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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1975
Page
2
A hurried delegation pressed for action on a zoning dispute about an alcoholic rehabilitation center. City Manager Harold Cheek labeled the gathering a staff conference, excluding reporters and circumventing open-meeting rules pitched by Councilmembers Shavitz and Grey.
The Federal Election Commission, created after Watergate, voted to exclude the public and media from discussions on the new campaign finance law. Chairman Thomas B. Curtis warned that shutting sessions would be seen as a move to avoid sunshine, signaling a move away from open government.
Massachusetts congressman Michael Harrington faces censure moves after public disclosures from secret CIA testimony. He argues a duty to reveal law violations outweighs a secrecy pledge and urges a full House airing, while implying party rules should not override legal duty. His allies doubt real censure risk.
The 1971 ruling acknowledged busing as a tool for racial balance may be awkward in practice. Boston’s fall rollout expands to all city districts, targeting about 21 000 students with a magnet system and varied racial mixes. Detroit Mayor Coleman A Young and Boston opponent Louise Day Hicks voice concerns that busing may resegregate rather than desegregate.
Leaders warn that busing will spur white flight to suburbs, leaving Boston with a bleaker tax base and more segregated schools. The Supreme Court has limited inter district remedies, while the NAACP and Boston fight Judge Garrity's plan. Waldheim voices UN unity amid divergent histories.
The dispatches describe Asia in ferment after Indochina withdrawal with Soviet and Chinese moves in play. Indira Gandhi’s possible step aside and Moscow's support are noted along with North Vietnamese openness to US diplomatic/economic ties and Tokyo-Seoul concerns about Pyongyang. A separate report profiles Olga Talamante, a American arrested in Argentina. Torture allegations and legal aid presence are documented amid embassy scrutiny.
A Labor Dept study shows personal income taxes rose 26.6 percent in 1974 and tax withholdings now dominate budgets across high intermediate and low consumption levels. Elks leaders James and Lois Wallace head 15,000 members in Dallas for the 111th National Session, with 1.58 million U.S. members and $16 million yearly scholarships aiding underprivileged students and disabled children nationwide. The article also highlights Marsh Furniture Company’s growth from 1906 to today, its expansions, and a recent property purchase to spur future manufacturing during a weak economy.
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