Conservation Demands New Commitment to Law and Enforcement
Brower argues in the New Yorker series that conservation battles must be won repeatedly as threats recur. The piece urges a government with real conservation commitment to outlaw and enforce destruction of nature, noting current gaps in Frankfort and Washington.
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David Brower
Sierra Club
Friends of the Earth
New Yorker
Congress
Forces of Conservation
Cumberland Falls
Conservation
Frankfort
Washington
Carolina Emerald digger nets famed North American gem
Wayne Anthony of Lincolnton found a large emerald at Hiddenite last August sold for 700 and Tiffanys now values the cut stone at about 100000. Michael Santangelo owns the mine and keeps it open for rock lovers while Anthony receives shares and a consulting role. The gem is named The Carolina Emerald honoring North Carolina.
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Wayne Anthony
Lincolnton
Hiddenite
North America
Tiffany’s
New York
North Carolina
Tiffany
Frederick Kunz
Anthony
Michael R. Santangelo
Carolina
Safest Year Yet for U.S. Airlines 1970
Washington Star notes 1970 saw 169.7 million passengers aboard U.S. airlines with two fatalities in one crash, yielding a safety rate touted as near perfection. Despite fears, air travel remained the safest major activity and urged relaxation until return to ordinary life.
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United States
Air Transport Association of America
America
Trinity Center Builds Firehouse With Volunteer Labor
In PG&E Progress Do It Yourself hearkening to pioneer spirit Trinity Center directors reject taxes and bonds for a new firehouse. The $40 000 structure will rise on donated land funded by volunteer labor and voluntary material contributions.
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Trinity Center
Community Services District
Editors envy and ambition in journalism culture
The piece notes Vice President Agnew expressing a wish to edit CBS News and observes editors who imagine themselves in other roles. It argues editors prefer being right over political office and reflects on professional choices.
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Agnew
CBS News
Letters on School Districting and Tax Policy Run to Balance and Burdens
A reader supporting June Stackhouse argues for fair black white balance in High Point elementary schools and broader school district shifts. The letter also reflects on 1965 1967 inflation era taxes with criticisms of Democrats and claims about individual versus corporate tax burdens.
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Enterprise
Ray Hubbard
High Point
June Stackhouse
High Point School Board
Tomlinson School
PTA
Tomlinson
Vietnam
Edward C. Sharp JR
Taxation and government size threaten liberty and price levels
A speaker argues that corporate taxes become hidden costs raising consumer prices and that rising government spending leads toward socialism. He warns that continuing deficits will curb liberty, with workers bearing the tax burden and government expanding beyond its means.
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Germany
Italy
Russia
England
Nostalgia and Punchlines Fill Broadway>Nostalgia and Punchlines Fill Broadway
A witty column riffs on Bonnie and Clyde as a memory cue for a New York nostalgia musical with $50 tickets, contrasts chef d oeuvres from cheap seats, and jokes about TV education beer ads philosophy students and the rise in steel prices.
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New York
Afternoon Poems About You From A Local Writer
A brief verse expresses affection and admiration. The speaker imagines a story book named for the beloved and lists past and present happiness, hopeful future moments, and a warm ending, concluding that love rests in who you are.
Faith and hope in sickness and heaven
A poem speaks of enduring faith in Jesus during life’s trials and the hope of heaven. Vivian Archer writes of a mother in hospital, the singer's gratitude for care, and a plea to God to heal Mommy and to do one’s part for loved ones.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
Mama
Foolish God Soul and the House of Clay
A dramatic monologue asserts the speaker as God and soul while declaring the clay house as a condemned shell bearing scars of years. It contrasts mortal ruin with an immortal, sorrowless house awaiting beyond time, urging preparation to depart this frail tenement and write life’s tragedy of hopeful groan across waves.
Gum From a Tree and Toothbrush Twig Nostalgia
An old reminiscence recalls two products from a great tree, the bark ooze becoming a fragrant gum and a twig tooth brush once common. The crude methods faded as modern options arose, leaving a nostalgic curiosity about bygone days.
Treasure chest of virtues and blessed bracelets
A poem portrays a chest of treasure representing virtues like friendship, sincerity, love, faith, hope, temperance, courage, wisdom, meekness, gentleness, and peace. It imagines rings, gems, and tokens carved from jade and gold stored in a small valise. The speaker longs to claim the chest as rightful heir, blessing a reward from God.
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