Senate urged to adopt new ethical standards after Baker case
The United States Senate faces calls to adopt stronger ethics rules after the Bobby Baker scandal. Major L. P. McLendon urges income disclosure by senators, policing of executive-intervention by lawmakers, and subpoena power over senators. The Washington Star hints at a secret report limiting ties with government contractors. Prompt reform is urged to restore public confidence.
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United States Senate
Bobby Baker
Senate
Senate Rules Committee
L. P. McLendon
Baker
The
Washington Star
U.S. Senate
Polio KO Yields Extra Gift to United Funds
Guilford County Medical Society lent leadership to the Polio KO drive and donated a $42,000 surplus to the United Fund efforts in High Point and Greensboro. The windfall boosts High Point to black for the season and helps Greensboro close a larger gap. Citizens' average contribution, 41 cents, exceeded the national 37 cents, underscoring durable community support and medical leadership that pushed back the disease.
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Guilford County Medical Society
Greensboro
Guilfordians
Guilford
United Funds
High Point
United Fund
Maryfield
Wesley Memorial Church
W. D. Lee Jr
Kennedy Memorial
Richardson Preyer
Helicopters and Supersonic Planes Stir City Noise Debate
Editorial discusses FAA sonic boom tests near Oklahoma City and New York helicopter noise. It notes city officials, planners, and residents grappling with air traffic expansion, heliport plans atop the Pan Am Building, and lawsuits by nearby property owners over noise and safety. The piece predicts more urban battles over airports and noise as faster jets arrive in the 1970s.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Oklahoma City
FAA
New York
Port of New York Authority
Manhattan
Idlewild
la Guardia
Newark
Pan Am
Midtown
Grand Central Terminal
Pan Am Building
City Planning Commission
Commission
Sched
Uled
Samuel D. Leidesdorf
Chrysler
Grand Central
New York Airways
City Board of Estimate
Department of Marine and Aviation
Royal Institute of British Architects
London
Institute
U S Watches East Germany as Rifts Open in East Europe
U S strategic planners monitor signs of potential upheaval in East Germany amid broader moves toward greater independence in Czechoslovakia Hungary and Romania. U S diplomats see weakening monolithic Soviet bloc control and push to weaken Moscow's grip through trade aid and propaganda while weighing whether to act if East German unrest grows.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Enterprise Assn
U. S
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Romania
Hungary
Khruschev
Russia
Theu. S
United States
West
Eastern Europe
Pres
Europe
World
Viet Nam
Africa
Latin America
Wallace Nixon Lodge redefine chances in 1964 primaries
A wide eyed look at how the 1964 presidential primaries reshape perceptions. Wallace refines from protest candidate to serious contender after Wisconsin and Indiana. Nixon pivots from defeatist lines to flexible role. Lodge surges as a write in in New Hampshire and Oregon. Rockefeller rebuilds, while Goldwater faces setback in California maneuvers.
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Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Johnson
Wallace
Wisconsin
Indiana
Maryland
Richard M. Nixon
California
New York
New Hampshire
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Lodge
Viet Nam
Goldwater
Rockefeller
Nixon
Oregon
Quotes on society and space power in mid-century discourse
A collection of attributed remarks on teen unemployment welfare debate lunar colonization and women in ministry. Notable voices include Ivan A. Nestingen, Joseph S. Clarke, NASA consultant Nelle Pace, astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, and Carman St. John Wolff commenting on speech rights, exploration costs, and gender roles in church leadership.
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Ivan A. Nestingen
Carman St. John Wolff
Protestant Episcopal Church
Civic notes on tipping polio drive and local fund efforts
Community column reviews tipping attitudes at stores, polio drive results, and local fundraising progress. It highlights Guilford's polio surplus support, United Fund gains, High Point campaigns, and Red Cross leadership changes while noting toll-free lines and cross-city telecom considerations shaping regional growth.
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R. Vince Spracklin
Red Cross
High Point
United Fund Plan
United Fund
Spracklin
Paul M. Moore
Guilford
North State
Southern Bell
Piedmont Triad Committee
High Point-Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
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God
Orlo Choguill
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point, N.C
D. A. Rawley
Terry
Associated Press
Ots
N.C
AP News
N. C
Soviet Union
Stassen
Scranton
James Marlow
Joseph S. Clarke
Moon
Nelle Pace
NASA
Lewis and Clark
M. Scott Carpenter
America
Senator
Holt McPherson
Central High School
Albert Hart
PTA
Gordon Eaves
Robe Project
Lyndon Johnson
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