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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1962
Page
4
Editorial notes the 1962 holiday traffic toll of 654 deaths, below 1956’s Black Christmas, yet calls the figure horrific. It cites weather and driving conditions, NC traffic deaths at 21, and 33 violent deaths over the weekend. The piece urges national focus on safety as the new year begins.
Reports from Fairhaven Mass state Jackie Kennedy gave Jack a whale’s tooth etched with the presidential seal. The nine and a half by four and a half inch scrimshaw piece took 160 hours by Milton Delano and marked as the largest yet seen. The article notes the President’s interest in scrimshaw. The piece could prompt jokes about teeth and whalebone, drawing on public figures and humor history.
A farewell for Valeria A Zorin, head of the Soviet delegation to the United Nations, follows Cuba crisis fallout. Despite his strong handling of Cuba, Zorin leaves the Kremlin with diminished influence and little celebration at the luncheon with six delegation members.
Editorial surveys the Kennedy administration 1964 foreign aid proposals amid calls for reform. It notes past cuts brave criticism of administration spending and outlines plans including a new AID director, a nine member advisory panel, stricter grant and loan criteria, emphasis on self help, tax increases, and greater multilateral funding. It also contrasts calls for centralized world aid with U S policy aims.
The High Point Enterprise announces subscription rates by mail and lists the staff including president secretary treasurer editor and advertising director. It is described as an independent newspaper established in 1484 and published daily and Sunday afternoons in High Point North Carolina.
Officials prepared elaborate survival plans for nuclear attack yet a two inch Dec snow crippled Washington traffic. Fined motorists for chains and tires, 250000 federal workers released two hours early, Christmas parties canceled, and jammed streets turned the capital into a crowded crawl.
The piece notes editor William A. Shires reflecting on clutter in a newspaper office and parallels with librarianship. It covers the State Board of Higher Education discussion on college library surveys to assess needs and the push for concrete data to justify library funding and volumes.
The note reports officials have boosted funding to examine possible expenditure reductions. It highlights a focus on budgeting measures and cost containment within government programs.
The passage quotes sources on Cuba and Cold War tensions. It includes a line attributed to Khrushchev about Western focus on what Soviets leave behind in Cuba. It cites a Miami anti Castro director and a political figure Krishna Menon on service and war effort. It ends with a note from Arthur Michael Ramsey on religion in America.
A 34 foot Hatteras owned by Willis H Slane Jr departs at 6 p m to chase a Miami to New York speed record aided by two extra fuel tanks with timekeeper Jim Walker and others. Also notes Whitener anniversary plans and previews of Winston Salem skyscraper, Florida travel mood, juvenile delinquency tips, and a Christmas gift story from The Lutheran.
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