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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1961
Page
4
A meditation cites Joel 2 14 on return and blessing and notes the altar of sacrifice as the touchstone of character by O P Clifford.
The Enterprise lauds downtown High Point rejuvenation efforts as the Downtown Development Committee led by Ed Endenhall and City Planner Bill Colonna present a broad plan. The piece urges cooperative action by property owners and businesses to secure funding and implement the program to catch up with growth and meet future challenges.
A weekend convention drew few delegates, prompting debate on third party viability. The editorial notes scientists could aid policy with data and analysis but questions turnout and leadership, while urging sound conservative influence without provoking sharp public animosity.
Editorial notes the clash between high private salaries for scientists in sidebar corporations and government civil service pay. It cites Secretary of Defense McNamara and top Kennedy aides, outlining how R and D budgeting favors national security, while officials face a pay scale gap versus private sector offers.
The High Point Enterprise provides staff names including president D A Rawley and secretary treasurer Mrs R B Terry. Editor Holt McPherson and managing editor Joe Brown are listed along with advertising director W Idol Jr and circulation manager Charles B Loflin.
A light weekly digest notes Adlai Stevenson greeted with a quip about finally getting a job after a turbulent U N week. It lampoons embassy shopping in Tokyo and mockery of Soviet and German figures, plus oddities from Cape Canaveral bars and Senate subway signs.
Lynn Nisbet argues that politics influences selecting a North Carolina state advertising agency but notes the process is largely based on capability. He traces past switches among Bennett Advertising, Ayer and Gillette, and Eastman Scott, with Bennett currently holding the account. The piece compares agency selection to head-of-department appointments, highlighting commission-based pay and the dual role of agencies as state and media actors.
A collage of quotes touches U.S. tariff trade and job concerns raised by Byrd on imports. Truman and Nixon rails on taxes and politics. Western Europe seen as fragile yet hopeful, while Canadian links to Cuba provoke unease. The ACLU challenges a Los Angeles ballet censorship ruling.
Representative Ed Kemp defends a revenue plan aimed at funding education with no sales tax on food, pledging to back Governor Sanford’s program if needed. He favors finding other means to close the educational gap, noting a $56.1 million bill vs Sanford’s higher request. He touts his record of school support and cooperation with Sanford, despite differences in method.
A letter from Jean K Davidson of the N C Nursery School Assn urges readers to hear the other side of the High Point nursery school licensing dispute. She argues welfare department oversight stigmatizes schools and parents oppose it, calling for education board and health department supervision instead.
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