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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1976
Page
2
Wallace’s strong showing in Mississippi’s delegate selection shocks the campaign. The caucus style, long criticized for empowering activists, produced a delegate slate that favored Nixon in the general electorate, prompting questions about Wallace’s evolving strategy and organizational strength after two decades in campaigns.
The Fayetteville Observer-Times warns that NC farm counts fell by about 10,000 in two years, 22 percent of the nationwide drop, risking urban rural economic strain. It urges local zoning to protect farmland, calls for federal steps including estate tax relief for small farms, and argues against viewing farm loss as pure progress while unemployment rises in cities.
New Orleans authorities train about 69 pharmacists in when to fire and how to hit, licensing pistols under counters to deter store robberies. In a one month trial, only one armed drugstore robbery occurred, prompting debate over legal ramifications and risks of shoot first responses in violence at commerce sites.
In a Greensboro Record column, William Z Wood argues for replacing flogging with the pillory to curb crime. He extols the pillory as safe, sanitary, cheap, and historically effective, noting its humiliating yet nonlethal nature on market day for offenders, including women and growing children.
Marshall Frady surveys the NH Democratic field as candidates multiply and clash with vanity, bravado, and ambition. He profiles Udall Carter Harris Bayh Bentsen Jackson Shriver Humphrey Wallace and others, noting their traits, campaign vibes, and quotable moments in a vivid, era-tinged portrait.
Washington Roundup reports Rep. Harold Ford of Tennessee, a Ways and Means member, allegedly used campaign contributors to staff his Washington office and raided the federal manpower program. The piece outlines alleged improper hires, spending, and debts, plus Ford's disputed claims of legality and personal finances.
A reader urges renewed national pride in response to recent months of editorial discourse. The letter calls for unity, civic duty, and constructive public debate to strengthen national character and civic institutions.
Columnists note rising nationalistic sentiment tied to economic woes and external criticism. The piece urges renewed allegiance during the bicentennial year, recalling Washington and the Army’s leaders, and calls for sacrifice to meet modern challenges.
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