Daily Meditation on Light and Insight
A devotional note reflecting on seeing good through divine light. Quotation from Psalms 4 6 and a line from Jean Paul Richter about God as unseen light that reveals colors. The text emphasizes inner perception over visual touch and spiritual warmth guiding understanding.
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God
Jean Paul Richter
Dropouts Show Pattern From Parental Background To Reading Skills
The Maryland study summarized by Percy V. Williams finds that nearly all dropouts come from parents who are themselves dropouts, with over 80 percent of mothers and fathers not completing school. More than half live in low income, unskilled households, and over two thirds avoided athletics or extracurriculars. Reading inability is the most common academic factor, with 45.5 percent reading at or below sixth grade when they quit.
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Maryland Department of Education
Percy V. Williams
NEA
Maryland
IRS rules on business expenses spark wife controversy
In a Montgomery Advertiser letter, critics attack IRS rules on deducting entertainment costs, arguing wives are treated as a net loss and suggesting the policy pressures exclusion of wives in favor of secretaries. Mortimer Caplin faces reader responses at 12th Street and Constitution Avenue Washington.
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Mortimer M. Caplin
Caplin
Eral Goodwill Entertainment
I.R.S
Internal Revenue Building
Twelfth and
Constitution Avenue
Washington, D. C
Parents Ignore Aftermath of North Portland Party Damages
The Oregonian reports a November incident where over twenty youths damaged a North Portland penthouse at Travelers' Motel. Two youths faced 20 day jail terms for larceny. another joined the Army. Owner John Goss sent 20 letters to parents. only three replies were received, highlighting alleged parental indifference.
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Portland
Travelers’ Motel
John Goss
England must survive in new European trade landscape
The Laurel Leader Call reflects on England's fight to join the European Common Market and its need to export to Europe to balance trade. It recalls World War II resilience and suggests possible action with the United States to counter restrictive European charges on American poultry and aid.
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England
Europe
United States
Uncle Sam
Britain
U. S
Harold Macmillan
High Point Enterprise Personnel and Rates Notice
The High Point Enterprise announces staff roles including D. A. Rawley president and C. W. Patterson Jr. editor. It lists advertising, circulation, and business contacts while publishing rate schedules for daily and Sunday, Sunday only, and mail subscriptions with tax notices and carrier delivery guidance.
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R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Jo& Brown
C. W. Patterson, JR
THE
Associated Press
N.C
High Point
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High Point Enterprise, Inc
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Representatives
China challenges Khrushchev over Communist world leadership
The article reports Beijing using Maoist rhetoric to attack Khrushchev and push a split in the Communist movement. It notes Peking's public broadside, Red Flag publication, and the potential for wider Asian, African, and Latin American support if Moscow fails to respond.
DMV backs end to FS-1 proof in financial responsibility law
William A. Shires notes DMV support for legislation to remove the FS-1 insurance proof requirement and adopt a strict honor system. DMV and highway patrol would gain reduced paperwork and fewer manhours spent pursuing insurance terminations, with Troopers still doing road checks for safety. Virginia experience cited: ending proof did not raise uninsured drivers.
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Edwin S. Lanier
Fd Scheidt
Department
State Highway Patrol
DMV
Highway Patrol
Sam Whitehurst
Craven
Scheidt
Insurance Department
Bible Belt label questioned by South church leaders
In wake of Charlotte Observer essays on whether the Bible Belt still defines the South, Rev. William D. Bobbitt Jr. argues for a stronger God directed theology and modern Christian education while acknowledging lingering guilt and social responsibility. He cites postwar church growth and warns against retreat to old, humanist views.
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Charlotte Observer
William D. Bobbitt Jr
Myers Park Methodist Church
L. M. Wright Jr
Piedmont Carolinas
Observer
Bobbitt
Christ
Charlotte
America
South
H. L. Mencken
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