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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1961
Page
4
Editorial warns of a new power center forming around Peiping within the Communist Party. It argues such a struggle could divide and threaten Western aims, urging vigilance and readiness to confront internal and external communist forces.
Mayors press the 1963 General Assembly to define legal obligations for ambulance service. Funeral directors face economic pressure and may withdraw private service, prompting calls to pool resources or legislate a public interest framework for emergency coverage.
Editorials discuss Kennedy and Rusk efforts with Gromyko to resume high level talks. Western unity divides over scope while Soviets use delay and propaganda to press aims, with past failures from Austria to Paris highlighting fragile prospects for disarmament and peace.
London outlined a constructive policy toward joining the European Common Market. Edward Heath framed a marriagelike proposal with no hard conditions beyond technical treaty adjustments. Britain would accept a common trade policy and external tariff and join the common agricultural policy while addressing British Commonwealth concerns via protocols.
British intentions to move in step with the European community are welcomed by Europeans who favor a larger United Europe while Gaullist fears linger about sovereignty. Heath’s pledge to work with the six aims to reinforce unity though parallel talks with Britain and the seven-nation group complicate the process, with a long, arduous road expected and a Brussels ministerial start on November 8.
The Kennedy era brings informal state hospitality as Attorney General Kennedy invites about 100 DOJ staffers to a White House reception for the Supreme Court and federal judiciary. Even nonoperational staff like Miss Edna Biggs and two elevator operators join the affair.
Notes report on Senate committee scripts and Kennedy green debates. Fath proposes illustrated campaign volumes. White House secretary clues Kennedy green. Senator Clifford Case plays the pipe organ, with aides noting his organ-finding skill. The Nixon doll gag is the latest Washington fad.
Paul Harvey used WMFR to spotlight High Point during a national ABC broadcast. He praised Southern Furniture Market for mass producing chic yet affordable home furnishings and noted High Point College as a beacon for leadership. He contrasted High Point’s past tar pits with today’s hosiery and furniture power, praising local industry and civic vigor.
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