader
Raiders
John Gardner
Common Cause
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Ralph Nader
Thomas Jefferson
Hamilton
Madison
Franklin
School of Muckrakers
Walter Lippmann
Ida Tarbell
Mark Sullivan
S. S. McClure
Upton Sinclair
Sinclair Lewis
John Dos Passos
John Steinbeck
Eugene O'Neill
Theodore Dreiser
New Left
Walt Rostow
Theodore Roosevelt
Republic
United States
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Leslie R. Groves
Los Alamos
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