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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1961
Page
4
A daily meditation cites Luke 9 60 on proclaiming the kingdom of God. The author E N Kirk urges personal souls to be brought to Christ as the great employment.
Archibald Cox urged the Supreme Court to remand a Tennessee redistricting case for merits review. He proposed altering vote values for senators and representatives to correct over and under representation, suggesting district fractional votes or reallocation after a new enumeration and court order. The piece highlights unequal representation and potential federal remedies in a tax heavy, underrepresented state.
The piece quotes Edward R. Murrow endorsing a firm but non jingoistic USIA at the helm of the United States Information Agency. It notes his Senate Foreign Relations committee approval and argues USIA should report America’s true story, including controversies, while countering propaganda abroad.
Editorial notes hepatitis as an acute liver infection hitting the United States in early 1961. It distinguishes infectious hepatitis (type A) from serum hepatitis (type B), outlines transmission via contaminated water and needles, and cites case totals, fatality rates, and preventative measures including gamma globulin.
Opinion argues that aid to religious and private schools is not establishment of a church and that tax funds flow to education via local and federal systems. It cites historical church involvement in schooling, questions court overreach, and links secular drift with rising juvenile crime and divorce, ending with need for faith.
A review of how the NC highway commission evolved from 1915 to the 1960s, chartering the shift from a small power base to a multi district board and a separate highway director. The piece links governance continuity with changing administration and Sanford’s push for reorganization to tighten public contact and support school funding.
A letter from High Point leaders laments misuses of the city name and urges citizens to uphold the town's reputation across the state. Camp Cheerio will open June 1 with Norman Weisbecker chairing, Max Cooke reporting expanded season plans, and church groups slated to use facilities around the camping schedule. Mrs. Wilbur W. Kauffman, a former Local student, won New Jersey contest honors for Sonnet For The Space Age, praised for its strong lines and stark imagery.
A poem by Professor Walter Blackstock of High Point College appears in Quicksilver. It contrasts flood tide and ebb tide as love scenes with vivid imagery including silk-froth weather and hibiscus flames.
The Enterprise letters urge a Better Business Bureau or price stabilization board for High Point consumers. John R. Surratt of Denton NC comments on Raleigh House tactics, opposing absentee voting limits and debating seat increase impacts on schools. He questions Governor Sanford’s focus on quantity over quality.
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