Representation Gap From High Point in State Seats
The article argues High Point has fewer General Assembly seats than its size warrants, citing counts for other North Carolina cities. It notes four High Point nominees for state office this year, including incumbents Lynwood Smith and C Coolidge Murrow and challengers Leo Heer and David Maas, plus county commissioner contender Dale Montgomery. It praises past local lawmakers while urging more clout to reflect its population.
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High Point
Charlotte
General Assembly
Greensboro
Raleigh
Winston-Salem
Durham
Fayetteville
Asheville
Wilmington
Salisbury
Gastonia
Rocky Mount
Wilson
Senate
Lynwood Smith
C. Coolidge Murrow
Leo Heer
David E. Maas
McNeill ‘Smith
Henry Frye
Charlie Phillips
Charlie Webb
Country music changes with new stars and politics
The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville unveils a lavish new home as Olivia Newton-John is named female vocalist of the year at the Country Music Awards. The piece notes a shift from traditional themes to louder brass and social commentary, with artists like Merle Haggard defending traditional values amid a wave of hippie and civil rights influence.
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Grand Ole Opry
Jimmie Rodgers
Carter
Charlie
Rich
Pointer Sisters
Barbi Benton
Hugh Hefner
New Palace
Grand Old Opry
Nashville
Olivia Newton-John
Miss Newton-John
Australia
Nixon
Roy Acuff
Merle Haggards
Okie
Muskogee
Florence King
Harper’ S Magazine
America
King
Ms. King
Johnny Cash
Return Of The Dirigible And Its Second Chance
A revival of airships gains traction among scientists engineers and officials citing higher payloads lower noise and pollution and operation without airports. Proponents including Sen Barry Goldwater envision cargo ships much larger than the Hindenburg with homes and buildings moveable by airship.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Barry Goldwater
R Ariz
Washington Merry-Go-Round double charges to taxpayers
A three top officials at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism faced criticism for double-billing a California Palm Springs trip funded by a contractor. Dr Morris Chafetz, Kenneth Eaton and Harry Bell billed the government while Grey Advertising covered some costs, then the firm charged the government again. The group renewed the million-dollar contract shortly after.
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Washington
California
Palm Springs
Calif
Alaska
Grey Advertising
New York
The
National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Morris Chafetz
Kenneth Eaton
Harry Bell
Chafetz
Seignee Tennis Club
Grey-North
Grey
North
Fred Kline
Bell
Anchorage
Tyonek Village
Bukhitna Lake
Eaton
Belt
Kline
Greg North
Jupiter Jolt and Winter Prep Hit Nation Wide
Enterprise editor warns of an imminent Jupiter Jolt in 1982 as all nine planets align and potentially disrupt weather and earthquakes. Antifreeze shortages rise with ethylene glycol constraints, urging early winterizing and radiator coolant purchases. TVA endorses reduced street lighting to conserve energy amid a looming national energy shortage.
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Winter
National Space Agency
NASA
Earth
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Tennessee
TVA
Rockefeller Hearing Signals Public Power Debate
Washington reports the Rockefeller nomination hearings stir a national debate on wealth and power. The process, likened to a Hare and Hound chase, shapes public opinion as Rockefeller faces tough questions about wealth, philanthropy, and influence in democracy.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Congress
Rockefeller
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
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Wright Brothers
Henri Giffard
Giffard
Germany
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Graf Zeppelin
J. Gordon Waeth
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jack Anderson
United Feature Syndicate
Kenai
Mull Lake
CIA
U.s.-China
Central Intelligence Agency
U.S
Peking
James R. Lilley
Cambodia
Thailand
Laos
Washington Monthly
John Marks
Cult of Intelligence
Marks
Center For National Security Studies
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Service Reserve
Frank Denholm
South Dakota
Denholm
Jack
Venezuela
Bob Owens
Holt McPherson Enterprise
Annie
James Whitcomb Riley
Space
Utah
Frank Moss
High Point College
Wendell M. Patton
North Carolina
Ernest Cuneo
North American Newspaper Alliance
Victor Hugo
di Medicis
Versailles
Liege
Rockefellers
Colorado
John D. Rockefeller Jr
George Baer
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