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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1975
Page
2
Randall B. Terry serves as president and co publisher alongside D A Rawley as co publisher. David A Rawley Jr holds the title of vice president while Joseph P Rawley is general manager. Mrs C H Lockwood is vice president and Joe Brown serves as editor.
The North Carolina General Assembly blocks requiring all judges to be licensed attorneys while laymen serve as district judges. Proponents argue licensing raises professional standards and reduces errors, while opponents warn it threatens voters rights under popular elections. The piece favors merit selection over popular voting and stresses the need for trained judges to handle complex rules, evidence, and procedures.
The piece surveys postwar American refugee policy, noting wide aid and asylum for some but harsh limits for others. It cites Vietnamese, Cuban, Hungarian, Chilean and Haitian cases, contrasting political need with public resistance. It discusses repatriation, resettlement, and assimilation, and ends with a wary view of changing attitudes toward the uprooted.
A confidential House report details a failed Geneva conference with 144 nations failing to reach a seabed mining accord. It cites State Department concessions, CIA skews, and Russian provocations as factors, with Treasury and Defense officials criticizing the outcome as costly to U S taxpayers.
A reader attacks Sheriff Moore’s $1.5 million request, labeling it wasteful and unfair to taxpayers. The letter questions raises for the sheriff and secretary, criticizes past spending and a separate convention, and warns voters they were duped in the last election. It laments income declines and suggests reallocating funds to other projects amid calls for accountability.
The Art Buchwald column portrays Nelson Rockefeller weighing political risks over Vietnam. He defends quiet support for federal aid, citing NY’s shifts in federal funding and urban renewal needs. The dialogue with Johnson reveals the balance between principle and purse strings.
An unsigned, fragmented note questions the naivety of High Pointers and depicts a charged view of their supposed backwardness. The terse, opinionated snippet hints at local discourse on culture, pride, and regional identity without providing clear incidents or dates.
An Irony to the Editor notes the city’s recent adoption of the animal leash ordinance and praises Sue Chappell and the Guilford County Humane Society. It contrasts this with requests for information on two dog killings, asking whether pets were harmed while leashed or left unsupervised, and questions owners' responsibility. The writer, Gloria Zeller, cites Cambridge Drive.
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