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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1964
Page
3
Editorial notes the 1964 New Hampshire primary as pivotal despite low voter enthusiasm for Goldwater. It discusses candidates Rockefeller Smith Lodge Nixon and the need for East victories, noting personal histories and campaign dynamics shaping early momentum in a crowded field.
The City Council backs angle parking on Main Street as a move to slow traffic and push future projects like covering Southern Railway tracks and a bypass. The author argues the plan harms the core area, predicting limited gains and significant losses, urging against repeating past mistakes.
The piece disputes Celebrezze’s stance on state and local capacity to provide classrooms for a growing school-age population. It argues grass roots communities are closer to needs, calling for aroused citizens to fund more classrooms. Office of Education cites 124,500 deficient public school rooms at year start, equating to over five million pupils lacking space.
A collage of light humor and brief quotes from multiple papers. Jokes about nursing, grapes, space, cars, and aging mix with wry lines on punctuality and government. Notable bits include a nurse greeting, a grocer’s grape query, and a physician’s pricy but humorous post-mortem remark.
Dick Kleiner reviews General Motors Futurama at the 1964 World’s Fair, comparing it to the 1939 exhibit and noting the gap between imagined futures. The ride tours space bases moon stations deserts and a 1989 city with color coded lanes and vehicles built for underwater and other environments. It remains a daydreaming showcase rather than a precise forecast.
The late Dr. D. B. Carrick estate broad sale yields Colonial Store on Montlieu Avenue to Robert M. Silver, Donald J. Silver and Edward Silver, with another unit near Montlieu and N Hamilton near sale to Dave Neill for development. A motel project on the old Carrick homeplace faced delays.
A Sunday sermon laments the devil as a persistent foe who tempts all, from Lincoln to Jesus, and inflicts harm on churches and individuals. It warns against pride and sectarian contempt, urging vigilance against Satan’s distractions in worship and life. The piece cites biblical and historical figures to illustrate relentless spiritual struggle.
L R Stewart of R R Stewart and Son says the new Catawba Chapel was built by his firm and matches the proposed height of Wesley Memorial’s upcoming sanctuary, albeit eight feet wider. The piece surveys ongoing local meetings, civic plans, and community efforts from the Executive Club to the Job Contact Committee aimed at aiding harder to place workers and handicapped job seekers, plus a light anecdote about a child’s penny era remark.
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