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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1971
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise announces its 1971 publication details with D Rawley as president P Rawley as general manager Randall B Terry as treasurer and Holt McPherson as editor dated Wednesday August 11 1971 in an era of independent local press.
A quotation from Edmund Burke warns that wealth rules us when we defer to it. true freedom comes from mastery of wealth rather than servitude. The line contrasts independence with financial dependence and remains a cautions note on economic power.
The article argues states should be laboratories of democracy again, driving national reforms. It cites New Deal origins in state experiments, laments reliance on Washington for funds, and urges reviving state governments to generate ideas, streamline legislatures, and restore leadership.
The piece notes Japan's 26 year reliance on the U S nuclear and conventional umbrella, its rapid economic boom, and growing pressure from Melvin Laird for Japan to assume greater defense duties. It warns that credibility of the U S shield and a self reliant force may slow Japan's industrial surge as defense burdens rise.
Analyzes how Federal Reserve chairmanships from Martin to Burns clashed with White House aims. Notes Nixon frictions over inflation vs growth, Burns’ cautious stance, and calls for incomes policy amid a volatile 1960s 70s monetary policy era.
Sen. Gaylord Nelson broadens mood drug hearings to include cold remedies acne treatments laxatives toothpaste mouthwash and other OTC products. He cites harm from laxatives containing oxyphenisatin and questions FDA oversight while naming Mission Pharmaceutical and Prulet as key examples. The probe seeks claims exaggeration by big firms and potential health hazards. Moon buggy costs soar doubling past 20 million contract and surpassing auto safety budgets.
A Space Administration progress report traces rising costs for four moon buggies signed with Boeing in 1970. Estimates grew from 20 to 30 million in seven months and to about 40 million by launch, with final costs uncertain as only three of four buggies are slated for lunar use. NASA cites technical problems, critics say miscalculation and overpromotion.
Senator Soaper states Libya has surpassed Great Britain as the world’s leading tea drinking nation. The lampooning note adds a didactic line about the sun of Empire and shifts to a mix of ironic observations on ads, aspirin research, home life, and a comic quip about Alaska’s mosquitoes as New Jersey’s State Bug.
Senator Phil Kirk discusses mutual misunderstanding between the General Assembly and the North Carolina press. He urges a coordinated approach with a press officer and briefings, noting reporters rely on wire services and legislators often withhold comment. Cooperation could yield a better state.
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