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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1970
Page
4
Editorial page from the High Point Enterprise dated Saturday January 31 1970 presents opinion pieces on local and national issues. The page features columns by staff writers and guest contributors discussing politics economy and social matters of the era.
The column argues Americans are not sick but face crises such as war pollution urban living race relations and inflation. It urges courage and disciplined action inspired by Churchill and stresses faith in God fellow humans self and work as antidotes. It ends with a New Year wish for health in 1970 and beyond.
A Detroit Free Press facet praises women's practical skills in a humorous list. Examples include healing a finger, lighting up moods, driving with no gas, untangling lights, sewing, cooking Beef Stroganoff, and fixing leaks with chewing gum. The column ends by affirming that women are wonderful.
Readers urge action on rental housing safety and certificate of occupancy while defending public prayer at council meetings. Letters advocate support for Senator Ervin’s Freedom of Choice school bill, arguing for parental choice and limits on federal oversight.
Raleigh Times notes Wingate College trustees adopt a policy banning beards and long hair among students and faculty. The piece warns outward appearance should not overshadow inner character and cautions against equating clothes with success.
A widow sells her possessions at auction to raise funds for a move, each item carrying memories of happiness with her late husband. The editor notes describe the sadness in her eyes as her worldly goods vanish and the line between market and mourning blurs.
A dramatic dialogue where Death reveals a person’s fate was shaped long ago by themselves. The speaker seeks religion at last, only to learn that their own beliefs were never present, highlighting the emptiness of unmade spiritual choices. Virginia Buser echoes the inevitability of mortality.
A devotional lyric asks why God notices a frail believer and recalls Calvary’s sacrifice as the reason. The verse ponders divine patience and personal faith in a hymnlike prayer. Also a caricatured couplet mocks tyrants gaining office, calling them roses then noses. Andrew Talbert credits.
A farewell scene unfolds as tears flow when a soldier departs with a kiss from a waiting sweetheart. A loud speaker announces his departure as the jet rises toward distant lands. Hope, faith, and duty shape the couple’s future, with Millard H. Bodenheimer named.
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