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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1970
Page
4
Editorial urges cautious approval of a 13.35 million dollar bond request, noting total indebtedness would surpass 45 million. It calls for a thorough study of financing options and warns that higher taxes and future debt may threaten High Point’s solvency, urging restraint on electric system improvements.
A Washington DC profile examines J Edgar Hoover's public persona and private life. It notes his disciplined image, long public career, and occasional private warmth, while detailing a neighborly security setup and Hoover's habit of vacationing in La Jolla with oil magnates and hotel hosts.
The piece accuses FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover of multiple perks and evasions, detailing lapses with California hotel stays, $100 daily suites, and secret bets at Del Mar. It links Hoover to Clint Murchison, Sid Richardson, and Boys Inc. and hints at tax-related motives and charity aims. The column promises further installments.
Holt McPherson argues at the Rotary Club for a nonpartisan, exhaustive review of city finances and growth. He warns about debt, tax shifts, and the need for broad business leadership to steer 1970s policy locally and nationally toward stability and social progress.
George A. Covington, longtime civic servant and former mayoral appointee, is named High Point Man of the Year for 1970 by a unanimous selection. The executive director of the Chamber of Commerce helped bring the A and P dairy processing plant to town, advancing the city’s status as an industrial and business center.
A contemporary briefing notes rising discontent in Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and Bulgaria as wage earners and housewives lose faith in Marxist plans and fear state repression. It cites Gomulka Gierek shortages and consumer protests with Soviet troops already in place and warns unlikely quick relief.
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