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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1971
Page
4
Guilford County voters face a $30 million bond package for school facilities, Guilford Technical Institute, and a jail under court order. Passage would fund long term improvements, avoid tax rate spikes, and debt service via a 1 cent tax plan, though public hearing details remain unsettled.
The piece recalls early settlers building roads and schools themselves, emphasizing character and self-reliance as the foundation of America. It contrasts past self-sufficiency with modern calls for government aid and perceived dependence, urging civic responsibility.
An Amalgamated Workers Label Newsletter mocks wage earners as global consumers. It describes them drinking German beer in Swedish glassware, seated on Danish furniture after Italian films, in Japanese cars with Dutch fuel, and dressing in Swiss watches and Scotch tweed. They then write to their congresswoman complaining of money leaving the country.
The Berkeley city manager says the new radical council has no more control over street people than the prior administration. A riot breaks out as the city’s first black mayor and radical councilmen are absent from the scene.
Congress faces a fierce clash over Nixon's revenue sharing plan as Mills attacks the proposal calling it a dangerous blunderbuss. Governors and mayors back the program seeking relief, while lawmakers weigh block grants and political pressure to reach a compromise before 1972.
Former U S attorney Stephen Sachs testifies behind closed doors that he subpoenaed congressional telephone records in grand jury probes. On Capitol Hill, House leaders press him about whether lawmakers knew of subpoenas while Sachs argues records are essential for good cause.
The testimony discusses access to Members of Congress records by subpoenas and the reach of nationwide process. Experts note the discrepancy in treatment between Congress and the Executive and highlight constitutional limits on subpoenas for White House records. Headlines and Footnotes report unions wary of George Wallace’s appeal and Sihanouk’s letter to his imprisoned mother.
Burlington Industries shifts Burlington Yarn offices from High Point to Madison effective July 5, consolidating divisions under Lewis W. Thompson who becomes manufacturing VP directing 20 plants in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. High Point remains a major employer as the move aims to boost knitting markets and home furnishings lines.
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