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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1969
Page
3
Editorial observes that choosing company matters and warns it is better to be alone than among bad influences. It urges readers to align with men of integrity, citing prudence, character, and thoughtful association as essential to personal and public life.
The Public Health Service released a 135 page report by Secretary Robert H. Fitch linking cigarette smoking to serious diseases including emphysema heart trouble and various cancers. The document aggregates over 600 studies and echoes past findings while acknowledging advertising pushback from tobacco interests and public groups.
The Twin City Journal profiles a frugal family relying on a year round garden to beat rising prices. A generous garden yields oversized tomatoes priced high in stores, plus orchard berries and turnips, with a basement freezer full of fruits and vegetables, reducing supermarket purchases.
The Chicago Tribune cites Peter Mwitta urging a 15 cow cap on bride price amid rising costs. He lists payments for a blanket, raincoat, cap, a steel saucepan for his mother-in-law, and two fat oxen for relatives, contrasting with U S customs where the bride’s family bears unloading costs and guests mooch meat. The piece lightly lampoons inflation and calls for controls while noting the potential to recover funds through daughters.
A spoof vision of a family Sunday space trip where familiar actions become spaceflight terms. Father negotiates a go no go for blast off with mission control while the car park becomes a manually controlled propulsion module. Household routines map to life support, comms, and energy systems in a playful, lightly technical vignette.
The document lists officers including President and Vice President with names such as D A Rawley and C H Lockwood. Other roles include Secretary David A Rawley Jr Joseph P Rawley and management figures Randal U Terry Jr Holt McPherson Joe Brown and Richard Teaguin.
A reader argues teachers deserve a voice in education, praising Superintendent Dr. Pruette amid disputes over school board decisions and integration. The letter lauds dedication to students, condemns racism claims, and urges citizen support for unified effort to improve schools. It also includes a separate speculative essay on Apollo 11 and a note about a parking fee at High Point Hospital.
The High Point College community notes gains in racial inclusion with a fulltime black staff member and a parttime history of diversity. Trustees outline a ten million endowment campaign, aiming to raise two million more by the Golden Anniversary in 1974 while leveraging Magic Block, Eastgate Shopping Center, and new endowed chairs to strengthen Christian higher education. Community leaders discuss parking project progress and an Easter Bible Lands tour organized by Rev. Delbert Byrum, plus travel plans for Dean David W. Cole to the British Isles. Furniture industry mergers reshape showroom layouts as several firms consolidate assets ahead of a major fall market, alongside the continued reconstruction of the Holiday Inn dining facility and ongoing motel operations.
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