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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1962
Page
4
A devotional note cites Luke 1 68 praising God for visiting and redeeming Israel. It echoes a church heritage theme that humanity is ruined yet redeemed, attributed to C D Foss and reflecting a biblical meditation tone.
Harvard educator Dr. Harold C. Hunt argues the United States spends about two billion dollars yearly on some 300 education programs without a national policy. He urges Kennedy to create a task force of lay citizens and educators to establish a national education policy and curb piecemeal legislation.
Worsening Cuba situation shows Soviet buildup of fighters MiG 19s and technicians, plus 18 000 US linked troops on the island. Cargo ships unload in Havana area as Castro allies in Miami face neutrality breaches. Possible aims include Haiti Dominican Republic and broader hemispheric influence.
Editorial notes that New York hosts 6000 diplomatic staff with immunity and lax parking enforcement. Green tickets to embassy cars aim to curb double parking near hydrants as diplomats enjoy tax and sales exemptions and broad immunity both in the United States and abroad.
The High Point Enterprise lists staff roles and offices and details subscription rates and delivery information. It notes independence, postal classifications, Associated Press rights, and advertising representation while outlining payment terms and carrier details.
The piece argues the Kennedy administration desks a broad policy agenda, including recession relief and tax reform, but Congress has passed only a dozen major measures after seven months. It cites election year dynamics, party coalitions, and public perception as reasons for stalled legislation and lingering opposition.
Editor notes recount how Beatrice Cobb turned the Morganton News Herald from a weekly into a daily for four days during the 1916 Great Flood. Isolated Burke County suffered line and railway damage as readers relied on the paper for updates while staff, with limited tools, pursued urgent coverage.
The 1916 Morganton flood coverage in the News-Herald is hailed as a landmark in Fourth Estate history. Eyewitness reports poured in from Morganton and surrounding areas as residents acted as reporters. A. C. Kerley guided writing, Miss Cobb drafted stories by hand, and J Gordon Queen set type and ran the press, remaining the paper’s last surviving staffer.
Ternan Murphy Osborne thanks High Point and the YMCA for three years of friendship before departing for the University of Southern Florida Tampa to study physical education. He praises local youth, urges community effort, and cites ethics, service, and youth development as foundational to society.
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