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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1970
Page
4
Apathy and rising independence reshape the 1970 elections as voters increasingly desert strict party loyalty. Independents, about a third of the electorate, cross party lines to pick the best candidates, with 54 percent splitting tickets in 1968 per Gallup.
Indiana Senator Birch Bayh faces questions over free winter stays at Miami Beach hotels. Records show two comped oceanfront rooms and $209 in incidental charges billed to his hosts, while Bayh cites a long relationship with a benefactor. Separately, Clark Mollenhoff probes Admiral Moorer amid Navy morale and aging leadership concerns, citing notable losses and retirements.
The article reports unemployment reaching a five year high at 3.7 million as wildcat strikes erupt over negotiated wage rises. It notes wage settlements across sectors raise living costs, with examples from Boston construction, Miami wages, and Connecticut highway labor, while criticizing President Nixon’s inaction on price and wage guidelines.
Antiwar and anti pollution groups plan confrontations at major stockholders meetings led by Boeing Honeywell GE Gulf Oil and General Electric as activists seek to expose war profits and corporate complicity. Proxies and student influence are part of a broader strategy challenging the capitalist establishment.
Burlington Industries reports in its April Burlington Review that the company allocates 1.5 million dollars this year to pollution control and has spent over 13 million dollars from 1955 to 1972 on water and air measures. It details BEST program expansion, research at the Greensboro center, and widespread giving via the Burlington Foundation totaling 2.3 million dollars, plus 379 thousand in 1969 for education, recreation and health programs.
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