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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1970
Page
4
The piece weighs U S USSR roles in Vietnam Cambodia and the Arab world noting bargaining at the table may beat battlefield gains. It cites Nixon delaying escalation and Kosygin opposing Cambodian moves while banks like Hancock reopen with a 1932 pledge yielding full deposits after decades.
A plan seeks full county ownership of the city's 53.2 percent share of the City-County building to pave the way for a new City Hall. A $1 million payment from the county and two bond-financing options are considered. If possible, acquiring the Carolina Upholstery property and Redevelopment Commission land could shape the site. otherwise the city would use adjacent city-owned property.
The piece recalls Truman’s May 8 1945 VE Day proclamation and Churchill’s Iron Curtain warning while noting the world’s division between East and West Twenty five years later nuclear tensions and postwar shifts shape a still unsettled global order with US Soviet talks on freezing nuclear arms.
A Washington column charges Senator Roman Hruska of Nebraska with ongoing insurance industry ties and an $8,000 annual payment from a Western Bohemian Fraternal Association affiliate. It cites past and current law firm connections and alleged backroom influence on policyholder protections, noting his re election bid and now severed formal links.
The piece links Nixon’s Southeast Asia escalation to credibility with the Soviet Union. It notes secret strategy talks stressing credibility to deter Moscow over Middle East risk, citing Kennedy’s Cuban missile crisis firmness as a model. Nixon wants to demonstrate resolve to prevent future crises.
A humorous quip by Charles Eugene Mounts about disliking the surname Mkunts. He recalls confusion with a Mr. Mkunts and ridicules the name’s sound with repeated rhymes about dullness and missteps. He stresses the rarity of the incident.
High Point College poet laureate Dr Charles Eugene Mounts describes the mislisting as a slippery error in the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. The writer, amused yet cautious, notes personal experience with name mix ups and urges seriousness despite lightness.
Joe Hester earns a Doctor of Theology from Southwestern Theological Seminary after seven years of study. He writes a letter from Colleyville Texas thanking friends for support while raising a five child family and managing parish life. The piece also covers national education survey results, nursing home week observances in North Carolina, and Worth Grant with his brother J Marie Grant amid translation work on Soka Gakkai.
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