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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1961
Page
4
A devotional meditation cites Deuteronomy 23 23 urging care in vows and quotes Arthur Warwick on forethinking promises. It reflects on keeping spoken pledges to God and the discipline of what one intends to do.
Governor Sanford keeps his stance soft on appointing David S. Coltrane as Budget Commission chairman. Rep Tom Woodard warns the move could clash with policy, raising concerns about propriety while the state weighs fiscal health and House direction for the next biennium.
The American Medical Association conference in Denver discussed American habits like coffee breaks and the cocktail hour as here to stay with moderation as the policy. Doctors noted 100 billion pounds of coffee annually averaging three cups per adult over 19, caffeine tolerance varies and warnings about coffee related illnesses exist. The piece humorously notes women may have long coffee breaks and jokes that drivers would be affected by alcohol, suggesting moderation is harder for drinkers than for coffee.
A study by Audits and Survey Company reports 49 percent would be lost without newspapers and 28 percent would feel the same about TV. It notes 86.4 percent of 54 million American homes read a newspaper on a weekday and emphasizes newspapers as the primary communication medium today and tomorrow.
The AFL-CIO convention in Bal Harbour Florida centers on a jurisdiction dispute between industrial unions and building trades. Leaders like Walter Reuther and George Meany warn of internal war harming the labor movement while union membership shows declines from 1953 to 1960 and Teamsters surge after readmission talks.
Listing shows D A Rawley as president and Mrs R B Terry as secretary treasurer. Holt McPherson editor Joe Brown managing editor Patterson JR advertising director and W V Idol Jr business manager Charles B Loflin circulation manager are also named.
Editor thanks North Carolina schools and colleges for cooperation in a long running conservation education effort. He requests continued support for a new series of accident education films donated by a foundation to reduce highway and workplace injuries and to be shared widely before returning to donors.
North Carolinians have funded non tax colleges through private gifts and denominational support, surpassing state operating appropriations for capital improvements. Institutions like Belmont Abbey Campbell College Mars Hill Chowan Meredith Wake Forest Duke add dorms and facilities as Methodists invest about 20 million, with donors funding growth beyond tax money.
Civil Defense Director George Spinnett reports only about one percent of people responded to the take cover alert. The piece notes little public reaction, ongoing efforts to improve alertness, and related civic activities including Christmas Cheer Fund fundraising and banking developments in High Point North Carolina. It also covers plans for a new armory, hotel/motel growth, Piedmont Airlines fleet changes, and local honors at the University of North Carolina with Phi Beta Kappa taps for Arch School and others.
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