Lenders Skirt Usury Laws in Search of Higher Returns
The Wall Street Journal reports lenders bypass usury ceilings by adding financing charges or limiting certain loans. Tight money and regulatory gaps push banks to ignore rules, threatening borrowers and the economy. State lawmakers may lift caps, but critics warn of penalties on compliant lenders and long term harm from rate manipulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Wall Street Journal
Richard E. Blodgett
Tuesday
Journal
Johnson Calls for Peaceful Co existence with Red China
The president's appeal for cooperation with Communist China seeks peaceful coexistence and a world without aggression. It urges Beijing to join responsible nations, recognizing the immensity of 700 million Chinese under the Communist banner while maintaining a firm stance against aggression. The piece notes Peking may react with hostility, but the United States aims to project reasonableness and open doors to dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
China
Peking
Red
Mr. Johnson
Red China
Free World
Editorial Research The Agency Again
Editorial discusses the CIA's secrecy and power, noting budget secrecy and scrutiny. It highlights Fulbright and Russell proposals to create a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Operations to oversee CIA actions and influence on foreign policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIA
Department of Dirty Tricks
J. William Fulbright
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Armed Services and Appropriations
National Spy Agency
Select Committee On Intelligence Operations
Congress
House Armed Services
Sen
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Optimism Over Viet Nam Report Highlights White House Talks
Vice President reports private optimism on the Vietnam war at a governors’ conference in Los Angeles. Wilson aims to press Moscow for peace moves and free elections, while Johnson seeks to set up a free government and exit. Courtenay Valenti’s White House visit underscores the personal side of a tense era. The piece also covers a $30 billion sewer bill, U.S. pollution worries, and diplomatic pouch tensions with China and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Los Angeles
Cong
Johnson
England
White House
No. 10 Downing Street
Jack Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
LBJ
Courtenay Valenti
Jack Valenti
Mary Margaret Valenti
Senator Johnson
Texas
Courtenay
Pres
Hayden
Sen
Roman Hruska
R-Neb
Dinner aboard the Jolly office car highlights Southern Railway glamour
Bruce Jolly the former newspaperman now with Southern Railway hosts a dinner aboard his office car in Greensboro. The event showcases Southern’s aggressive public relations push under President D W Brosnan, emphasizing increased service and lower rates to boost freight movement alongside praise from Jolly and the Jeffress family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Jolly
Southern Railway
Jollys
Greensboro
E. B. Jeffress
Jeff
Southern
Jolly
D. W. Brosnan
Walter F. Fan court Memorial Seminar banquet addressOct 27
Clarence Cone, industrial head of five Cone plants since 1936, to deliver the fifth annual Fan court Memorial Seminar banquet address in Sedg field. The piece notes Cone’s textile leadership and highlights local candidates for a civic religious honor and St Swithin’s Day weather lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Cone
Walter F. Fancourt
Sedgfield
Big Cone
Cone
Fancourt
Greensboro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Intelligence Agency
Department of State
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N. C
Wley
Lockwood Teste
A.L B. Terry, JR
Associated Press
Aed Seteseenrts & Eekly
N.C. Aa
High Point
N. C
Iide
Drew Pearson
Viet Nam
Harold Wilson
Moscow
Ho Chi Minh
Wilson
United States
Dominican Republic
House
Harley Staggers
D-W. Va
Carl Hayden
Arizona
Robert Jones
Dala
U. S
Alabama
Jones
George Aiken
R-Vt
State Department
Edwin Reischauer
Tokyo
Harvard University
Aiken
Japan
Mac
Mult McPherson
North Carolina
Bibletown
U.S
George A. Covington
Florida
Buddy Price
Green Street Baptist
Baptist State Convention
Hunter Dalton
Glade Valley
R. T. Amos
Wesley Memorial
J. Sanders
Dallas
Waccamaw
Leo J. Heer
Maryfield
William R. Henderson
High Point College
Tom Haggai
Delos Hedgecock
Harry Bell
Robert A. Culler
YMCA
World Fellowship
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!