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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1975
Page
2
Clarence Lightner, Raleigh’s first black mayor, lost in a three man primary after white precincts swung from 74 percent to 10 percent. Voters blamed the mayor’s family legal troubles, not his record. Lightner said he accepts the defeat with hope for the city’s future.
Appalachian State University researchers form a Center for Woolly Worm Study to test if worm band width predicts winter. Students collect specimens and gather mountain insights to compare over years, aiming to separate belief from data.
A historical overview links female and male presidential attackers, noting common traits such as unstable minds, troubled homes, and drifting jobs. It traces motives from rage and divine guidance to publicity drives, outlines five assassination types, and argues killings rarely achieve political goals.
A columnist recalls Kennedy era tensions over Castro, the Bay of Pigs, and CIA covert actions. He suggests Attorney General Robert Kennedy may have known of efforts against Castro while noting JFK pressed to curb agency excesses. He reflects on both brothers and the White House mood in the early 1960s.
The piece outlines continued U.S. backing for Chile under Pinochet, noting increased economic aid, future food aid allocations, and covert military training at the School of the Americas. It also highlights congressional cuts to military aid in 1974 and lists other Latin American dictatorships involved in the program.
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