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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1969
Page
3
Gs Other Editors Sue It From The Athens Daily Review explains that Teamsters Local 237 in New York City seeks an extra five dollars weekly for each child under eighteen. Officials call the plan pioneering though it risks creating unequal pay for unequal families and could deter employers from hiring men with large families.
Newsday reflects on Dean Rusk eight years as secretary under Kennedy and Johnson. He curated a steady hand through Cuban crisis and Vietnam, shaping U S diplomacy with restraint and loyalty. Post 1969, he will return to the Rockefeller Foundation as distinguished fellow to write recollections of a tumultuous era.
The Birmingham News reports the Sara Lee Gifford Courtyard dedication on the University of North Carolina campus. Mr. and Mrs. L C Gifford of Hickory funded the quiet memorial featuring a twenty foot oak, brick paving, and abundant dogwoods and azaleas to enhance campus serenity amid architectural changes.
The Wall Street Journal via Jerry Bishop compares reaching the moon to a rifleman on a bobbing horse aiming at a curve ball a mile away, illustrating the magnitude and intricacy of space travel. The analogy emphasizes the complexity of lunar missions for laymen.
The Chattanooga Times profiles Joe Namath, Jets quarterback and football icon, calling him imperious and undisciplined yet inimitable and outspoken. The piece paints him as a self assured, hard living star who speaks plainly and dominates the sports world with charisma and controversy.
Friends and colleagues from The Chapel Hill Weekly Summing It Up gathered for a luncheon to honor Hugh Sparrow who retires after 45 years covering the state capital. Sparrow recalled arriving in Montgomery in 1923 and noting that public interest waned after elections. He chose to focus on the public's needs and responsibilities as a journalist.
The High Point Enterprise is an independent afternoon and Sunday morning newspaper published by The High Point Enterprise, Inc. at 905-307 North Main Street, High Point, N C. The staff includes D A Rawley as president, M A C Lockwood as vice president, Davie A Hawley Jr as vice president, Joseph P Rawley as secretary, Randall B Terry Jr as treasurer, Aberron as editor, and G We Arison as executive editor. It lists advertising and circulation management personnel and notes AP press rights and mail subscription rates.
A reader argues that education about smoking cut its use and urges similar public will to fight alcoholism. The letter praises anti smoking progress and cautions against portraying alcoholics as mere victims, urging frank discussion and personal responsibility. It also lists two other pieces on veterans and school desegregation and critiques on busing and funding debates.
Editor Howard White notes impressions from Monday’s inauguration crowds and events. He cites ticketing, the first family designed inaugural medal, cost figures for past and current inaugurations, and historic moments from Jefferson, Jackson, and Truman, ending with reflections on what such ceremonies leave in memory.
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