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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1962
Page
4
A school superintendent uses a thought experiment to show how 2.75 billion people compress into a 1000 population town. It contrasts 60 Americans with 940 others in income, religion, race, life expectancy, and resource use to illustrate U S strength and global responsibility.
The Indianapolis Star notes that earning $25 000 in 1961 equates to $10 000 in 1939, reflecting dollar depreciation. It observes Congress increased pay from 10 000 in 1939 to 25 000 in 1961 including 2 500 expense allowance, and argues lawmakers should curb raises, cut deficits, and strengthen the dollar.
The United States should back Kennedy's plan to buy half of a 200 million dollar UN emergency bond issue. Subscribing would trim America's share of UN force costs, while denying dues to the UN would risk Moscow influence. Congress must express national faith in the UN even amid future troubles.
The University of Chicago launches a new program to seek top students from small rural high schools. It visits small towns to invite promising youngsters to apply, aiming for an excellent, representative student body and educational opportunities students hadn’t imagined.
The High Point Enterprise details staff positions and contact lines. It lists editor Joe Brown and managing editor W Paterson Sr, with office address 305-307 North Main Street, High Point NC. Rates show daily and Sunday, daily only, Sunday, and mail subscriptions with regional tax notes. It notes AP affiliation and nonresponsibility for advance payments.
Security officers expect to screen 1 500 to 2 500 applicants for the State Department this year and reject about 200 for sex perversion or general security concerns. Current staff cuts will reduce domestic security to 140 officers plus 108 clerks while overseas posts gain 35 security officers. Officials insist there will be no wholesale firings or lower standards, though morale and continuity are affected by staffing churn and leadership changes.
The writer urges mutual dependence as a guiding truth in home church and nation. Every role relies on others from parents to teachers to doctors to writers, showing how life and progress depend on exchange, cooperation, and kind treatment.
The text urges gratitude to God for all Creation and to live with kindness toward the poor, farmers, manufacturers, and workers. It emphasizes that all blessings come from God and that He should be supreme in daily conduct, worship, and readiness to meet Him. Rev. Walter F. Isenhour from Taylorsville, N. C. signs the piece.
Wake Forest, led by Bones McKinney, wins tense playoff games with Yale and St. Joseph to reach the NCAA regional finals, facing the Villanova NYU winner while other local events include a Boy s Home Invitational and a community art sale benefiting education and public trust funds.
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