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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1971
Page
4
President Nixon plans a three city, three nation trip signaling a push to ease Cold War tensions. The schedule includes Moscow and Peking with aims to address Vietnam and global armament issues while projecting progress and bold leadership.
The Enterprise presents a special section praising police and announces a $1,000 gift to the High Point Police Department for use in School Safety Patrol and Junior Police programs amid broad community support and gratitude.
Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell suggests extrasensory perception could locate intelligent life, a claim that gains traction but dries up amid long-standing skepticism and practical science.
Confidential letters reveal State Department officers plotted to oust antiwar diplomat Murray Smith III while feigning concern for his rights. Smith, later reinstated, had signed an anti war ad in 1968 and circulated petitions abroad, provoking anger from Ambassador Douglas MacArthur II.
An internal notice shows a request to relocate Smith met with Washington’s fear of ACLU backlash. Foreign Service leaders John Burns and William Macomber discussed the case. Macomber defended Smith as not undermining policy while touting 505 reforms.
Internal letters show John Burns and MacArthur seeking to remove Murray Smith from the Service for antiwar activity while concealing other reasons. They discuss not promoting him, drafting biased performance reports, and preventing promotion challenges. Macomber approves, citing minor criticisms about Smith's wife’s clothing. The disclosures come amid scrutiny of how Charles Thomas was treated after his death. Ranchers who hunted protected wildlife receive grazing permits on federal land amid eagle killings by ranchers. Interior Department staff distribute permits.
A reader condemns a planned development at North Main and Montlieu Streets for destroying trees and bird habitats. The piece laments pollution by man and urges preservation of a potential public park instead of a car service center on the Carrick and Pickell properties.
An analysis argues that marriage in the United States is undergoing momentous change driven by the sexual revolution, women's liberation, and shifting family roles. It notes rising premarital and nontraditional forms, high divorce, and questions about monogamy, while citing Toffler and historical shifts in marriage norms.
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