Public interest questioned in police misconduct case
The editorial argues four officers seeking to clear their names face a clash between Civil Service protections and public interest. It questions reinstatement while noting public confidence in the police and criticizing intradepartmental handling and delays. It cites Mayor Bencini and calls for an impartial outside investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Commission
Commission
James Lovelace
Laurie Pritchett
Bencini
Reopened Bid Process Sparks Outcry Over Court Furnishings
Heated complaints forced Greensboro officials to reevaluate furniture bids for the new courts building after High Point manufacturers were blocked by strict specifications. The bid rules allowed or equal bids only in rare cases, prompting delays, rewriting, and accusations of favoritism. County officials acknowledge earlier missteps that barred local suppliers and tax contributors from fair competition with out-of-state firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Courts
Greensboro
Boston
Mass
Ostpolitik advances as East West Germany edge toward formal talks
In 1972 West Germany under Willy Brandt seeks normal relations with East Germany through treaties and promising steps toward UN membership. East Germany meanwhile tightens Abgrenzung while pursuing cultural and religious shifts, foreshadowing a lasting split as negotiations begin.
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East
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
East Germany
Willy Brandt
Mercedes-Benz
East Europe
Bundestag
Soviet Union
Poland
Britain
France
United States
Andrei Gromyko
Bonn
Secret diplomacy timeline shows cautious U S Hanoi talks
A top secret summary traces eight years of covert diplomacy over Vietnam starting mid-1964. It catalogs five intermediary channels Rumanians Swedes Norwegians Italians and French reporting mixed results and guarded optimism amid political pressure in Washington. The piece notes ongoing secret messaging to Hanoi and skeptical responses plus unrelated election odds and party fundraising episodes.
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Washington
U. S
Hanoi
Jimmy the Greek
George McGovern
Jimmy
Nixon
McGovern
Texas
Maryland
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Arkansas
California
Hubert Humphrey
Greece's 1967 coup backdrop and Nato stakes in Greece
The piece recalls Greece under fascist invasion and the 1967 coup led by Col. George Papadopoulos. It links Greece’s border with Communist states, Aspida influence in government, and the risk of a South Vietnam or Castro Cuba scenario as Greece teeters on instability.
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Athens
Greece
Moscow
NATO
United States
George Papadopoulos
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Salonika
Col
Panayotis Kanellopoulos
Castro
Cuba
Land Office
Flagmaker
Old Glory
Congress
Flag Day address on what makes the Flag
Franklin K. Lane speaks to labor and citizens as makers of the Flag. He frames the flag as a symbol of each worker’s effort from Idaho farms to Michigan schooling, Ohio teachers, and Georgia corn club hopes, urging pride in collective achievement and self making.
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Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Flagmaker
Idaho
Oklahoma
New York
Colorado
Illinois
Wyoming
Mexico
Georgia
Congress
Alaska
Michigan
Ohio
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Blisher
C. H. Lockwood
Ostpolitik
Abgrenzung
Brandt
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
East Ger
Communist Party
Erich Honecker
London
Honecker
NVN
By Jack Anderson
DRV
Algard
Sweden
America
Peking
Loan
Asgard
Grafeite
Democratic Party
Robert Barich
Larry O’brien
John Tunney
Dcalif
Barich
San Francisco
Tunney
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Secret Service
Playboy
Mike Gravel
D-Alaska
Gaylord Nelson
Nelson
Gravel
Merry
Kakomiro
United Feature Syndicate
Europe
Corfu
Paris
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Balkan
Aspida Society
Andrew Papandreou
Papandreou
Aspida
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