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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1971
Page
4
An editorial defends a $13,350,000 bond plan but argues voters deserve clear tax increase figures. It laments vague assurances of no rise, notes city revenue pressures, and warns the debt would amount to $7,000 per capita. City leaders face questions on costs and benefits before the special election.
The piece argues against approving a new 4.2 million dollar bond to overhaul the electrical system without first explaining past bond costs. It urges voters to demand cost clarity and to treat City Hall like a business, warning a light turnout could let questionable bonds pass.
About 80 North Carolina farmers joined 40 farm trucks in a Pennsylvania Avenue parade from the Capitol to the White House protesting hog prices. They cite prices paid for hogs at 15 cents a pound and pork chops at $1.23 as retail cost. They warn small farmers are being squeezed out of the market.
A 1971 exhortation argues prayers should be short and from the heart rather than long winded and ornate. It cites gossipy talk in a boardinghouse, childlike pleas, and historical figures to advocate plain language and sincerity in communicating with God.
CAPUS WAYNICK notes the addition of a public relations director to Guilford County alongside five commissioners and a county manager. He questions the necessity and role clarity of the new position while recalling past reliance on alternative currencies during fiscal strain and urging scrutiny of expanding government functions.
President Nixon presses Congress over family assistance and revenue sharing while White House quietly slashes model cities funding from 575 million to 50 million for 1972. The piece notes looming New York welfare strain, urban crisis risk, and broader political battles shaping urban aid and social policy.
In cleaning Evelyn Diack’s desk Miss Lucy Lopp found the prayer she often kept on top of her desk. The speaker shares this prayer as a source of strength from Evelyn’s days of pain and weariness and hopes others will make it their prayer too.
Prayer text asks God for daily guidance and protection. It requests freedom from fear and anxiety, jealousy, laziness, and failure while seeking love courage faith strength loyalty wisdom and spiritual lift for the day. The plea closes with Amen in Christ’s name.
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