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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1974
Page
2
The Henderson Dispatch notes a committee framing a reduced expenditure schedule and a witness accusing lawmakers of authorizing appropriations and generating demand for funds. It urges taxpayers to expect genuine economy in the coming session, hoping this one will be the exception.
Lynchburg column argues two cases reaching the Supreme Court challenge forcing newsmen to join or pay dues to unions. It notes the Second Circuit’s partial ruling allowing dues, warns of penalties for dissent, and criticizes Congress for limiting press rights while considering source-withholding laws.
North Carolina needs a couple hundred judges like Judge Fentress Horner of Elizabeth City serving as a substitute this week. He favors stiff fines and active jail terms for habitual offenders, prompting many defendants to seek appeals to the Superior Court as a second chance to beat the rap.
Winston-Salem Sentinel urges speed on the New River study bill as Congress breaks for campaign season. It warns that unless the Rules Committee moves the measure to the full House before adjournment, the Blue Ridge dam project could proceed. It notes potential farm losses and energy-versus-environment tensions, urging North Carolinians to write Rules Committee members.
Jackson Miss Daily News reports Postmaster General E T Klassen says soon all unpaid mail will be sent back to sender if a return address exists. Mail without a return address goes to the dead letter office where opened and destroyed if no sender is identifiable. Include stamps to avoid being routed to the dead letter office and potential loss of heat light and water and bill-collectors hassle.
Rep E G Bud Shuster faced a newspaper bid to buy out Bedford Gazette amid a stock fraud suit while editor Ned Frear pursued the facts. The piece also details civil rights tensions at GSA, Thurmonds push for earlier tuition benefits, and Wolff’s probe into questionable foreign drug licenses.
Enterprise editor emeritus outlines inflation pressures on newspapers and households, urging frugality and shared sacrifice. Veterans Day shifts from Armistice Day to honor all who served, with nationwide speeches and flags. A Potomac Associates poll in State of the Nation 1974 reports 83 percent positive ratings of democracy, 81 percent optimistic trust in the system, and 88 percent feel price rises eroding gains.
A reader disputes a prior editorial, recalling 1962 63 High Point civil rights actions led by James Farmer. The writer describes planning five marches, police cooperation, a bi racial commission, and later provocations by rival leaders. They claim few arrests, no brutality, and say actions stopped after the Civil Rights Act amid tension.
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