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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1965
Page
4
The piece warns against Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s calls for boycotts and actions that could backfire in Alabama. It argues excesses risk discrediting the civil rights cause and alienating sympathetic Alabamans while urging level heads to drive fairness without harming progress.
The Saigon bombing in front of the U S Embassy kills and wounds both Americans and Vietnamese. The piece argues the attack signals Hanoi's resolve to drive the United States from Vietnam and frames the conflict as a test of freedom against a ruthless enemy.
The piece surveys the evolution of voting rights from ratification through 1948 and beyond. It traces Supreme Court rulings on disfranchisement devices like literacy tests and grandfather clauses, notes federal anti discrimination laws, and discusses political maneuvering around a possible voting rights bill prompted by Selma and proposals for federal registrars in the South. It references Sen. Russell B. Long and Southern reactions to potential legislation.
A Washington dispatch notes President Johnson occasionally phones towns himself. An operator recalls a call for lawyer Dean Acheson being routed to his name in a footnote as a dependent variable. Ailes, Freeman and Tshombe figure in a wide range of contemporaneous comments.
A letter to The Enterprise editor recalls Governor Sanford s 3 percent tax on foods, noting promises of a two year validity and a voter decision. It condemns high expense allowances for lawmakers and calls for reform to limit travel and per diem costs, arguing current practices burden North Carolina taxpayers.
A compilation of local notes covers awards and memorial funds at James town and High Point College, camp leadership changes at Camp Cheerio, growth plans tied to Interstate Highway nearby, the Trend magazine launch by Bonnie Jordan, and leadership shifts at Greensboro Daily News and the Record. It notes sponsor gifts, club policy changes, and advertising contracts among regional firms.
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