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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1961
Page
4
Editorial lauds a seven point program to aid the textile industry without disrupting world commerce. It highlights expanded research, tax and credit incentives, SBA financing for modernization, cotton price gap studies, aid to distressed sectors, and international trade talks aimed at timely relief for a second largest U.S. employer.
High Point voters handed the City Council a mandate for bipartisan city government. Three Democrats and two Republicans join four holdover Democrats as the new administration faces growth and annexation challenges with a mix of experience and vigor.
City slums stem from minority clustering and poverty. Tobriner proposes urbanization schools modeled on Americanization programs to aid newcomers with police, health, religious, and education guidance. Newcomer crime and disease trends motivate long term funding. Cuban and Puerto Rican arrivals illustrate English needs and public health concerns.
The Kennedy proposal on voluntary domestic censorship echoes a wartime system ready to roll if a national emergency arises. A shadow cadre of military and civilian officers, established in 1945 under Byron Price, stands by for drills and action. Questions remain on how far voluntary rules suffice and how diplomatic channels, travel, and pouches would be treated in peacetime or under emergency, with past episodes showing risks of political manipulation.
Lynn Nisbet outlines a Department of Revenue review of April and ten month tax collections to gauge economic trends and the feasibility of raising revenue estimates. He notes April income tax receipts lagged year over year but ten month totals rose, with sales and gasoline taxes showing gains and some highway revenues slipping.
The column criticizes both major parties for lacking strong candidates in the recent High Point municipal race and urges vigorous, ongoing leadership from Democrats and Republicans. It notes the public’s ability to select mayors across party lines and discusses regional development, county cooperation, and civic planning including a new shopping center and zoning oversight.
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