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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1962
Page
2
A compact reflection on Milton's line about the Creator resuming work after six days, contemplating creation as a grand, finished world suddenly opened to divine return and scrutiny. The passage evokes awe at divine labor and the world’s enduring order.
From Plainview Herald: a reflection on how a good name matters for credit and trust. Gossip harms reputation, while steady, honest conduct builds faith and financial worth. A bad name results from gradual bad choices, not sudden acts, and erasing it requires deliberate effort.
The Milwaukee Journal notes Texas has produced colorful names like Billie Sol Estes and Barefoot Sanders, with parallels to Southern figures such as Cotton Ed Smith and Kissin' Jim Folsom. As fashions in naming change, newspapers suggest such whimsical appellations fade, while fiction may keep aliases like Major Major Major Major from Catch-22.
The Roanoke Times discusses a royal commission report proposing a government court to regulate newspaper mergers and advertising space. It urges concern that if Britain imposes such controls, the press could lose autonomy and become subservient to the state, undermining liberty.
A London report notes a pocket-sized radio jammer selling for 2.2 dollars, turning transistor radios into howling devices on beaches, trains, and planes. While legal status is murky, the piece suggests jamming could be seen as self-defense and would likely fade as etiquette improves.
Jim Comstock, editor of the West Virginia Hillbilly, comments on a specific rural mail route in Northern West Virginia, highlighting its status and potential issues for Rural Free Delivery.
In a column from The High Point Enterprise a reader notes that every month the postman deposits a federal check in about 100 of 120 mail boxes on a local route. The piece argues residents will vote in November and questions the capacity of federal checks to back their value. It laments that only taxpayers can support the checks and criticizes the idea of universal federal payments.
Washington observers anticipate the 1962 elections will largely preserve the current balance of power with incumbents retaining seats in both chambers. The Cuban crisis is expected to influence voter choices, but party control may shift little as Republicans hedge gains and Democrats defend tougher margins, especially in the Senate and House battlegrounds.
WILLIAM A. SHIRES CAPITOL SQUARE .CHATTER S BANKING The line drawn by the State Banking Commission in Hickory and Shelby decisions is a temporary one. The commission aims to study the impact of branch banking on locally owned banks and to establish general ground rules for future cases. A study committee led by J. Kemp Dough ton has mailed inquiries to North Carolina banks and will reconvene in Raleigh to draft guidelines for the General Assembly.
Notes on the News describe how new branch applications in Hickory and Shelby challenge the modern banking law. The Banking Commission may lack authority to reject, stirring debate on public convenience and impact on smaller independents. A study committee was appointed as expansion moves provoke controversy and signal turning points.
Chicago O Hare International Airport emerges as a vast 7200 acre facility with an 11600 foot main runway. It features elevated access, glass canopies, telescopic loading, and extensive glass walls for spectator views. Employment reaches 10000 with 315 city staff, while airport payments back municipal functions. Financing relies on airline participation. projected payoff in 27 years, potentially 20. Midway remains for private and non schedule flights. A 22 story control tower rises as cargo space fills within months. J P Dunne oversees planning to minimize accidents and ensure growth.
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