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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1964
Page
4
On Labor Day 1964 the nation salutes the working man noting higher wages and a hopeful outlook while recognizing automation as progress. It urges workers and employers to adapt through retraining and shared planning to keep the economy advancing.
Rural authorities face crowded classrooms as enrollment rises in the Jamestown District. Superintendent E P Pearce urges a modern junior high at Ragsdale to relieve Jamestown and extend growth, funding from a state bond issue due in November.
The article reviews pushes toward decimal currency and metric weights and measures in English speaking nations. It notes Britain may decimalize currency, outlines the current pound system, and explains metric units and prefixes such as centi deci and kilo amid international trend toward simplification.
Fragmentary text shows a header line referencing the managing editor and circulation number. Details are unreadable beyond the basic roles and a numeric cue for circulation.
A syndicated column riffs on voting in November noting voters already know their choice. Max Rosey mocks the idea of canceling campaigns and stresses the role of personalities like Henry B. Krajewski in shaping opinions while quipping about persistent indecision.
Guest columnist Pete Ivey notes that dogs do not go mad in hot weather any more than in other seasons. Experts from Morehead Planetarium and Chapel Hill dog hospital explain rabies risk is not tied to summer heat or Sirius rising. The piece also highlights Spray Your Webworm Day on August 29 to protect persimmon crops.
The letter from Rev. Woodrow W. Robbins argues against the Higher Education Facilities Act funding for Baptist colleges and warns that federal control follows tax money. He urges North Carolina Baptists to vote down the measure in Greensboro and to keep non-Baptists off college boards.
A fragmentary piece recalls Medieval Europe festivals and the 1894 Labor Day shift to national status. It describes a Hackensack Race Track tragedy where 38 tradesmen died in a drumbeat of hooves, and warns of dangerous highways and a drag race culture amid ominous political notes and a letter to national leaders about Medicare.
Researchers at Chapel Hill study dreaming and memory, showing dreams may feel long though they last minutes. Charles A. Gn emphasizes that research and teaching support each other, with UNC listing about 12 million dollars in grants and contracts fueling work in psychiatry and dream studies.
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