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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1960
Page
4
The High Point city council weighs new revenue ideas to cover rising costs. Some members propose charging property owners for major street repairs while others urge financing maintenance through the general community fund.
The dedication of Guilford County’s new animal shelter marks more than a kennel. it signals a regional push toward city county joint administration in Piedmont North Carolina. The commentary notes parallels with evolving governance in the Northeast and predicts potential future mergers or shared services.
About 1600 judges barristers and their spouses from Britain Canada Australia and other regions attend the five day ABA convention in Washington with ceremonies receptions and a judge led parade. The event includes talks on inflation communism in Cuba and space policy and aims to tighten anti communist laws while admitting about 2000 US attorneys to the Supreme Court bar.
The piece questions why Soviet Russia chose Vincent William Hallinan, a San Francisco lawyer with a checkered record, as the American observer in the Powers trial. It notes Hallinan’s past disbarment and prison terms, his Marxist self-description, and predicts he will push pro Soviet views and condemn the Pentagon and CIA. It laments Americans praising Soviet life while visiting Moscow.
Lynn Nisbet reports the organized write-in push for Beverly Lake for Governor collapsed after Lake urged support for Democratic nominee Terry Sanford. Despite few voters backing the effort, stray write-ins for Strom Thurmond and Lake appeared in Halifax Northampton and Dare Tyrrell counties, with Democrats unsettled by shifting loyalties. Governor Hodges pursues national speaking tours and industry hunts, signaling a waning in-state political leverage while facing disputes like the Neuse River Area Development Association and a failed bridge relocation plan on the Newport River.
Notes on The News discusses Governor Luther Hodges as his term winds down, political reactions, and comparisons to past transitions. It cites criticism of fishing law sentencing and conservation cooperation, with Terry Sanford emerging as the upcoming chief executive, while Hodges remains in office.
Holt McPherson relays a Stockholm visit with Birger Lindmark and family, touring Skansen Park and Stockholm Harbor. He discusses Bernadotte history, Sweden's neutrality, traffic pattern shifts, and impressions of Russian-era astronauts, space leaders, and Governor Luther Hodges.
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