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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1970
Page
4
The piece questions Nixon's European tour and world diplomacy aimed at boosting images before elections. It notes public relief at his safe return and critiques the trip as more show than solid achievement. It cites Sixth Fleet displays and high exposure for TV coverage, with limited tangible gains.
The piece argues the United Nations proved powerless during Syria's invasion of Jordan and the Arab conflict. It notes the United States and the Soviet Union avoided public debate and that the Security Council cannot act when big powers veto. Diplomats warn of creeping irreverence as the 25th anniversary nears.
Secretary Kennedy outlines a cautiously improving U S economy with a possible 1971 upturn while Nixon advisers push inflation containment. Fed chair Burns eases policy, taxes and spend rises loom as Congress acts, signaling potential tax increases next year.
President Nixon quietly urged a pension increase from 25000 to 60000 a year for former leaders. Bryce Harlow lobbied Speaker John McCormack to slip the rider into postal reform legislation, with Thaddeus Dulski resisting at first. The plan would also raise widows' benefits, benefiting Mamie Eisenhower and potentially Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis? The move was pushed after Johnson and Nixon met on the issue. Truman would gain most in effect.
The column links a proposed rise in Mrs Dwight Eisenhower’s pension from 10000 to 30000 with broader foreign policy tensions. Officials warn of a new Cuban missile crisis risk as Polaris submarines and Soviet facilities at Cienfuegos draw concern, while a separate note questions Boeing 747 safety based on internal documents and rivet failures.
Gerald W. Johnson former UNC journalism teacher is celebrated on his 80th birthday with Maryland Governor issuing a Johnson Day proclamation calling him a thoughtful journalist author and critic. Baltimore officials praise his advocacy for the oppressed while he reflects on aging and national decline.
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