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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1970
Page
4
Not a news article but a historical aphorism attributed to Benjamin Franklin reflecting on Providence guiding human affairs and empires, likening daily events to a sparrow's fall. The note underscores religious framing in political power and governance.
As editor notes, California pushes stricter pollution controls while President Nixon contemplates diverting highway funds in the 1970 71 budget. California leaders advocate using motor vehicle taxes for antipollution. Detroit warns higher costs as industry shifts to new environmental rules and devices.
The state considers Gibbsite Corporation of America lease options on 13 000 acres in NC and Virginia for aluminum ore extraction by a new process. Officials plan mining regulations after data from registered firms informs 1971 General Assembly action while environmental risks and land restoration debate continue.
Staples of Ann Arbor challenged magazine and store ads cluttering his mailbox. The Post Office Dept ruled his complaint valid, saying recipients can judge obscenity. The case cites a broad interpretation and notes mail addressed to OCCUPANT can be deemed obscene.
Fort Walton Florida daily notes that despite rumors of press financial trouble newspapers remain essential. A university journalism dean praises the paper as the only media able to fully deliver news, fight city hall, and interpret events, while archives preserve local life for future learning.
Letters to the editor defend Walter Cronkite and denounce a church's criticism of CBS News. The writer praises police for risking and giving their lives amid 1960s turmoil and argues officials limited police power. He also suggests naming a new city lake Lake North and criticizes public figures and elites.
A reader praises Saturday poetry in a column and shares a poem by Gertrude M White Burnett. The verse traces a boy from eleven to twenty four as he meets the girl next door who becomes his future partner. The piece ends noting the author.
A reflective poem contrasts winter cold with inside warmth and urged compassion for the lonely. It notes cold hearts chill the needy and calls on God to thaw icy hearts through tenderness and concern. Betty Shackelford Lewis signs the piece.
A poem reflecting on seasonal change and fading summer love. The speaker notes bare trees, brown earth, and November snow while contrasting it with hopeful lines about a brief love lull and a coming spring. The tone is wistful and enduring through hardship with a note of renewal to come.
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