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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1966
Page
3
The editorial argues for extending High Point urban renewal without added city debt. It cites previous delays over railroad coverings and calls the project vital, pointing to benefits like removing tracks and overhead wiring, expanding housing, and plaza development. It criticizes objectors and urges prompt action.
The Uniform Time Act makes daylight saving time mandatory in all states unless exempted by law. Thirty-one states plus DC observe DST, with 15 starting and stopping simultaneously. Clocks advance at 2 a.m. Sunday and stay on daylight time until the last Sunday in October.
Editorial notes France under Charles de Gaulle pursues independence from NATO and resists monetary reform while the Group of Ten gathers in mid April. The meeting aims at stabilizing world liquidity amid concern over heavy credit needs of about 3 tons and $33 million per month. Switzerland attends as an observer.
Nine of the ten agree on something but details vary. France and the United States clash over reform, with France opposing CRU style changes and arguing no reform is needed while the US runs persistent payments deficits. France converts dollar surpluses into gold as world trade expands.
An article notes Sen. Dirksen and Sen. Church allowing Whitaker and Baxter to operate a lobbying effort without registration. The firm backs a campaign to overturn the Supreme Court one man one vote ruling via a new Committee for Government of the People. Dirksen chairs and Church co chairs, despite reminders from Tydings and Proxmire. The piece highlights a conflict between law and high level endorsement in Washington.
A dialogue discusses lobbying disclosure and political pressure on senators over a Dirksen amendment. It notes Whitaker Baxter campaigns allegedly funded by major oil interests and cites Shell and Standard Oil spending through them. A separate exchange between freshmen reps Scheuer and McCarthy covers cross ethnic voter tensions and potential joint campaign visits.
A local column covers National Library Week highlighted by High Point Public Library’s growth from a thousand volumes in 1926 to a near one hundred thousand in a larger modern facility. It praises civic groups for backing High Point College athletics, boxing event hosting, and urban redevelopment while noting faculty changes and public interest in city advancement.
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