Kissinger Dilemma Highlights Watergate Integrity Crisis
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger faced an emotional ultimatum to resign over unresolved Watergate concerns. The article notes his alleged role in 13 wiretaps of government officials and four journalists, while conflicting Senate and House testimony questions his responsibility. It argues that lax secrecy and stonewalling threaten government integrity beyond Kissinger’s personal honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Salzburg
Austria
Kissinger
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover
John Mitchell
Gen. Haig
Sullivan
FBI
House Judiciary Committee
Elliott Richardson
Col. Haig
Vietnam
Middle East
Carl Albert
Tom Kleppe
Albert
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Aerotronics
Kleppe
Capitol Hill
Equal opportunity hiring and worker bias across cases
A quixotic look at workplace bias explains how beauty and hygiene shape employment disputes. A 5-foot-5 blonde in Moline says she was fired for looks at International Harvester but rehired after worker distraction complaints. in Wilmington a news dealer failed to win EEOC relief when papers were conditional on shaving and bathing, an issue EEOC said it does not cover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission
International Harvester
Wilmington
Del
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
EEOC
PROJECTING THE NEWS The Orwellian Decade
A retrospective on George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty Four and its themes of Newspeak doublethink and tyranny. The piece notes Winston Smith, Big Brother, and the Party, while citing Watergate, Vietnam euphemisms, and recent calls for gender equality in sports as echoes of Orwellian language. The author cites critics and scholars, including Katherine Byrne and Leonard Rieser, and mentions Orwell's 1945 Politics and the English Language essay. It ends by projecting 2050 as a milestone when Newspeak might fully replace Oldspeak in Orwell's warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Orwell
Orwell
Winston Smith
Ministry of Truth
Newspeak
Oceania
Big Brother
Smith
Julia
Great Britain
Katherine Byrne
Howard Hunt
White House
Leonard M. Rieser
American Association of the Advancement of Science
Watergate
Commerce Street wing tops out at Southern Furniture Market project
A major construction milestone capped Tuesday as the 11 story Commerce Street wing of the Southern Furniture Market reached its top pour. The project aims to house the world’s largest showroom of household furniture totaling 2 million square feet. A 62 foot flagpole mishap briefly disrupted work but was corrected before the flag raising for President Foselle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Street
Henry A. Foselle
George W. Lyles Jr
Agnew Ally Aids Return to Power and Legal Troubles
Spiro Agnew remains connected through Tilton H. Dobb as an assistant secretary helps open doors for the fallen former vice president. Agnew seeks new business amid disbarment, IRS pressure, and possible suit to reclaim bribe money, while a Middle East swing and visits to Amman Beirut Tehran Kuwait shape his faded influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Tilton H. Dobb
Dobb
Agnew
Middle East
Amman
Beirut
Tehran
Kuwait
Jordan
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Dobbin
Letter to the Editor on government meddling in markets and bribery
William C. Johnson of Rt.6 Thomasville critiques a June 7 editorial arguing that government regulation creates higher costs, lower quality, and bribery in milk, oil, and airlines. He asserts only governments can destroy free enterprise and cites North Carolina cases, concluding history teaches we learn nothing from it.
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High Point
William C. Hilton
Order of Eastern Star
Raleigh
Wells
Order
North Carolina
Pentagon
Airlines
William C. Johnson
Thomasville
Gratitude Letter to Sergeant J B Branson from Parents
A letter from Mr and Mrs Elmer George of Louise Avenue expresses deep thanks to Sergeant J B Branson for his work with High Point area school children. They praise his relationship with students, support in schools and parades, and the positive impact over the past nine months on their son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
High Point
William Jennings Bryan
Eastern Star
Masonic and
Greensboro
Grand Lodge of Masons
High Point College
North State Telephone Company
Faye Martin
Donna Helser
Blowing Rock
Bonnie Hilton
Fairgrove School
Thomasville
J.B. Branson
High Point City
Sgt. Branson
Elmer George
Louise Avenue
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Marvin Hepler
Colorado
James E. Gill Jr
Trust Department
NCNB
James B. Lovelace
Lovelace and
Elks
City Lake
Charles Stephenson
Joe Patterson
United States of America
Maryfield
Pennyburn
Advisory Council
Horace G. Ilderton
Manor Drive
Greensboro Road
Manor
Spiro
Public Interest Research Group
Michigan
Ralph Nader
Lansing
Marion Anderson
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