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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1967
Page
5
Jack E. Jeffords of Wendover Drive urges action to ease parking around the Main Post Office during market week. He cites bumper to bumper outside stalls and out of state tags blocking mail pickups, requests stricter towing and enforcement while praising free meters elsewhere in the city.
In a letter to the editor, Phyllis C. Maynard argues that despite provocation from military police, demonstrators and officers acted with commendable restraint during the Pentagon rally. She notes violence was minimal, and adds violence fuels media negativity and harms all sides without swaying opinions.
A reader argues against nightly homework for tired students, proposing homework be a class review only and suggesting funding to hire secretaries to reduce teachers’ paperwork. She praises parental teaching experience and questions pay raises for teachers.
A private citizen letter to High Point City Council urges buying additional space from Guilford County rather than selling city owned portions of the City County building. He disputes Court Reform Act claims, argues facility fees will offset costs, and warns of tax increases if the city loses revenue.
Rep. John Bell Williams, a Democrat, defeats Republican Ruchel Phillips to become governor with 263,613 votes to 113,375 as Holmes County elects the first Black legislator since Reconstruction. Williams plans hospital treatment for a leg condition and vows unity among conservatives.
Democrat James H. J. Tate narrowly wins re election as Philadelphia mayor amid a cliffhanger count. Specter falls short, with Tate securing 350,585 votes to 339,628 for Specter, in a contest that paves the way for Pennsylvania’s 1968 electoral votes.
Democrats retain control of the Virginia Legislature as Republicans gain seats in both chambers. A Negro, Dr. William Ferguson Reid, is elected to the General Assembly the first time since 1891. Republicans pick up two Senate seats and at least two House seats, striking in northern Virginia districts and floater districts in Roanoke, Amherst, and Lynchburg areas.
Louie B. Nunn, a county judge from South Kentucky, defeats Democrat Henry Ward to become Kentucky’s first Republican governor in 24 years. Ward, backed by the state regime, concedes as Nunn runs on change and opposition to national policies. With 2,927 of 3,031 precincts reporting, Nunn leads 429,931 to 408,403.
The Rt. Rev. James A. Pike, censured last year as a heretic by the Episcopal House of Bishops, spoke to overflow crowds at Christ Episcopal Church in Charlotte. He urged that personal development hinges on daily life reactions, warning against sick reactions that freeze or turn anarchic. Pike was censured for his Vietnam war and race relations stance.
The Associated Press reports a wave of firsts as Black candidates won diverse offices. Highlights include Carl B. Stokes becoming Cleveland mayor, Richard Hatcher elected Gary Indiana mayor, Dr. W Ferguson Reid joining Virginia's legislature, and Robert Clark winning a Mississippi state seat. Other wins include Iona Adkins in Charles City County, William C. Ross Jr in Pittsfield, James Wynn in North Adams, Thomas Atkins in Boston, plus several county and municipal posts.
Carl B. Stokes wins Cleveland mayoral race by 2,501 votes over Seth C. Taft. Taft considers a recount as Stokes calls for unity to rebuild the city after a hard fought campaign. Taft had led early before East Side votes shifted the result.
San Francisco voters 132 406 to 76 632 reject Proposition P calling for an immediate cease fire and U S withdrawal in Vietnam. Mayor-elect Joseph Alioto says defeat not a victory for hawks and favors negotiated peace with U S withdrawal and aid. Cambridge votes on a similar measure with results delayed.
In Tuesday ballots New York voters defeated by more than a two to one margin a proposed state constitution that would lift the ban on public aid to church schools. They approved a 2.5 billion transportation bond issue, the largest in state history, while Governor Rockefeller backed both measures.
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