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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1961
Page
3
Tomorrow North Carolina voters decide on up to 61.5 million dollars in bonds for higher education, ports, medical facilities, mental health, and rural developments. The editorial urges turnout, arguing state finances can support repayment and condemns those who oppose in the name of fiscal restraint.
A church bulletin piece argues for universal disarmament but warns of the real danger of nuclear bombs. It critiques civil defense as illusory and urges preparation to survive while pressing for world law and peace, noting hardship but stressing shared humanity.
Editorial explores a national push to teach about communism in high schools led by the NEA and American Legion. States consider or implement courses while districts differ on content, funding, and film materials amid controversy over portrayal of the Soviet Union and Red China.
The Nation's Schools survey shows 36 percent want a compulsory course on communism, 27 percent favor optional, 37 percent oppose. Gen. Nathan Twining, retired JCS chairman, later blamed insufficient education on communism for U S losses to Soviet bloc nations.
Washington report explains three conclusions about the neutron weapon: no immediate practical device, limited battlefield use with less fallout than an H bomb, and that neutrons can kill without destroying structures or causing wide radiation spread. Research continues on implosion and magnetic methods to deliver heat.
Public interest in civilian defense surges with renewed Berlin crisis and Soviet nuclear testing. OCDM reports over 20 million shelter plans sent out, about one million shelters exist, many home builders include built in shelters. Costs range from 300 to 7000 dollars with new blast shelters planned around 2000. By 1962 shelter space aimed at 50 million people with federal and local tax incentives backing efforts.
Mecklenburg County Democrats press a trial shift to earlier precinct meetings under a local amendment while state leaders clash over a new Party Plan. The dispute centers on control, discipline and inclusion as Factional rivals vie for the Senate seat and county leadership.
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