Tougher Discipline Called for on U S Campuses
The piece urges stronger campus discipline as colleges begin the 1970-71 session. J Edgar Hoover warns weak administrators invite disruption, while leaders seek to limit student unrest without harming education. It notes violence stems from a small subset of students and cautions against academic freedom being misused to justify disruption.
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Obervers
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Blame Game on Campus Unrest and Socrates
The piece argues that assigning sole blame for campus turmoil to students or faculty is simplistic. It cites Socrates and his death as a historical parallel to avoid blaming a single group and notes the upcoming President’s Commission report and Nixon letter as shaping the debate.
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Socrates
America
Columbia University
White House
Ture
Cambodia
Nixon
Ocean dumping of nerve gas and other wastes persists
The article highlights decades of ocean dumping by the United States including nerve gas, sulfuric acid, arsenic, cyanides, mercury, pesticides, radioactive wastes, and plastics. It notes dumping sites off the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico with little knowledge of long term marine effects and urges caution amid evidence of bioaccumulation and slow breakdown.
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Florida
United States
U.S
Gulf
Mexico
Station 59
40 Year Cold Spell Forecast by Danish Scientists
Lynchburg notes a 40 year cold trend predicted by Danish researchers based on Greenland ice core data. Temperatures would fall to a low in 1985 then slowly thaw through 2010 returning near 1960s levels. The shift could boost Southern U S growth as industry relocates south.
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North
Greenland
U.S. Army
South
High Point City Schools thank editor for support
Letters to the editor praise the school board for a smooth opening of High Point City Schools in a challenging year. Readers urged continued community involvement and accepted a necessary decision amid criticism.
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High Point City
Board of Education
Evelyn M. Thompson
High Point City Board of Education
Flanning
High Point
Andrews
Central
Lions Club
Inflation slows as living costs frustrate, air pollution lingers
The column reflects on slower inflation but rising living costs and persistent air pollution. It jokes about food profits, jokes of Congressman Sludgepump, and political flattery while noting Sludgepump's reversal of campaign contributions from quarries and brickyards in his district.
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Irving Berlin
The Dove and the Death of a Bird Poem Pair
A two poem mini feature reflects on the dove as a symbol of peace and a bereavement elegy. Everett P. Covington writes The Dove about early risers and flockless birds, while VALETTE J Harris offers On the Death of a Bird lamenting the bird’s fall and lost song.
Magic Seashore Poem of a Child at the Beach
A narrator accompanies a child on a seashore visit. The boy imagines castles in sand and adventures at sea as wind brushes his hair. The scene captures joy and warmth as the child plays and the sea inspires acts of play and discovery.
Gods Presence Felt Throughout A Day By Prayer
A devotional poem describes God’s constant presence from dawn to dusk in the countryside near Brighton. The speaker notes the divine nearness during sunrise, daytime, sunset, and evening prayers, closing with the author’s name Mrs Don R Boyles.
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Brighton
Don R. Boyles
Prayer and fashion clash in a thoughtful note
A Virginia Buse prayer section shares comfort for a grieving reader and reflects on a problem about bills and fashion hemlines. The writer notes men paying for wives and daughters purchases while women debate hem lengths from mini to below the knee.
Fond Memories On A Familiar Corner
A nostalgic narrator recalls a childhood street gathering spot. The memory travels from a stream and playhouse to school first grade knees skinned, a helper boy with books, jealous peers, a dog at the door, cooking supper, and a bedtime bath. The piece ends with prayers and dreams.
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Mama
Jack
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