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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1955
Page
4
As AFL-CIO unites into a 15 million strong entity, Republicans split on its political impact while leaders weigh how to balance labor interests with broader national concerns. The merged group faces pressure to avoid partisan capture and to use power to raise living standards without provoking other worker groups.
Doctors promise a December arrival for Gilmore and Mamie’s fourth grandchild while Barbara, wife of John, is also expecting. Ike praises grandson David as a grown-up companion. A Sheraton-Carlton feast with Earl Warren as guest proceeds late. Alya Ali discusses her Pakistan embassy life. Russians dim lights to end a party as Shostakovich plays into the night.
The text notes that blond Mrs. Shostakovich, a geologist who travels for field work, is better known in Russia than Dimitri Shostakovich. He reportedly gripes about caring for their two teenage children when she is away. It mentions a Chicago breakfast meeting where women Democrats faced playful mockery with soft boiled egg speeches.
Georgia debates Governor Griffin's push to bar teams from playing opponents who admit Black players. Students at Georgia Tech push for fair play and merit over race, arguing Bobby Grier's right to compete embodies civil rights. Regents' meeting signals likely rejection of segregation stance.
Former Winston Salem Journal writer Leo Disher joins Clare Booth Luce in Rome as principal speech writer and is moved to Trieste after a clash over writing duties. Luce asserts taxpayers will not fund ghost writing for her or the ambassador. State Department tensions rise over her outspoken style in Rome.
Established 1884 publication details list the High Point Enterprise staff and offices including president secretary treasurer editor advertising director and circulation manager with address 905-307 North Main Street High Point North Carolina. The paper notes Associated Press membership and circulation and subscription rates.
A Washington letter questions Voice of America tapping the National Press Club and White House lines, noting potential missteps if U N broadcasting airs private club quips and speeches by figures such as Rafael Cavestany, Billy Graham, and Earl Mountbatten, with broad implications for FCC censorship and public reception.
Article notes Khrushchev closer to Lenin than Stalin and plans influence Soviet culture and international ties. Denisov article cited championing peace, cultural bonds, and democratic cooperation while warning of Soviet universal state reach and non interference in others.
In Washington the partisan tug for Interstate Commerce Commission vacancies grows as Edward H. McMahan of North Carolina Utilities Commission is eyed for a seven year term to begin January 1. Lamar Caudle faces federal indictment while Ralph Scott launches a bid for Congress in the sixth district, setting up a likely Durham Guilford contest.
A quoted remark likens opposing equality of race or color to opposing snow in Alaska, framing it as a serious issue attributed to William Faulkner, Nobel Prize winning novelist.
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