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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1971
Page
4
City inspector Freeman Hill plans a detailed downtown structural survey after a summer collapse on North Main Street. The aging central city has seen much reconstruction, while the inspection workload grows with a building boom and a new drive in bank on North Wrenn Street.
Pope Paul VI calls world media to aid social progress with understanding and love. He warns against actions that deepen tensions and urges journalists to reject divisive, hostile content while promoting true dialogue across democracies and totalitarian regimes.
USDA updates clothing size standards noting taller, trimmer young women ages 20 to 29. Bust remains 34 inches. waist and hips shrink about three quarters of an inch to an inch, thighs drop slightly, height rises about 1.4 inches, weight up about 1.9 pounds.
An editorials overview notes rising disillusion with rigid pro sports culture. It cites players resigning from teams, legal battles over contracts and antitrust issues, and broader social tensions including racism in baseball and football's labor strikes and bargaining agreements.
The piece notes revived Burma Shave style poetry on federal highways to promote anti pollution messages. It mentions a forthcoming bill led by Sen Jennings Randolph and Rep John Blatnik with support from Transportation Secretary Volpe. It cites poet submissions from David Rockefeller and Serge H Benson as examples.
The article reports President Nixon weighing economic policy after the 90 day wage price freeze while seeking to avoid a new federal bureaucracy. It notes his push for a free market and reliance on consensus, with compliance under the wage freeze monitored by IRS and Agriculture offices and occasional enforcement targets. It also mentions Jack Anderson's anti-pollution nursery rhyme satire and reader reactions.
Constitution Week events run September 17 through 23 led by the Daughters of the American Revolution and Mrs Arthur Johnson with flag flying urged by Gladys Johnson. The piece also reflects on naturalization of two women and a detailed note from Elise Stevens about American citizenship, plus a long memo on newspaper proofreading and the inevitability of typographical mistakes in daily production.
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