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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1971
Page
4
Editorial urges North Carolina voters to reject rushed 13 350 000 debt via a special election over bonds for city projects including 4 2 million for electrical expansion. It warns of higher taxes and growing municipal debt and calls for a thorough stocktaking of city finances and use of funds.
Samuel Lubell notes rising concern over family and urban breakdown as a major political issue unseen since the 1930s. He warns of growing demand for federal aid to head off social decay, while a strong anti government sentiment remains, except when personal harm is at stake.
Natalia Makarova leaves Russia for asylum and signs with American Ballet Theater as the Kennedy Center project nears completion. United States dance broadens reach across the nation and styles, while Soviet politics impact cultural exchange in a Cold War context.
President Nixon honored Speaker John McCormack, then pursued behind the scenes allegations of wrongdoing. Grand jury probes targeted McCormack’s circle, including Robin Epstein, George Feldman, and Peter Clotherty, while a reporter’s undercover work tied aide Martin Sweig to case fixes. Despite investigations, no personal corruption by McCormack was found. his fortune is modest at about $100,000 after 33 years in politics.
The piece notes an ex congressman who kept personal finances separate and avoided campaign funds, while a Pentagon health manpower probe questions doctor allocations. It also highlights Adams Powell style office, and a Meat Monopoly report showing concentration among top packers with rising market shares across 1968 and 1969.
Pulitzer editor Vermont Royster will return to North Carolina to teach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as Kenan Professor of journalism and public affairs starting January 1972 after serving as editor and VP at Dow Jones and Company. He will teach in the School of Journalism and other departments while continuing to write for the Wall Street Journal.
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