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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1973
Page
2
MRS C H LOCKWOOD, Vice President, and JOE BROWN, Editor, appear in the partial masthead snippet. The grainy OCR shows leadership roles without additional context about the publication or date.
A city editorial argues the E Green Drive grade post office site is flawed and not ideal, urging officials to consider a better, more accessible location amid downtown expansion and the eastward growth of the furniture market complex. It cautions against relocating into a congested area and calls for public-interest planning.
Critics blast a proposed 500000 dollar Country French style governor residence as expensive and unnecessary. They question aesthetics and insist the Blount Street mansion remain for formal state functions, implying total costs nearing 1.075 million.
A sermon cites Luke 23 23 and the phrase their voices prevailed to discuss how mob cries sway judgment. It warns majorities can be unfair and unleash hysteria overruling reason and justice, using Pilate as a cautionary example of political pressure and crowd rage.
The piece laments how mobs condemned good men and minorities, citing the Maine incident and historical persecutions. It recalls John Wesley and John Bunyan facing mobs, and the Colosseum crowds roaring against early Christians, warning that pandemonium harms justice and reason.
Washington column reports military network hush up of racist broadcasts by Gerald L. K. Smith and Rudolph Steiner. Pentagon officials deny leaks while defenders argue no wrong. Continent Oil named Tax Avoider of the Week for 1971 profits of 109 million with tax avoidance tactics.
A letter argues over a PTA Council meeting and a survey on school board selection, defending voter integrity and urging public input to Sen. Lynwood Smith and Sen. Coolidge Murrow. It also highlights The Salvation Army Boys’ Club milestone and National Boys’ Club Week with a $6,000 drive led by Bud Davis.
Enterprise Editor Emeritus notes that Senator Sam Ervin will speak to the Executives Club on April 24, with the Watergate probe threatening to rattle President Nixon. The program promises high interest as Ervin chairs the investigative committee seeking who directed the events and how high into the White House the matter reached.
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