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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1970
Page
4
Editorial reflects Baltimore’s 1970s image challenges as 30 neighborhood groups plan a three day city fair to foster a better city image. It notes population loss in the 1960s, a high Black share of residents, and ethnic shifts, yet argues Baltimore can improve without growth and retains distinct city identity.
The piece argues that war brings pain and heroism, but notes irrational hysteria on the home front over Vietnam. It compares casualty figures to Gettysburg and the Civil War, urging acceptance of reality and acknowledging the Vietnam conflict as tragic yet not the worst in history.
The piece argues that views of madness have shifted from cruel confinement to compassionate treatment and even admiration in some quarters. It cites poets and thinkers like Ovid Emily Dickinson R D Laing and Sigmund Freud to explore how sanity and insanity are defined and tested by perception and testimony.
In Psychology Today, Dr. Julian Silverman argues some schizophrenia forms can be creatively constructive guiding recovery rather than hindering it. He notes tranquilizers may delay healing and describes Agnews State Hospital practices of withholding antipsychotics in early phases to observe the mind’s deeper processing.
U S military shipments to Israel are planned to counter Soviet weaponry in the truce zone including bombs rockets ground to air missiles and electronic devices. Nixon Meir talks focused on a full review of Israel military and economic needs. Egypt Nasser courts Jordanian army and Palestinian groups while press issues and an AP reporter case surface. Congress indictments loom for Martin McKneally and Gov Moore faces tax probe. The Black Panthers and Huey Newton raise revolutionary tensions. A Kennedy fundraiser planned at Hicks Hill for Ted Kennedy. Viet Cong quiet in the south but northern attacks loom before elections with U S forces holding advantage.
The piece notes a 10 percent population drop in New York during the 1960s while 600000 suburban commuters flood into midtown each morning, slowing traffic. It surveys theater, fashion, and city lore from Lauren Bacall’s All About Eve to Coco Chanel, Elaine Stritch, and a famed Empire State Building encounter with an American Indian observer.
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