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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1955
Page
6
The column discusses how a husband's reaction to a tidy home depends on his attitude and energy. It notes some men demand high energy from others and may resent laziness, while others seek emotional satisfaction and companionship. It adds a general tendency to condemn others who indulge in mind.
A column argues that people often resist disliked truths yet cling to loud claims offering simple solutions. It notes individuals may explode at hypocrisy, while masses follow persistent voices, citing Nazism and Hitler as an example of a dangerous doctrine used to justify conquest.
Salisbury white group the Salisbury Spencer Ministerial Assn voted for merger. the Salisbury Ministerial Alliance had already merged. A Fayetteville forest fire reduced visibility contributing to a five car chain wreck on U S 301 five miles north of here injuring three, none seriously.
William C. McConnell 36 a civilian engineer at a construction site was killed when a six ton dump truck backed into him as it unloaded cement. Driver Lexi R. Smith of Cameron said he saw McConnell only after backing up. No charges were filed. In Winston Salem 22 year old Grant Nowlin died after a gunshot wound while showing his girlfriend Ellen Sigman a Russian roulette game and winnings.
About 400 members of the Carolinas Theatre Owners Association concluded a two day meeting in Charlotte after a general session led by Alfred Starr of Nashville Tennessee. The workshop was sponsored by Metro-Golder and covered industry topics.
The Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee in Asheville studied acreage allotments marketing quotas price supports and conservation in separate sessions. E T York NC State College spoke on efficient production and J B Hutson noted favorable export prospects for flue-cured tobacco. Clyde R Greene presided. convention moves to Winston-Salem.
The Utilities Commission will hold a Thursday hearing on Denton Telephone Co. request for a rate boost of about 6400 dollars annually and for authority to borrow up to 60000 dollars to fund improvements and expansion in its system.
Clark Walker of Old Fort NC in the animal industry major at North Carolina State College will receive 1560 dollars for graduate study in dairying for 1955 56. He is named one of three national winners of Ralston Purina Research Fellowship awards in science.
Fayetteville lawyer John Cates Harris age 49 drowned off Holden's Beach and was recovered yesterday. A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Highland Presbyterian Church. Harris is survived by his wife Dr Grace Harris.
Fire destroyed the Mansfield Lumber and Building Supply Co. near Morehead City last night. No one was hurt. Damage was estimated at 100000 by owner Mel Mansfield. Fire officials said the blaze likely started from an overheated boiler.
The report outlines Churchill's expected resignation and the naming of Anthony Eden as the Conservative leader to form a new government. Queen Elizabeth would summon Eden for an audience while Churchill remains in the Commons as elder statesman and the BBC may break the news.
Former Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall said he wanted to send trucks through the Berlin blockade but was overruled by higher ups. He credited Gen. Lucius Clay with the blockade running idea and said Russians might have yielded if Americans called their bluff. Royall also noted he might have run for governor of North Carolina in 1948 if the blockade had not occurred.
Justice William Douglas of the United States Supreme Court will address a campus gathering at the University of North Carolina tonight. The event is sponsored by the Law School Assn and the Carolina Forum with Dean Henry P. Brandis Jr. introducing him. He will be honored at a dinner at the Carolina Inn prior to the speech.
Atlanta report says Southern Bell advertises for cable helpers framemen and linemen plus long distance operators and clerks while a 23 day strike disrupts service. CIO union warns recruitment may be used to force workers back while most regular staff remain on strike or fired for alleged violence.
Hodges chairs session as C and D Board discusses fire hazards in eastern North Carolina and inaccessibility challenges. Reports cover wood industry directory progress, state park preparations for peak seasons, and rising public use.
New York A The destructive tactics of medical headline hunters were among obstacles to the tobacco industry's growth last year says H A Kent chairman of P Lorillard Co at the annual stockholders meeting. He predicted volume would expand and the industry would resume progress noting Lorillard weathered crusades epidemics and adverse criticism and posted its second best year in 1954 despite sales and earnings decline. Kent argued no definite conclusions on smoking and cancer have been reached and urged scientists and agencies to seek truth rather than foster fear with hurried studies. He said the industry seeks final and definite answers and will act to isolate and eliminate any real link between smoking and cancer. He cited factors like longer cigarettes with more puffs fewer young smokers and an aging population reducing overall consumption.
A 35 car motorcade carried over 100 Alamance County residents to Raleigh for a committee hearing on Senator Ralph Scott's bill to stop Haw River pollution by January 1. The bill was sent to the Senate Conservation and Development Committee last week. The delegation included farmers, Dan Ireland the sanitation officer, several county commissioners, and a Burlington Chamber of Commerce representative.
Assistant State Forester Paul W. Tillman described the blaze as the largest and most dangerous yet seen, burning underground in peaty swamp soil near Raleigh. Eastern NC reports show a rash of fires, with sixteen in the Rocky Mount area and a Bethel fire consuming over 8,000 acres. Brazil borders most South American nations except Chile and Ecuador.
Gen. Carlos P. Romulo told a Greensboro Chamber of Commerce dinner that Americans must wake up to the fight against communism. He warned that weakening any link in the Pacific defense chain risks curtains for all democracies as communism advances in Asia. A capacity audience attended.
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