Amchitka H-bomb tests raise coastwide fear
Editorial warns that last Thursday’s H-bomb blast on Amchitka Island could trigger earthquakes along the Pacific coast. Geologists from MIT and Stanford urge a moratorium until fault structures are studied. Caltech warns the region is overdue for a quake and a large blast could unleash a chain reaction.
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Voice Of Unity Calls For Class Attendance At High Point College
High Point College students reject a nationwide Viet Nam Moratorium protest urging a class boycott on Oct 15. The Student Government Association urges remaining in class as the proper way to express views on the war. Bob Williams urges moderate students to avoid disruptions and support peaceful protest while upholding duty to study.
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East Germany marks 20th anniversary amid tension and praise
East Germany celebrates twenty years since its creation amid claims it is undemocratic and Soviet influenced. Walter Ulbricht governs a border state praised for socialist progress yet hampered by queues for basics and limited reforms. West relations grow uneven despite partial recognition.
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Shillito and Sheridan in Pentagon probe fallout
Jack Anderson’s column profiles Barry Shillito, the Pentagon’s top procurement official, and Deputy Assistant Secretary Ed Sheridan, detailing mismanagement in the family housing program, lack of cost accounting, and political meddling. It notes military budget impacts and shifts under McNamara and Vance, with ongoing reforms and assurances of stronger accounting. The piece also covers mid east talks yielding cautious optimism for a written peace plan and UN backed forces.
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Battle of Kings Mountain remembered and myths recounted
A prose tribute marks Kings Mountain on Oct 7 1780 when frontiersmen defeated Col. Ferguson and his Loyalist force. The piece details the battle, the mountain rifle tradition, Ferguson’s death, the 900 to 1 100 ratio, the Kings Mountain National Military Park, Gardner Webb College’s rock-stacking cairn, and the DAR’s protests over disturbing Ferguson’s grave.
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