Urban Renewal In Sharper Focus Makes Its Own Case
Urban renewal in High Point gains momentum as city council approves sending the plan to Atlanta for preliminary approval. The project totals 11.5 million dollars with the city share about 1.3 million, aided by tax credits from school construction in the affected area. The initiative aims to revitalize rundown rental properties, boost living standards, and generate future tax revenues, despite opposition and obstacles.
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High Point
Southern Railway
Atlanta
Food Poisoning In Allen Jay Community Stirs Public Reaction
A minor school cafeteria illness outbreak in Allen Jay provokes frayed tempers and calls for clear, direct reporting from health officials. Residents rely on hospitals and private doctors for public health information after the county department moved operations away.
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Allen Jay
Enterprise
County Health Department
Greensboro
Kennedy and Press Ties Highlight Kennedy Image Drive
Editorial notes President Kennedy schedules a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors as a three day New Orleans convention frames his drive for public relations. It chronicles renewed press access, backgrounders, and Kennedy family media savvy shaping Washington coverage and the broader press ecosystem.
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Kennedy
American Society of Newspaper Editors
New Orleans
Washington Press Corps
Prairie Scouts of the New Frontier
Washington
U.S. News and World Report
Saturday Evening Post
Stewart Alsop
Richard M. Nixon
Indo-China
Viet Nam
White House
George Washington Hill
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
Kennedys
State Department
Kaffee Klatches
Pierre Salinger
Labor
Goldberg
High Point Enterprise Staff Directory Note
The High Point Enterprise lists its staff including D. A. Rawley as president and R. B. Terry as secretary treasurer, with editors and managers named among the paper’s key personnel. The notice outlines the newspaper’s published address and executive roles.
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D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Sss
Ae Caves
SPIER
Pete Menaging
C. Www. Patterson, JR
Vv. W. Idol, JR
Seeeess
Charles B. Loflin
Plan for Survival Against Colon Rectal Cancer News Series
A three part Cancer Society feature explains colon and rectal cancer risks and early detection. It details polyps as potential precursors, proctoscope screening, and the value of regular examinations to catch cancer early. Dr. Roald Grant discusses scope use and polyp removal.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
NEW York
NEA
American Cancer Society
Roald N. Grant
Grant
Why an Education The North Carolina crusade for quality schooling
Lynn Nisb et of the State Board argues Governor Sanford’s push for quality education yields results but NC remains near the bottom nationally. Only about half of 18 year olds finish high school and roughly 20 percent of 18 to 22 year olds attend college. He links dropout, unemployment, juvenile delinquency, and youth crime as related problems.
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Sanford
Tar Heel
North Carolina
Education Raises Economics and Culture for Citizens
The notes argue that education improves economic security and enriches personal life and social culture. Higher literacy also yields political insight, reducing demagoguery as college education becomes nearly essential for broad society.
High Point officials face split over selling electric system
Councilman Floyd Mehan urges selling the city's electrical distribution, sparking Democratic opposition and a fierce political clash. The piece weighs the franchise as a tax engine, and praises the Love family's business legacy and a charity bequest by Mrs. J E Hardee. It also highlights spring dogwood bloom as North Carolina's official flower and notes the forthcoming furniture market visitors will see dogwood in full display.
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Floyd Mehan
Mehan
U.S. Steel
Kennedy
High Point
Piedmont
Carolina
North Carolina
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Kennedy and the Press
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
N. C
Ene
N.C
Associated Press
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol
State Board of Higher Education
Holt McPherson
Wood
Amerran
J. Spencer Love
U. S
Spencer Love
First Baptist Church
J. E. Hardee
Constance Charles
Baptist Orphanage
Thomasville
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