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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1952
Page
4
The editorial applauds the State Highway Patrol returning to silver patrol cars and supports expanded use of radar speed traps. It argues visible patrol presence improves driver compliance and questions whether big trucks will be targeted by the new DMV and patrol administrations.
Governor Kerr Scott pulled a $750,000 surplus highway allocation for Alamance County amid controversy over favoritism to his own farms and county. He said the move would discriminate against other counties and pledged no recommendation to the State Highway Commission.
An op-ed survey compares North Carolina Senators Smith and Hoey with national figures on 10 key votes. It notes bipartisan shifts, contrasts with Eisenhower Republicans, and labels NC voters as not loyal to party lines while praising their representational independence.
A Greensboro incident shows Mayor Robert Frazier privately convening a public pollution discussion with officials while barring reporters. The piece argues democracy requires public access to official meetings and urges better public relations training for officials.
A Vienna report warns of telephonic menus and bedtime stories while promising a future A sounding violin. New York fashion houses then offer elbow length gloves with a backhand automatic cigarette holder for cocktails, suggesting calls to Vienna for more smoke after six cigarettes.
The drought strains the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation as it weighs continuation or expansion of the program. Since 1949 FCIC has collected 58 million in premiums and paid 56 million in indemnities, with drought losses looming across 1100 counties and 100,000 farmers under coverage.
A noted shift in hobbies shows label and seal collecting from food drinks and cosmetics packages leading autograph collecting and model plane making. The piece notes the low or free cost of these pursuits as a major factor. It also humorously surveys political headlines and linguistic quirks in era journalism.
A collection of brief quotes spans topics from medical views on polio by Sister Kenny to anti discrimination remarks by U.S. Ambassador William O Dwyer. Other lines include Gen James Van Fleet on armistice pressure and Fred Ellenburg on shared rent, plus remarks by Danielle Lamar Rory Calhoun Ellis Arnall and Frank L Howley.
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