Kissinger in China Trip Satire Ends in Medical Fars
In this 1971 LA Times spoof, Art Buchwald imagines Henry Kissinger feigning illness to dodge officials and court media. The White House doctor and aides, including Ron Ziegler and Secretary Rogers, debate cover stories while Kissinger languishes in the Oval Office seeking a memo and a meat loaf dinner with Mrs. Nixon.
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Mr. Kissinger
White House
Henry
Suez Canal
Doc
Castro
Gloria Steinem
Bella Abzug
Ron Zeigler
Ron
Oval Room
Morocco
Vatican
Four Awaiting Trial Rally For Panthers Slated Tomorrow
Friday plans announced for a revolutionary solidarity rally Sunday at Washington Terrace Park for four teens arrested after a February shootout with police at the High Point Black Panther headquarters. Larry Little of the Winston-Salem National Committee to Combat Fascism in America predicts about 2 000 attendees. The four youths include Larry Medley 16 George DeWitt 16 Randolph Jennings 17 and Bradford Lilley 19 who remain in custody with bonds reduced from 60 000 to 15 000 after preliminary hearings. Harmful details omitted.
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Revolutionary Solidarity
Washington Terrace Park
High Point
Black Panther
Hulda St
Larry Little
Winston-Salem
National Committee
America
Larry Medley
George DeWitt
Randolph Jennings
Bradford Lilley
Little
Golden Frinks
North Carolina
Virginia Council of Racial Justice
Jerry Paul
Buddy Tieger
DeWitt and
Medley
Attor
Revaluation Lists Tax Exemptions Stir Guilford County
Guilford County prepares a tax-exempt property list as part of the revaluation program in its final stages. County officials say the requirement dates to 1939 and would have cost 200000 to 300000, with few counties complying.
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Greensboro
Asa
Robert Brooks
Brooks
Guilford County
Randolph County
James E. Rains
Contaminated Fish Meal Shuttered Plant Linked to Chicken Feed
Federal officials said East Coast Terminals Inc halted operations after a toxic PCB leak from metal plates during pasteurization contaminated 16 000 tons of fish meal used for chicken feed. The USDA tracks down affected plants across 12 southeastern states and tests show PCB levels varying up to 40 parts per million in some samples. No poultry phase appears to have excessive PCB yet.
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Wilmington
East Coast Terminals, Inc
U.S. Department of Agriculture
East Coast
Darien
Conn
Peru
Paul Growers
USDA
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Food and Dug Administration
Reward Questions Stir Uncertainty Over Guilford Murder Probe
Greensboro reports lingering doubts over the source of a $1,000 reward in the January murder of Pleasant Garden elder Mrs. F J Sessoms. Sheriff Paul Gibson cited authority to offer private funds but noted no public funds authorization. Assistant County Attorney Ralph Walker said no public funding was authorized. Sheriff Gibson on vacation until August.
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Greensboro
Pleasant Garden
Guilford County
Ralph Walker
Walker
Gibson
Tension Spurs Forest City Emergency as Youths Clash
In Forest City North Carolina Whitey Toms says tensions between youths and police rose over six months prompting a state of emergency banning gatherings of three or more. Mayor Forrest Barber imposed the order after about 400 youths gathered downtown and refused to disperse. Police report harassment and drinking by youths with arrests for traffic violations. the night saw the first involvement of Negro youths.
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Forest City
N.C
Whitey Toms
Young Poorie
Hill
Paul Kennedy
Toms
Fire On Surrett Doused Twice
Fire at Laminated Parts Co on Sur rett Drive ignited foam rubber atop a dust pit from a smoke stack around 2 15 p m. The blaze rekindled about an hour and a half later and was extinguished before arriving trucks. Defective wiring blamed for English Road truck fire. Youths rattle doors triggering burglar alarms as police cite need for a gathering place.
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Laminated Parts Co
Surrett Drive
English Road
East Central Water Sets Aug 17 Bid Deadline
East Central Water Inc approves August 17 as bid deadline for a $2.5 million FHA funded project. 3,000 subscribers required. enrollment totals about $53,000 with $75,000 in bank needed for funds release. Extensions discussed if bids permit, service to begin months after bids.
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VEN Carver Enterprise
Thomasville
East Central Water, Inc
Stateway Commission
Farmers’ Home Administration
FHA
Rex Gallimore
Gallimore
Raleigh Road
Highway 109
Denton
Central High School
Lexington
Water Corporation
Fair Grove
Rt. 6
Jamestown Considers Police Services Contract Possibilities
Jamestown leaders weigh contracts with the Guilford County Sheriff for extra police protection. No blocks exist legally, but Jamestown would pay above normal county service levels. A future meeting with Sheriff Paul Gibson is planned, with discussions also possible with High Point under a 1971 law.
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Guilford County
Jamestown
Sheriff's Department
Joh Walker
Walker
Jamestown Council
Paul Gibson
Board of County Commissioners
General Assembly
High Point
Charles Turner
Gibson
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High Point Enterprise
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China
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East Berlin
Yalta
William Rogers
Rogers
Hanoi
Panthers
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Lie Defender
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Monsanto
Police
Surrett
Kennedy
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Church Avenue
Associated Press
Okly
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Ward Griffith National Advertising
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