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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1961
Page
2
Editorial urges local authorities to tighten safeguards against welfare fund misuse after Newburgh New York’s relief checks case. It notes only one able bodied man found, arguing the fizzle should not ease demands for responsible administration, given declining population and rising relief burdens.
The Enterprise thanks readers for letters praising reporters and photographers who covered the furniture show and city events. It highlights Forrest Cates Bonnie Moore Robert Marks Glenda Holder Art Richardson Joe Rawley Frank Warren Braxton Younts Bob Hoffman and others for accurate, prompt coverage of police, Piedmont, Daytona Beach races, and city scenes.
The nation mourns Ty Cobb, the Georgia Peach and baseball’s greatest, who died at 74. His fierce competitiveness and sharp business sense defined an era, shaping how players approached the game and leaving a void in sports and American attitude.
An editorial notes a renewed terror and bitterness in South Tyrol with Italian papers accusing a Nazi racist group of links to Austria and West Germany. It traces the 1915 London Treaty, postwar Italianization, and debates over autonomy and citizenship, noting bombings and threats and the potential recourse to World Court negotiations.
Leon Dennen surveys perceived decay in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, noting economic crimes amid embezzlement and forgeries, youth indifference to Marxism, and a young elite drifting toward capitalism, with critics doubting Khrushchev's declared future under communism.
Lynn Nisbet analyzes the 1961 General Assembly with mixed appraisals and notes it set records by appropriating more money and levying more taxes than any prior session. It advanced court reform, small loan regulation, and broader minimum wage coverage while facing criticism over highway safety and Senate representation.
A Civil War era prospectus reveals High Point North Carolina’s proposed weekly paper The High Point Reporter. Publisher James Harvey Moore listed four subscribers including William Clinard and Owen Craven. The plan promised neutral political coverage and varied content, with a $2 annual subscription and an 1859 October date.
Nady Cates, longtime newspaper veteran and current managing editor of the Twin City Sentinel in Winston-Salem, was honored at the annual company dinner for 30 years of service. Gordon Gray, Piedmont Publishing president, announced he will take on a new North Carolina public service assignment soon. Gray, recently named a director of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, plans to stay based in Washington while staying active in company affairs. A separate editorial note questions High Point’s share of warped individuals who threaten and prank emergency services, urging psychiatry and recognition of those who risk their lives daily.
President Kennedy has spoken less to the nation than Eisenhower at a similar point in his term. Hubert Humphrey urged a sober, reflective analysis of the Berlin crisis after a Europe trip, saying Americans deserve clear alternatives amid rising tensions.
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