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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1972
Page
4
D. A. Rawley serves as president with C. H. Lockwood as vice president and J. P. Rawley as general manager while D. A. Rawley Jr. holds the other vice president post in the organization.
The piece argues Lt. Gov. Pat Taylor should not pursue a second primary runoff with Skipper Bowles. It suggests Bowles would likely gain a larger margin, notes anti incumbency sentiment, and warns of bitterness and divisive politics in a new campaign while backing Bowles as the preferable challenger to change the status quo.
The article notes President Nixon proposed in his address that North Vietnam release all American POWs and accept an internationally supervised cease fire, with a complete U.S. troop withdrawal within four months, a simple condition but unlikely to be accepted by Hanoi amid ongoing air and sea operations. The piece cites domestic critics urging a clear withdrawal timetable and warns the North holds leverage via the prisoners of war.
A Canadian policy shift aims to halt commercial salmon fishing in Canadian waters after decades of overfishing by multiple nations. Minister Jack Davis warns it will take at least ten years to recover. The Ottawa Journal questions impact without Denmark ending predatory practices in international waters.
The article describes how FBI agents gather personal information from diverse sources including airline records banks and government files. It cites Ralph David Abernathy and Muhammad Ali as examples of public figures targeted for gossip and unverified details.
The FBI used bank records, telephone company files, and even personal notes to monitor figures from boxing star Cassius Clay to Jane Fonda. Documents show confidential sources and bank memos tracing checks to groups, with secrecy tags and questions about disclosure. Footnotes claim newspapers are the agency’s most common source.
The column reports Sen Edward M Kennedy and his advisers contending with a possible McGovern onslaught. Frank Mankiewicz lays out internal estimates showing McGovern could clinch on the first ballot with 63 Ohio delegates and may gain in California and New York, forcing Kennedy to reassess his non candidacy strategy ahead of the Miami Beach convention.
A reader argues for public day schooling for hearing impaired children instead of residential state schools. She notes the high cost of residential education, calls for classrooms in public schools with trained deaf teachers, and urges parents to contact her with ideas to start a daytime program.
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