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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1964
Page
4
A dated editorial argues that U S prestige overseas is declining amid flag burnings and incidents in Accra Nicosia and Panama. It urges long term policy grounded in character and statesmanship rather than money or force to restore the genuine American image abroad.
Ably spoken remarks by High Point’s Ed Mendenhall as he becomes president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards call for renewed war on slums and a revitalized downtown. He links enforcement of health and safety housing standards to curb civic blight and urges responsible conduct to prevent exploitation of emotions.
Editorial notes East West trade opens curtain lifts with Red China and Soviet Russia. France expands for balance of payments, while Britain and others push diplomacy with the Mao regime. France signed wheat and barley deals, Cuba credit talks surface, NATO allies view Western trade amid Soviet and Chinese exports.
The High Point Enterprise of High Point North Carolina presents local news coverage on city events, community alerts, and regional developments with emphasis on civic matters and the daily life of residents.
Henry Cathcart notes that President Lyndon Johnson’s inner circle shares close press ties and Capitol Hill friendships that now trap him. Reporters press Johnson aides on Bobby Baker links and rumors of Attorney General Kennedy pushing a Johnson exit during the 1964 campaign.
The piece notes a Maryland congressman Carlton Sickles joked about his name when teased by students. It contrasts that humor with the Panama crisis where reporters and senators, including Hubert Humphrey, refrain from comment to avoid misinterpretation amid a fluid, tense situation.
James Marlow notes Republican lawmakers are divided and attacking President Johnson and his programs. Barry Goldwater calls Johnson a highwayman of the bureaucratic spoils system. Nelson Rockefeller and others weigh in, while Nixon and Stassen remain reticent figures in a fractious field.
Notes discuss possible GOP candidates for the nomination with Nixon as a factor. Others named include Governor Williams of Pennsylvania and George Romney, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., and a reticent John F. Kennedy reference, with Lodge as ambassador to South Vietnam and Nixon’s limited public profile beyond Pennsylvania.
The Chamber of Commerce postpones its February annual meeting to allow the YMCA program and a Pittsburgh Symphony appearance at High Point College auditorium. Duke University president Dr. Douglas M Knight will address the event, with a more relaxed schedule planned. Roy E. Smith of World Service Fraternal is the guest on February 27. Arthur M. Utley Jr. resigns as Guilford County Board of Elections secretary after six years, with local authority to handle election matters now devolved to the High Point administrative head.
Joel T. Gheesling Jr of Southern Railway outlined two new services to speed Midwest deliveries and lower costs to New York and New England. A piggyback train runs from High Point Spencer and Hickory to Cincinnati and Chicago five days weekly, with Monday departures reaching Chicago Tuesday night. A four day poolcar service to New York cuts freight 20 percent, aided by Haley Transfer and Storage. Southern builds a consolidating facility at Hickory for poolcar shipments, supporting faster intercity service east of the Mississippi and a 4,000 car per year furniture load.
A promotional vacationland brochure touts Maine seacoast and mountains but omits key in state viewers, including the High Point furniture market, leaving out High Point location. The piece notes fox hunting at Sedgefield and features images of a Hatteras Yacht and Alma Desk lines. George W. Lowe, a longtime auto dealer and salesman, dies. his career spans major changes in automotive marketing.
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