High Point Enterprise 1972 June 26 edition
The High Point Enterprise daily issue details publication by D A Rawley as co publisher in an independent newspaper format for Monday June 26 1972.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
4
The High Point Enterprise daily issue details publication by D A Rawley as co publisher in an independent newspaper format for Monday June 26 1972.
The piece weighs amnesty options for about 70,000 young men who fled or deserted military service. It surveys pardons versus conditional service, cites Taft and Koch proposals, quotes a deserter in Sweden, notes polls favoring limited forgiveness, and argues no general amnesty to uphold the rule of law.
Presidential assistant Harry Dent delivered a partisan keynote for the North Carolina Republican Party in Greensboro praising Nixon for restoring order and opening doors in foreign policy. He highlighted Nixon’s calm after riots while neglecting rising living costs unemployment trade deficits and a large federal deficit during Nixon’s tenure.
A writer notes Americans increasingly combine camping with travel using campers and trailers, driven by a vast interstate highway system and new RV industry growth. Public and private efforts expand facilities while many seek off season trips to quiet, nature rich areas like the Smokies and Monument Valley as crowds dwindle.
The document outlines three key lessons from unpublished Pentagon Papers: Johnson's bombing strategy aimed at pressuring negotiations backfired. Hanoi sought total control of Vietnam. Hanoi leaders would outwait adversaries. It notes Nixon repeats the same tactic and cites counterexamples like the 1966 Hanoi bombing and reactions by Dobrynin and Rusk.
The text recounts stalled talks with North Vietnam, renewed bombing under Johnson and Nixon, and embassy diplomacy in Moscow Paris and Peking. It cites quotes from Mai Van Bo Pham Van Dong and a Soviet diplomat, noting escalation and stubborn North Vietnamese stance while warning about political jokes and Kissinger’s central role.
Chris Conner, 1972 Central High graduate, delivered an Alpha and Omega talk at Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church. She discusses change as life’s ongoing process, dangers of awakening to reality, and the link between faith and action with references to Buber, Graeme Edge, Bonhoeffer, and scripture.
Letters to the editor discuss the abundance of insured and guaranteed loans for High Point College students. Funds are available through the College Foundation Inc and multiple banks and insurers. The Financial Aid Director should be contacted for options and applications as college doors open soon.
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