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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1968
Page
4
A concise reflection urges a man to live with himself and seek good company, credited to American jurist Charles Evans Hughes. The saying emphasizes personal integrity and thoughtful social surroundings.
The High Point Human Relations Commission remains leaderless after O Arthur Kirkman’s resignation months ago. City Council struggles to find willing candidates, leaving the commission in a cycle of action and lethargy while pressuring for a sensitive, capable head to restore racial harmony and ongoing community work.
The piece notes escalating protests at Sasebo Japan against the nuclear carrier Big E and Polaris submarines. Four clashes between police and student groups have injured 465, drawing scrutiny over atomic weapons and Japan’s safety concerns.
Editorial summarizes Senate Judiciary hearings led by Sen. Philip Hart into the efficacy and safety of rainbow diet pills. It notes FDA actions, doctor practices, AMA opposition, and allegations that firms pressured doctors to push their products. Also cites deaths from pill use and the broad obesity context.
Bruce Bioss surveys the era of Vietnam dissent, arguing that hostility to disruption risks corrupting genuine dissent. He warns that some critics equate dissent with moral superiority, while urging balanced debate and equal courage from both sides in a democratic system.
Big Jim Eastland of Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, drew a $129,977 annual cotton subsidy for his Doddsville plantation in 1965. The payment was listed to Mrs. E. C. Eastland, likely Elizabeth Coleman Eastland, and supported by acreage tied to Eastland holdings.
In a wry exchange, Senator Soaper jokes that hopes for 1968 are grim, suggesting policy aims may worsen pollution dispersion. The remark frames a wary view of environmental reforms and political optimism for the new year.
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