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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1971
Page
2
The New York experience shows how easy access to abortion can invite unchecked clinics and questionable practices. Officials warn that lax referral networks and fast clinics threaten women's safety, urging state lawmakers to act and signaling possible federal oversight.
Winston-Salem readers are advised to read Edward Jay Epstein in The New Yorker who investigated claims that police nationwide murdered 28 or more Black Panthers. He traced a list from Charles Garry to 18 names, finding six police killings were not Panthers, four by rival groups, self-defense, or other causes. He concludes the exterminate Panthers claim is false and urges calm in Winston-Salem and High Point.
The Nixon budget proposes eliminating the Agriculture Department milk program for schools to aid needy children through the school lunch system. Dairy-state lawmakers oppose the move, arguing the program helps balance prices. Even if approved, progress may be slow as political resistance persists.
The Waynesboro Virginian reports federal revenue sharing debate supported by 1969 tax figures from Commerce Clearing House. Americans paid an average 480 in taxes to state and local governments in fiscal 1969, up 42 from 1968, with per capita state local taxes ranging 221 in Arkansas to 576 in New York. Total state local tax take reached 76.1 billion, up 9.14 billion from 1968 and 60 percent above 1964, with 23 states now over 1 billion yearly.
Readers debate Dr William Coffin remarks at High Point College criticizing violence by the Black Panthers and defense of law and order. A second letter urges opposition to Liquor By The Drink, arguing it harms North Carolina through state monopoly, crime, and social ills, urging action with the General Assembly.
A column of original poetry by local writers featuring Betty Shackelford Lewis Everett Covington Elinor Spearman Peggy Kennedy Dills Lillian Cross IOY Mrs J O Meadows Andrew Talbert and Valette J Harris. Poems range from meditative stillness to love and dreams with imagery of Buffalo Bill and winter splendor.
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