Thoughts for Today from Bible and Carl Schurz
A compact verse and quotation stress focus on heavenly aims. Colossians 3 12 urges setting minds on above. Carl Schurz notes ideals function as guiding stars guiding pursuit of identity.
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1975
Page
2
A compact verse and quotation stress focus on heavenly aims. Colossians 3 12 urges setting minds on above. Carl Schurz notes ideals function as guiding stars guiding pursuit of identity.
Old hands describe post election chaos as run off rules and ward at large system confuse voters. The piece calls for clearer laws and prompt reporting, noting low turnout and urging the elections board to seek clarification or revision.
Edwin M. Yoder Jr argues in National Review that Britain, though fraught with class conflict, strikes and high welfare costs, still maintains core national character. He emphasizes England's stubborn human scale, institutions, ceremonies, and a morale rare amid opulence and turmoil. There should always be an England.
An overview of President Gerald Ford's rapid travel pace compared with Nixon’s. Ford has logged 56,000 foreign miles in 13 months, visited 15 countries, and already covered 38 states domestically. He plans frequent bicentennial trips and a potential China visit, sparking debate over travel costs and Washington detachment.
A Washington roundup reports that several lawmakers and officials used Navy Yard dental services without proper authorization, detailing names such as Senate leaders Mansfield Hatfield and ex Senator Cotton, plus others like Finch Hathaway and Speaker Albert. The piece notes alleged emergency care, questionable legality, and a Navy officer’s denial of comment while critics call for budgetary accountability.
A critical report by MRI director Dr. Ben C. Liu for the EPA labels the Piedmont Triad and similar areas as lacking in quality of life when compared with major cities. The study, using 243 SMSAs, sparks controversy over its methodology and fairness to smaller communities.
The MRI based study ranking Western and Northern areas as higher quality of life provokes angry responses from High Point Mayor Paul Clapp Winston Salem Mayor Franklin Shirley and other Triad leaders who call the methodology unfair and unfounded. Officials note intangible factors influence happiness while Liu defends the need for indicators to guide future policy. Meanwhile Jaycees State President Jim Morgan highlights youth political involvement and North Carolina as top Jaycee state. Bill Aderholt returns from 23 months with the Peace Corps in the Philippines, while Dr Ben R Lacy Jr donates The Survival of Ancient Literature to High Point College Library.
A Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem reader argues local media officials and the Chamber overreacted to a Midwest Research Institute ranking that labeled the area among the worst places to live. He cites marketing directories to challenge MRI claims and urges readers to focus on voting, warning against perceived socialist plant rhetoric.
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