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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1972
Page
4
The 4 to 3 vote to pull Leonard Street School provokes wide discussion on whether to observe residential shifts or proceed with construction. The piece cautions against reactionary petitions and urges careful, long view analysis of school organization and future use.
North Carolina topsy turvy legal clash ends as the attorney general will not appeal Judge Maurice Braswell's ruling that topless dancing is legal. The judge cited a State Court of Appeals decision that breasts are not private parts under indecent exposure laws.
The piece notes Riley Bender’s 1948 Illinois primary win with 324,029 votes versus rivals who totaled 10,377, then traces how primary results rarely predict convention outcomes. It cites Johnson 1968, Muskie 1972, and historical cases like Roosevelt Taft 1912 and Kefauver Stevenson 1952 to show primaries test weakness, not guarantee nomination, and ends predicting 1972 surprises with fewer candidates and fear of another Bender-like embarrassment.
The article cites that Attorney General designate Richard Kleindienst misrepresented the Justice Department's out of court settlement with ITT in a major antitrust case involving Hartford Fire and a ITT merger push. It details secret meetings with ITT director Felix Rohatyn, ties to Republican convention funding, and alleged involvement by John Mitchell with ITT lobbyist Dita Beard in Kentucky.
Borden's announces return of ice cream manufacturing and accounting to High Point after moving these lines to Greenville and Augusta. R. V. Day leads a staff aiming for full operation by mid April with capacity to produce two million gallons mainly for North Carolina and nearby states.
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