Drug awareness grows as youth drug use spreads nationwide
The article notes high points of youth drug incidents from a boy on a junior high campus selling a device to another, a Winston-Salem teen swallowing substances after police stakeouts, and a 15 year old taken into custody during a city drop operation. It stresses community alarm, parental involvement, and cooperative efforts including the Drug Action Council, Mental Health Clinic and Youth Unlimited to develop a workable system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Winston-Salem
Junior
Drug Action Council
Mental Health Clinic
Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
High Point Urban Ministry
Youth Unlimited
Public park plea stresses citizen care for Oak Hollow
Parks and Recreation notes in the Monthly Digest that Oak Hollow Park could be a regional model if citizens cooperate. The piece urges public education and personal pride to prevent damage and litter, warning that neglect raises costs and harms the park’s enjoyment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks & Recreation Department
Oak Hollow Park
High Point
Oak Hollow
Parks Department
Connally’s Devaluation Drive and Global Dollar Swing
Texas Secretary of the Treasury John Connally pursues a devaluation strategy post Smithsonian Agreement. He allies with deficit financing to keep U.S. rates low while global central banks absorb dollars, risking a two-tier dollar system and continued speculative flows abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Connally
Texas
Eliot Janeway
Washington
United States
U.S
Nixon
Connally
U. S
Lee M. Cohn
Europe
Ray Vicker
Wall Street Journal
ITT Conspiracy Ties Aid to Block Allende Election
Secret ITT documents show high level efforts to derail Chile’s 1970 presidential vote. ITT worked with CIA figures to plan economic chaos and possible military action to prevent Salvador Allende's rise, with ties to John McCone and other U.S. officials.
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Washington
International Telephone and Telegraph
ITT
Salvador Allende
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Alende
ITT CIA Plot to Cripple Chile Through Economic Pressure
Confidential 1970 telex outlines ITT and CIA plan to starve Chile’s economy by credit delays, halted shipments, withdrawals of technical aid, and closing doors. Gerrity cites anti-Allende input while Geneen and Broe clash on tactics in internal memos. Future columns promise more details. ITT comments pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ITT
CIA
John McCone
William Merriam
Washington
Harold S. Geneen
E. J. Gerrity
Gerrity
William Broe
Chile
Broe
HSG
Bree
Dividends From Space Prompts Local Program and Honors
The piece previews a book by Ordway Adams and Sharpe arguing space spending yields dividends, highlights Skylab and shuttle toward the moon, and notes related talks at High Point College and local clubs. It also profiles J. W. Rose’s 50-year career, regional civic leaders, and various community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowell
Frederick I. Ordway III
Carsbie G. Adams
Mitchell R. Sharpe
Chamber of Commerce
High Point College Memorial Auditorium
Rotary
Kiwanis Clubs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erres
ITT Conspiracy
William V. Broe
Allende
McLean Agency
Merriam
Ford
Grafeitt
Merry
Bank of America
Santiago
Savings and Loan Companies
Sen. Soaper
By Jack Anderson
Holt McPherson Enterprise
J. W. Rose
Adams-Millis Corporation
Selma
Concord
Locke Cotton Mills
North Carolina Citizens Association
North Carolina
R. L. Pope
Thomasville
W. Tom Powell
Frank J. Sizemore
Pope
Charles E. Hayworth
Amos R. Kearns
Earl N. Phillips
Tom A. Finch
Dail Holderness
Tarboro
Thomas I. Storrs
North Carolina National Bank
Charles R. Jonas
Ninth
Archie K. Davis
Wachovia Bank
Gaston Johnson
Scott
Governor’s Advocacy Commission On Children and Youth
Alexander Martin
Daughters of the American Revolution
Bruce H. Carraway
J. F. Hayden
Mary T. Hancock
D.A.R
H. A. Millis
High Point Museum
North Carolina Foundation of
IBM
William Rand Kenan Jr
Wendell Patton
Pat Brown
D. B. Carrick
Carrick
Oakwood Memorial Park
The
College
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