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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1960
Page
4
The piece argues the next president needs strong judgment guiding policy, not mere administration. It cites Nixon and Kennedy records as tests, stressing political and moral leadership to unite party and nation against tyranny and to advance human betterment ahead of November's national choice.
Opinion column urges U S action after a radar equipped trawler near North Carolina is allowed to operate close to U S shores. The piece questions American restraint and calls for a proactive foreign policy stance in response to Soviet incursions and the capture of pilots.
Editorial argues Powers trial mirrors classic Soviet show trials from 1936 to 1938 with staged confessions and brainwashing fears. It warns of incommunicado detention and denial of legal representation, citing U.S. and international reaction and Roosevelts pledge to protect American counsel in the USSR.
Stanley Siegelbaum, 25, worked over a year in Liberia on a 150 mile highway project linking Sierra Leone, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. He notes strong U S ties, English language, American currency, a U S style government, and a largely Negro population never colonized in the classic sense. He cites friendly natives, the absence of rampant racial prejudice, and potential roles for educated American professionals in nation building. He warns U S firms to guard against bias to avoid slowing projects.
Good Afternoon editor Holt McPherson outlines a three week press tour with about 40 editors to Moscow Leningrad Kiev Warsaw and Prague to study life behind the Iron Curtain and report back to readers. He notes Khrushchev's open invitation and urges broader cultural exchange amid travel growth and a proposed U.S. government travel office with a five million annual budget.
Field Marshal Montgomery questions Western misgivings toward Red China seeking peace. Averell Harriman predicts Nixon’s nomination race based on his record. Brigitte Bardot says she will retire within a year. Robert Dreher confesses to killing and robbing a service station operator in Fairmont Minnesota, police report.
AP News notes Soviet press portrays US parties as same. Pravda cartoon shows elephant and donkey driven by Pentagon toward armament race. Izvestia weekly panels critique colonialism, Monroe Doctrine, Polaris missile, and Western powers’ approach in global tensions.
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