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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1961
Page
2
Daily meditation quotes Nehemiah 1 16 and reflects on two voices in scripture: man is ruined and man is redeemed. The author C D Foss emphasizes redemption by divine strength within the grand temple of the Bible.
The article argues the US must mount a Manhattan-style space effort to reach the moon by 1965, opposing Soviet rapid progress. It notes Vostok II with 17 Earth orbits and stresses uninterrupted, focused work, warning that Khrushchev uses orbital feats for propaganda while urging decisive action and high costs of failure.
Editorial weighs a planned direct airline link between New York and Moscow with Pan American and Aeroflot as carriers. It questions profit viability, urges cautious optimism, and warns the route could aid propaganda while challenging free enterprise principles amid cooling war tensions.
Editorial notes ten scholars under UN mandate examine global economic effects of disarmament. Discusses replacing military spending with civilian needs, Khrushchev remarks, Morgan Guaranty findings, Kennedy and Stevenson views, and hopes for 1960s development.
Winston-Salem prepares for October 2 when R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, a leading Twin-City firm, will formal-ize an event that could deserve major headlines. The city braces for a red letter day with three scheduled happenings.
Editor recounts a vacation visit to Johnson's Island in Sandusky Bay Ohio. The Confederate Prison held about 15 000 officers and soldiers during 1861 to 1864 in a stockade 14 feet high. About 1 500 died from disease and exposure. only 206 graves are currently marked.
A translated reminiscence recalls a Confederate grave site on Johnson's Island near Sandusky Ohio with a bronze officer statue and D C dedications. The piece notes NC soldiers buried there from Lt E B Holt to Lt W J Hilton, and details annual U D C visits from southern homes. It also covers St Marys Church, a $30 million cigarette factory dedication in Whitaker Park, and NC tourism and travel promotion including Hospitality clinics and Governor Sanford's travel record.
A collage of expert opinions debates whether the United States should pursue a manned moon mission this decade. Vannevar Bush and Von Braun clash with figures who warn of costs and radiation risks as others push for rapid progress toward deep space and lunar presence.
The article outlines Adams-Millis expanding into Belgium via a new European subsidiary, aiming for tariff advantages as England joins the European Common Market. It notes installations of IBM like machines, Erin Delville at Morgan Guarantee Trust among founders, and the broader shift into electronics and hosiery. It also mentions 14 emergency sidewalk telephones in Winston-Salem for rapid police and fire response and praises public safety benefits. Murray Abeles promotes Universal TV cabinets with an $18,000 travelling showroom, touring dealers and targeting Charlotte fair attendance, while Woit Gilmore promotes foreign travel offices globally. The piece also highlights Bill Price’s St Mary's Church note, fish flour as a Cold War priority, and Russia’s potentialSea-based production pending FDA standards.
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