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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1960
Page
4
A condemnation of disruptive sitdown demonstrations at lunch counters and the poisoning of interrace goodwill. The piece argues private businesses may set service policies, notes no state law mandating desegregation, and warns that troublemakers threaten community law and civility.
Al Ostrow argues in Family Weekly that economic conditions pain clergy income, noting Presbyterian ministers earn less than dog catchers in one area. He warns low pay damages ministry prestige and family welfare and urges national concern to address the wage gap and its impact on moral leadership.
The piece warns that Cuba under a pro Communis t regime could host Soviet missiles and an air base 90 miles from Miami. It argues Havana’s tie to Moscow pushes Latin American communists, notes Mikoyans Cuba visit, and calls for firm U S action to defend hemisphere security.
Anastas Mikoyan praised Castro while criticizing Soviet methods of seizing property and branding owners as enemies. He accuses Moscow of phony negotiations to gain compensation and hints Castro may adopt similar tactics. The piece frames the exchange as a critique of Soviet style coercive diplomacy.
A meditation on windows as gateways to perception from Bunyan to Whitman and beyond. The essay contrasts open and closed views, laments urban darkness, and asks readers what their eyes reveal to the sacred or secular world.
A tense scene at Woolworths in High Point shows white youths taunting Black students near the lunch counter while police keep order. The piece urges white and Black leaders to engage in honest dialogue to prevent further violence and safeguard fragile race relations.
The piece contrasts past and present spending on Senate investigations. It recalls World War II era probes costing 140000 annually and notes current appropriations of 3500000, twenty five times higher, criticizing self serving growth and inflation driven inquiry funding. It argues a Congress unable to curb its appetite for self aggrandizement.
The Council for Christian Social Action of the United Church of Christ denounces any unwritten rule barring a Roman Catholic from the presidency. The group, part of the 2.3 million member General Council, calls religious liberty a constitutional right and endorses Catholics who accept religious freedom. It says it should not be necessary to speak against religious bigotry in a free land.
A fragment lists key newspaper roles including President Secretary-Treasurer Managing Editor Advertising Director and Business Manager Circulation Manager without accompanying details.
In a national vote the rose received 386 841 votes, more than twice that of the carnation, with the chrysanthemum in third. The rose led across the country and won in 48 of 50 states. Congress may adopt the rose as the national emblem, joining England Iran Honduras and Luxembourg.
A reader urges tougher removal of FBI-identified spies and advocates mass youth exchanges with the Soviet Union to win the Cold War. Another letter corrects an accident report at Norwood Distributing, attributing it to structural weakness rather than excess material. A Christmas Cheer Fund tally reports about 500 families aided and thanks donors.
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