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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1972
Page
7
The narrator recalls a first night in jail with seven and a half hours of wakefulness. He envisions his children and tries to grasp messages in the sand as wind erases them. He describes 6:30 breakfast with scrambled eggs, cereals, bread, and butter, then remains locked in his cell as two girls sit nearby.
The narrative describes awaiting sentencing for shoplifting and drug charges in a jail. Inside a punishment cell the narrator endures uncertainty about examination timing, limited space, crowded cells, and rough humor from fellow inmates as they navigate meals, orders, and shared coping with confinement before court proceedings.
A columnist reflects on perceived shifts in sexual norms through three anecdotes. A married couple deciphers a dictionary in bed, a soap opera portion includes multiple intimate events with no overt fallout, and a neighbor’s child asks for a quick, blunt sex talk.
Social Calendar lists 6:45 pm Trindale Woman's Club at Sheraton with 6 pm executive board. 10 am Wake Robin Garden Club at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church and Brooklea Garden Club with Mrs. Robert at 1317 Longcreek Dr. Ocean Garden Club meets 10 am in First Presbyterian Church parking lot for a trip to Friendly Shopping Center. 2 pm Busy Bee Garden Club hosted by Mrs. A. L. Allred at 929 Northwood St. 2:30 pm Daughters of the American Revolution Alexander Martin Chapter meets with Mrs. Charles C. Hoover at 1011 Wickliff Ave.
A columnist teases a wave of sex filled zoo stories and potential books. Examples include a camel mate swap at the Los Angeles Zoo and a lion named Frasier at Lion Country Safari noted for mating with multiple lionesses. The piece jokes about animals gaining human sexual notoriety.
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