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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1971
Page
4
Randall B. Terry serves as Treasurer while Joe Brown acts as Editor in Chief for the publication. Brown assumes duties overseeing content, with Terry managing financial operations and reporting. The arrangement reflects shared leadership in the newsroom.
A reflective editorial urges J Edgar Hoover to step down as FBI chief before increasing calls erode public trust. It likens Hoover’s tenure to a tarnished halo after long service and notes age and shifting demographics as factors urging a graceful exit.
The piece argues that raising the minimum wage creates unemployables who cannot find work as employers cut payrolls instead of paying higher wages. It warns a federal rise from 1.60 to 2.00 dollars may shrink the labor pool, push marginal workers into welfare, and reduce summer jobs for students.
The Charlotte Observer notes voters in Oklahoma City elected a woman mayor. Arlington lawyers chose a woman as bar president. The FAA named a woman chief of the Cleveland airport control tower. The Treasury graduates its first women air marshals to protect airliners. Three girls win permission to enter Fayetteville soap box derby. Moral: don't look back men they are gaining.
A critical look at the Jefferson County jail in Louisville highlights harsh conditions, low per diem funding, and inmate overcrowding. Reports note minimal services, scarce therapy, and a system that often sends inmates back to jail rather than rehabilitation.
Washington reports a $523 000 government grant to a bizarre Black para military group led by Col Jeru Ahmed accused by the Anti Defamation League of building an anti Semitic mercenary army. Hassan says funds train addicts in disciplined drill without weapons at a Virginia farm.
Hassan commands a private army and self styled government, the Provisional Government of the United Moorish Republic, and accepts a 523000 dollar U S grant while the U S does not recognize his regime. He also draws funds from foundations unions churches and individuals plus 169000 from Washingtons Narcotics Treatment Administration. Nixon operates in isolation with cabinet members cut off from policy and a palace guard rift grows between aides Flanigan and Colson as Kissinger and Peterson loom.
A monthly Certified News piece by Carl Burckhardt presents Matty inspired verses and a lighthearted poem by Old Timer Jake. The scribbles touch on retirement, newsroom life, and a playful critique of pressmen while contrasting calm, nature, and streetwise banter.
A church bulletin recounts a rustic tale of a rattlesnake bite to urge reform in church attendance while updates cover Joe Smith’s semi retirement from National Veneer and Library visits by Dr Frank Sommer. The piece also details the General Davidson Memorial Area dedication and historical memory in North Carolina.
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