Tax limits in Guilford County schools debated over 28 vs 40 cents
The county and school boards clash on whether the legal tax cap for High Point should drop from 40 cents to 28 under new 100 percent value taxation rules. Voters previously approved a 40 cent cap without specifying 70 percent revaluations, raising questions about legal limits, budget figures show varied levy outcomes across districts, and calls grow to consolidate tax support for schools as lines between systems blur.
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Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Guilford
Board of County Commissioners
County Board of Education
Shockley Nobel laureate blocked from speaking at UGA debate
Dr. William Shockley, Nobel Prize winner in physics, faced loud opposition and was shouted down during a University of Georgia appearance. The occasion, sponsored by the Demosthenian Society, highlighted protests over his 1966 views on genetic intellectual differences between blacks and whites. Supporters say speech must be protected, while critics call his theories racist and unscientific.
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William Shockley
Stanford University
University of Georgia
Shockley
Demosthenian Society
South
Shockley Ano
Dr. Shockley
Bruce Haywood
Kenyon College
Gambier
Ohio
HPC
Psychiatry Or Prison Debate Across East West Lines
A global debate on criminal behavior versus illness spans Sweden Denmark West Germany and the United States. Reports note widespread drugging in Swedish prisons and Benperidol use for sexual offenses in Denmark and West Germany while brain surgery is discussed for habitual offenders in the U S California enacts Mental Health Services Act to ease releases from mental institutions.
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Sweden
Aakersberga
United States
National Advisory Commission On Criminal Justice ,Standards and Goals
California
Nixon’s Grand Jury View of His Watergate Role
Grand jurors see Nixon as involved in a cover up and intimidation efforts connected to Watergate. Key aides Haldeman Ehrlichman and Mitchell faced indictments after testimony from Kleindienst Petersen and others. The president sought to shield Dean while pressuring firings and resisting calls to purge implicated aides.
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Washington
Nixon
Watergate
Accord
H.r.hal Mn
John Ehrlichmas
John Mitchell
Richard Kleindienst
Henry Petersen
Petersen
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
John Dean
Dean
White House
Abe
Ehhrlichman
Grand Jury
Mone
Grand
FBI
Pat Gray
Gray
Watergate Pavencatore
Daniel Etlsberg
Kleindienst
High Point College honors three veteran teachers with honorary degrees
High Point College awarded honorary doctorates to Miss Vera Idol J Hobart Alfred and N P Yarborough in a May commencement vote for their 50 years of devotion to the college through good years and bad. Their careers spanned teaching Latin French and German and service as dean and registrar while the school endured depression bankruptcy and recovery.
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High Point College
Vera Idol
J.H. Alfred
N.P. Yarborough
HPC
Methodist Protestant
Vera‘Idol
High Point
Greensboro College
Columbia University
Richmond
Greenville
N.C
Connecticut
San Antonio
High Point High School
Evening Presbyterian Homa
J. Hobart Alfred
Central Falls
Randolph County
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
R.M. Andrews
Greensboro
Carolina
N. P. Yarborough
Spartanburg
Wofford
Mount Gilead
Columbia
S.C
Dr. Andrews
Board of Trustees
P.E. Lindley
Paul Kennett
Mary Young
H.A. White
Mabel Williams
Olin Cummings
C.L. Whitaker
Andrews
G.I. Humphreys
Miss Idol
Hobart Allred
Nat Yarborough
The National Whirligig On The Politics Of Impeachment
A commentary on Nixon impeachment prospects and party dynamics. It discusses Senate and House odds, voter attitudes against Republicans, Kissinger policy criticisms, and potential realignment with McGovern Jackson Wallace and Fulbright voices shaping the debate.
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Henry Kissinger
House of Cards
Kissinger
Moscow
Henry Wallace
Sen
George McGovern
J. William Fulbright
Republican High Command
Mel Laird
Ford
Sen. McGovern
Henry Jackson
Shirley Chrisholm
Gov
George Wallace
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Joe Brown
Psychiatry
Siberia
Soviet Union
John Wing
London University
Institute of Psychiatry
College’s Own Pioneers
Liberal Arts College
Haywood
Hitler
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
Senate
House
Judiciary Committee
Barry Goldwater
Michigan
Congress
Capitol Hill
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