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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1964
Page
3
The piece urges voters ahead of the May 30 Democratic primary to support Richardson Preyer for governor. It argues confident progress under Democratic leadership, condemns fringe efforts to disrupt unity, and questions calls of a malignant political machine while urging voters to back the candidate best positioned to move North Carolina forward.
Graduation marks more than the end of schooling as it signals a beginning. The season celebrates achievement and farewell while urging graduates to keep learning as a lifelong habit amid a fast changing world.
Lady Bird Johnson handled herself well under a hostile query from a Republican congressman about poverty on her Alabama farm. She welcomed bipartisan concern, urged a full-scale national job and educational program, and drew attention after touring Kentucky poverty areas. The Lexington Herald praised her poise and humor amid talk of a LBJ ticket.
A collection of brief items and quips from various papers. Highlights include Charles de Gaulle’s playful battles with the British and American symbols, a punchline on clover leaf exchanges, an auto salesman’s challenge, UN actions in Congo, a quip about wrinkle resistance, hospital reforms, golf hole in one recordings, a Cape Kennedy job joke, teen discipline and telephones, and a professor leaving behind tape recorders for lectures.
President Johnson moves toward a landmark payback for civil rights by ending racial discrimination in organized labor. A new federal standard for hiring apprentices could force unions to admit minorities across trades, leveraging contracts with the government. Meany backs broader non discrimination as 115 unions sign pledges while holdouts linger. The push aims to curb civil rights unrest by expanding job opportunities for Negroes and other minorities in major AFL CIO unions.
A sermon extols quiet strength over loud force citing Isaiah 30 15 and the idea that true power comes from calmness. It contrasts stormy acts with silent earth moving forces, shares a submarine rescue parable, and urges retirement to prayer to unleash national power through humility and faith. CER
A series of blasts rocked the High Point College neighborhood during Thursday night. President Wendell Patton vows to locate and hold accountable the culprits for disrupting the Ed Millis dormitory residents amid exam season tensions. Police were unable to identify suspects as students fled the area, and the college emphasizes it does not condone neighbor disturbance.
Co-Chairmen J Alton Stanford and Tilman Thomas of United Community Services of Greater High Point invite agencies to submit budgets for Inclusion as they review agency needs next month for the 1964 fall appeal. The piece highlights joint campaigns, education, and efficiency aims with observations on local leaders and related civic activities.
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