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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1975
Page
2
The High Point Enterprise portrait shows Randall B. Terry as president and co publisher D A Rawley as co publisher with David A Rawley Jr as vice president and Mrs C H Lockwood as vice president. Joseph P Rawley is general manager and Joe Brown serves as editor.
A Virginia county GOP chair recalls that party survival is at stake amid internal quarrels sparked by conservative vs liberal strains. The piece surveys First Monday, quotes Sen Helms, Sen Percy, and voices from Arlington in a debate over a possible realignment or a broader base versus a harder conservative core.
Washington reports a publishing industry facing 1975 turmoil from inflation, high interest rates, and rising printing costs. Prices rise, sales fall, and inventories swell as publishers cut titles, lay off staff, and reduce author payments. Some foresee a recovery, others fear a shift to TV or libraries if price declines or demand falters.
The industry, facing nearly 100 million dollars in advertising outlays, plans staff reductions and tighter market research. Major mergers reshape publishers from RCA’s Random House to Time Inc.’s Little Brown and ITT’s Bobbs Merrill, prompting union drives and demand for lower salaries and fewer advances. Despite calls to curb output, publishers trimmed title production yet expect the trend to continue amid consolidation.
A Navy study reports 38 percent of enlisted men admit drinking problems rated serious to critical, with 25 percent saying excess drinking made them belligerent. Twelve percent tangled with law. 44 percent were drunk at least six times at current duty stations. Only 6 percent of problem drinkers sought help. Estimated chronic alcoholics total 30,000, costing at least $45 million yearly. Navy says treatment helps about 4,000 annually with 70 percent returned to duty.
A columnist urges Secretary of State Kissinger to resign for national interest reasons and critiques Ford Nixon Kissinger policy handling in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The piece argues for a credible US policy, cites Alroy's book The Kissinger Experience, condemns bureaucratic schizophrenia, and calls for thoughtful, widely understood policy rather than spectacle.
Washington is treated to a satirical exchange about newsmaking through a TV camera. The camera person longs for conflict, mocks selective coverage of refugees and protests, and riffs on figures like Ford Kissinger and a mock anti abortion mob. The dialogue skewers sensationalism and newsroom priorities.
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