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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1964
Page
3
An ugly year long strike against Florida East Coast Railway escalates to vandalism and dynamiting. The dispute over wages has widened into a clash between unions and the unique independently run line, with losses and safety concerns prompting calls for police protection to ensure orderly operation and the rule of law.
The piece weighs the risk of a U S consumer boycott pressuring Britain and other foreign concerns over Cuba policy. It notes potential retaliation, strains with Britain, and danger of inflaming international relations while Johnson and Douglas-Home seek to balance public mood and ally interests.
Editorial on AFL CIO meeting in Bal Harbour Florida as unions push toward a 35 hour work week and broader overtime protections. Johnson plan sparks debate with NAM warning of higher prices. Labor’s leverage grows ahead of contracts for 2 million workers and pivotal talks with GM Ford Chrysler. Automation cited as eroding factory jobs and driving bargaining urgency.
The High Point Enterprise publishes its masthead and staff listings, listing editor W. Patterson and managing editor W. Idol. It notes advertising and business staff, circulation, and subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions, with mail and local tax terms. The notice also states postal classifications and carrier distribution arrangements.
Washington Notebook recalls Ted Reardon nicknamed Six Yards Reardon from Harvard backfield in the 1930s. It also spoofs SST plans as slow subsidy saving transport while NASA and Ranger VI talks frame the space beat.
Mrs Edward S Maclin writes about World Day of Prayer at the House of Prayer rehabilitation center. She praises Blair Reed and George Covington for support, notes the welcoming atmosphere, and urges funds to start building for the future and present needs of the residents.
Editor argues against a moon mission citing proposed costs between twenty and forty billion dollars and scientists’ view that humans cannot live on the moon due to extreme climate. He urges reallocating funds to Earth problems and peaceful coexistence with communist nations to avert nuclear war.
Dr. Roy Thompson’s study in the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel lauds High Point as a city on the move. The sixth largest North Carolina city shows new civic pride, downtown redevelopment, and a rising potential in furniture markets while facing needs for larger stores, a civic auditorium, better highways, and growth space amid Modernization and regional competition.
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