Lists Sold by State Spark Privacy Debate in North Carolina
The Charlotte News argues against selling motor vehicle and other public records. It urges case by case public interest checks and a citizen opt out on forms, allowing buyers to access only consented names while reducing junk mail and privacy infringement.
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Goodness Knows
Sears Roebuck
Salvation Army
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Writers Role In Soviet Society Draws Critical Fire
The Post-Dispatch notes the Soviet Congress debate on the writer's role in a communist state. It questions tolerance for dissent, arguing honest artists must attack state injustices in bourgeois systems yet are silenced in Communist regimes. The piece critiques the idea of social justice claimed by the system.
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Literaturnaya Gazeta
New Jerusalem
Chakovsky
Fun City amid chaos of AP A convention thefts
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that at the American Newspaper Publishers Association gathering in Fun City near the Waldorf Astoria, robberies and mugging plagued attendees. City leaders threaten deep cuts to police and firefighters amid a historic budget crisis as traffic and skyscraper growth swell beyond control.
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Fun City
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Waldorf Astoria
Lucky John Lindsay
Waldorf Towers
Support for Rep Smith tax reform proposal in Guilford County
Letter argues for raising personal income tax rates for earners of 8000 dollars or more. Advocates income tax as fairer and more efficient, urging NC legislature to consider the measure with an open mind and resist bias against income taxation.
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McNeill Smith
Guilford County
Rep. Smith
North Carolina
Bald Head Island Stand SparksState Action Debate
Readers argue over eminent domain and property rights as the state weighs seizing Bald Head Island for a bird sanctuary. Contributors condemn government action while Cape Fear Corp claims ownership and development plans. Letters also critique politics, police respect, and wartime ethics, referencing local elections and public figures.
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Bald Head Island
Cape Fear Corporation
William Henderson
Cape Fear
E. E. Oliver
Greensboro
Nobel laureate George Wald warns of looming crises
The Greensboro Record discusses Nobel Prize winner George Wald, a biologist and vision researcher, arguing that America faces a crisis of crises from nuclear war to pollution. He faults growing acceptance of conscription and overseas military actions as eroding prudence and lifespans.
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George Wald
America
Wald
Secret deal or clash of ecologists and archaeologists
The Baltimore Sun notes a Harvard team uncovering a largely unexpected civilization in southeastern Iran, dating urban life back about 5500 years. They found a five room structure with six tablets bearing an early wedge shaped script and 84 blank tablets, suggesting writing at work before interruption. The piece laments ecologists predicting doom while archaeologists continually reveal past civilizations.
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Harvard Archaeology
Iran
Senator Soaper voices on bus and witty clash
A fragmented snippet features Senator Soaper loud on a bus amid political remarks about a lawyer, a wife’s patriotism warning, and mockery of English origins for baseball. It mockingly defends American staples and questions a decision about grass versus weeds, noting the trouble caused.
Austernon poetry and assembled verse by local writers
A column of original verse contrasts faith and adversity with a call to endure and trust in divine love. It includes lines on God’s mercy, the devil’s accusations, and the gift of belonging, followed by a Spring themed meditation on renewal and eternal life with God.
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God
Prescription For Living Poem Of Faith And Love
A devotional poem urging resilience through faith. It counsels lifting the head, trusting God, and sharing love with friends and foes to find peace. The speaker promises divine reassurance and a peaceful mind through steadfast charity and prayer.
The Cry of the Individual by Betty Shackelford Lewis
A reflective piece laments conformity in modern life. It contrasts pure water from a back yard well with a digitized world where numbers and codes replace personal identity. The speaker seeks divine understanding and personal responsibility, asserting faith preserving individuality.
The Masters Cleaner Cleans Our Sinful Spots
The plan rests on laying every sin at Jesus feet. He cleans each spot and smooths wrinkles, sorts out what hinders us, then prepares us to start the spiritual race. Anyone can enter, but first we run through the Masters cleaner, hopeful through tears.
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Jesus
Last Farewell Poem By Peggy Kennedy Dills
A lyric memory of a girl with brown hair and a stooped boy clinging in night. Moonlit faces frame the scene as she watches him leave, awaiting a last silver button she keeps. Time suspends as a lone tree bears witness to monumental weeds and loss.
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