This Nation Can Work Out Racial Problems
Harris survey finds most Americans optimistic about nonviolent Negro civil rights and a decline in racial tensions. Most believe riots were caused by irresponsible actors, while poverty and hopelessness fuel possible future outbreaks. A majority across regions supports gradual change and lawful adjustment to new conditions.
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Los Angeles
Louis Harris
Harris
Ness
Norris
South
Hit Lawlessness in High Point Calls for Civic Action
A public plea urges all city agencies and residents to unite against rising business and residential break-ins. The writer cites a recent safe robbery caught in Jamestown and laments lenient courts, urging stricter enforcement, tougher sentences, and a vigilant, cooperative approach to restore law and order.
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Jamestown
Mand
High Point
Taft Hartley impact shapes steel wage talks and strikes
Editorial survey notes Taft Hartley 1947 mechanics and the Johnson administration’s cautious stance. It details boards of inquiry, cooling-off periods, and federal intervention steps, with focus on United Steelworkers of America disputes and a long view of impact on the steel industry.
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Johnson
William Simpkin
Pittsburgh
United Steelworkers of America
Taft-Hartley
Federal District Court
Capitol Hill
Taft-dartley
Atlantic and Gulf Coast
Ford Foundation funds big grants to colleges and arts
Ford Foundation actions cited include $500 million for 615 colleges and $40 million to the arts, plus $31 million for teacher education. The piece notes Ford's assets of about $3.2 billion and dominance among foundations, with leadership changes as President Heald retires and a new era in foundation policy is anticipated amid Johnson’s Great Society programs.
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Terry Ferrer
Herald Tribune News Service
New York
HTNS
Ford Foundation
Ford
National Educational Television and Radio Center
Rockefeller Foundation
Henry T. Heald
Bec. 31
Heald
Johnson
Tign
Andrew Carnegie
John W. Gardner
Carnegie Corporation’ of
Gardner
Carnegie Corporation
Carnegie
THEW
Foundate
Joan J. McCloy
Head
Washington
N.C. National Bank
Law
Perry Keziahs
W. A. Hayes
R. B. Callers
Collier Ellises
Dick Young
Wally Ralston
Dick Culler
Mother outraged by the Pointer Drive-In scandal
A reader to the Enterprise laments obscene previews shown at the Pointer Drive-In. She calls for theatre managers to limit family film previews and urges citizens to act against what she calls filth, arguing for decency in a free country.
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Enterprise
Pointer Drive-In
Oatter
Siace
Notes on News Complacency and Fear Choking Us
A reader laments rising fear and factionalism in society and questions if a dictatorship is forming. The piece argues riots are planned by paid agitators with legal protection while politicians crave permanent power, and warns fear and complacency threaten the nation’s way of life.
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Weill
North Main Street right of way heads to swift clearance
A High Point report outlines fast tracking of North Main Street widening with a signed agreement checklist and planned condemnation if needed. Herman Shaw will meet with the Board of Realtors to mobilize support, while a local crime swindle warns residents to beware of a cash seizure scam involving a 1609 dollar loss to an elderly Greensboro woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Main Street
Herman Shaw
State Highway Commission
High Point
Board of Realtors
North Main
Raleigh
Roberts
Elks
North Carolina
Ruter R. Leonard Bush
Charles Foster
Charles Sears
Judy Wison
Mir
Maurice K. Wilson
Lynwood
Price Is Right
T. V. Tyner
Leaksville
Durham
Chapel Hill
Peace Corps
Harold C. Davis
Lotz
Dan Moore
Earl Crowe
BPC
YMCA
Christian Businessmen's Bible
Enterprise
Journal of the
North Carolina Dental Society
Charles W. Horton
J. P. Megelnson Jr
Alexander's
New York
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Ee Icai
Taftt-Hartley
Board of Inquiry
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Tolh
Steel Magazine
LBJ
High Point Enterprise
High Point Extraprise
North Mais Street
Poime N.C
Bolt McPherson
Joe Brown
Weerk Carl BO Loran
D. A. Rawley
Charles Howard Lockwood
Trengaiel
Eaior Adivert Tet
Ee Suninrs
Laralatioy Danages
Associated Prise
Cerrier Weekly
N.C
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Aign Point
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Duke Endowment
Hartford
John
Kellogg
W.K
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Moody Foundation
Rockefeller Brothers Fond
Lilly Erdowment Inc
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Banforth Foundation
Commonwealth Fund
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rosGeare
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Portland
Oregon
Bill
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Wiley
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