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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1960
Page
2
The meditation notes that Mark 1 18 shows Jesus disciples abandoning nets boats and families to follow him. It asks believers what they must forsake to answer Christ. Missionaries may relinquish relatives homeland and business chances while those left behind should sacrifice time and money to advance the world of the Lord.
The piece notes Rockefeller will not join the Republican ticket, but may influence the platform and defend a defense plank he sees as realistic. Nixon faces party leaders bound by state results, while Rockefeller’s role could shift the campaign tone, offering practical contrast to rhetoric.
A Senate subcommittee report faults many statutes and executive orders for secrecy, urging comprehensive national and state open records legislation. Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. pushes a model bill to curb chaos and boost public confidence in democracy. North Carolina is cited as relatively progressive but inconsistent.
Editorial notes Castro era shift from rebels to institutions INRA and Rebel Army hold real sway while few major meetings occur. Reported internal dissent grows as opposition forms within the movement. Castro fears the rising middle class as the regime touts direct democracy and acclamation over elections. The anniversary recalls Jose Marti and a debated independence myth.
U.N. diplomats say Khrushchev’s tougher tone over Congo Cuba and the RB-47 incident stems from a Bucharest accord with Mao Zedong. The plan blends peaceful coexistence with Maoist drive to oust the U.S. from overseas bases, pressuring NATO while the U.S. seeks calm in a presidential election.
The piece highlights a new frontier era led by young executives in North Carolina and nation al politics. Kennedy or Nixon will lead the U S next, Sanford is favored for governor with Gavin as possible rival if Republicans gain. University leaders Atkins Aycock Caldwell and Blackwell typify youthful leadership driving growth and expanding continuing education across Chapel Hill State Greensboro and women’s and Negro colleges.
High Point hosts 200 visitors from Guilford and northern Piedmont for a regional development tour. The program includes stops at Southern Furniture Exposition Building Greensboro Coliseum Lorillard plant Curtis meat Lay’s chips and a social at Pilot Life clubhouse followed by a Busick picnic. Also features a planned obituary portrait unveiling for H N Williard at High Point Savings and Trust and commentary on civil rights sit-in protests resolved by local stores.
City Librarian Neal Austin reports a record high circulation but reveals a shortage of books with 35 972 volumes on the shelves a per capita shortfall and quality books lacking. Last year additions fell far short of the target, and purchases covered only a third of family borrowing, urging funding to buy more good books. Meanwhile Miss Ann Farrington Herring and Miss Tommie Frances Town send represented High Point in Miss North Carolina competition with Town earning notable honors as a non-finalist.
The government and educational system in North Carolina are described as being taken over by young people unafraid of new ideas and undismayed by frontiers. The challenge to older figures like Jack Kennedy and Terry Sanford is for them to join the parade, step aside, or be run over. The youths may not know their precise destination, but they proceed with assurance and confidence.
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