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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1969
Page
3
Greenville News editorial page summarizes a Furman University panel discussion on media bias and advertising influence. panelists note reporters slant stories from ignorance or youth and stress balanced staffs, while defending printing on merit and the limits of editorial space.
In Wheeling, WV, the Intelligencer notes that public policy raises job costs for teens. Before 1966 about 38 percent of the nation s more than five million independent businesses employed teenagers. Now fewer than 21 percent do so as minimum wage rules push employers toward adults or to drop teen employment. The piece argues this reduces both social and economic value of a legally established minimum wage.
The article argues the Vietnam War fractures the United States with strong public opinion splits. It notes 80 percent fed up with the war yet 57 percent oppose immediate U S troop withdrawal, and cites events like the Oct 15 moratorium and Nixon's Nov 3 address as intensifying the divide. It mentions Veterans Day rhetoric and accusations framing opponents as unpatriotic.
The Indianapolis Star notes President Nixon urging business and labor to show self-discipline to fight inflation while Congress and the Senate consider approving a federal pay increase. The move would add about 1.5 billion to the federal payroll this year and 4.3 billion in future years. Nixon ties inflation to broader restraint and calls for patience.
A formal slate lists D. A. Rawley as president and Mrs H. Lockwood as vice president. Other officers include David A. Rawley Jr as vice president, Joseph P. Rawley, secretary Randall Terry Jr as treasurer Holt McPherson, editor Joe Brown, executive editor C. W. Patterson Jr, advertising director V. Woodiol, business manager Richard Teague, and circulation manager.
A collection of letters from High Point readers railing against Sunday store openings, praising veterans’ remembrance, and debating taxes, school desegregation, freedom of speech, and local civic issues. Individuals include W Gordon Causey, Dale L. Smith, Newlin Hayworth, Mrs. William G. Fick, and Bill Jerome Bloomer, highlighting Blue Laws, patriotism, and urban planning concerns.
Betty Shackelford Lewis urges Americans to honor God this Thanksgiving, recalling the Pilgrims who fled persecution for worship freedom. She warns freedoms are not absolute rights and calls for reverence, duty to neighbors, and living as brothers in faith.
A devotional verse praising daily thanksgiving to the Lord across seasons and thanking Christ for sacrifice. It reflects gratitude for creation, work, sight, speech, and the promise of Christ’s return. The author Lena Hammer Thacker signs the poem with a personal blessing.
A collection of short poems and reflections celebrating autumn beauty and faith. Clara Williams praises nature’s colors as proof of divine presence, followed by Jennifer Owens urging prayer in the closet, Mrs Don R Boyles recounting a faith journey, and Virginia Buser reflecting on a clock’s passage of time and life’s rhythms.
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