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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1955
Page
4
A leading trucker argues for good roads and a fair share of highway costs while noting Eisenhower’s plan faced political hurdles. He says trucking is a major national industry and supports broad federal aid, urging collaboration with lawmakers to implement a fair, widespread road-building program.
The editorial urges negotiations to end a two week hosiery strike that has paralysed production and damaged confidence. It notes wage pressures elsewhere and warns that continued work stoppage harms workers and mill owners while delaying any possible wage increases.
Opelousas juvenile judge Lessley P. Gardiner argues delinqu ency is chiefly a city problem and urges country life as a remedy. He says sending offenders to relatives in rural areas keeps them away from bad company and temptation, noting farm youths have chores and constructive activities.
Publication notice states the High Point Enterprise is published daily and on Sundays as an Associated Press member. It notes copyright for local news and AP dispatches and details postal and distribution arrangements and subscription payment responsibility.
The piece argues that constitutional power over foreign affairs rests with Congress and the President, while the Supreme Court, including Justice Douglas, should refrain from policy talk. It decries impropriety when a sitting justice comments on foreign policy and urges resignation if he continues speaking out of turn. It laments declines in judicial propriety and notes the public interest in dignified conduct.
Congressman Deane frames a diagnostic view of North Carolina’s weak earnings and per capita income, arguing Labor Department figures mislead and urging new industries. Excerpts from his House speech cite education spending and student transportation as notable indicators.
The article notes North Carolina leading in public health center construction and general hospital beds behind only Texas New York and Ohio. It discusses the need for proactive state planning to support health services and describes agriculture's high employment share and its inverse relation to regional income amid industrialization. It also mentions North Carolina's unique farm growth during a national trend toward larger operations.
The text discusses NC farming income lagging behind the nation, with supplemental work and opportunities in feeder cattle, fruits, berries, and broilers. It questions Negro impact on per capita income, cites social security benefits gaps, and commits state leadership to actions to raise per capita earnings toward national levels. It cites Governor and leadership pledging personal responsibility and consistent wage-earner parity with other states.
A column blends social satire and observations on aging, gender roles, labor unrest, and culture. It cites NEA refrains on decades and age, a hosiery strike note in Local 65, city budget cuts to Jacksonville’s whistle, Dior fashion shifts, and Vachel Lindsay’s jab at factory windows.
The article reports a stepped up anti Communist plan to lure refugees back to their home countries behind the Iron Curtain. It details Czech and Bulgarian efforts, US refugee numbers, camps in Austria Germany France Greece Italy and the Middle East, and attempts to counter the drive by improving camp conditions and faster resettlement.
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