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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1967
Page
4
Senator Sam J. Ervin canceled a series of addresses as the 90th Congress nears adjournment. The piece criticizes the session as unproductive and warns that the end of the term will bring political pressure ahead of next year’s elections.
After nine months the antipoverty program edges toward final House approval. Key Senators led by Clark Kennedy and Javits pressed to salvage OEO and limit local control amid a Green amendment clash. Cap Caps report Westmoreland eyed for Joint Chiefs chair amid McNamara shifts in Defense leadership.
A satirical piece mocks Charles de Gaulle and wartime gold politics urging Americans to buy French goods to bolster de Gaulle’s prestige and devalue the dollar. It suggests funding France with purchases and even gifting gold, framing a humorous political perspective on international finance.
Editorial notes government borrowing to cover a large deficit strains money markets amid inflation and rising rates. It cites potential deficits of 22 to 30+ billion dollars for fiscal 1968, Britain's devaluation impacting payments, and calls for tax increases to defend the dollar.
A garbled OCR fragment from High Point Enterprise includes scattered names such as D A Rawley C H Lock Randall Joseph, Holt Me Joe Co and W Charles Patterson Jr. The legible words resemble a list or bylines with no clear event or story context remains.
A quirky opinion piece notes that by 2000 life should simplify with birth certificates acting as a lifetime credit card. It claims technology lets the average man shorten hours but take a second job, while a mother contemplates modern irony and fashion advice amid snow.
Stockholders of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building report a new $5 million expansion boosting the fall market and signaling year round meetings for sales organizations. Airlines eye distant traffic and charter flights may lift attendance. Walter Schoenemans Christmas tree remains a city landmark as Dr. and Mrs. Brooks restore the estate at 1500 W Lexington. The Perley A. Thomas Car Works held its December sales meeting with Paul Jones praising safety and growth from street cars to buses worldwide. Lt James Sprinkle survives a Navy plane crash near Otis with minor injuries to others. The Waiting Wives Club hosts Open House at the YWCA and longtime HPC dining director Margaret Wright retires, with family members stepping in to run operations.
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