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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1966
Page
4
Editorial argues against drastic action and urges calm federal civil rights reform after the Meredith shooting. It condemns violence while underscoring Mississippi must protect walkers and calls for a measured response to racial violence rather than hasty retaliation.
A poetic meditation contrasts money with confidence in man and faith as the force powering a continent. It extols pride honor and credit as wealth beyond gold oil and wheat, praising shared commerce carried by rail and road along a map of towns and pioneer routes.
Ronald Reagan's victory in the California Republican gubernatorial primary highlights party unity after ideological splits. GOP chairman Gaylord Parkinson issued the "11th Commandment" Thou shall not speak ill of any Republican to curb harsh intra party rhetoric. An anonymous wire signoff joked Keep your cotton hands off my commandment signed Moses.
The piece likens Chinese Communist Party purges to earthquakes and argues the current shakeup is the largest in 17 years. It notes targets like Peng Chen Lu Ping and Lu Ting yi, and questions the durability of Mao era leadership as age and health threaten continuity.
A reader urges action on neglectful cemetery plots and criticizes welfare payouts while praising workers who struggle to support families. The letter warns that penalties taxes and incentive erosion threaten national decay and questions why poverty exists with low unemployment.
A fragmented editorial notes a Dickens character Mr. Bumble saying the law is an ass. The piece laments the role of censorship and its misreading in current discourse.
A reader letter critiques The Enterprise editorial stance and calls for clearer separation between editorial content and advertisements. The writer argues the paper should not censor or excessively praise film content and urges consistency between the paper’s opinions and its actions.
The article questions the meaning of The Great Society, arguing its goals include universal healthcare child care guaranteed income and long term unemployment benefits while warning about who pays for such programs. It contrasts founders aims with government programs and cites Lyndon Johnson. It ends with a skeptical plea about funding.
An editorial urges NC leaders to ask graduates about future plans to curb brain drain. It links higher opportunity to keeping youth with local industry, notes changes in life and work, and stresses education investment. The piece honors Capt. H Reavis Nelson Jr. killed in Vietnam and calls for gratitude and prayers for others serving.
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