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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1959
Page
8
Reporter Jim Bishop recalls famed newspaper leads and the editors who chased those bright lines. He cites examples from Grantland Rice to Doris Duke intrigue, noting how a clever lead can define a era and a career.
Houston AP reports 116 year old Walter Williams, the last Confederate veteran, was promoted in a weekend bedside ceremony by a group calling itself the Confederate military order. Williams nodded off during the ritual and drank whisky for a chill.
AP correspondent Michael Goldsmith reports on a two day Geneva to East Germany visit. He describes Stalinstadt’s industrial growth, state services, cheap goods, and low rents while noting life lacks vitality and church attendance is discouraged. An elderly inmate hints at hidden concerns about Western neighbors.
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