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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1965
Page
4
Quote from Eleanor Roosevelt about life and curiosity. The text frames life as precious and urges never to turn away from living despite risks. Includes biblical reference from Job 2 4.
In a lengthy critique, Percy Sears of the Board of County Commissioners challenges Greensboro and Guilford County for taking less funding per student than High Point. He argues the postwar population boom requires a revised bond and money distribution formula to build adequate classrooms.
The essay contrasts small and large American cities, noting beauty persists in few places through planned efforts. It cites Raleigh and Harlem as examples of missed chances for open spaces and parks, urges more large open areas, and argues for integrating playgrounds into urban planning to foster beauty and utility.
The excerpt lists evolving ZIP mail usage and NIMS, local city hall reactions, and quotes from C E Wood. It also mentions Eisenhower possibly playing in Greensboro Open pro am, a Gardner-Webb College convocation, and Sam Snead with Tony Lema exhibition golf. It closes with varied notes on theater, donors, and a satirical Lincoln piece.
The article examines conflicts over naming a new UNC Charlotte campus and the risk of confusion with UNC Greensboro and UNC Chapel Hill. It weighs potential names to avoid misidentification and political entanglements with South Carolina.
The piece reviews moves to abolish capital punishment in states including Iowa becoming 10th to end it, and New York figures like Governor Rockefeller and Senator Wagner weighing changes. It notes Sing Sing inmates awaiting execution, past stays, and broader international and state actions influencing abolition debates.
Rates and billing terms from The High Point Enterprise list daily and Sunday, Sunday only, weekly, and multi month options. Includes mail payable in advance and NC tax notes with contact for Ward-Griffith Company and national representatives.
Senator Fulbright questions foreign aid effectiveness while Congress weighs the program. He criticizes amendments attached to aid bills as unrelated, calling the program a so called garbage can for unrelated provisions. The debate centers on the scope and purpose of postwar aid.
Notes on the news outline Senator Morgan arguing that splitting foreign aid to allow separate congressional votes on military and economic assistance would endanger funding for economic aid. He concedes changes could shift programs, though he gave no timing and expects unlikely quick action this year or next.
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