Who'll Preserve Order When Courts Mocked
An American in Greece links the fall of constitutional government there to public confidence breakdown and military rule. The piece argues U.S. democracy faces tests from Congress overreach, presidential authority, and a court system under strain amid protests and accusations at Chicago. It warns against dictatorship or mob rule and notes Greeks have a word for instability while Americans reject both dictatorship and mobocracy.
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Greece
Congress
White House
Supreme Court
U.S
Chicago
High Point Hospitality Shines at Furniture Show
The High Point Chamber of Commerce and local residents opened homes to receive about 300 visitors and 50 to 75 rooms were offered to accommodate an unprecedented audience at the fall furniture show. The hospitality, praised by George A. Covington, reflects the city’s long tradition of hosting travelers during the Southern market era.
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Chamber Cf Commerce
George A. Covington
Chamber of Commerce
High Point
Chicago
New York
Year After Bombing Halt in Vietnam Reflections and Policy
A year after President Johnson ordered a halt to bombing North Vietnam the conflict remains locked in Paris talks and political stasis. Reports describe Hanoi as bustling yet uneasy while reconstruction lags and POW issues persist amid a leadership transition.
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Lynndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
Paris
Stanley Karnow
Washington Post
Hanoi
South Asia
Defense Department
P.O.W
McCormack Under Fire In Life Magazine Probe
Life magazine accuses Speaker John McCormack of involvement in fundraising and favor fixing linked to aide Sweig and financier Voloshen. The article describes attempts to obtain favors for varied callers, notes McCormack’s alleged disdain for campaign costs, and rebuts claims of receiving Trujillo money while detailing Agnew and Nixon’s Vietnam stance and White House strategy.
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Washington
Life Magazine
John McCormack
Martin Sweig
Nathan Voloshen
McCormack
South
Congress
Life
Crack
Sweig
Orice
nomBoston
Washington, D. C
McCorsack
Arturo Espaillat
Fortier
Rafael Trujillo
Espaillat
U. S
Trujillo
Boston
Espalllat
Wasiington
Dominican Republic
Agnew
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
White House
Vietnam
Paris
Ftc
Bill Rogers
House
Senate
United Front
Maas Named to Virgin Islands Government Post
Longtime attorney David Bi Maas of High Point and St Thomas is formally named by Secretary Hickel to a top government post in the Virgin Islands. Maas hosted a state dinner on St Croix as his first official duty, amid talk of his duties in Charlotte Amalie and potential conflicts with other interests.
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David Bi. Maas
High Point
St. Thomas Law
Virgin Islands
Hickel
St. Croix
Mass
Washington
Interior Office
Islands
Maas
Charlotte Amalie
Freeman Brothers
Bill
George
Caribbean
A. B. Croom
Chamber of Commerce
T. Lynwood Smith
Ed Kamp
State Board of Conservation and Development
Scott
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le Duan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
N.C
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C. H. Lockwood
David A. Rawley
Joseph P.rawley
Randall B. Terry
Holt McFherson
Joe Brown
Cw. Patterson
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W. Idol, JR
Richard Teague
Associated Press
Gacher
AP News
N. C
Jack Anderson
M’cormack and
Soaper
Tilly
Melr McPherson
Galloran
Charles F. Tomlinson
Boehm
Bob Scott
Greensboro
Charles’. Kivett
Eugene Shaw
Charlie Kivatt
Wall
Shaw
Callées
van H. McSwain
High Point Police Department
University of Georgia Center For Continuing Education
Department of the Army
Karsas
America
Fredom
J. Manning Petts
World Methodist’ Center
Lake Junaluska Assembly
Wesley Memorial
James G. Huggin
Potts
Annie Robbing
Charles Henry Hodgin
Jamestown
Oakdale Cotton Mill
Robbins
Archdale Friends Meeting
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