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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
4
A devotional excerpt cites II Corinthians 10 16 urging preaching beyond familiar fields. Horace Bushnell emphasizes the grand gospel aim to reveal God to people everywhere, guiding faithful ministry and outreach.
An observant High Point business man analyzes global and domestic conditions as stock prices erase over a hundred billion dollars since December. He discusses the European Common Market, inflation, steel industry tensions, and forecasts from Business Week predicting gradual recovery into 1963 with significant economic impact through 1965. He views current anomalies as troubling but not insurmountable.
Government economists see the current CPI uptick as an irregular jump within a long stability period. The wholesale index has been steady for four years, with declines in poultry and milk countered by gains in fresh produce and used cars. Services costs rose the most, but overall living costs remain about five percent higher than four to five years ago. There is little danger of a runaway price rise given continued production capacity and no record demand.
Editorial notes nine incumbents compete for eight U S House seats in Alabama amid county by county splits and incomplete redistricting. May 29 runoff looms as voters weigh incumbents such as Rains Elliott Jones and Boykin faces while Republicans eye at large bids to gain a foothold.
The High Point Enterprise lists leadership and staff roles with D. A. Rawley as president Mrs. R. B. Terry as secretary treasurer Holt McPherson and Joe Brown as managing editors Co. W. Patterson Jr. Advertising Director Vv. W. Idol Jr. Business Manager Charles B. Loflin Circulation Manager Editor.
Attorney General Robert F Kennedy was introduced in Roanoke by Burr Harrison at the Virginia State Bar Law Day. The improvisational speech praised Massachusetts and Virginia, noted shared history, and lauded Kennedy as the nation’s top law officer.
Guest column by W. H. Elliott highlights eastern North Carolina livestock growth from 1938 to present. He lists regional meat packers and notes state consumption around 346 million pounds annually with 198 million pounds deficit to be met from outside sources. Our local hog production stands at 70 percent of the need.
Notes on regional livestock shortages highlight a 40 000 hogs per week deficit in the southeastern United States. Virginia bears the greatest strain as Eastern Carolina packers import from Georgia and the Midwest, risking $1 400 000 in weekly potential gross income. The speaker urges local expansion in hogs and beef, with support from banks, educators, and government agencies to finance feed grain and livestock ventures.
Dr. Clarence A. Velat of Detroit will become chief of laboratories at High Point Memorial Hospital starting July 1, with Dr. Helen Horn returning after an extended leave as assistant director. The arrangement aims to double lab leadership, easing overwork while maintaining Horn’s expertise. Daniel Searle’s politics warning and stock market concerns are noted amid regional economic coverage including a Raleigh highway pilot program in Guilford County.
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