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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1961
Page
3
A 22 member special committee concludes that after 20 years of growth, voluntary health and welfare agencies face major problems that impair service. It calls for a National Commission and uniform accounting to coordinate 100,000 agencies, improve data for donors, and prevent increased government control.
Ruth Kane sparks a spirited column railing at aging Celtic charm and modern Irishmen while lamenting the fading Celt. She mocks bachelorhood and marriage norms as she jokes about husbands and the role of Irish beauty in society.
Editorial notes the Berlin crisis frames the Paris meeting with Britain backing a firmer stance and West Germany urging united Western leadership. It cites Kennedy’s calls for better NATO consultation, Macmillan and Home’s positions, and Adenauer’s push for a strong Western front guiding postwar policy in Central Europe.
The High Point Enterprise announces staff roles and advertising rates for daily and Sunday editions including daily and Sunday prices, payment terms, and mail subscription details. The notice lists executives and departments, and notes Postal and business arrangements with related agencies.
Gallup poll shows Americans favor self-determination for satellites of Russia as a counter to the Berlin crisis. Public backs UN supervised elections where people may desire it, and believes Berliners need a free vote to decide their government amid tensions with Khrushchev.
A Gallup Poll shows 61 percent would back a UN vote to decide independence in any country seeking elections, while 72 percent doubt satellite regimes have popular support. A strong majority fear Western withdrawal from Berlin would end hopes for independence, and 83 percent favor keeping troops in West Berlin despite war risk.
Letters urge Jamestown residents to reject liquor stores citing crime, family hardship, and social sin. An editor cites local workers and a sanatorium claim while other letters praise hospital staff and criticize outside agitators in Truman era civil rights discourse.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover urges balanced justice toward harsher action on criminals while praising rehabilitation in principle. He cites rising crime rates, lists increases in murders and assaults, and warns that leniency harms public safety. A separate reminiscence recalls Dixie Roller Mill founders and early bidders.
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