Frequent conventions could raise costs for 1968 Democrats
Editorial argues annual or biennial party conventions might unite or distract the party, noting calls by Muskie and McCarthy for more frequent gatherings. It compares to European practices, warns of added political expense, and suggests reforms could hamper representative government while influencing both major parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harris
D-Okla
Commission
George McGovern
D-S. Dal
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Muskie
Planning chief notes Guilford leads nation in mobile homes
County Planning Director Lindsay Cox says Guilford County bought the most mobile housing units in 1968. Rising costs drive buyers to mobile homes, raising congestion sanitation and tax issues, prompting calls for careful planning to avoid slum conditions amid growing development by major land firms and mobile home parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Planning Department
Lindsay Cox
Guilford County
Rogers Tour and Vietnam Policy Reflections
Editorial notes William P. Rogers departing Washington for a two week Asia trip via Bangkok New Delhi and Lahore with SEATO CENT CENT patrols under scrutiny. The piece contrasts past and present defense and diplomacy while noting Fulbright Senate debate and Rogers cautious stance ahead of Vietnam policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Rogers
Washington
Asis
Vietnam
Rogers
Bangkok
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
South Vietnam
Senate
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
U. S
Congress
State Department
Rusk
Agnew Oil Ties Draw ire in New England visit
Vice President Spiro Agnew faced sharp criticism over his meetings with oil magnates including Sinclair Oil during a Manchester New Hampshire stop. The Sinclair press handler limited questions as editors urged scrutiny of a possible deal tying Machiasport free port status to oilman backing, fueling New England indignation and questions about influence on policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Spiro Agnew
Senate
Agnew
Midland
Tex
New England
Sinclair Oil
New
Spencer Schedler
Agnew-Sinclair
Portsmouth
N. H
Herald
Manchester
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Agnew Advance
Love and steel drive postwar world in Kiwanis notes
A reflection on humanity and virtue opens with Betty Shackelford Lewis urging love as a path to peace. The page then reports Willy Korf’s low cost arc steel process in Georgetown and plans with Midland-Ross and European partners, highlighting competitive steel costs and German industrial links. Kiwanis honors long-time secretary-treasurer Walter Hester for 42 years on the Enterprise staff, praising his service and community leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willy Kort
Georgetown
Kehl-on-the-Rhine
Midland-Ross
Europe
Hamburg
West Germany
Rotterdam
Holland
Mr. Korf
Kehl
Korf
Willy Korf
Krupp
Walter Hester
Kiwanis
Kiwanian
Enterprise Advertising
Merle Henning
Carolina
George W. Grant
Kiwanis Division III
Clyde Vaughn
Focal Club
James L. Pharr
First Baptist Church
Fred Alexander
Jim Spence
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Jim Hawkins
Florida
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Maxwell D. Taylor
Hubert H. Humphrey
Saigon
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SEATO
United States
Britain
Pakistan
France
New Delhi
Lahore
Teheran
Central Treaty Organization
CENT
Suez
Turkey
Cyprus
Iran
High 1 Point Enterprise
THE
High Poll Berterise, Inc
High Point
N.C
Associated Press
R. &Mo
Wgh Point
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Wardarium Company
National Advertising Representatives
A. Rawley
C. H. Lockwood
David A. Rawley, JR
Joseph F. Rawley
Randall B. Terry, JR
Ipherson
30E Brown
wWertising
Machiasport
Sinclair
Pearson
Occidental Petroleum
Occidental
House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Power Commission
FCC
American Telephone and Telegraph
Bell System
California Public Utilities Commission
American Tel
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Telephone Company
Navy
At&t
Betty Shackelford Lewis
8. C
U.S
Russia
Tan
E. H. Gott
U. S. Steel Corporation
Kori
Luther Hodges
Robert M. Hanes
Germany
Earl N. Phillips
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