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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1971
Page
2
A columnist rants about sloppy language and constant selling, arguing readers notice when people overstate approval and that busy talk drowns out clear meaning. The piece reflects concern over language reflecting modern culture and the flood of communication.
The Charlotte Observer notes today that moderation in laughter and crying may protect health. Report suggests emotional upsets link to cancer and heavy laughter strains heart and lungs. The piece coins craugh as a middle ground between mirth and melancholy, urging a balanced emotional state.
The Scene contrasts ancient Rome at Cannae with Washington in March 1971. It notes Hannibal’s triumph and a Pentagon briefing on South Vietnam’s Laos campaign, highlighting how reporting has evolved while wars and politics retain core patterns.
The piece laments recurring social debris both literal litter and rude behavior, arguing that an age of belligerence and depersonalization erodes civilization. Citing Zimbardo, it warns that without accountability, people may ignore decency and degrade societal norms.
The New York Times surveys rising noise pollution from traffic, industry, and HVAC, harming workers in clay factories and others. It notes scientists link noise to hearing damage, urges advance planning, and cites President Nixon proposing EPA noise standards and labeling to push for a quieter environment.
A reader disputes an April editorial, arguing NC public schools need upgrading. He cites NCAE positions on kindergarten funding and teacher benefits, questions governor’s priorities, and urges alignment with educational goals for North Carolina.
Poetic meditation on boundless desire and the soul. A homeless yearning for love defies earthly attainments, framing longing as pulses of the soul seeking what time and events cannot provide. The piece centers on yearning, time, and the ache for an unattainable ideal.
A devotional verse lamenting the crucifixion and universal sin, confessing limited love for Christ. The speaker acknowledges guilt for both mourner and murderer and honors the substitutionary sacrifice, ending with a personal plea for deeper love.
A devotional item urges making the most of each new day by helping others. It encourages cheering the sad, performing kind acts, visiting someone, and not delaying good deeds, noting yesterday is gone and today counts.
A dated piece blends weather whimsy with moral exhortation. Everett Covington urges prayer to calm weather fears while Clara Williams promotes devout service as a cure for life’s troubles and warns against LSD. The text closes with welcoming religious exhortations.
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