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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1970
Page
4
A Gallup poll of black and white parents shows 86 percent oppose busing for racial balance, 11 percent support, and 3 percent undecided. Parents favor neighborhood schools despite mixed views on integration, citing cost and wellbeing, urging Congress to act.
National Library Week runs amid competing themes Pan American Week and Lets Play Ball Week. It highlights lifelong reading and greater library use while 14 million Americans lack access to libraries and funding remains tight. Fiscal 1970 appropriations fell to 127 million from 145 million in 1969, with Nixon’s 1971 budget at 45 million and local funds declining. Some libraries have shortened hours or closed briefly due to budget strains.
The second phase of SALT opens in Vienna with U S and Soviet officials expressing cautious optimism. Both sides trade complaints about each other while defense costs bite, and analysts warn that MIRV deployment and ABM expansion could derail hopes for a meaningful halt.
Washington reports George Wallace appointee Houston Feaster oversaw the Mobile state docks, approving unbid contracts and padding invoices. Investigations allege Massengale Construction received over 700000 for Fender system work with unrelated additions. Feaster, tied to Brewer and Wallace family, faces questions about misused funds and shifted assets.
Readable excerpts recall a dogwood legend tied to Easter and Christ’s crucifixion and a northern arbutus tale. The piece also notes a Public Medical Forum on arthritis with Robert Pace and a Victory March planned for May 10 at First Baptist Church, with Mrs. Ron Kallam coordinating.
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