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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1976
Page
5
The message encourages courage in witness and faith. It blends a biblical confidence that Peter must testify in Rome with Moody’s optimism about walking with God through wilderness to promise. This devotional pair links scripture and evangelist insight on steadfast faith.
The piece argues that minor concessions fail to address systemic apartheid causes. It notes arrests of reform advocates, warns that detaining black leaders weakens guidance for the black majority, and cites rare unity among white industrialists and liberals calling for policy rethink. It urges Pretoria to listen before revolution erupts.
The nonaligned nations conference in Colombo criticized the United States for troop presence in South Korea and naval bases in Cuba, urged ending Puerto Rico's colonial status, and hinted at aligning with Communist powers. The critique reflects growing influence of oil exporters and resource control shaping global tensions, with Cuba hosting the 1979 meeting unlikely to reverse trends.
The Ford Foundation report A Time To Choose notes that federal lands hold vast fossil energy reserves including about half of domestic coal and uranium, with large shares of oil shale and geothermal resources. It warns of fragmented agency control, lack of a national policy, and rising pressure to speed up exploitation via leases to private firms.
The Interior Department plans to lease 876 750 acres of Atlantic continental shelf off New Jersey and Delaware for exploratory drilling. Congress overridden Ford veto on coal leasing procedures, sparking criticism of a piecemeal approach that may hinder energy development and environmental protection. A Park City conference on Energy and the Public Lands, co sponsored by the University of Utah and Environmental Law Institute, features Robert Redford as guest speaker.
EEOC files reveal oil industry blacks comprise about 7 percent of workers, far lower than the 10.5 percent national average. Firms like Chevron, Mobil, Shell, ARCO, Exxon show limited black advancement, with few in management and clerical dominance in white collar posts. Skelly Oil bucks trend with blacks rising to 88 in five years. Discrimination suits filed against Mobil and Phillips in past two years. RACY ADS: Pentagon pays drivers to display recruiting ads, costing taxpayers $100,000, with Navy and Air Force doing similar promos at no cost.
This piece credits Ronald Reagan with a strong bid in the 1976 primaries despite Ford's incumbency. It notes cheerful moments like wins in North Carolina, the Kansas City race, and Reagan's strong posture against Ford, while highlighting Nancy Reagan’s support and campaign manager John Sears’s fatigue. It concludes Reagan achieved a lasting conservative imprint and momentum for the party.
The Art Buchwald column recalls a Kansas City night at Kemper Arena during the Republican National Convention. A Soviet journalist asks about American democracy as horns blare to quiet protesters while Buchwald reflects on the contrast with a single party Soviet system and the idea of detente.
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