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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1962
Page
4
A brief devotional note cites Luke 13 21 about leaven hidden in three measures of meal and adds a thought from Elihu Burritt that no person can enter the world without altering the overall happiness of humanity.
Opinion by The Charlotte News Strait argues Martin Luther King’s public moral stance, his Montgomery bus campaign, and recent charity actions are scrutinized. It notes a Miami savings and loan charter contest, King’s phone intervention, GOP calls for inquiry, and cautions against clergy meddling in official government decisions.
An editorial urges Congress to tolerate dissent and reward lawmakers who speak their true minds. It argues that independent voices protect democracy, warning that conformity leads to misinformation and harms national governance.
A national insurer introduces the Good Student plan in Alabama. Licensed single male drivers aged 16 to 25 who are high school or college students can save up to 55 dollars annually if they rank in the top 20 percent, have a B average, or make the dean's list or honor roll. The plan ties lower rates to more study time and fewer accidents.
Two boys aged 19 and 18 were found guilty of street drag racing in Oak Park Illinois. Judge Thomas W Barret fined each $350 as a harsh lesson, arguing society should bar risky drivers from cars for years and treat reckless machine handling as murderously dangerous.
Three convicts escaped from Alcatraz in a week. Marilyn Monroe was fired. A California senator and a Florida congressman found common ground. A Democratic senator complained about federal workers. The Miami Herald notes a spirit of optimism as events unfold.
United Nations analysts compare Mao Tsetung’s Quemoy and Matsu pressure to Khrushchev’s Berlin tactic. They note internal strife in China, a rift among top leaders, and U.S. cautious stance on Quemoy while defending Formosa. Chiang Kai-shek seeks a mainland invasion but awaits U.S. support.
Washington notes joke about President Kennedy’s helicopter flights to Glen Ora Virginia disturbing local neighbors on weekends. Mentions Arthur King handling Senate restaurant transactions, Pierre Salinger on a heavy diet, and Senator Norris Cotton critiquing measures tied to foreign aid and debt limits.
Senator Olin D. Johnston, fresh off a 2 1 victory in the South Carolina primary, enters his New Senate office to a red carpet, cheering staff, and a fruit basket. He expects a tough November race against Republican nominee William D. Workman.
Nora Campbell Chaffin chronicles Trinity College from 1839 to 1892 near High Point, its rise as a democratic Christian liberal arts school, and its shift to Durham shaping Duke University. The piece notes key figures Brantley York, Braxton Craven, N. C. Crowell and reflects on High Point’s early educational influence and the murder case of Judge Peel in Jim Bishop’s The Murder of Judge Peel. It also reviews Herman Wouk’s Youngblood Hawke as a sprawling modern tragedy about wealth and fame.
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