Citizens urge panel on city social program funding
A High Point news analysis argues for a special citizens committee to advise the mayor and Council on future funding of social agencies. It notes broad opposition to funding three groups previously supported by federal grants, the resulting political heat, and calls for examination of duplication, alternatives, and city priorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
High Point Youth Services Bureau
High Point Drug Action Council
High Point Council On Aging
Washington
Human Relations Commission
Thhat
Council
Enterprise
Youth Services Bureau
Roy Culler
Reagan Scrambles for Delegates After Schweiker Pick
The Reagan campaign taps liberal Sen. Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania to win over moderates, a move seen as a betrayal by many conservatives and a test of Reagan’s base in the South. Questions rise about consistency, strategy, and whether this signals a broader shift in his approach to the nomination.
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Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
Reagan
Richard Schweiker
Pennsylvania
Ford
Schweiker
Pennsyyvania
New York
New Jersey
Jimmy
Northeast
South
North Carolina
Texas
North
Corporate Name Changes Reveal Pressure for Fresh Identities
The article surveys how firms rename to reflect diversified, consolidated, or redefined business. It cites Standard Oil of New Jersey becoming Exxon after years of legal wrangles, and notes others like Culbra Corp and ARP Corp adopting initials or new labels. It highlights industry practice, marketing reasoning, and naming constraints.
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Asarco
ASCO
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Esso
Enco
Ohio
Humble
Standard
Exxon
General Cigar Co
Felds
General Cigar
Culbra Corp
Forbes Magazine
Standard of
Exon
Namie Hunt
Clorox
Ampex
Memorex
Purex
Xerox
Joseph Wilson
ARP Corp
American Rubber & Plastics Corp
BOC International Ltd
British Oxygen Co. Ltd
URT Industries Inc
United Record & Tape Industries Inc
A Grandfather's Birthday Letter To Heather Turns Six
JAS J Kilpatrick writes in Washington Star style to his granddaughter Heather Elaine Hawthorn Farm celebrating her sixth birthday. He recalls milestones from pre school bus rides to reading progress and new independence while noting Mars and politics as distant backdrops. The letter blends affectionate personal memory with growth, curiosity, and community discovery.
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Shenandoa
Mars
Honey
Heather Elaine
Hawthorn Farm
Heathers
Billys
Karens
Susans
Douglas
Nicholson
FTC caves to Big Oil on Atlas case
Washington reports the FTC dropped a staff-backed antitrust bid against Amoco Exxon Standard Oil of California and Atlas Supply. The four firms allegedly restrained Atlas product distribution to raise prices on tires batteries and accessories, but the agency chose a closed door settlement and later filed no suit.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Amoco
Exxon Sphia
Standard Oil
California
Atlas Supply Cp
Atlas
Thex
FIC
FTC
We Atlas
Acas
Com
Army seeks Nisqually land remain for training area
Classified Army memos reveal a push to seize 737 acres of Nisqually land held since 1918 as a training range. Maj Gen Volney Warner leads Fort Lewis and backs negotiations with federal officials rather than direct talks with the Nisqually. Indians report artillery, helicopters, and tanks on reservation, while Warner denies ongoing fire and asserts the protest may derail plans.
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Army
Volney Warner
Warner
Nisqually
Chief Leschi
Lesch
Washington
Wounded Knee
John Henson
Fort Lewis
Wash
Gen Warner
Sun
Dear Boris Onshenko Fencer Cheating Accusation From Montreal
The Art Buchwald column mocks Boris Onischenko after allegations he cheated in the Montreal Olympics fencing event. It lampoons the scandal's impact, questioning Soviet integrity and suggesting safeguards like on site inspections of armaments and reevaluated Middle East policy, ending with a jab about 1980 preparations.
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Boris
Montreal
America
Henry Kissinger
Iis State Department
Pentagon
Soviet Union
Potomac
United Nations
Boris All
Middle East
Canada
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Washington Star Syndicate
Heather
Carter
White House
Rappahannock County
JDL
Lee Ee Tee
Art Buchwald
Boris Onschenko
Moscow
Ussr
Siberia
Karl Marx
Kies
God
Leningrad
Engels Military Academy
Smolensk
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