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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1971
Page
5
A Franklin quotation asserts that God governs human affairs and notes that sparrows fall only with His notice, implying empires rise with divine aid. The line frames faith as a guiding force in political and personal outcomes.
The Air Force awaits a possible fleet of ten large planes to relay commands after a nuclear strike. Existing command posts in the air and on the ground would coordinate surviving U S missiles and planes to target the enemy. A projected fleet could cost up to half a billion dollars and fly by 1974 or 1975.
Harris Survey finds a deep generation gap on issues like pollution control equality for blacks troop withdrawal joint space exploration aid to the poor desegregation of schools and student protest with youths 13 to 33 percent more in favor than elders on several items Younger voters lean Democratic or Independent and many are undecided about voting their convictions versus party.
Americans face clean water versus clean laundry as phosphates in detergents are blamed for lake and river pollution. Cities and states move to ban phosphates while industry cites need for water softening. A joint commission urges immediate reduction and eventual removal, with Canada planning steps by 1972 and the U.S. weighing treatment funding and substitutes.
Washington reports reveal GI involvement in selling secrets for marijuana and heroin on Okinawa and in Vietnam. Dope exchanges feed Viet Cong access to ground attack plans and trigger leakage from units like First Special Forces and Third Marine Division. Authorities fear public trials and demonstrations. Kennedy's future is noted.
The piece portrays Kennedy as the de facto leader of the Senate Democratic side, supplanting Mansfield in influence and driving policy through the Democratic Policy Committee. It notes intimates fear of Kennedy’s return to a White House bid, while revealing internal White House polling about Inouye’s viability for the whip job.
The article honors Robert Burns on January 25 with reflections from Lord Byron and others. It notes Burns paradoxes, his private life including children and marriage to Jean Armour, his Ayrshire roots, and enduring global fame. It highlights monuments such as Barre Vermont’s Burns statue and a 1899 parade honoring the Scottish poet.
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