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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1965
Page
3
The weekend rioting in Los Angeles left 31 dead, 800 injured, and about 3,000 jailed. Watts is described as a residential area with crime and drugs, not a slum, and the piece argues the South bears no sole blame for the upheaval, citing broader urban tensions and law and order concerns.
United Steel Workers President J W Abel warns of a September 1 deadline as talks stall over a new contract. Both sides stand firm with no budge in wage disputes while industry faces pressure from foreign imports and possible price shifts. The labor stalemate affects all sectors fearing cost and pricing repercussions nationwide.
The long running power struggle between AAU and NCAA over who controls American youth track and field has occupied leaders from Kennedy to MacArthur. The issue centers on open meets versus college only events and the governance of athletes for international competition. Hearings by the Senate Commerce Committee are planned to address the dispute.
A fragmented item lists payments and contracts involving contractors and peers. It mentions delivery, home services, and a value around 99.00 with partial references to names and locations, but the text is garbled and readable details are limited. It appears to describe a purchase or bid context without clear entities.
Washington and New York City see rising tensions over diplomatic immunity for traffic violations. The State Department now says immunity does not extend to fines or charges, risking plate withholding or expulsion for repeat or serious breaches. The piece also riffs on a space agency worker’s jokes and introduces a new monkey import business near Washington, JEJA, run by the four King brothers.
James Marlow reports on how heat and social strain fed riots in Los Angeles and Chicago. Experts cite hate, poverty, resentment, and frustration as factors, with some civilians turning to violence after initial police incidents and unresponsive authorities.
The text contrasts state governments with the federal government and Supreme Court during the riots era. It notes demonstrators and authorities each deciding lawfulness, undermining respect for the law. It mentions war protests leading to arrests as a recent development.
Lewis F. Powell of Richmond tells 2000 lawyers that orderly law estasblishes a framework for dispute resolution. He condemns coercion and violence by a minority in the South and stresses obedience to due process as essential to democracy and the protection of individual rights.
A column notes a new hurricane season with forecasts of more storms over land along the Eastern seaboard, tying ocean warming and possible atom testing to storm paths. It also covers Rotary exchange visits by Ms Masaka Kotani and Ms Rosemary Budd, a hospital return of Big Bear’s chief, a High Point dinner vegetable quip, the Governor’s Committee for Employment of the Handicapped meeting, a Fat Stock Show and Sale program, and highway location hearings on Interstate 35 with Lexington and Raleigh discussions and federal funding considerations.
At yesterday’s church service the congregation joined in a Prayer for Our Country. The text salutes Almighty God for the seed of heritage and asks for humble guidance as the nation moves forward.
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