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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1967
Page
3
William Penn founder of Pennsylvania expresses that listening precedes judgment in this terse maxim. The line underscores the value of hearing before forming an opinion, reflecting Pennsylvanian colonial thought and early American emphasis on deliberation.
The North Carolina Highway Commission may disband without action on U S 1 relocation and modernization. Bidding lists only minor patching while officials focus on other projects. Local officials, including Joseph Hunt and Thomas Harrington, appear unresponsive as 1968 elections loom and questions rise about the commission’s future.
North Carolina faces a legal test under the 1964 Wilderness Act as a proposed road from Swain County through Great Smoky Mountains National Forest to Tennessee prompts opposition. Interior Secretary Udall appears against the plan while awaiting Governor Moore’s decision to either veto or allow the road, risking wilderness preservation for development.
Editorial notes the high cigarette consumption despite federal opposition and health warnings. It cites Agriculture Department totals for 545 billion cigarettes in the year ending June 30, 1967, up from 1966, and discusses FCC and FTC actions on advertising and warnings. It mentions Columbia filter doubts and industry waiting on licensing plans.
The High Point Enterprise published daily and Sunday morning is an independent newspaper located at 307 North Main Street High Point North Carolina 27761. The staff includes A Rawley Randall B Terry Jr Joseph P Rawley Holt Mcpherson 308 Brown W Patterson W W Idol Jr B LoFlin and a Circulation Manager.
Drew Pearson notes Vice President Humphrey blamed Congress for urban crisis while old rural lawmakers steer key bills. He attacks House chairmen and Senate committees as aging, regional, and out of touch, with seniority ruling and few younger voices. The piece contrasts public works zeal with riot response.
The House shows 14 of 20 chairmanships held by Congressmen from Southern and border states. Texas has five chaired posts with Poage Mahon Patman Burleson and Teague. Riots are blamed on communists by several chairmen while Humphrey hints at broader culpability, faulting the old guard.
Florence Stevenson writes on eight travel scams from New York docks to European tours. She lampoons fake shrines in Greece and replicas in Verona Windsor Glastonbury and Loch Ness legends while noting how guides exploit tourist gullibility for cash.
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